f Infantry Tactics and Army Regulations_.

_Assistant Professors._

_MILITARY STAFF._

ALBERT L. MAGILTON
(Graduate of West Point Military Academy, and late Colonel 4th
Regiment Pennsylvania Reserve Corps),
_Professor of Infantry Tactics and Army Regulations._

LEVI FETTERS
(Late Captain 175th Pennsylvania Regiment),
_Professor of Infantry Tactics and Army Regulations._

STUDENT DANL. W. HERR
(Late 1st Lieutenant Co. E., 122d Pennsylvania Regiment),
_Post Adjutant._

STUDENT J. HALE SYPHER, OF PENNSYLVANIA,
_Field Adjutant._

STUDENT LOUIS M. TAFT. M.D.
(Graduate of University of Penn.),
_Surgeon._

_ACADEMIC STAFF._

JOHN P. BIRCH, A.M.,
A. E. ROGERSON, A.M.,
_Professors of Mathematics, Geography, and History_

Wm. L. WILSON,
_Librarian and Phonographic Clerk._

STUDENT CHARLES BENTRICK, SR.,
_Postmaster._

JAMES BUCHANAN (COLORED),
_Messenger._

Within less than six months 1,051 applicants had been examined; 560
passed, and 491 were rejected.

Four regular classes were formed, and in addition to daily recitations
the students were required to drill twice every day. The school
performed excellent work; and furnished for the service many brave and
efficient officers.

By December, 1863, 100,000 Colored Troops were in the service. About
50,000 were armed by that time and in the field.

Everywhere they were winning golden laurels by their aptitude in
drill, their patient performance of the duties of the camp, and by
their matchless courage in the deadly field. The young white officers
who so cheerfully bore the odium of commanding Colored Troops, and who
so heroically faced the dangers of capture and cruel death, had no
superiors in the army. They had the supreme satisfaction of commanding
brave men to whom they soon found themselves deeply attached. It was a
school in which the noblest and purest patriot might feel himself
honored and inspired to the performance of deathless deeds of valor.

The following tables indicate the manner in which the work was done.

_Analysis of Examination of Applicants for Command of Colored Troops,
before the Board at Washington, of which Major-General Silas Casey is
President, from the organization of the Board to March 29th, 1864,
inclusive._

Number accepted and for
what rank recommended.
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