VMI Cadet. February 18, 1908

              THE CADET
VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1908 NO. 18
Hoints Ahoni Commia^
sion hi the Army.
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Vacatu'ios in tlio g'l-adf^ of
.second lieutenant are Tilled in t lie
following orde)':
1. (Iraduates'of the United
States Milita»'y Academy.
2. Qualified enlisted men of
the Army.
. .'!. Honor graduates of insti-tutions
of leai-ninj-v at which
officers of the Army are arriv-ing-,
not to exceed ten in any one
year. Six of these honor grad-uates
ai-e api)ointed from the
six "disting-uished" institutions
throuRhout the country and the
othei- four from other institutions.
4. Candidates from civil life.
5. Graduate mechanical, elec-trical
and civil engineers from
colleges, universities and tech-nical
schools of the country.
The different classes of candi-dates
are recjuired to take the
following examinations:
1. None.
2. The general examination
for entrance to the field artillery,
cavalry and infantry, and the
additional examination for en
trance to the coast artillery if
the candidate desires to entei-that
branch of the service; i)hys-ical
examination.
8. Physical examination only.
Each candidate must in addition
he recommended .by army officer
on duty at the institution from
which the ai)i)licant was grad-uated.
4. Same as class 2.
f). The general examination
re(iuired for entrance to the field
artillery, cavalry and infantry,
and in addition candidates are
ie(iuired to present diplomas of
graduation from the the class of
schools mentioned. Thereciuire-ments
stated under this head
are sufficient for enti'ance to the
('.oast Artillei-y Corps. A physi-cal
examination is retiuired of
this class of candidates.
'I'he subjects com|)ri.sed in the
two classes of examinations are
as follows :
(ieneral Examinations: Eng-lish
(Jrammar, Mathematics,
(Jeography, History, (Constitu-tional
and International Law,
Army and D^'ill Regulations,
Probable Efficiency and Aptitude.
and Chem- The Motto in the Jackson
Memorial Hall
No pel-son shall be examined Under Stonewall Jackson's
unless he has a letter from the name in the Memorial Hall at V.
War Department authorizing his ^ ^ ^ noble sentiment
exammation,IS not under twenty- .
one or over twenty-seven years I ^^^^^ = ^ou may be
of age at the time of the exami-! whatever you resolve to be a
nation, and unmarried. j splendid reminder of that stern,
Each candidate is reciuired to grave soldier, which no doubt
attain a gener-al aver-age of 75 has cheered and encouraged
percent, on all subjects and not ^^ny a cadet.
less than (>5 per cent, on any one
subject.
The showing or rank of any
class of candidates is determined
by their examination marks.
The standing or rank of candi-dates
who come under class 3
above is determined by lot at the
War Department.
The next examinations will be
held in July, 1908, and January
1909.
Oe account of the great variety
of duties and the high class of
technical work required of offi-cers
of the Army, young men
who enter the Army should be
graduates of colleges, universi-
Thomas J. Jackson was profes-sor
at the Institute for ten years
and was in command of the bat-talion
when it moved by foot to
Staunton and thence by rail to
Richmond where they acted as
drillmasters for the Confederate
recruits. His love and admiration
for the place never lessened and
shortly before his death he wrote
asking to be allowed to resume
his duties as professor after
the cessation of hostilities. We
have the well authenticated
statement of one of his officers of
ties and other institutions of a sentence he uttered just before
learning of good standing. f^^al battle of Chancellors-
I 4 ' ' 4
Baseball Schedule for ville, which rings down through
Season of 1908 years with a glorious melody
Saturday, March, 28—TF^.i s1h,b urne and warms the blood of every
Military Academy, at Lexington.
Saturday, April 4—Hampden-
Sidney, at Lexington.
Tuesday, April 7—Roanoke Col-lege,
at Lexington.
Saturday, April 11 -Richmond
College, at Lexington.
Thursday, April 16 -St. John's
College, at Lexington.
Saturday, April 18-Open.
Monday. April 20-V. P. L, at
Roanoke.
Tuesday, April 21—University
of N. C., at Lynchburg.
Saturday, April 25 -University
of Maryland, at Lexington.
Tuesday, April 28—Davidson
College, at Lexington.
Saturday, May 2 State College
of Kentucky, at Lexington. j
Friday. May 8 Bridgewater,at I
Lexington.
Saturday. May 1(5 Open.
Thursday, May 21—University
of West Virginia, at Lexington,
(I. B. WARD, Manager
Institute man. Characteristic of
the man and the school, it pre-sents
a line that printed above
the rostrum in the Jackson Me-morial
Hall vould cause a cadet
to glow with pride and bring to
mind the noble records and tradi-j
tibns of the place.
' On that day before Chancel-
! lorsville when Jackson with his
I marvelous skill and wonderful
i foresight had led his forces right
I to the heart of the situation, the
advance started down the Plank
Road from Gordonsville to Fred-ericksburg
led, by special orders,
by the Second Virginia Cavalry,
commanded by Gen. Thomas T.
Munford, '52. Twenty-three of-ficers
in this regiment were V.
M. I. men. Soon the crossroads
were reached and Jackson came
up at this point. On his staff
was Col. Stapleton Crutchfield,
'55, chief of artillery. Co'. Mun-ford
turned to the General and
V, M. L at W^t Point
Last Friday Itiornlng'ftt 10:30
a. m., the class of 1908-at Vf^t
Point Military Academy held'
their graduatinsr exercises: This
class numbered 109men alf t 4 ^
and of these V. M; 1: hlftd six
representatives, that is, meti vAa-had
been here one year or more.
First on the list was Hfei^
Fairfax Ayres, from. Tensesaee.
Ayres was at the I n s t i t^
years in the class^ o f j S ' i^ In
graduating at West Pciiki^^liii
stood high in class
left end on the 'Varsity^
Simon Bolival* Btt^BiKfVr Jtv,
was atfthe Institutedie^ y'efti^ ii^
the class of 1907. In firradttatins*
from the Academy he^stood^bigb
the class and Held the positioffrol'
cadet quarter>master.
Charles Shattuck Jiwllsonf^ at*
West Virginia, was at the
tute for one year in the cltuw^'
1907. Hegot24tK 3 t ^ i » f l i i d kt
uating class ai^d fMi^i^ -
nent in literary wprit^T
Gilbert Mar^adl gv^tHited tflk
V. M. L in the class of'1904.r
the graduating: clas» at WMi"
Point he got 10th stand.
selected to command a^ baitifyr
of enlisted artillery^ in t h » ' 0 0 i^
manouvers last summer.
Walter Read' Weav^
the Institute for two yeu^a-in tbi^
class of 1906. He got 19th stands
in graduating class tmd
held the position of rankin9^ec4oiK
guard.
Arthur Carl Wilboum, o^Xex-ington,
Va., grft^ated in 1904%!^
the Institute. He had 2l8t stand-in
graduating class at West
Point.
This list of represefitotivea
does not mean that V. M. I. itf
by any means a prep for West
Point. According to
ment Istatements a V. M. I.
graduate is as fully equipped in
every branch, except cavalry^ m
a West Pointipr for army life.
The life and course of stupes is
practically the same at both
places.
However, these men surely db
remarked that four V. M. L pro-, us justice and are added to tljlfc
fessors were in sight. The col-1 long and^ fast increa^g ii^t of
umns of attack lay drawn up on
Because of excessive use of
water in barracks Captain (iil- u^nlof attack lardrawn m^ Their train-moi-
e has found it necessary to ^ ^ ^^ ^ * ing at West Point combined witft
be here, in order to read the ^ ^ ^ A t the front was Gen. ^^^^ y^ ^ ^iH make them
water meter daily at 5 a. m. and Division, sup-1 particularly fit for their Ijfe's
Additional Kxaminalions: Me-j lu p. m. UiiH'liitluil Oil I'ourth pui^i- calling.