"All candidates for admission into the Academy shall be examined according to such regulations and at such stated times as the Secretary of the Navy may prescribe. Candidates rejected at such examination shall not have the privilege of another examination for admission to the same class unless recommended by the Board of Examiners" (Rev. Stat., Sec. 1515.)

When any candidate, who has been nominated upon the recommendation of a Senator, Member, or Delegate of the House of Representatives, is found, upon examination, to be physically or mentally disqualified for admission, the Senator, Member, or Delegate shall be notified to recommend another candidate, who shall be examined according to the provisions of the preceding section.

Beginning with the year nineteen hundred and four, but two examinations for admission of Midshipmen to the Academy will be held each year, as follows:

1. The first examination to be held on the third Tuesday in April, under the supervision of the Civil Service Commission, at points given in a list furnished by the Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department, Washington, D. C., who also furnish sample examination papers. Candidates are examined mentally only at this examination. All those qualifying mentally who are entitled to appointment in order of nomination will be notified by the Superintendent of the Naval Academy to report at the Academy for physical examination on or about June 10, and if physically qualified will be appointed.

Candidates nominated for the April examination may be examined at Washington, D. C., if so desired, or at any of the places in any State named in the above schedule.

Senators and Representatives are requested, when designating their nominees, to give the place at which it is desired they should be examined if nominated for the April examination.

2. The second and last examination will be held at Annapolis, Md., only, on the third Tuesday in June, under the supervision of the Superintendent of the Naval Academy. Candidates are examined mentally at this examination, and all those entitled to appointment will be directed to report for physical examination, as soon as practicable, at the Naval Academy.

Alternates are given the privilege of reporting for examination at the same time with the principal.

No examination will be held later than the third Tuesday in June.

The large number of Midshipmen to be instructed and drilled makes this rule necessary, and it is to the great advantage of the new Midshipmen themselves. The summer months are utilized in preliminary instruction in professional branches and drills, such as handling boats under oars and sails, and in seamanship, gunnery, and infantry drills. These practical exercises form most excellent groundwork as a preparation for the academic course.

The examination papers used in all examinations are prepared at the Naval Academy and the examination marks made by candidates finally passed upon by the officials of the Academy.

Under the law, candidates failing to pass the entrance examination will not be allowed another examination for admission to the same class unless recommended for re-examination by the Board of Examiners.

The Civil Service Commission only conducts the examination of candidates whose names have been furnished by the Navy Department. It is requested that all correspondence relative to the nomination and examination of candidates be addressed to the Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department.

Nominations for examination on the third Tuesday in April should be forwarded to the Bureau ten days prior to the date of examination, as that is the latest date on which arrangements can be made for the. examination.

Candidates will be required to enter the Academy immediately after passing the prescribed examination.

No leave of absence will be granted to Midshipmen of the fourth class.

Candidates will be examined physically at the Naval Academy by a board composed of three medical officers of the Navy.

Attention will also be paid to the stature of the candidate, and no one manifestly under size for his age will be received at the Academy. In the case of doubt about the physical condition of the candidate, any marked deviation from the usual standard of height or weight will add materially to the consideration for rejection. The height of candidates for admission shall not be less than 5 feet 2 inches between the ages of 16 and 18 years, and not less than 5 feet 4 inches between the ages of 18 and 20 years.

Candidates will be examined mentally in punctuation, spelling, arithmetic, geography, English grammar, United States history, world's history, algebra through quadratic equations, and plane geometry (five books of Chauvenet's Geometry, or an equivalent). Deficiency in any one of these subjects may be sufficient to insure the rejection of the candidate.