Register of the Officers and Cadets of the Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Va

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Excerpt from Register of the Officers and Cadets of the Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Va: July, 1852The virginia military institute was established, and is supported by the State of Virginia. An arsenal, containing stand of arms, is located here, which was formerly guarded by a company of enlisted soldiers, at an annual expense of about In 1839, this appro priation was transferred to the support of a company of cadets, who, in addition to their duties as a guard, should also be placed under a course of instruction, upon the basis of the United States Military Academy, at West Point. Upon this new system the Institute has been in successful operation for twelve years. The cadets admitted consist of two classes, State and Pay cadets. The Institute supplies to the\ State cadet his board, tuition, fuel, lights, books, mattrass, medical attendance and stationery, and in consideration thereof, he is required to teach two years after graduation. The Pay cadet is at his own expense, which averages $275 per year, for every charge, including clothing. The State cadets are selected from those who are unable to bear their own expenses. The Institution has always had as many pupils as its buildings would accommodate, and numbers thirty-two State and eighty-eight Pay cadets. Applications are made, by letter, to the Superintendent prior to the first of July, each year, and appoint ments are made for both classes of cadets, by the Board of Visiters, respect being bad to their due apportionment among the several districts of the State.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.