=====+========+======================================================== |Names | MERIT IN | +------+--------+-----------+----------+--------+-------+ |Arranged| | | | | | | |in Order| |Ordnance| | | | | | of | | and | |Soldierly | | | Class|General | |Science | Practical |Deportment| | | Rank | Merit | | of | Military | and |Military| Final | | | Law |Gunnery |Engineering|Discipline|Hygiene |Conduct| +--------+------+--------+-----------+----------+--------+-------+ |Maximum | | | | | | | |in each |150.00| 150.00 | 45.00 | 20.00 | 25.00 |125.00 | |branch | | | | | | | -----+--------+------+--------+-----------+----------+--------+-------+ =====+========+======== |Names | | ++------- |Arranged|| |in Order|| | of || Class|General || Rank | Merit ||General | || Merit +--------++------- |Maximum || |in each ||2460.00 |branch || -----+--------++------- The count for conduct, based upon the number of demerits received by a cadet each year, is Class of New Cadets 40 Fourth class year 50 Third class year 75 Second class year 100 First class year 125 The final count in conduct for the graduating merit roll is 125. It is obtained by adding together the respective proportional parts for each of the four years and the preliminary course for New Cadets, and then reducing the sums thus found to equivalent values with a maximum of 125. Upon completing the prescribed course of study the graduates are eligible for promotion to the grade of Second Lieutenant in any corps or arm of the army, the duties of which the Academic Board may judge them competent to perform. For instruction in infantry drill regulations and in military police and discipline, the Corps of Cadets is organized into two battalions, under the Commandant of Cadets, assisted by two battalion commanders (army officers), each company being commanded by an army officer. The cadet officers and non-commissioned officers are selected from those who have been most studious, soldier-like in the performance of their duties, and most exemplary in their general deportment. In general, the cadet officers are taken from the first class, the sergeants from the second, and the corporals from the third. In an article in the July-August, 1904, number of The Journal of the Military Service Institution, Professor Samuel E. Tillman, of the United States Military Academy said: