Summary

Excerpt from Register of the Officers and Cadets of the Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Va;, July, 1856

The 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 appropriation 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 seventeen years. The cadets admitted consist of two classes, State and Pay cadets. The Institute supplies to the State cadet his board and tuition; and in consideration thereof, he is required to teach two years after gradua tion. The Pay cadet is at his own expense, which averages $350 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 it's buildings would accommodate, and num bers thirty-two State and one hundred and thirty Pay cadets. Applications are made, by letter, to the Superintendent prior to the first of July, each year, and appointments are made for both classes of cadets, by the Board of Visitors, respect being had to their due apportionment among the several districts of the State.

The Literary Fund of the State contributes per year to the Insti tute for the education of teachers, and the State has received tuition fees from the pay cadets to, the amount of since its organization, which sum is applied to the increase of the number of State cadets, and to the enlargement of the accommodations of the Institute, and to the support of a part of the corps of Professors.

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