Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-16
VACANCIES TOR CADETS.
There are - Number of Openings for Young
Men ut West Point Academy.

New York. Jan. ia dispatch to
the Tribune from Washington says.
There are number Of Vncancica at
the military academy which members
u the present congress are entitled to
nil. Among those are the second.
Third, Tenth. Eleventh and Twenty
mt diAtticta OF Illinois. the Tenth
Iowa, the Eleventh Mississippi. the
First oregon. These Vacancies belong
To the CLASH which will enter the acpd-
uy next June. and " they are not
nilcd before the rrcscnt Congress ok
plrc~. they VIII revert TO mlmbura
whose terms Of Office begin March AN
next.
without changing tho law there will
be no further vacancies nt Weftpuint
until June. iQoo. when upon the madu-
alton of what ~ now the second class.
there viii BE- hfty-cight places to b.
hllod. theH" being distributed as fol-
lows!
A. large ?. Arsanaaa 1. Connecticut
]. Idaho 1. Illinois =. Indiana. ., iowa
], Kansas 3. kentucky .. Maryland ..
Massachusetts Q. Michigan :. Minnu-
sofa. l. Missouri Z. Montana ! NohtaH-
ki =. Nevada 2, New York 9. Ohioi.
iIrcnnnylyanla .. South Carolina 2.
Teas 2. Nirginiu !, Tennessee I.
Washington !. wcrt Virginia T. Wis
cntFin. The present class ON account
90 The urgent nerd Tor ita men In Hof-
vice ut the prefcnt time win be- gradu-
ntcd February 18th. The regulation
examination ~ All candidates a. nu the
vacancies would ordinarily occur boz
Tor" boards of army officers at the
principal military posts throughout the
country on March lat. but this year
tie VNigonclca Ut the service sprcciud-
inr the appointment OF such boards on
account ~ practical abandonment ~
nnsts due tu the dispatch OF regiments
% the West indies ana the Philippines
has caused the war department 10 or
dor all the accredited candidates to ~.
port at West Point Tor examination
early In June.
Although two vacancies win occur
among the cadets at large az West
point next year II viii be- impossible
Tor President Mckinley TO consider
Huy applications Tor them. 40 he has
already promises Tor every appointment
that he viii b, entitled 60 Throughout
the remainder ~ his term uH President
lie has adhered RICHLY Co the pfece-
dent followed almost Invariably by hla
predecessors OF restricting his appoint
merits at both academies 60 the sons
uf army ana navy officers. and even
with this restriction he has not had
available onc-tcnth uf the appoint
mvnta needed to Erntify the cbnHpicu-
ously deserving eases among soldiers
sons, who. under the law. have no
profession Ia which their fathers nc-
quifvd distinction. ~ the navy
nradcmy there viii be- eighteen vacan-
cites on March 9Th and fofty-nye on
Jun, aoth Those that become avail
able In March already exist but cannot
be- ullcd by the members ~ the present
House 81 Representatives. by whom
these vacancies We're permitted 10 lapse
on July LIST last. The existing yncan-
ellen belong tn tho following districts.
First aud Eighth Alabama. sixteenth
Illinois. Tenth and Eleventh Kentucky.
Fourth and Flfth Louisiana. Fourth
MiHsifJinpi Third Nebraska. sixth and
Twentieth ohio. First Tennessee and
sisth Texas.
Secretary Long viii notify the Com
'srer.msn from thcsc dis,rlctn on March
tHi that they will have four months
To- make the appointments from amonR
young men between the ages Of 10 and
20 who shall be actually rcHidonis OF
the district from which they arr noml-
mated. ~ the same time ana under
similar conditions representatives ~
Congress uf the following districts win
be- Informed that they may make APP
pnintinentH Tor tho vacancies that oc-
cur nt the end ~ June. namely, Third
and Seventh Alabama. Third Arkansas.
Third and FIRM California. Tenth aud
Eleventh Georgia, Eighth ana Nlnth
Illinois sixth aud Ninth Indiana, Third.
and Eleventh Michigan Fourth Mime
sofa. Second Mlrsisaippl. Fourth ana
sixth Nebraska, seventh, Tenth and
Twelfth ohio. South Dakota. Eighth
Texas Washington, Ninth ana Tenth
Wisconsin. Arizona, ana one from the
District 81 Columbia. the latter 10 be-
designated by the President