30. The allotment of time for instruction in each department shall be fixed upon the recommendation of the Staff, approved by the Commandant. Each instructor shall devote to practical instruction as much as possible of the time alloted to his department.

31. Instructors and assistant instructors shall report in writing, on the day of occurrence, all student officers late or absent from recitation or exercise, or neglecting to make proper preparation for the same.

EXAMINATIONS.

32. Examinations shall be held during each term, as soon as convenient after the general review in each subject, ordinarily in the months of December and June.

33. All examinations shall be written and shall be conducted under the supervision of the College Staff.

34. When any subject upon which a student is to be graded is weighted, its value shall be announced before the examination work is begun.

35. The Instructor and his assistants in any one department shall assign to the student a mark on his examination papers, the mark varying between "0," for a complete failure, and "3," for a perfect paper. The average of the marks given by the Instructor and his assistants shall constitute the examination mark in their department. The Instructor shall then submit to the Commandant lists of the students under his instruction, arranged in order of merit by marks received (a) in examination and (b) in practical exercises which have been held during the previous term.

36. In determining the order of merit in any subject, due credit shall be given for problems, maps, and results of practical work pertaining to such subject and required of student officers during the course of instruction.

37. All members of the class shall be given identical questions and required to draw the same maps and diagrams in examination. In the case of an officer not examined with his class owing to sickness or other cause, he shall be examined as soon as practicable after his return to duty. For this examination the topics and questions shall be similar to, but not identical with, those given in the general examination.

38. The examination papers, maps, problems, etc., with such exceptions as the Staff may designate, shall, after action by the Staff, be filed with the records of the College.

39. To assist in fixing the relative proficiency of officers, the Instructor in the Department of Tactics and his assistants shall note the manner in which students perform their duties in all military exercises. The ability to impart instruction, to command, to see what is required, and the soldierly bearing of an officer-all shall be considered in marking, according to the rule prescribed for examination.

40. The maximum values assigned to the different departments in ascertaining the figure of merit shall be as follows: Department of Tactics (350):

41. For record at the College and at the War Department, the class upon graduation shall be arranged in order of merit, special proficiency in any subject to be noted; but publication of the class standing shall be limited to an alphabetical arrangement in two grades, viz:

(1) Distinguished.

(2) Proficient.

In determining the order of merit the marks received upon original examination shall be considered.

42. Relative standing in the theory of the different subjects taught in each department shall be based solely upon the examinations, but all practical-work marks shall be considered in determining the order of merit as contemplated in paragraph 41, as well as in deciding upon the proficiency or deficiency of an officer at the close of each term.

43. An officer failing to pass a satisfactory examination in any subject (by which shall be understood the attainment of 70 per cent of the maximum in the examination, as well as 70 per cent of the maximum in the practical work of the previous half year) shall be reexamined either in theory, in

practice, or in both, at the discretion of the Staff of the College after such equitable time as may be fixed by it, and, if then declared deficient, he shall be specially reported to the War Department, with a statement by the Commandant as to the cause of failure as determined by the Staff, and with a view to his being returned to his regiment: Provided, That if the deficiency occur at the semiannual examination the officer may be conditioned by the Staff until the final examination, at which he shall be examined on the whole year's course of that subject in which the deficiency occurred.

44. The Commandant shall forward to the War Department a report of the final action of the Staff at each examination.

GRADUATION.

45. The Staff shall note the names of the students who may have shown marked proficiency in any branch and shall state the professional employments for which any of them appear to be specially qualified. The Staff shall also note the names of officers of the distinguished grade, if any, not to exceed five, to be borne upon the Army Register as "honor graduates."

46. Officers who pass successfully through the entire course of instruction shall receive a diploma setting forth their proficiency. This diploma shall be signed by the Commandant, the Assistant Commandant, and the Staff.

47. When an officer has graduated in the distinguished class, that fact, with a transcript from the records of the College setting forth the branches in which he has been especially distinguished and the recommendations given in his case by the Staff of the College, shall be communicated to the colonel of his regiment, who shall publish the same in a regimental order.

MISCELLANEOUS.

48. Disbursements of the funds shall be made only upon the written order of the Commandant, and vouchers shall be taken for all expenditures, one copy of which shall be filed with the College records.

49. The College library, consisting for the most part of professional books, maps, and scientific periodicals, shall be maintained separate and apart from the post library, and for the convenience and improvement of officers.

50. In case of loss of or damage to any book, periodical, map, or other property belonging to the College, the person responsible for such loss or damage shall make the same good by the payment of the amount of the damage or actual cost of the article lost or destroyed. The damage shall be assessed by the Secretary of the College, whose action, when approved by the Commandant, shall be final.

51. The authorized text-books and books of reference shall be selected upon the recommendation of the Staff of the College and with approval of the Commandant, but instructors and assistant instructors shall, when required to do so, prepare essays on the subject-matter of their courses of instruction, which, when recommended by the Staff and approved by the Commandant, shall become authorized text-books and be printed at the College.

52. Student officers shall be required to purchase their textbooks.

53. Instructors and assistant instructors shall submit to the College staff, immediately after the final examination, any suggestions or recommendations they may have with regard to the course of instruction and the text-books used in their respective departments.

PROGRAM OF INSTRUCTION.

DEPARTMENT OF TACTICS.

PROGRAM OF THE COURSE IN TACTICS.

The course in Tactics is divided into seven parts, and embraces lessons, lectures, and practical exercises with and without troops.

Part I.-Security and information.

Part II.-Equitation and hippology.

Part III.-Lectures and demonstrations on field artillery.

Part IV. Organization and tactics.

Part V.-Elements of strategy.

Part VI.-Lectures and demonstrations on visual and electrical signaling.

Part VII.-Practical work in the study and application of the principles of minor tactics.

DETAILED PROGRAM OF STUDIES.

PART I.-Security and information.

Preliminary definitions; introduction; the advance guard; outposts; reconnoissances; the cavalry screen; rear guards; spies; newspapers; orientation and map reading; Indian scouting: advance guard drill, infantry and cavalry.

PART II.-Equitation and hippology.

(a) THEORETICAL.

The cavalry horse; age of horses; endurance of horses; framework of the horse mechanically considered; gaits of the horse; bits; bitting and training; saddles; cavalry saddles and packs; seats; forage; stable management; diseases and injuries.

Lecture on the description of the horse.

Lectures on conformation.

Lectures by veterinary surgeon on: The bony framework of the horse, muscles, ligaments, and tendons; the foot; the teeth; diseases; the digestive system; soundness.

(b) PRACTICAL.

Exercises in determining the age of horses. Exercises in examination for soundness. Exercises in judging conformation. Stable management and horseshoeing. Riding lessons.

PART III.-Lectures and demonstrations on field artillery.

The course consists of lectures and demonstrations on the manual of field and machine guns; mechanical maneuvers of fieldpieces; ammunition; marches; pointing and ranges, and the employment of United States field artillery in field service and battle.

PART IV.-Organization and tactics.

Definitions; organization and discipline; characteristics of the three arms; infantry in attack and defense; cavalry in attack and defense; artillery in attack and defense; the three arms combined; convoys; the transportation of an army corps; space and time required in formations and marches.