Information Relative To The Appointment And Admission Of Cadets To The United States Military Academy

Author : Harrie Irving Hancock
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230346298
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (462 download)

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Download or read book Life at West Point; the Making of the American Army Officer written by Harrie Irving Hancock and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 edition. Excerpt: ... information relative to the appointment and admission of cadets to the U. S. military academy (From the Official Register of the U. S. Military Academy.) appointments How Made.--Each Congressional District and Territory--also the District of Columbia--is entitled to have one Cadet at the Academy. Each State is entitled to have two Cadets from the State at large, and thirty are appointed from the United States at large. The appointment from a Congressional District is made upon the recommendation of the Congressman from that District, and those from a State at large upon the recommendations of the Senators of the State. Similarly the appointment from a Territory is made upon the recommendation of the Delegate in Congress. Each person appointed must be an actual resident of the State, District, or Territory from which the appointment is made. The appointments from the United States at large and from the District of Columbia are made by the President of the United States upon his own selection. Manner of Making Applications.--Applications may be made at any time, by letter to the Adjutant-General, U. S. Army, Washington, D. C, to have the name of the applicant placed upon the register that it may be furnished to the proper Senator, Representative, or Delegate, when a vacancy occurs. The application must exhibit the full name, date of birth, and permanent abode of the applicant, with the number of the Congressional District in which his residence is situated. Date of Appointments.--Appointments are required by law to be made one year in advance of the date of admission, except in cases where, by reason of death