21 | WESLEY MERRITT | Colonel 5th Cavalry | Sept. 1, 1882 | July 1, 1887 | Relieved. 22 | JOHN G. PARKE | Colonel, Corps of Engineers | Aug. 28, 1887 | June 24, 1889 | Relieved. 23 | JOHN M. WILSON | Lieut. Colonel, Corps of Engineers | Aug. 26, 1889 | Mar. 31, 1893 | Relieved. 24 | OSWALD ERNEST | Major, Corps of Engineers | Mar. 31, 1893 | Aug. 21, 1898 | Relieved. 25 | ALBERT L. MILLS | 1st Lieutenant, 1st Cavalry | Aug. 22, 1898 | Aug. 31, 1906 | Relieved. 26 | HUGH L. SCOTT | Major, 14th Cavalry | Aug. 31, 1906 | Aug. 31, 1910 | Relieved. 27 | THOMAS H. BARRY | Major General, U. S. Army | Aug. 31, 1910 | Aug. 31, 1912 | Relieved. 28 | CLARENCE P. TOWNSLEY | Colonel, Coast Artillery Corps | Aug. 31, 1912 | June 30, 1916 | Relieved. 29 | JOHN BIDDLE | Colonel, Corps of Engineers | July 1, 1916 | | ---+------------------------+------------------------------------+-------------------+-------------------+---------- NOTE.--The selection of the Superintendents of the Military Academy was confined to the Corps of Engineers from the establishment of the Institution, March 16, 1802, till the passage of the law of July 13, 1866, which opened it to the entire Army. By the Act of June 12, 1858, the local rank of Colonel was conferred upon the Superintendent. A DICTIONARY OF CADET SLANG A. B., _n._ Area Bird, term used to designate one who regularly walks the area. B. A., _n._ Busted aristocrat. Title given to a cadet officer who has been deprived of his chevrons. B-ache, _n._ An official explanation of a report. B-ache, _v._ To submit an explanation, to talk. Beast, _n._ Name given to new cadets during their first few weeks at M. A. Beast Barracks, _n._ Designation for the period of time a man is a beast: the first three weeks when he is quartered in barracks. Bird, _n._ See A. B. B. J., _a._ Literally means “bold before June”; as applied to a fourth classman who is impertinent and fresh. Black Book, _n._ Regulations, U. S. M. A. Blasé, _a._ Indifferent. Syn. B. J. Bone, _v._ To study. ---- check book. To be economical. ---- dis. To try to avoid getting demerits. ---- efficiency. To be military for no apparent reason. ---- files. To strive for class standing. ---- make. To strive for chevrons. ---- muck. To endeavor to increase in brawn. ---- tenths. To study hard for a better mark. Boodle, _n._ General term used to designate all eatables, contraband. Boodler’s, _n_. The confectioner’s. Bootlick, _v._ To curry favor obsequiously, to praise. Bootlick, _n._ A “stand in.”