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Papers should be given out so that everything in the hands of the applicant may be answered before a recess or adjournment. A statement showing that such was the procedure during the written examinations shall be embodied in the record. In the oral and practical examinations, the examining board shall give a numerical value to each head under which questions are asked or exercises given. In written examinations the board shall give a numerical weight (to be previously entered on the margin) to each question, and in Eke manner shall subsequently enter the estimated weight of each answer. In all cases, for convenience in calculating percentages, the weights of the questions must be such as to aggregate 100 or some simple multiple thereof in each oral, written, or practical examination in each subject.

VIII. To secure some degree of uniformity all examining boards will be furnished by the Adjutant General of the Army with lists of questions, with weights assigned. Boards will not, however, be confined to the questions contained in these lists, but are authorized to ask any questions selected from the publications recommended therein for study. Where blackboard or other illustrations will facilitate the examinations, their use is authorized. Examinations will be conducted in a sufficiently exhaustive manner to determine not only that the subject is thoroughly comprehended, but also to determine the degree of proficiency of the applicant being examined, and until the board is positively satisfied as to his ability to impart instruction in the various subjects.

IX. In case of unpropitious weather practical examinations will be postponed from day to day, but never omitted or materially curtailed.

In case of failure in the practical examination in any subject the board will at once proceed with a second practical examination of sufficient scope to test properly the applicant's efficiency. If successful upon this second examination, the record shall show that he had two practical examinations. In case of failure, an outline of the exercises given and the percentages attained in both practical examinations will be attached to the record.

X. Commanding officers of posts at or in the vicinity of which boards may be appointed to meet shall, without further instructions, furnish, upon request, such available troops and material as may be required by boards in the execution of this order.

XI. At the conclusion of a written examination, the applicant shall be called upon to sign and submit a certificate in his own handwriting to the effect that he has not received assistance from any unauthorized sources.

XII. The board shall report in each subject the percentage attained in all the examinations, whether oral, written, or practical, and will also report the general average of all the subjects. The procedure will be as follows: In each subject, mark each question on the basis of its weight. Add up the marks and reduce the total to a basis of 100. Then, to determine the general average, assign to each subject the relative weight stated below:

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Coast artillery and accessories

Field fortifications, military mines, and explosives

Military bridges

Practical electricity

Topographical surveying

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Duties of engineer officers and troops in war
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Transportation (Quartermaster's Department)
Office administration (Subsistence Department).
Bookkeeping (Pay Department)

Signaling...

Telegraphy and telephony

Construction and installation, engines, etc. (for field officers of Signal Corps)

Minor tactics....

Practical efficiency.

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No weights will be assigned to moral character or physical condition; they will be reported simply as "satisfactory" or "unsatisfactory.”

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No applicant shall be passed who fails to receive a general average of 70 per cent or more, or who receives less than 65 per cent in any subject, be the examination oral, written, or practical.

The numerous questions embraced in each list, together with such original questions as may be formulated by the board, admit of considerable variation, and make it possible to arrange examinations radically different as regards particular questions, but essentially the same in respect to scope and character. It is desirable that the questions be selected indiscriminately in each case, to the end that each applicant undergoing examination may have a different arrangement of questions, even when simultaneous examinations of a similar character are being conducted.

The questions to be furnished by the Adjutant General for the use of examining boards will be taken from Army Regulations, Drill Regulations, Small-arms Firing Regulations, Manual of Guard Duty, Manual for Courts-martial, Fieldservice Regulations, Artillery Circulars, General Orders and Circulars, Manuals of the Staff Departments, and, when practicable, from the following publications, viz, Horses, Saddles, and Bridles-Carter; Manual of Field EngineeringBeach; Organization and Tactics-Wagner.

In addition, such of the following publications as are applicable are recommended for study by persons preparing for examination:

A Treatise on the Military Law of the United States-
Davis.

General Orders, No. 100, Adjutant General's Office, 1863.
General Orders, No. 3, Adjutant General's Office, 1892.
Military Topography and Sketching-Root.

Instruction pamphlets issued by the Ordnance Depart-
ment bearing on coast artillery material.

Ordnance and Gunnery-Bruff.

Artillery Notes.

Explosive Materials, Van Nostrand's Science Series, No.
70-Wisser.

The Manufacture of Explosives-Guttmann.
Artillery Circular B.

Artillery Circulars M and N.

Theory and Practice of Surveying-Johnson.

Engines and Engine Running-Rose.

Handbook of Electrical Machinery and Apparatus of the United States Seacoast Defenses-War Department publication.

The Storage Battery-Treadwell.

Lessons in Practical Electricity-Swoope.

Dynamo Electric Machinery-Sylvanus P. Thompson. Management of Dynamos and Motors-Crocker and Wheeler.

United States Signal Corps publications.

Standard Wiring for Electric Light and Power-Cushing. United States Torpedo Manual.

The Tactics of Coast Defense-Wisser.

International Law-Davis.

General Orders, Nos. 4 and 52, Adjutant General's Office, 1902.

The Service of Security and Information-Wagner. Instruction pamphlets issued by the Ordnance Department bearing on field artillery material.

Revised Statutes of the United States and acts of Congress.

An applicant presenting a diploma from any of the military schools of the United States Army or from the United States Naval Academy shall be excused, if he so desire, from examination in the subjects covered by said diploma, his mark in said subjects being rated at 75 per cent of the maximum.

XIII. All applicants, except for positions as company officers of infantry or coast artillery, will be required to undergo a practical and oral examination in equitation and in equipment of saddle horses, the scope of which will be sufficient to decide upon their ability to accompany a mounted command on ordinary marches, to perform the duties of mounted staff officers, to carry dispatches in the field, and to saddle, unsaddle, and care for a horse in emergencies. This examination will ordinarily be held in connection with the practical examination in drill regulations.

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