NOTES.-Under Sec. 1,261, Revised Statutes, an Aide-de-Camp to a Major-General is allowed $200 a year in addition to the pay NATIONAL HOME FOR DISABLED VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS. Board of Managers: President, Gen. Wm. B. Franklin, Hartford, Conn.; vice-presidents, Gen. Wm. J. Sewell, Camden, N. J., and There are also twenty-four State Homes, located as follows: New-York State Soldiers and Sailors' Home, Bath, N. Y.; UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY. METHOD OF APPOINTMENT.-Each Congressional District and Territory and the District of Columbia is entitled to have one cadet at the academy. Ten are also appointed at large. The appointments (except those at large) are made by the Secretary of War at the request of the Representative or Delegate in Congress from the district or territory of which the appointee must be an actual resident. The appointments at large are specially conferred by the President of the United States. MANNER OF APPLICATION.-Applications can be made at any time, by letter, to the Secretary of War, to have the applicant's name registered for submission to the proper representative when a vacancy occurs. The application must exhibit the full name, date of birth and permanent abode of applicant, with the number of the Congressional district in which his residence is situated. DATE OF APPOINTMENT.-Appointments must be made one year in advance of date of admission, except in cases where, by death or otherwise, a vacancy occurs which cannot be provided for by such appointment in advance. These vacancies are filled in time for the next annual examination. ALTERNATES.-The Representative or Delegate in Congress may nominate a legally qualified second candidate, to be designated the alternate. The alternate will receive from the War Department a letter of appointment, and will be examined with the regular appointee, and if duly qualified will be admitted to the academy if the principal fails to pass the prescribed preliminary examinations. The alternate will not be allowed to defer reporting for examination until the result of the examination of the regular appointee is known, but must report at the time designated in his letter of appointment. The alternate, like the nominee, should be designated as nearly one year in advance of the date of admission as possible. ADMISSION OF CADETS.-The candidate, upon receiving his conditional appointment, will be instructed to appear for mental and physical examination before a board of Army officers, to be convened at the military post nearest his place of residence on March 1, annually (except when that day comes on Sunday, in which case the examinations will commence on the following Tuesday). The candidate who passes successfully will be admitted to the Academy without further examination, upon reporting in person to the Superintendent at West Point before noon on June 15. Immediately after his admission, and before receiving his warrant of appointment, he must sign the following engagement for service, in the presence of the Superintendent, or some officer deputed by him: I, of the State (or Territory) of aged years months, do hereby engage (with the consent of my parent or guardian) that, from the date of my admission as a Cadet of the U. S. Military Academy, I will serve in the Army of the U. S. for eight years, unless sooner discharged by competent authority. In the presence The candidate must then take the following oath or affirmation: do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the U. S., and bear true allegiance to the National Government; that I will maintain and defend the sovereignty of the U. S. paramount to any and all allegiance, sov ereignty or fealty I may owe to any State or country whatsoever; and that I will at all times obey the legal orders of my superior officers, and the rules and articles governing the armies of the U. S. QUALIFICATIONS.-The age for the admission of cadets to the Academy is between 17 and 22 years. Candidates must be unmarried, at least 5 feet in height, free from any infectious or immoral disorder, and generally, from any deformity, disease, or infirmity which may render them unfit for military service. They must be well versed in reading, in writing, including orthography, arithmetic, and have a knowledge of the elements of English grammar, of descriptive geography (particularly of our own country), and of the history of the U. S. in The Military Academy was established on March 16, 1802; its present superintendent is Colonel O. H. Ernst, and the number of instructors (officers of the Army) is 64. The number of cadet students is now 317, and 3,616 have been graduated since the organization. SOCIETY OF THE The society was founded by the officers of the American Revolutionary Army in May, 1783. The French officers were made honorary members. Baron Steuben presided at the meeting for organization. The institution was drafted by General Knox, and declared that the officers of the American Army "associated themselves into one society of friends to endure as long as they shall endure, or any of their eldest male posterity; and in failure thereof the collateral branches who may be judged worthy of becoming its supporters.' CINCINNATI. Washington was elected president-general in 1783. Robert Burnett, of New-York, who died in 1854, was the last survivor of the original members. Eight of the original thirteen State societies still survive, and hold annual meetings on July 4. DAUGHTERS OF THE CINCINNATIPresident, Mrs. James M. Lawton; vicepresident, Mrs, Howard Townsend; treasurer, Mrs. S. E. J. Judson; registrar, Miss Helen F. K. Shelton; secretary, Mrs. Morris P. Ferris, Yonkers, N. Y. PRINCIPAL OFFICERS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY. SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE NAVY Bureau. Yards and Docks.... .Hilary A. Herbert, Alabama. (a) Commodore E. O. Matthews....... March 16, 1898. (a) Commander F. E. Chadwick......July 1, 1897. Rear-Admiral F. M. Ramsay......November 1, 1897. (a) Captain Wm. T. Sampson..........January 28, 1897. Construction and Repair.. (a) Chief Constructor Philip Hichborn. July 13, 1897. Steam Engineering ........ (a) Chief Engineer Geo. W. Melville.. August 9, 1899. Supplies and Accounts.... (a) Paymaster-Gen. Edwin Stewart.... May 16, 1898. Medicine and Surgery...... (a) Surgeon-Gen. J. Rufus Tryon...... May 11, 1897. Judge Advocate-General... (b) Lieutenant Samuel C. Lemly.......June 5, 1896. (a) Relative rank of Commodore while holding said office. (b) Rank of Captain while holding said office. OFFICERS WITH RANK OF REAR- J. Read, Mortimer L. Johnson, Edwin M. ARMY). REAR-ADMIRALS. Brown, John G. Walker, Francis M. Ramsay, Richard W. Mead, Charles C. Carpenter, William A. Kirkland, Lester A. Beardslee, T. O. Selfridge. COMMODORES.- Joseph Montgomery Sicard, N. Miller, Rush R. Kin MEDICAL DIRECTORS.-David dleberger, Chris. J. Cleborne, Newton L. Bates, Philip S. Wales, Edward S. Bogert, Walter K. Scofield, Grove S. Beardsley, Henry M. Wells, John H. Clark, Benjamin H. Kidder, Wm. K. Van Reypen, Thomas C Walton, Chas. H. White, Geo. W. Woods, Geo. H. Cooke. Schenck, PAY DIRECTORS.- par CAPTAINS AND STAFF OFFICERS OF C. Cosby, Edwin Stewart, George Cochran, RELATIVE RANK. CAPTAINS.-Allen V. Reed, George Dewey, Henry L. Howison, Albert Kautz, Alfred T. Mahan, George C. Remey, Norman H. Farquhar, Theodore F. Kane, James O'Kane, J. Crittenden Watson, Henry B. Robeson, Winfield S. Schley, Silas Casey, William T. Sampson, Bartlett J. Cromwell, John W. Philip, Henry F. Picking, Frederick Rodgers, Louis Kempff, Francis J. Higginson, George W. Sumner, Benjamin F. Day, Alexander H. McCormick, Albert S. Barker, Charles S. Cotton, John R. Bartlett, Silas W. Terry, Merrill Miller, John Joseph A. Smith, Thos. T. Caswell, Luther G. Billings, Arthur J. Pritchard. CHIEF ENGINEERS.-George F. Kutz, William W. Dungan, Jackson McElmell, James W. Thompson, Philip Inch, Wm. G. Buehler, S. L. P. Ayres, Edward Farmer, Louis J. Allen, David Smith, Geo. W. Melville. CHAPLAINS.-Donald McLaren, Wesley O. Holway, James J. Kane, John K. Lewis. COMMANDERS AND STAFF OFFICERS OF CORRESPONDING RANK. COMMANDERS.-Colby M. Chester. Chas. E. Clark, Charles J. Barclay, Joseph B. Coghlan, Charles V. Gridley, Charles D. Sigsbee, Richard P. Leary, Wiliam H. Whiting, Dennis W. Mullan, N. Mayo Dyer, Francis M. Green, Charles O'Neil, Caspar F. Goodrich, French E. Chadwick, Theodore F. Jewell, William M. Folger, Horace Elmer, Benjamin P. Lamberton, John Schouler, Francis W. Dickins, George F. F. Wilde, Charles H. Davis, Bowman H. McCalla, Charles J. Train, Edwin White, George W. Pigman, Thomas Nelson, John McGowan, James G. Green, George E. Wingate, Felix McCurley, Joshua Bishop, Charles H. Rockwell, James M. Forsyth, George A. Converse, Royal B. M. R. S. Mackenzie, Charles S. Sperry, MEDICAL INSPECTORS.-Thomas N. PAY INSPECTORS.-Albert S. Kenny, James E. Tolfree, George A. Lyon, Edward Bellows, George W. Beaman, Arthur Burtis, Edwin Putnam, Worth Goldsbor UNITED STATES STUDENTS AND COURSE.-The students of the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md., are styled Naval Cadets. One cadet is allowed for every member or delegate of the House of Representatives, one for the District of Columbia, and ten at large. No more than ten appointed at large are allowed in the Academy at any one time. The course of study is six years, four years at the Academy and two at sea, at the end of which time the cadet returns to the Academy for final graduation, and the district then becomes vacant. NOMINATIONS.-The Secretary of the Navy, as soon after March 5 in each year as possible, notifies in writing each member or delegate of the House of Representatives of any vacancy in his district. The nomination of a candidate to fill the vacancy is made on the recommendation of the member or delegate, if such recommendation is made by July 1 of that year; but if not the Secretary of the Navy fills the vacancy. The candidate allowed for the District of Columbia and all the candidates appointed at large are selected by the President. Candidates allowed for Congressional districts, for Territories and for the District of Columbia must be actual residents of the districts or Territories from which they are nominated. And all candidates must, at the time of their examination for admission, be between the ages of fifteen and twenty, MARINE CORPS OF THE NAVY. GENERAL STAFF. Major George C. Reid, Adjutant and In- Major Green Clay Goodloe, Paymaster. Majors Robert W. Huntington, Henry A. ough, Robert P. Lisle, Leonard A. Frailey, Geo. E. Hendee, Wm. W. Woodhull, Henry T. Wright. CHIEF ENGINEERS.-Fletcher A. Wilson, Robert Potts, Joseph Trilley, Peter A. Rearick, Augustus H. Able, William S. Smith, Alfred Adamson, G. J. Burnap, Cipriano Andrade, G. M. L. Maccarty, Albert W. Morley, John Lowe, Lewis W. Robinson, Wm. H. Harris, John A. Scot. CHAPLAINS.-Frank B. Rose, David H. Tribou, Henry H. Clark, Adam A. McAllister, Thomas A. Gill, Sylvester D. Boorum, Alfred L. Royce. NAVAL CONSTRUCTORS.-Frank L. Fernald, William H. Varney, John F. Hanscom. CIVIL ENGINEERS.-M. T. Endicott, A. G. Menocal. NAVAL ACADEMY. physically sound, well formed, and of robust constitution. ENTRANCE EXAMINATION.-Candidates nominated in time to enable them to reach the Academy by May 15 receive permission to present themselves on that date to the Superintendent for examination for admission. Those not nominated in time to present themselves at the May examination are examined on the 1st of September following. When either of the above dates falls on Sunday the candidates present themselves on the Monday following. Candidates are required to enter the Academy immediately after passing the prescribed examinations. No leave of absence is granted to cadets of the fourth class. GRADUATE APPOINTMENTS. - Appointments to fill all vacancies that may occur during a year in the lower grades of the Line and Engineer Corps of the Navy and of the Marine Corps are made from the Naval Cadets, graduates of the year, at the conclusion of their six years' course, in the order of merit as determined by the Academic Board. At least fifteen appointments from such graduates will be made each year. To surplus graduates who do not receive such appointments will be given a certificate of graduation, an honorable discharge, and one year's sea pay, as provided for Naval Cadets. First three years after date of appointment. Second three years after date of appointment. Third three years after date of appointment.. Fourth three years after date of appointment... After twelve years from date of appointment.. SECRETARIES-To Naval Academy..... (a) After leaving Academy, at sea, in other than practice-ships, $950 per annum. (b) Pay increased $200 per annum four years from date of commission. (c) Pay increased $200 per annum five years from date of commission. (d) Pay increased $300 per annum five years from date of commission. The "grog" ration was abolished in the Navy several years ago, and in lieu of the regular Navy ration officers on the active list are allowed 30 cents a day in addition to their annual pay. The law provides that no officer on the retired list shall be employed on active duty except in time of war. Officers retired after forty years of service, or on attaining the age of sixty-two years, or those retired from incapacity resulting from long and faithful service, from wounds or injuries received in the line of duty, or from sickness or exposure therein, receive 75 per cent of the sea-pay of their grade at the time of retirement. Officers retired from causes not incident to the service receive 50 per cent of the sea-pay of their grade, or one-half of waiting order pay, as the President may direct. 1,200 900 700 1,300 1,000 800 1,400 1,300 900 1,600 1,300 1,000 1,800 1,600 1,200 1.800 |