Composition; History of the United States; also, a brief outline of Ancient and Modern History. The candidate will also be required to exhibit a fair degree of proficiency in pencil-sketching and right-line drawing, and he must be able to describe all the different parts of ordinary condensing and non-condensing engines, explain their uses and operation; also, the ordinary tools used for construction purposes. * VI. If these examinations result favorably, the candidate will receive an appointment as a Cadet Engineer, become an inmate of the Academy, and be allowed his actual and necessary traveling expenses from his residence to the Naval Academy, and be required to sign articles by which he will bind himself to serve in the United States Navy six years, (including his term of probation at the Naval Academy), unless sooner discharged. If, on the contrary, he shall not pass both of these examinations, he will receive neither an appointment nor his traveling expenses, nor can he have the privilege of another examination for admission to the same class unless recommended by the board of examiners. VII. Each Cadet Engineer must, on admission, deposit with the paymaster the sum of seventy-five dollars, for which he will be credited on the books of that officer, to be expended by direction of the Superintendent for the purchase of text-books and other authorized articles. VIII. While at the Academy the Cadets will be examined, from time to time, according to the regulations prescribed by the Navy Department; and if found deficient at any examination, or dismissed for misconduct, they cannot, by law, be continued in the Academy or naval service, except upon recommedation of the Academic Board. IX. A Cadet Engineer who voluntarily resigns his appointment will be required to refund the amount paid him for traveling expenses. NAVY LIST. [Corrected at Navy Department, October, 1868.] The active lists of line officers of the United States Navy are divided into nine grades, taking rank according to the date of their commission in each grade, as follows: David G. Farragut..........New York............Commanding European Squadron. Henry L. Howison.. N. J. Ohio. Smith W. Nichols..... Mass. Ernest J. Dichman .... .Ill. N. Y. N. Y. Ohio. .Vt. N. J. George H. Wadleigh...N. H. Augustus G. Kellogg..Ill. Md. Md. .Ky. Conn. .Del. .Penn. Wm. F. Stewart.. Penn. Edwin T. Woodward.. Vt. Francis Morris. Charles D. Sigsby.....N. Y. Richard D. Leary.. .Md. .N. Y. Wm. A. Van Vleck....N. Y. Penn. MARINE CORPS. Brig. General and Commandant..JACOB ZEILIN, D. C. Quartermaster... Adjutant and Inspector. Asst. Quartermasters. Colonel. Lieutenant Colonels Captains GENERAL STAFF. WM. B. SLACK, D. C. AUG. S. NICHOLSON, D. C. JOHN C. CASH, D. C. .W. A. T. MADDOX, Md.; JAS. WILEY, Ind. MATTHEW R. KINTZING, Penn. JAMES H. JONES, Del.; CHAS. G. MCCAULEY, La. .THOS. Y. FIELD, Penn.; GEORGE R. GRAHAM, D. C.; Jonx L. BROOME, N. Y.; DAVID M. COHEN, Md. JAMES LEWIS, Penn.; CLEMENT D. HEBB, Cal.; PHILIP R. FENDALL, Jr., D. C.; JOHN SCHERMERHORN, Ind.; CHARLES HEYWOOD, D. C.; LUCIEN L. DAWSON, Texas; GEORGE BUTLER, Ark.; GEO. W. COLLIER, Md.; GEO. P. HousTON, Penn.; JAMES FORNEY, Penn.; MCLANE TILTON, Md.; JOHN H. HIGBee, N. Y.; FRANK MUNROE, D. C.; R. W. HUNTINGTON, Conn.; JOSEPH F. BAKER, Ill.; WM. I. PARKER, Wis.; JOHN H. GRIMES, Iowa; WM. J. SQUIRES, N. Y.; HENRY A. BARTLETT, R. I.; CHAS. A. STILLMAN, Conn. Lieut. Com'r Chas. H. Greene, (wholly retired.) Lieutenant Commander.. James Stillwell. Rates (old tonnage) established July 1, 1867. First Rates.-Vessels of 2.400 tons and upwards. Second Rates.-Vessels of 1,200 to 2,400 tons. Third Rates.-Vessels of 600 to 1,200 tons. Fourth Rates.-Vessels under 600 tons : i.c., iron clad; sc., screw; p. w., paddle wheel; sh., ship; sh. l., ship-of-line; sl., sloop; fr., frigate; y., yacht; s. s., store ship; t. b., torpedo boat. |
