United States Military Academy West Point - Howitzer Yearbook (West Point, NY)

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THE BACHELOR BUILDING Yea, there are a lot of them, but they don ' t live there — the name is tin old one. Month the younger married ojjicers live there. See — there goes a baby carriar e — lots more inside the door — ( uess that is what drove the bachelors oiit Sure, small apartments — awfully nice for married people, 1 guess — then they eat at the Officers ' Mess. Let ' s cut through old summer camp and by the veir .Irtillery Park — you can get a great view up the rii-er fnnii w).«ci».vA ' . Monument. twenty-two '

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CULLUM BALCONY Oh, I suppose till ' view is nice; it ' s better at nii ht, thouijh — the night boat, the feir tirinklimj liijhts, the train over on the east shore. It surely makes a romantic settin;) — like to think of it — fond memories, you know. I suppose every Knydet has them. But here in the light — uh — makes me think of the Field Artillery Problems we used to hare from here and 30 miles to the right and slightly below. Oh, it ' s too complicated to explain. Let ' s go around. tircnty-one

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UP THE RIVER Here it is — isn ' t that great? I suppose it is to you, but a Kaydet sees it so much that he never realizes just how wonderful it is. Oh. th at big one is Storm King, yes, and the one this way from it is Crow ' s Xest. See that sort of scar around both up above the river — that is the new road. About 700 feet, I should imagine, and straight down — it ' ll be a good ridt for the nerves, all right. Conslitulinn Island — Chaplain takes us over for a ride every once In a while — eats and walk around it — Washington ' s old Headquarters are there, too.