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

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jealousy and malignity do not 'l X is if' ,g, 'r t 'tt f . A ..,A 'Gln' -' . -rf 1-'Wild a eta' v ' ff Y . D -' Q It el m ' W' . W - '--J' ,r sults from civil control had proved unsuccessful. From the moment the transfer was effected the work was vitalized by a new impulse and progress continued by -leaps, until its organization and control is to-day the admiration of the world, while every succeeding investigation by Congress and by individuals adds confirmation to universal approval. V It is safe to say that the same spirit of the Academy which' is here manifest has operated through the long list of civil activities given above, and that wherever a Wfest-Pointer has made his individuality felt the principles which the Academy instils into her sons have been made operative in the community. But it is in the field of war that the country would most naturally look for the logical results of the training of her military schoolg and precisely'here was the expectation justihed. In both the Mexicanand Civil Wars the Academy demonstrated its superlative worth in a way that has left no possible ground of dispute, and has discredited the voice of jealous enmity which long threatened its existence. Not that occasionally ind expression at the present timeg but their utterances are for the most part based upon These are the reasons why solid foundation of the Nation's ap its magnihcent financial supportg an exigent responsibility rests upon her sterling stamp upon themg and service to the nation remains upon matter what his occupation or how severance of his official connection I have heard it asked by have been rendered despondent and appointment to the army of civili- tion, and with what appeared to tions, and would rank them by tion could be reached, why the tion are worth while. 'Wlfhile I am when I enter the Acad- to the good, and prob- grade. I am fighting a T9 are individual and impotent, and dense ignorance easily refuted. Vfest Point stands to-day upon a proval and pride, and is backed by and these also are the reasons why all who transpass her portals with why at all times the obligation of the graduate, when called upon, no long a time has elapsed since the with the army. . some members of the Corps who indignant by the spectacle of the ans without experience or proba- them to be inadequate examina- years before the goal of gradua- four long years of toil and depriva- afronizinv, the civilian appointed emy will be four years ably will rank me by a D D losing game.