24 Members of the United States Senate and House of
Representatives.
171 United States civil officers of various kinds.
8 Presidential electors.
2 Governors of States and Territories.
77 Members of State Legislatures.
2 Lieutenant-Governors of States.
8 Presiding officers of State Senates and Houses of
Representatives.
13 Members of conventions to form State constitutions.
81 State officers of various grades.
29 Adjutants, Inspectors, and Quartermasters-General and Chief
Engineers of States and Territories.
158 Officers of State militia.
17 Mayors of cities.
57 City officers.
46 Presidents of universities, colleges, etc.
32 Principals of academies and schools.
14 Regents and chancellors of educational institutions.
136 Professors and teachers.
1 Superintendent of Coast Survey.
11 Surveyors-General of States and Territories.
14 Chief Engineers of States.
87 Presidents of railroads and other corporations.
63 Chief engineers of railroads and other public works.
62 Superintendents of railroads and other public works.
24 Treasurers and receivers of railroads and other corporations.
228 Civil engineers.
5 Electrical engineers.
14 Judges.
200 Attorneys and counsellors at law.
1 Bishop.
1 Superior-General of clerical order.
20 Clergymen.
14 Physicians.
122 Merchants.
77 Manufacturers.
3 Artists.
7 Architects.
230 Farmers and planters.
18 Bankers.
8 Bank presidents.
23 Bank officers.
30 Editors.
179 Authors.
In accordance with sections 1327, 1328 and 1329 of the Revised Statutes
of the United States a Board of Visitors, composed of twelve persons,
seven appointed by the President, two by the presiding officer of the
Senate, and three by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, was
for years annually appointed to visit the Military Academy to “inquire
into the actual state of discipline, instruction, police administration,
fiscal affairs, and other concerns of the institution, and reported the
same to the Secretary of War for the information of Congress.” Each
member of the Board received not exceeding eight cents per mile traveled,
by the most direct route, from his residence to West Point and return,
and in addition, five dollars per day for expenses during each day of
his service at West Point. This Board visited and inspected the Academy
during the first two weeks of June.
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The Act of Congress approved March 4, 1909, among other things says:
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