(b.) Penmanship, book-keeping, and elementary drawing.
(c.) The ability to perform with facility and accuracy the various operations of arithmetic.
(d.) The elementary principles of algebra and geometry.
(e.) A thorough knowledge of American geography and history, and the leading features of the Constitution of the United States, and of the State of his residence.
(f.) Or so much of the subjects above specified as shall be deemed indispensable to the immediate and profitable attention of the Cadets on their admission to the special studies and occupations of a military school.
5. Shall make a written declaration of his desire to obtain admission to the Cadet Corps for the purpose of qualifying himself for the military service of the United States, which service he assumes from the date of his appointment as cadet, to continue in the same for a period of at least sixteen years—bearing true faith and allegiance to the Constitution and government of the United States, against all enemies, foreign and domestic, and paramount to all obligations to any State government, authority, or constitution.
[APPENDIX.]
The Appendix to the Report of the Visitors of the Military Academy for 1863, contains the following tables and documents referred to in the Report.
Table A.—Showing the condition in life of the parents of the Cadets of the United States Military Academy from 1842 to 1863 inclusive.