Of the foregoing 20,635 are ineligible for promotion, active duty, and assignment during peace time. The grades of these officers are as follows:

The following table shows, by corps area and territorial department, the number of officers and enlisted men of the Reserve Corps (under the assignment jurisdiction of corps area and department commanders) assigned or attached to divisional and nondivisional units of the Organized Reserves (including corps area service commands) and to units of the Regular Army, and the number unassigned or unattached at the close of the fiscal year ended June 30, 1935:

The following table shows by grade, corps area, and territorial department the strength of the Officers' Reserve Corps (corps area assignment group) as of June 30, 1935:

The following table shows by grade, corps area, territorial department, and at large the strength of the Officers' Reserve Corps (arm and service assignment group) as of June 30, 1935:

The following table shows by grade and corps area the strength of the Officers' Reserve Corps (general assignment group) as of June 30, 1935:

The following table shows by grade, corps area, territorial department, and at large the aggregate strength of the Officers' Reserve Corps as of June 30, 1935, being a consolidation of the three tables immediately preceding:

The following table shows, by section and grade, the actual strength of the Enlisted Reserve Corps on June 30, 1935:

On June 30, 1934, there were 880 cadets on the rolls of the United States Military Academy, including 2 foreigners (1 from China and 1 from Siam) and 2 Filipinos. Between that date and June 30, 1935, the end of the fiscal year covered by this report, 383 new cadets were admitted (including 2 Filipinos); 32 former cadets were readmitted under the act of Congress approved August 11, 1916; 9 former cadets were readmitted upon recommendation of the academic board, as provided by section 1325, Revised Statutes, making a total enrollment during the year of 1,304 cadets. During the same period 7 cadets were discharged for physical disability; 85 were discharged because of deficiency in studies (including 1 Filipino); 18 resigned; 1 died; and 277 were graduated. This leaves a total of 915 cadets (including 3 Filipinos and 2 foreigners) on the rolls as of June 30, 1935.

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The sources from which these 915 cadets were appointed are as follows:

United States and Territories.

707

United States at large (including 46 Presidential; 16 act of
June 8, 1925; 1 Vice Presidential; 10 honor military schools). 73
National Guard__

Regular Army_

District of Columbia

Foreigners (1 from China; 1 from Siam).

Philippine Islands____.

Total...

63

64

334323

915

The annual entrance examination of candidates for admission to the Military Academy on July 1, 1935, was held at various military posts beginning March 5, 1935. Eleven hundred and thirty-three candidates were designated for that examination.

An act of Congress approved June 7, 1935, authorizes an increase in the maximum strength of the Corps of Cadets from 1,374 to 1,960, exclusive of Filipinos. This act reads as follows:

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That hereafter there shall be allowed at the United States Military Academy three cadets for each Senator, Representative, Delegate in Congress, and Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, one to be selected by the Governor of the Panama Canal Zone, from among the sons of civilians of the Panama Canal Zone and the Panama Railroad, resident on the zone, five for the District of Columbia, and one hundred and thirty-two from the United States at large, forty of whom shall be appointed on the recommendation of the academic authorities of the "honor schools" as designated by the War Department, and three of whom shall be selected from persons recommended by the Vice President, in addition to the number now authorized to be appointed from the enlisted men of the Regular Army and National Guard, and the sons of deceased officers, soldiers, sailors, and marines.

Pending the final passage of this legislation, tentative nominations of additional candidates were requested from Members of Congress, in order to conserve as much as possible the brief time remaining before July 1, 1935, the date of admission to the academy. A number of such nominations were received as a result of the War Department's preparations at that time in anticipation of the authorized increase in the number of cadets. Upon the approval of the act on June 7, those Members of Congress who had not previously made nominations were again requested to do so, and another examination was held on June 12 at various military stations throughout the country. In view of the element of time involved, extraordinary efforts were required to handle the great volume of administrative work incident to the necessary preparations for the procurement of additional cadets for admission to the academy this year.

Because of the pressure of work attending these unusual conditions, there are no accurate figures available showing the number of candidates that participated in the June 12 examination, or covering other details of the results of that examination. However, a total of 515

qualified candidates of both the March and June examinations were authorized to report at West Point on July 1, 1935, for admission as cadets. This number fell far below expectations, which doubtlessly may be attributed to the fact that many candidates, through lack of preparation, either did not report for the June examination, or were unable to qualify as a result thereof. With a view, therefore, of increasing the number of cadets entering the academy this year, so as to maintain uniformity in the sizes of this class and future classes, admissions to the academy, by approved educational certificates,. were extended through the month of July 1935.

LOSSES OF THE ARMY

Complete details relating to losses among the personnel of the Army during the fiscal year are contained in tables A, B, and E of this report. Briefly summarized, those losses were:

Desertion. A total of 3,076 desertions in the Army, exclusive of the Philippine Scouts, were reported during the fiscal year, as compared with 3,857 in the preceding year. Only 1 desertion was reported among the Philippine Scouts, and as desertions among the Scouts seldom occur, they are not included in the statistics compiled on this subject. The losses from all causes among enlisted personnel of the regular service during the year were 48,948, and as there were 118,727 enlisted men in the Army on June 30, 1935, the total number of enlistment contracts in force during the year was 167,675. Based upon these figures the percentage for the year is 1.83 as against 2.33 for the previous year.

The percentages of reported desertions for the fiscal years 1916 to 1935, inclusive, are shown in the following table. These percentages do not include the Philippine Scouts subsequently to 1929: