OFFICIAL REGISTER OF THE an~ OF THE U. S. MILITARY ACADEMY, ~zint, ~3.~. JUNF~, 1860. BOARD OF VISITORS. Thefollowing named Gentlemen were invited by the Hon. Secretary of War to attend the Examination of the Cadets of the U. S. Military Academy, in JUNE, 1860. 1. GEORGE T. WOOD, Esqr. (President) KENTucKY. 2. Colonel JOHN S. SLOCUM (Secretary) RHoDE ISLAND. 3. Colonel EDWARD B. BRYAN SouTH CARoLINA. 4. JOSEPH T. COPELAND, Esqr MIcHIGAN. 5. VICTOR DU PONT, Esqr . DELAwARE. 6. Judge W. W. FLOYD ARKANSAS. 7. General D. M. FROST MIssouRI. 8. General JOHN J. GOOD ... TExAs. 9. EDMOND L. GOOLD, Esqr CALIFORNIA. 10. Colonel JOHN K. HOWARD TENNESsEE. 11. WILLIAM E. JONES, Esqr VIRGINIA. 12. Hon. GEORGE P. MARSH VERMONT. 13. Dr. JOHN A. SKINNER INDIANA. 14. EDWARD A. STEVENS, Esqr. NEW JERsEY. 15. Professor J. S. WOODMAN NEW HAMPSHIRE. *16. ISAAC S. WARMOTH, Esqr . ILLINOIS. * Not Present. EXTRACT FROM AN ACT OF CONGRESS, APPROVED AUGUST 8TH, 1846. SEC. 2. And be itfurther enacted, That the President be authorized to appoint a Board of Visitors toattend the annual examination of the Military Academy, whose duty it shall be to report to the Secretary of War, for the information of Congress, at the commencement of the next succeeding session, the actual state of the disci- pline, instruction,police, administration, fiscal affairs, and other concerns of the in- stitution.—.&ovided, That the whole number of Visitors each year shall not exceed the half of the number of the States in the Union; and that they shall beselected alternately from,every second State, each member being a bonafide resident citizen of the State from which he shall be appointed; that not less than six members shall be taken from among officers actually serving in the militia; and that a second member shall not be taken from any Congressional district until everyother district in the State shall havesupplied a member.— Providedfurther, That no com- pensation shallbe made to said members, beyond the payment of their expenses for board and lodging while at the Military Academy, and an allowance not to exceed eight cents per mile, for travelling by the shortest mail route from their respective homes to the Academy, and back to their homes. 1860 3 OFFICERS OF THE MILITARY ACADEMY. Colonel RICHARD DELAFIELD, Major Corps of Engineers, with Local Rank of Col. of Engineers, Superintendent of the Militarl, Academy and Commandant ofthe Post. ~iab~m~t ~taff+ DENNIS H. MAHAN, LL. D., Professor ofMilitary and Civil Engineering. Assistant Professor of Military and 1st Lieut. WILLIAM P. CRAIGHILL, Engineers, Civil Engineering. 2d Lieut. GODFREY WErrzEL, Engineers, Acting Assistant Professors of 2d Lieut. GEoRGE W. SNYDER, A. M., Engineers, ç Military & Civil Engineerin~. Professor of Natural and Experimental WILLIAM H. C. BARTLETT, LL. D., F Philosophy. 1st Lieut. JOHN M. ScHoFIELD, 1st Artillery, Assistant Professor of Philosophy. lit Lieut. GEORGE H. MENDELL, Top’l Engineers, F Acting Assistant Professors of 2d Lieut. CYRUS B. CoNsTocK, Engineers, PhilosOphy. ALBERT E. CHURCH, LL. D., Professorof Mathematics. 1 Assistant PrQfessor of 1st Lieut. GOUvERNEuR K. WARREN, Top. Engineers, Mathematics. 1st Lieut. OLIVER 0. HowARD, A. M., Ordnance Corps, 1 Actisrq Assistant Pro- 1st Lieut. HERBERT A. HA5CALL, 4th Artillery, 2d Lieut. JUNIUS B. WHEELER, Top’l Engineers, fessorsof Mathemat- 2d Lieut. ALExANDER S. WEBB, 2d Artillery, j WS Lieut. Col. WILLIAM J. HARDEE, Major 2d] Comd’tArtyofTactics,Cbdets andArmyInstructorOrganizaof- Cavalry, and Bvt. Lieut. Col. U. S. A., tion Administration; Cavalry with Local Rank of Lieut. Col. of En- Thctics, Equitation, Out Post j Duty; Infantry Tactics, Strat- gineers. egy and Grand Tactics. 1st Lieut. RUFUS SAxT0N, A. M., 4th Artillery, Assistant Instructor of Artillery. 1st Lieut. RICHARD I. DODGE, 8th Infantry, F Assistant InstructorTactics. of Infantry 1st Lieut. CHARLEs W. FIELD, 2d Cavalry, Assistant Instructor of Cavalry. 1st Lieut. ROBERT WILLIAMs, 1st Dragoons, Assistant Instructor of Cavalry. I Assistant Instructor of 1st Lieut. ALEXANDER McD. McCO0K, 3d Infantry, c Infantry Tactics. ROBERT W. WEIR, N. A., Professor of Drawing. 4 1860 1st Lieut. HENRY DouGLASS, 9th Infantry, Assistant Professor ofDrawing. 2d Lieut. JAMES McMILLAN, 2d Infantry, Acting Assistant Professor of Drawing. HYACINTH R. AGNEL, Professor of the French Language. Assistant Professorof the French 1st Lieut. BEEKMAN Du BARRY, 3d Artillery, F Language. 1 Acting Assistant Professor of 1st Lieut. WALw0RTH JENKINS, 1st Artillery, the French Language. Chaplain and Profes8or of Geography, His- Rev. JOHN W. FRENCH, A. M., F ‘ ‘ tory and Ethics. Assistant Professor of 1st Lient. STEPHEN V. BENET, A. M., Ordnance Corps, ~ Geography, History ~ and Ethics. 1st Lieut. HENRY C. SYM0NDS, 2d Artillery, 1 Acting Assistant Prqfessors 1st Lieut. JOHN T. GREBLE, A. M., 2d Artillery, of Geography, History and 2d Lieut. HERMAN Breus, 1st Infantry, J Ethics. HENRY L. KENDRICK, A.M., Professor of Chemistry, Mineralogy and Geology. 1 Assistant Professor ofChemis- 1st Lieut. THOMAS M. VINCENT, 2d Artillery, tsy, Mineralogy and Geology. PATRICE DE JAN0N, Professor ~fthe Spanish Language. 1 Assistant Psqfessor of the Bvt. 2d Lieut. SAMuEL H. L0CKETT, Engineers, Spanish Language. Bvt. 2d Lieut. ELIA5 B. CARLING, 2d Artillery, 1 Actingthe SpanishAssistantLanguage.Professor of Instructor of Ordnanceand Captain JAMES G. BEIcT0N, Ordnance C~rps, F 1 Instructor of Practical Military 1st Lieut. JAMES C. DUANE, Engineers, ç Engineering. 1 Assistant Instructor of Prac- 2d Lieut. EDWARD P. ALExANDER, Engineers, ticalEngineering. 1st Lieut. JOHN C. KELT0N, 6th Infantry, Instructor in the Use of Small Arms. ANT0NI L0RENTz, Sword Master, Assistant to Instructor in the Use of Small Arms 4Thlitcriij ~taff. 1st Lieut. SAMUEL B. H0LABIRD, 1st Infantry, Adjutant. Surgeon CHARLES MCDouGALL, M. D. Assistant Surgeon JOHN F. HAMMoND, M. D. Assistant Surgeon JOHN CAMPBELL, M.D. 1st Lieut. JAMES C. DuANE, Treasurer. 2d Lieut. SAMUEL S. CARROLL, Quarter Master. CADETS ARRANGED IN in i1p~i~ iIi~ditn~4~htss*~ AS DETERMINED AT THE GENERAL EXAMINATION, IN JUNE, ~I86O. NOTE. Names marked thus * are to be attached to the next Army Reg- ister, in conformity with a regulation for the government of the Military Academy, requiring the names of the most distinguished Cadets, not exceeding five in each Class, to be reported for this purpose at each Annual Examinat~ion. Cadets whose names aremarked thus ~were found deficient, and turned back, to re-commence thestudies or their respective Classes. Cadets whose namesare marked thus ~ were found deficient, and recommended for discharge. 1860 7 FIRST CLASS—41 MEMBERS—1860. ‘~ Order De- ~ ofmesit in merit. - ~ ~. ~. p Fames State A~Z~n ~ ~ ~~$ )!! a W~Walter .LV1cl~ar1anct, *2 John A. Tardy, Jr., LN. Y. July 1, L~5.HI 1 4i 1 ;~ 1 a6 i~s *3Horace Porter, N.Y. do 16 0 21 122 :1 3 5132 *4Nicolas Bowen, Pa. do 18 2 65541 20 4 33 *5 Theodore Edson, N.Y. do 18 1~1 410 6 618 4 9 11954 18 5 6James H. Wilson, Mass. do 16 3 211 3 4 4224 111. do 17 511 4 512 S 10 7439 7 Benjamin F. Sloan, Jr., 823 8 James M.Whittemore, Jr. S.C. do 19 1 913 9 93 5232 Mass. do 19 3 13 7 8 729 7 2 4723 9~AlansonM. Randol, 6 6 lOCornelius Hook, Jr., N.Y. do 17 8 76789 3023 Ill. do 1’? 6 8 8 313 6 13 21 80 11’William W.McCreery, Jr. 11 13 12John M. Wilson, At Large do 18 10 1017121024 15786 W. T. do 17 7 17 91022 1 28 17 00 13~JosiahH. Kellogg, 10 14 14 Stephen D. Ramseur, Pa. do 18 8 1220173921 5628 N. C. do 18 1 1516183512 9 12 5338 15~EdwardR. Hopkins, 29 37 l6IDaniel D. Lynn, N.Y. do 19 0 1915141414 2521 Ia. do 18 6 1622221622 27 27 18 6 17Samiiel A. Foster, 25 36 18 Alex.C.M.Pennington,Jr. Me. July 1, ‘54. 1’? 11 1538293217 3725 N.J. July 1, ‘55. 17 5 3014162432 37 18 2727 19 John M. Kerr, 12 8 20Albert M. Powell, July 1, ‘54. 17 3 1212302119 8458 Md. July 1, ‘55. 2I 14182029226 19 4932 21 Alfred T. Smith, 22 11 22 Wesley Merritt, Ill. do 1? 1 113123121 11974 Ill. do 19 1 19 3151122 21 31 9190 23James P. Martin, 28 20 24~JohnR. B. Burtwell, At Large do 18 9 11192134 7 14891 Ala. July 1, ‘54. 17 11 3135312634 32 16 8286 251William U. Jones, 17 26 26 Martin V. B. Lewis, Ohio. July 1, ‘55. 18 4 1323273311 11365 Ohio. do 19 11 1737262327 36 35 84 27~SalemS. Marsh, 19 15 28~Wade H. Gibbes, Mass. do 18 7 1828 19 1737 15977 S.C. do 18 42i 3221342521 14 29 2011 29~Char1esS. Bowman, I 1530 3O At Large do 18 163225~282 9731 1Samuel T. Cushing, R. I. do 16 9 342524 1911625 16674. 3llFrank Huger, At Large do 17 7 i82933~188 31 33 8921 32 1RobertJohn N.H.Andrews,Hall, Ill. do 17 11 143035271138 24 8869 33841Edward B. D. Riley, Del. do 11’ 3739~32~3632 32 34 111273 3S AtLarge do 10, 20~3337~3839328 16988 1Wihiam H. Jordan, Ohio. do 18 33l26~36,2035 37~22 8 1860 FIRST CLASS—41 MEMBERS—1860. Order De- 5- ,~ ~ of merit in merit. .~. .~ .5- :~u~ B Names. State. Ad ~ L mission. P .~ ~ 1! 5- ~i—~ ~ ~ 5. ~$:~ ~- 36John J. Sweet, Iii. July 1, ‘55. 17 b oucoi~tituar lol a’x 37 Lyman Mishler, Pa. do 16 5 40241331404140 14691 381George S. Hollister, N.Y. do 16 1139404141312438 8147 39 George W. Vanderbilt, N. Y. do 2 41274040383541 18894 40James M. Warner, Vt. do 5 38343937363439 18494 41 Harold Borland, Ark.