How Made

Each Congressional District and Territory - the District of Columbia and also Porto Rico - is entitled to have one Cadet at the Academy. Each State is also entitled to have two Cadets from the State at large, and forty are allowed 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, from the District of Columbia and from Porto Rico are made by the President of the United States upon his own selection. The appointment of the Cadet from Porto Rico is made by the President on the recommendation of the Resident Commissioner.

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 or other cause, a vacancy occurs which cannot be provided for by such appointment in advance. These vacancies are filled in time for the next examination.

Alternates

For each candidate appointed there may be nominated two alternates. The principal and each alternate will receive from the War Department a letter of appointment, and must appear for examination at the time and place therein designated; those previously accepted by Academic Board on certificate or mentally qualified, appearing for physical examination only.

The fitness for admission to the Academy of the principal and the alternates will be determined as prescribed in paragraphs 19, 20 and 21, Regulations U. S. Military Academy.

Should the principal and alternates not qualify for admission under the provisions of paragraph 21, they will still be entitled to appear for the examination prescribed in paragraph 19; but if the principal fails to appear for that examination or, appearing, fails to qualify, then the qualifications of the alternates will be considered and if only one has met the requirements he will be admitted; if both alternates have met the requirements the better qualified will be admitted.

The alternates, like the principal, should be designated as nearly one year in advance of the date of admission as possible.