Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-06-06
uncle sam WANTS MORE
SECOND LIEUIENAN1S
EXAMINATIONS TO
BE HELD BEGINNING
SEPTEMBER
Exami nations Will Be Conducted at
Number of Military Posts Through.
out Country-chance for. Young
Men to Enter Army.

There will be competitive exam
NATION beginning September 5, 1911,
for the selection of about 100 civilians
for appointment to be second lieuten'
ants in the cavalry, field artillery and
infantry of the United States army.
The examinations will be conducted
at a number of military posts through
out the country, and candidates will
be examined at posts as convenient
as practicable to their homes.
Persons desiring to enter the CON-
petition should address, applications
to the adjutant general of the army.
Washington, D. c., accompanied by
testimonials or certificates as to their
moral character and fitness for the
position of a commissioned officer in
the United States army.
Candidates must be citizens of the
United States, unmarried, and OF
good moral charcter, and must pass
the prescribed physical and mental
examinations. They must be not less
than 81 years OF age, and in all other
respects eligible for appointment on
the date set for the examination. The
appointment of a civilian to be a Sec
ond lieutenant in the army after his
twenty-seventh birthday is forbidden
by law.
This refers to date of commission
and not to date of examination,
which is from two to four months
earlier.
Examination as to physical quail
cafitions will conform to the standard
required of recruits for the army, ex-
cept that any applicant whose degree
of vision is less than 2040 in either
eye, or is color blind for red, green,
or violet will be rejected.
The mental examination is divided
into two parasitic preliminary and
the competitive-both conducted at
the same place, the competitive ex-
following immediately
after the preliminary.
The preliminary mental examina-
ton covers the following subjects:
ID English grammar and orthogra-
ply; ~ mathematics, to include al.
zebra, plane and solid geometry, and
and 90 geography and
history.
Graduates of recognized colleges
and universities and of institutions of
learning classified as Class A and
Glass BA at which army officers are
detailed as instructors of military
science and tactics, will be exempt
from the preliminary examination.
The competitive mental examina-
ton covers the following subjects:
Q) General history, ca elementary
French, German or Spanish, as the
may elect; CD constitution
of the United States and elementary
law, and a. advanced
optional subject Under this latter
head the candidate will be examined
upon one of the following subjects as
he may elect, viz:
(a) Higher mathematics, to in
clude differential calculus, integral
analytical geometry, or
(b) A thorough working knovl-
edge of any modern language, or 60
(c) A general knowledge of II
English language and of English lit
erature.
Special privileges in the matter of
appointment will be given to gradu-
ates of military schools and members
If the organized militia upon passing
he prescribed examination.
More detailed information with ref
to the scope and character of
he examination and with reference
% the manner in which to proceed in |
order to secure a designation will be |
upon application to the ad
jutant general, United States army, |
D. C.
Each person who may receive a
copy Of this circular. is requested to |
give it as widespread circulation as |
possible among those most likely to !
enter the competition.