68 HAND-BOOK OF WASHINGTON. of studies. It embraces a President, and twelve Professors and Teachers—including those of the National Medical College, which is under the same Corporation. The number of students are annually on the increase. THE MILITARY ASYLUM. The worthy establishment known by this name occupies a commanding hill on the northern limits of the city, and is a comfortable home for dis abled soldiers and sailors. The buildings are all that could be desired for such an institution, and so are the adjoining lands, the whole of which was purchased and then sold to the Government by the well known banker, George W. Riggs, Esq. The drives leading to this retreat are amongst the most agreeable in the District, and upon one of them, is the former country seat of the late and universally admired Joseph Gales, Esq., the able editor of the National Intelligencer. After Con gress had appropriated the money for founding the Military Asylum, the honor of selecting the site was awarded to General Scott, so that the