. The American educator; completely remodelled and rewritten from original text of the New practical reference library, with new plans and additional material. of Cus-ter County, 383 miles east of Helena and 114miles northeast of Billings, is on the NorthernPacific and the Chicago, Milwaukee & SaintPaul railroads. The city is a great horse mar-ket, is a wholesale center, and has a fine park,a hospital and a convent. Population, 1915,7,621. MILETUS, an ancient city of Ionia inAsia Minor, at the mouth of the MaeanderRiver. It had an extensive trade, and itsmanufactures of woolen goods were famou
. The American educator; completely remodelled and rewritten from original text of the New practical reference library, with new plans and additional material. of Cus-ter County, 383 miles east of Helena and 114miles northeast of Billings, is on the NorthernPacific and the Chicago, Milwaukee & SaintPaul railroads. The city is a great horse mar-ket, is a wholesale center, and has a fine park,a hospital and a convent. Population, 1915,7,621. MILETUS, an ancient city of Ionia inAsia Minor, at the mouth of the MaeanderRiver. It had an extensive trade, and itsmanufactures of woolen goods were the Ionian colonies revolted againstPersia, Miletus took a prominent jiart andAvas consequently destroyed by the Persians in494 B. c. It was restored later to a certainextent and joined Athens against Sparta inthe Peloponnesian War. Saint Paul visitedthe city once or twice. MILITARY ACADEMY, United States,the national institution for the education of officers for the United States aimy, establish-ed at West Point, N. Y., by act of Congress in1802. Washington, Hamilton and others whohad been officers in the American army GENERALNELSON A. MILES. EilifcUiillHif^.::;.- UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY strongly advocated the establishment of sucha school immediately after the RevolutionaryWar, though little was done with their recom-mendations previous to 1802. Another act of1808 increased the powers of the school andprovided for a larger number of cadets, a titlewhich has now been changed to midshipmen(which see). Appointments. Each Congressional dis-trict and territory, including Porto Rico,Alaska and HaAvaii, is entitled to have onemidshipman at the academy. The Districtof Columl)ia has tAvo. Each state is also en-titled to have two from the state at largeand eighty are allowed from the United Statesat large. The appointment from a Congres-sional district is made upon the recommen-dation of the RepresentatiA^e in Congressfrom that district, and those from the state atlarge u
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