There is also a general merit roll of proficiency and good conduct sent to the same department, an abstract whereof, with demerit added, is sent to the parents or guardians in a printed book containing the names of all the cadets, by which they can at once see the relative position of their son or ward.  The following tables will explain the system adopted for ascertaining the merit, demerit, and qualifications of the students:—­

DEMERIT.

Degree of Criminality of Offences, arranged in Classes.

1.  Mutinous conduct 10 2.  Disobedience of orders of military superior 8 3.  Visiting in study hours 5 4.  Absence from drill 4 5.  Idleness in academy 3 6.  Inattention under arms 2 7.  Late at roll call 1

Form of Conduct Roll made up for the yearly examination.

The column marked “Class” indicates number of years student has been in the academy.

  Name.  Class.  Demerit.

H.L.           1                5
C.P.           3               10
W.K.M.         2              192

A particular case to exemplify the manner of obtaining the numbers in the column of demerit:—­

Cadet W.K.M. was charged with 48 delinquencies, to wit: 
of the second class of offences, 2, which being multiplied
by 8, the number expressing the degree of criminality
of an offence of that class, is 16
Of the 3rd class 3 multiplied by 5 15
4th " 13 " 4 52
5th " 10 " 3 30
6th " 11 " 2 22
7th " 9 " 1 9
——­
144

The Cadet being a member of the
2nd class, add 1/3 48
——­
Total demerit 192

The following list of Cadets is attached to the Army Register in conformity with a regulation for the Government of the United States 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 examination:—­

Reported at the Examination in June, 18—.

No.  Names.         Appointed  Science and Art in which each Cadet
from       particularly excels.

1 First Class.  Mass.  Civil and Military Engineering, Ethics,
G.L.A.  Mineralogy and Geology, Infantry
Tactics, Artillery, Natural and
Experimental Philosophy, Chemistry,
Drawing, Mathematics, French and
English Studies.

2 J.St.C.M.  Pa.  Civil and Military Engineering, Ethics,
Mineralogy and Geology, Infantry
Tactics, Artillery, Natural and
Experimental Philosophy, Chemistry,
Drawing, Mathematics, and French.