Excerpt from Message of the President of the United States, and Accompanying Documents, to the Two Houses of Congress, at the Commencement of the Second Session of the Thirty-Ninth Congress At the last examination the corps of cadets at the, Military Academy num bered two hundred and twenty-eight members, and forty cadets of the gradu ating class completed the cou'rse of studies and were commissioned lieutenants in the army. Under the provisions of the acts of Congress approved, respect ively. July 13 and 28, 1866, the Military Academy was separated from the corps of engineers, which, together with certain professors and cadets, had heretofore constituted the institution, and the oficers of which had exercised exclusive supervision and control over it. Brevet Major General Edmund Schriver, In spector General, has been assigned as Inspector, and Colonel T. G. Pitcher, of the 44th Infantry, appointed Superintendent. The report of the Board of Visitors for 1867 bears ample testimony to the usefulness and excellent condition of the academy, and recommends the increase of the number of cadets to 400. With the present number of cadets but one graduate can be supplied to each regi ment every second year, after the ordinary demands of the staff corps are met. During the past session of Congress important measures were adopted respect ing the academy, raising the standard of qualifications for admission, and te quiring that appointments be hereafter made one year in advance of the date of admission. The inspector, from personal observation, reports the authorities of 'the institution as most assiduous in their efforts to advance the interests of th0 academy and its cadets. Its administration is characterized by economy, and habits of frugality are inculcated. Excellent discipline is maintained and jil diciously enforced. The estimated appropriation for the Military Academy i! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.