American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge Volume 2 by Jared Sparks
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Author: Jared Sparks
Page Count: 110 pages
Published Date: 01 Mar 2012
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
Publication Country: Miami Fl, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9781130587203
File size: 43 Mb
File Name: American.Almanac.and.Repository.of.Useful.Knowledge.Volume.2.pdf
Download Link: American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge Volume 2
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1831 Excerpt: ...private, a non-commissioned officer, and an officer; is encamped at least three months of each year, and instructed in all the duties incident to a regular camp. Candidates for cadets must not be under fourteen, nor above twentyone years of age; and each cadet, previously to his appointment by the President, must be versed in reading, writing, and arithmetic, and must sign articles, with the consent of his parent and guardian, thereby engaging to serve five years, unless sooner discharged. The pay of a cadet is sixteen dollars per month, and two rations per day. When any cadet has received a regular degree from the academic staff, after going through all the classes, he is considered as among the candidates for a commission in any corps, according to the duties he may be judged competent to perform; and if there is not, at the time, a vacancy in such corps, he may be attached to ft at the discretion of the President, by brevet of the lowest rank until a vacancy shall happen. The military academy is seated at West Point, in the State of New York, on the river Hudson. The chief engineer is, ex officio, inspector of the military academy. Academic Staff. Sylvanus Thayer, Brevet Lieutenant Colonel, of the Corps of Engineers Superintendent and Commandant. David B. Douglass, A. M. Professor of Engineering. Charles Mason, Brevet 2d Lieut. Corps of Engineers, Assistant do. Charles Davies, A. M. Professor of Mathematics. E. C. Ross, 1st Lieut. 4th Artillery, Assist. Professor of Mathematics. L. B. Webster, 2d Lieut. 1st Artillery, do. do. A. E. Church, 2d Lieut. 3d Artillery, do. do, J. B. Smith, Brevet 2d Lieut. 4th Artillery, do. do. C. W. Hackley, Brevet 2d Lieut. 2d Artillery, do. do. 0. McK. Mitchell, Brevet 2d Lieut. 3d Artillery, do. do. Roswell Park, Cadet, 2...
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