Military schools and courses of instruction in the science and art of war, / in France, Prussia, Austria, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Sardinia, England, and the United States. Drawn from recent official reports and documents. Revised Edition - Unknown

EXHIBITING THE WHOLE NUMBER OF CADETS ADMITTED TO THE MILITARY ACADEMY FROM EACH STATE AND TERRITORY, AND THE WHOLE NUMBER GRADUATED.

N Number

E60 No. entitl’d ’60

% Per cent. [printed as shown]

STATE AND TERRITORY.	Admitted.		Graduated.			Fail’d to Graduate.		Remain.		E60
STATE AND TERRITORY.	From	Total	From	Total	%	N	%	No.	%	E60
Alabama	1817	88	1822	26	.295	61	.693	1	.012	7
Arkansas	1827	17	1841	5	.294	. .	.705	. .	. .	2
California	1850	10	1862	1	.100	6	.600	3	.300	3
Connecticut	1802	102	1805	55	.539	43	.422	4	.039	4
Delaware	1806	41	1808	18	.439	22	.539	1	.022	1
Florida	1822	20	1826	6	.300	14	.700	. .	. .	1
Georgia	1813	139	1815	44	.329	95	.670	. .	. .	3
Illinois	1815	81	1819	30	.379	42	.519	9	.111	13
Indiana	1812	109	1814	48	.440	52	.477	9	.083	11
Iowa	1839	14	1843	6	.428	6	.428	2	.144	6
Kansas	1855	3	. .	. .	. .	2	.667	1	.333	1
Kentucky	1813	196	1819	83	.423	105	.531	8	.046	9
Louisiana	1817	67	1819	15	.223	51	.761	1	.016	4
Maine	1808	102	1811	54	.529	43	.422	5	.049	5
Maryland	1802	179	1802	79	.441	95	.537	5	.022	5
Massachusetts	1802	232	1802	131	.324	91	.392	10	.043	10
Michigan	1814	38	1823	17	.447	18	.474	3	.079	6
Minnesota	1850	6	1859	2	.333	2	.333	2	.333	2
Mississippi	1819	51	1823	14	.274	37	.725	. .	. .	5
Missouri	1802	67	1806	24	.358	37	.552	6	.090	9
New Hampshire	1817	78	1808	47	.602	28	.359	3	.039	3
New Jersey	1803	101	1806	51	.504	45	.446	5	.050	5
New York	1802	650	1803	329	.506	289	.444	32	.050	31
North Carolina	1803	190	1805	63	.331	127	.668	. .	. .	8
Ohio	1813	243	1815	118	.485	105	.432	20	.083	19
Oregon	1854	3	1861	1	.333	1	.333	1	.333	1
Pennsylvania	1804	424	1806	197	.464	203	.479	24	.057	24
Rhode Island	1814	42	1817	20	.476	20	.476	2	.048	2
South Carolina	1809	159	1806	59	.371	100	.628	. .	. .	6
Tennessee	1815	178	1820	56	.314	122	.686	. .	. .	10
Texas	1840	11	1853	3	.272	8	.727	. .	. .	2
Vermont	1803	104	1804	75	.721	26	.250	3	.029	3
Virginia	1803	379	1803	142	.374	237	.615	4	.011	13
West Virginia	1863	1	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	1	1.000	1
Wisconsin	1837	17	1848	7	.411	7	.412	3	.177	6
Dist. of Columbia	1806	113	1811	50	.443	62	.549	1	.008	1
New Mexico	1852	5	1861	1	.200	3	.600	1	.200	1
Utah	1853	3	1858	1	.333	1	.333	1	.333	1
Washington	1855	2	1861	2	.100	. .	. .	1	.500	1
Nebraska	1858	2	1862	1	.500	. .	. .	1	1.000	1
Dakota	1861	1	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	1	1.000	1
Colorado	1863	1	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	1	1.000	1
Nevada	1863	1	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	1	1.000	1
At large	1837	330	. .	139	.421	156	.473	35	.106	40
Unknown	1803	26	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .
Total		4,626		2,020				210		294

The Totals in the column of Cadets admitted, graduated, and failed to graduate, for each State and Territory, and for the country at large, are obtained from Tables prepared by Capt. Boynton, in his “History of the United States Military Academy.” The per centage of graduates, failures, &c., is calculated from the totals thus obtained. The minute accuracy of the results is slightly effected by the difficulty of assigning the twenty-six Cadets admitted, whose place of residence was unknown, to their respective States. The column of Cadets to which each State and Territory is entitled in the apportionment of members of Congress under the Census of 1860, is official so far as States not involved in rebellion are concerned; the latter is given according to the Census of 1850.

OPINIONS OF COL. THAYER AND OTHERS.

On the recommendations of the Board of Visitors as to the conditions of admission to the United States Military Academy at West Point.

Extract from a letter of Col. Sylvanus Thayer, Superintendent of the United States Military Academy, from 1816 to 1831.