1. Grammar:

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(C) Elementary Spanish.

Ramsey's Textbook of Modern Spanish (or)
De Arteaga, Practical Spanish.

2. Composition:

Crawford Spanish Composition.

3. Reading:*

Calderon, La Vida es Sueño.

(a) Plays:

Moratin, El sí de las niñas; Galdós.

Electra; any other modern standard plays.

(b) Prose proper:

Valera, Pepita Jiménez; Alarcón, El Capitan Veneno, El Sombrero de Tres Picos; or any other standard modern prose.

The scope of the examination in the Constitution and Elementary International Law will include so much of the subject as would ordinarily be acquired by a college student in a course of instruction extending over 50 recitation periods of an hour each and is that covered by the following or any other recognized textbooks of an equivalent standard, namely: Constitutional Law-Davis, E. G.

International Law-Davis, G. B.

The scope of the examination in higher mathematics will be that of a final examination at the end of the sophomore or junior years in the scientific courses of recognized colleges and technical schools and is covered by the following or any other recognized textbooks of an equivalent standard, namely: Differential Calculus-McMahon and Snyder.

Integral Calculus-D. A. Murray.

Analytical Geometry-Tanner and Allen.

The scope in the examination of "A thorough working knowledge of any modern language" will be that ordinarily covered by a full four years' literary course at recognized colleges and universities, and the applicant taking this optional subject will be assumed to have a general knowledge of the literature of the language and an ability to speak it. He will be required to write in the language selected a composition of about 300 words upon an assigned subject.

The scope of the examination in "A general knowledge of the English Language and English Literature" is indicated

*The indications under "3. R mentioned will be required be read. The scope is ma

tions in the course of s

do not mean that all the authors of a given author's works must ad, so as to cover possible variacandidate.

by the following or any other recognized textbooks of an equivalent standard, namely:

English Language.

The English Language-T. R. Lounsbury.
History of English-A. C. Champneys.

English Literature (History).

English Literature-Wm. T. Long.

History of English Literature-R. P. Halleck.

History of English Literature-W. V. Moody and R. M. Lovett.

A Short History of American Literature-W. C. Bronson. An Introduction to American Literature-H. S. Pancoast.

(Works.)

The chief works of the following authors:

Chaucer.

Most important writers of the Elizabethan period.

Milton.

Dryden.

Swift, Addison, Steele, Pope, Johnson, Goldsmith, Sheridan. Burns.

Wordsworth, Coleridge, Scott, Byron, Shelley, Keats, Ten

nyson.

Browning.

Macauley, Carlyle, Arnold.

Thackeray, Dickens, Eliot, Stevenson.

Chief lyric poets as represented in Palgrave's Golden Treasury.

It is assumed that the applicant has specialized upon one and not all of the optional subjects, and prior to receiving his designation he will indicate in writing to The Adjutant General of the Army which one of the optional subjects he desires to be examined upon. After having once indicated the subject no change to another subject will be allowed.

In marking the examination papers the following relative weights will be given to the subjects enumerated in this paragraph:

General history, 4; elementary French, German, or Spanish, 4; the Constitution of the United States and International Law, 3; advanced optional subject, 9.

10. Candidates will be classified as follows:

a. Honor graduates of institutions of learning at which Army officers are detailed as professors of military science and tactics and which have at any time been designated as

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"Distinguished institutions." (Each year that an institution receives this designation, one member of its graduating class will, upon graduation, be rated an honor graduate, and should he subsequently become a candidate for a commission in the Army he shall be given certain privileges of precedence in appointment as indicated in paragraph 11 below.)

b. Other graduates of institutions of learning at which Army officers are detailed as professors of military science and tactics classified as Class A and Class BA at the date of the candidate's graduation, and

Members of the Organized Militia of not less than three years' creditable service in the militia.

c. Other candidates.

11. Candidates who have satisfactorily passed the preliminary examination described in paragraph 7 of this order and those exempt from this examination under the provisions of paragraph 8 of this order will be graded according to merit as established by their general average upon the competitive mental examination described in paragraph 9 of this order. Those whose general average is 85 per cent or more will be graded separately in each of their several classes and will be selected to fill existing vacancies in the order of their merit, taking first those of class a; second, those of class b, and third, those of class c. The remaining available vacancies will then be filled by selection in order of merit from the whole list of candidates, without regard to classification, whose general average upon the competitive examination is 75 per cent or

more.

12. No candidate will be appointed whose general average on the competitive examination is less than 75 per cent, but the mere fact that a candidate makes a general average of 75 per cent or more upon this examination will not give him any right or title to an appointment. The examination will be competitive and the competition will be for the vacancies existing and available at the time of the examination. No candidate, whatever may be his mark, will be held over to fill a subsequent vacancy.

[1517749 A-A. G. O.]

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR:

OFFICIAL:

HENRY P. MCCAIN,
Adjutant General.

LEONARD WOOD,

Major General, Chief of Staff.

GENERAL ORDERS,

No. 54.

WAR DEPARTMENT,

WASHINGTON, April 29, 1911.

The following regulations for the examination and appointment of Army paymasters' clerks are published for the information of all concerned:

1. Army paymasters' clerks will be appointed by the Secretary of War upon the recommendation of the Paymaster General.

2. A candidate to be eligible for appointment must be a citizen of the United States, physically sound and of good moral character, between 21 and 30 years of age, and no applicant will be designated who will not be eligible on the first day set for the examination, and whose application for examination has not been approved by the Paymaster General.

3. Applications for designation will be addressed to The Adjutant General of the Army, and will include a signed statement showing the date of birth of the candidate, whether he is married or single, and whether he is a citizen of the United States by birth or naturalization; but no candidate will be designated to take the examination until it becomes necessary to make an appointment.

4. When it becomes necessary to fill a vacancy or vacancies the designated candidate or candidates will be authorized to report at Washington, District of Columbia, or at the department headquarters nearest their homes, and the examinations prescribed herein will be conducted by boards consisting of two medical officers and one or more paymasters, the board at Washington to be appointed by the Secretary of War, and the boards at department headquarters to be appointed by the department commanders. The duties of the medical officers will be confined to inquiring into and reporting upon the physical qualifications of the candidates, and the duty of the paymasters will be to supervise the mental examination, which will be written, the questions therefor being furnished by The Adjutant General of the Army to the senior paymaster of the board.

The physical examination will be conducted first, and this will be followed by the mental examination, which will take place in the presence of the paymaster or paymasters of the

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board; at least one paymaster must be present at all times during the mental examination. Each examination paper will contain a certificate from the paymaster or one of the paymasters of the board that the candidate has undergone the examination in his presence and without assistance from any one. The examination papers when completed will be forwarded with the certificate of the medical officers to The Adjutant General of the Army, and will be marked by a board consisting of officers of the Pay Department appointed by the Secretary of War.

5. Moral character.-All candidates will submit to the officer conducting the mental examination testimonials or certificates as to their moral character and fitness for the position of paymasters' clerk, and these testimonials and certificates will be forwarded with the examination papers.

6. Physical examination.-Any candidate who fails to pass this examination will be rejected, but should he so desire he will be permitted to undergo the mental examination with the distinct understanding that such examination will not confer upon him any right to appointment should his physical disability finally be regarded as disqualifying. Examination as to physical qualifications will conform to the standard required of recruits for the Army, except that any candidate whose degree of vision is less than 20/40 in either eye, or who is color blind for red, green, or violet will be rejected. The physical examination will be made complete in each case, even though a deficiency be discovered, so as to ascertain whether any other defects exist. It is highly desirable that where a candidate is rejected for any physical cause the cause of rejection should be so clearly established as to be conclusive of the reasonableness and propriety of the rejection, and in cases where physical fitness appears doubtful the board should require the production of such testimony as to the medical history of the candidate and of his family as may be obtainable.

7. Mental examination.—Each candidate who is physically qualified or desires to undergo the mental examination notwithstanding his physical defects will then be examined mentally in the following subjects:

a. English grammar, English composition, orthography and penmanship, all to be judged by the papers submitted by the candidate.