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

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TROPHY POIXT Why, most assuredly! — that ' s the reason they call it Trophy Point. Xo, it ' s only a part of the whole point ire call West Point. Yes. all those old Muzzle Loaders were used in some of our various vtars. Of course, those are piles of real cannon balls. I don ' t suppose thai you know that our Revolutionary forefathers chained up the majestic Hudson with a long series of links just like those around some old Mexican cannon. ♦ ♦ Why, certainly it worked; the British battleships couldn ' t pass Constitution Island at all. tuenly-four

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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.

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THE HOTEL And Iheii put i ' ' ■ ' « cupola? Nice place, all riffht, but that is (inhj one of the hardships. Why, do you know the hotel was built in 18-29? .Inst think of all the other femmes who have stayed there. Grant ' s, Sher- )nan ' s, Lee ' s, Pershing ' s, and you, too. It ' s all right, though — old-fashioned, moybe — but we do need a new one — every year a rutnor gets started that they are going to build one. but they never do. ♦ • ♦ Qh. thanks! Why, surely, I ' ll be over right after retreat — I ' ll hurry so ve can get in first. twenty-five