(a.) The correct use of the English language, in speaking, reading, and writing the same. (b.) Penmanship, book-keeping, and elementary drawing. (c.) The ability to perform with facility and accuracy the various operations of arithmetic. (d.) The elementary principles of algebra and geometry. (e.) A thorough knowledge of American geography and history, and the leading features of the Constitution of the United States, and of the State of his residence. (f.) Or so much of the subjects above specified as shall be deemed indispensable to the immediate and profitable attention of the Cadets on their admission to the special studies and occupations of a military school. 5. Shall make a written declaration of his desire to obtain admission to the Cadet Corps for the purpose of qualifying himself for the military service of the United States, which service he assumes from the date of his appointment as cadet, to continue in the same for a period of at least sixteen years-bearing true faith and allegiance to the Constitution and government of the United States, against all enemies, foreign and domestic, and paramount to all obligations to any State government, authority, or constitution. APPENDIX. The Appendix to the Report of the Visitors of the Military Academy for 1863, contains the following tables and documents referred to in the Report. TABLE A.-Showing the condition in life of the parents of the Cadets of the United States Military Academy from 1842 to 1863 inclusive. TABLE B.-Showing the number of Cadets actually admitted into the United States Military Academy from each State and Territory from its origin March 16th, 1802, to October 19th, 1863. TABLE C.-Showing the number of Cadets who have graduated at the Military Academy, from its origin to 1863, with the State and Territories where appointed. TABLE D.-Showing the whole number of Cadets admitted and the whole number graduated from each State and Territory from 1802 to October 1863, together with the percentage of those who graduated, and of who failed, out of the whole number admitted from each State, and the number of Cadets to which each State and Territory is now entitled, according to the apportionment of members of Congress, under the Census of 1860. STATEMENT EXHIBITING THE CONDITION IN LIFE OF THE PARENTS OF THE CADETS OF THE U. S. MILITARY ACADEMY AT WEST POINT, NEW YORK, FOR THE LAST TWENTY-TWO YEARS, FROM 1842 TO 1863, INCLUSIVE. 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 33 5 G 7 Fathers are or were judges or lawyers. Fathers are or were boarding-house or hotel keepers Fathers are or were physicians. Fathers are or were in the army, navy, or marine corps. Fathers are or were in the civil employment of the Gen eral or State government Miscellaneous: as, bank officers, editors, professors, masters of vessels, &c.. Occupation not stated, or no occupation 15 11 15 23 35 36 41 24 82 12 6 15 20 25 89 221 212 224 236 241 232 242 240 244 239 247 232 237 239 223 221 251 266 279 202 218 260 26 57 44 48 42 41 34 48 40 45 36 85 29 22 16 18 15 21 20 18 16 26 17 19 17 15 64 66 62 55 52 44 ཙ། ༔ མི 33 24 46 83 89 $1 53 41 52 86 156 150 164 192 182 193 203 215 207 218 205 206 215 196 195 216 218 239 184 199 232 G S 8 S 8 4 4 2 2 25 1C 9 E 1 182 26 26 86 85 40 Of these numbers the parents are stated to be in indigent circumstances... Of these numbers the parents are stated to be in independent circumstances. Of these numbers the parents are stated to be in unknown circumstances.. 42 25 86 6 7 7 8 10 11 2 1 1 Total 221, 212 224 236, 241 232 242 240 244 239 247 232 237 239 223, 221, 251 266 279 202 218 260 242 24 NOTE. Of the 97 Cadets admitted, to October 19th, 1863, as given in the table on page 821, 46 were appointed from the U. S. Volunteers engaged in the War, who held the following rank: 1 Captain, 5 First Lieutenants, 3 Second Lieutenants, 10 Non-commissioned Officers, 20 Privates, 1 Musician, and 6 Clerks, from military departments. STATEMENT SHOWING THE NUMBER OF CADETS ACTUALLY ADMITTED INTO THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY FROM ITS ORIGIN, MARCH 16TH, 1802, TO OCTOBER 19TH, 1863. New Pennsylvania. Jersey. Delaware. West Virginia. Virginia. North Carolina. South Carolina. Georgia. Alabama. Mississippi. Kentucky. Illinois. Arkansas. Michigan. | Florida. | Texas. Iowa. 2 1112 1 4887 147 898 :ཌ :ཌ 8478 NOTE.-Owing to the destruction of the records by fire in 1888, the States in which some of the Cadets resided previous to that event is given; though it is believed they were appointed "At Large.) The President of the United States having determined late in Angust, 1863, to fill all the existing vacancies from the seceded States there were in the FOURTH CLASS, numbering 97, on the 19th of October, 48 thus appointed. 10 Cadets similarly appointed had not, on that date, been examined for admission into the Military Academy. |