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

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5' x . my , , .., ,L , ' , V . , 2 :Mi 3 f ' '-34 . fl - L ,--' , ET any man venture the assertion' that a de- partment which turns out a writ to a class and allows but seven men to make pro on.it is not a hummer, and see what becomes of him! S After a happy first-class camp, few cadets are in training for even the lightest sort of academic work, but ye gods! What a jolt they received in the Engineering sec- tion rooms on September lst when informed that cadets having' an average of 2.5 would not be required to take a written examination, also that t.he first five men in the first section might either by the grace of the Lord or the oversight of. their instructor, attain that -average. Others were not 'given a hint as to their probable fate, but the goats were the lads that were really inspired with .a desire to bone-especially when the course began with uyou men will probably fyes, extremely probablyj average 1.7 on the first part of this course, some among you may average 198999999999 if you bone on VVednesday and Saturday afternoons and are sub-division inspectors also. From a perfect maze of I-beams, built-up lattice columns, girders and king-post trusses, we were rudely int1'oduced one Saturday to a four hours' Siesta with all the speck that a systematic bonoid considered as likely to be omitted, but-stung again, and the marks counted double! Still, time passed on and the Christmas holidays found nearly all of us assem- bled for that much dreaded exam. In the second part of the course we have learned that Napoleon was a pretty good general even though he made mistakes that would be unforgivable if committed by modern captainsg, and that private Blank, 58th New York Volunteers, was the leader of Corporal Daslfs squadat 8 A. lVI. on the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg, Cor- poral Dash having been killed the day before. All of these details are essential to a soldieris education, and woe to the cadet who does not possess the knowl- edge of the number of French ucitn officers who fess out on their exams. for promotion each year. However, it is to this Department that we are indebted for a great part of the education that shows us we are primarily intended to be soldiers, and in spite of the tiresome Search for the elusive 2.5, no one can consider that a single' moment of the time devoted to this work is time that could have-been spent in a more profitable or instructive manner. 27

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.XD . .,,..-. - A, ,, , , 1, tif ...N , , i Ui- .fs ., -. -in 1' J' ' f Rigging K' ,gy ' pit ,fegvlllxl E -5 is fv w' 'z vi ta 5 . F is 1 ii ' T was the greatest of pleasures for the ' 'ff' Q. A X . 1 speckoids to enter this department. For at E VL 4 last they had an opportunity to shine-and H shine they did. The 'cElements of Lawn T merely had the effect of getting everyone . wa1'med up, but before c'Constitutional Lawn was finished, no conversation between first 4 classmen would have been possible without U A. i . . numerous legal phrases to add to the clear- ness of it. Even among the lowly goats the specking epidemic spread and our .little Dud- ley Aleshire was heard to say, '4Ducky, how long does it seem to you since plebe camp P and the prompt reply was, 'CSO long that,the memory of man runneth not to the contraryf, VVe only cite this as an example of the capa- bilities 'of the Department in developing an Immortal's memorizing power. The Law Department probably proves to be the most pleasant surprise of any that the cadet enters. Until the first class year every one has more or less misgiving concerning this stern subject and naturally places the Depart- ment in the same categoryg but he learns through its agency that the Law is not merely a hobgoblin that punishes every wrongg it is also the p1'otection of those who obey its precepts and the fountain -of remedies for those entitled to them. It being the duty of every soldier to know the Law and in many cases' to administer the same, it is incumbent upon the VVest Pointer to be thoroughly grounded in the principles of this science when he leaves the Academyg and with the assistance of numerous texts, writs, lectures and cases, the Depart- ment does its duty so thoroughly that few men are ever even conditioned inthe subject. But the stern law-giver would be forced to smile could he hear some of the liberal constructions given to the text by cer- tain cadetsg for instance, Col. Polk's Pacific Blockade that included all the broad waste of Water between the coasts of America and Asiag or Don. Q. Landis's statement that an Kalibiw is the proper person to hang in case of mutiny. In spite of the fact that this subject must be taken care of in the sleepiest part of the day, it is a reg1'et to many of us that the 'course is necessarily a short one. P 29