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

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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

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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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BATTERY SCHOFIELD I tlioiKjht till ' s ime thing, too — lots of protection — but tlu ' if onli ii.ye the battery for drill. ? o, only 6-inch (funs — disappearing. See, when they want to fire them they rise up over the parapet there in front and then the shock of the discharge sends them, back the way they are now to l e reloaded. That little huildiny there to right? Oh, that ' s tchere all the data c ' lmes to shoot them — lot of interesting jvnk in there — plotting board.i, transits, etc. — all for use in the Coast. twenty -six