The first term of the regular academic year is September 1 to December 18, inclusive. The second term of the regular academic year is January 2 to June 4, inclusive. DEPARTMENT OF TACTICS. ALL CLASSES. New cadets, upon reporting for duty, are given infantry recruit instruction, with gymnastic and calisthenic exercises, until they join the battalion. Practical instruction is given during the summer encampment, and from September 1st to November 1st, and from March 15th to June 1st, in cavalry, artillery and infantry drill regulations, in target practice with the rifle, revolver, mountain gun and field gun, and in Military Engineering. During the summer encampment, cadets of the third and fourth classes are also taught swimming and dancing, and those of the first class, the service of sea-coast artillery and submarine defense at Fort Wright, N. Y.; all classes participate in exercises in minor tactics, practice marches, problems and practical field work, in which the employment of all arms is exemplified. Practical instruction in fencing and gymnastic exercises and in boxing and wrestling is given to the fourth class from October 1st to June 1st, and to the other classes from November 1st to March 15th. Instruction in riding is given to the first class during the encampment and from September 1st to June 1st, excepting the month of February; to the second class, from November 1st to March 31st, and to the third class from November 1st to March 15th and during the summer encampment. Instruction with English pad saddles is given to the first class, and in polo to the first and second classes. During the winter months map problems for the purpose of instruction in writing orders, selecting positions from the map, both offensive and defensive, making dispositions of small forces, selecting best route for advance and retreat, and for practice of map reading in general; also lectures upon the methods pursued in company, post and staff administration as required by Army Regulations, upon uniforms and equipments, and upon etiquette and customs of the service are given cadets of the first class. TEXT BOOKS. Light Artillery Drill Regulations. U. S. Cavalry Drill Regulations. U. S. Infantry Drill Regulations. U. S. Coast Artillery Drill Regulations. U. S. A Military Primer of the Service of Security and Information. Marshall and Simonds. Elements of Hippology. Marshall. Coast Artillery Drill Regulations: Position-finding service. BOOKS OF REFERENCE. Army Regulations. U.S. Small Arms Firing Regulations. U. S. Manual of Instruction in Mountain Guns, etc. U. S. M. A. Manual of Guard Duty. U. S. Manual of Pack Transportation. U. S. M. A. Regulations. U. S. M. A. Blue Book. U. S.M. A. Manual of Gymnastic Exercises. Koehler. Field Service Regulations. U. S. Horses, Saddles and Bridles. Carter. ISSUED TO FIRST CLASS BEFORE GRADUATION.