The following are extracts from the regulations of the Military Academy relating to the examination of candidates for admission and will be strictly adhered to:

19. Candidates selected for appointment, unless accepted under the provisions of paragraph 21, shall appear for mental and physical examination before boards of army officers to be convened at such places as the War Department may select, on the first of May, annually, except when that day comes on Sunday, in which case the examination shall commence on the following Tuesday. Candidates who pass successfully will be admitted to the Academy without further examination upon reporting in person to the Superintendent at West Point before 12 o'clock noon on the 15th day of June of the same year.

20. Each candidate before he shall be admitted to the Academy as a Cadet must show, by the examination provided for in paragraph 19 or by the methods prescribed in paragraph 21, that he is well versed in the following prescribed subjects, viz.: Reading, writing, spelling, English grammar, English composition, English literature, arithmetic, algebra through quadratic equations, plane geometry, descriptive geography, and the elements of physical geography, especially the geography of the United States, United States history, the outlines of general history, and the general principles of physiology and hygiene.

21. The Academic Board will consider and may accept in lieu of the regular mental entrance examination :

1st. The properly attested examination papers of a candidate who receives his appointment through a public competitive written examination covering the range of subjects prescribed in paragraph 20.

2d. The properly attested certificate of graduation from a public high school or a State normal school in which the course of study, together with the requirements for entrance, shall cover the range of subjects prescribed in paragraph 20.

3d. A properly attested certificate that the candidate is a regular student of any incorporated college or university, without condition as to any subject mentioned in paragraph 20.

Application for consideration of papers or certificates shall be made by each candidate and alternate immediately after he receives his appointment. No application will be received after March 15 preceding the regular examination prescribed in paragraph 19.

Candidates accepted as qualified mentally under the provisions of this paragraph shall appear for physical examination at the time and place designated in their letters of appointment.

Immediately after reporting to the Superintendent for admission, and before receiving his warrant of appointment, the candidate is required to sign an engagement for service in the following form, and in the presence of the Superintendent, or of 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 United States Military Academy, I will serve in the Array of the United States for eight years, unless sooner discharged by competent authority.

"In the presence of------ ------."

The candidate is then required to take and subscribe an oath or affirmation in the following form:

"I.------ ------, do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States, and bear true allegiance to the National Government; that I will maintain and defend the sovereignty of the United States, paramount to any and all allegiance, sovereignty, 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 United States.

"Sworn and subscribed, at------, this

------ day of ------- nineteen hundred and------before me.

Qualifications

No candidate shall be admitted who is under seventeen, or over twenty-two years of age, or who is deformed, or afflicted with any disease or infirmity which would render him unfit for the military service, or who has, at the time of presenting himself, any disorder of an infectious or immoral character. Accepted candidates if between seventeen and eighteen years of age should not fall below five feet three inches in height and one hundred pounds in weight; if between eighteen and nineteen years, five feet three and one-half inches in height and one hundred and five pounds in weight; if over nineteen, five feet four inches in height and one hundred and ten pounds in weight. Candidates must be unmarried.

Each candidate must on reporting at West Point present a certificate showing successful vaccination within one year; or a certificate of two vaccinations, made at least a month apart, within three months.

A circular of information as to the physical and mental examination can be had by addressing the Secretary of War, Washington, D. C.