Show I West Point Appointments Every congressional district is entitled to one cadet at West Point Academy and ten are appointed from the country at large As each cadet graduates dies or resigns room is made for another in his place I is thc duty of the representative representa-tive in Congress of given district to select a commission of three citizens who shall I meet at a place appointed and examine of candi and report upon the proflciency I dates offering those best versed in arithmetic t arith-metic reading and writing including orthography the elements of English grammar of descriptive geography particularly grmmar par-ticularly of their own country and in the history of the United States are awarded preference TKe appointments at last are conferred b the President those from the districts and Territories by the Secretary of War on nomination of the representative aforesaid |