Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-02-07
ANTI-HUMBUG.
70 7HE EDITOR or THE hIcnvosD ENQUIRER.

10 THE EDITOR OF TIE RICHMOND ENQUIRER.
Sir-"Roane," in the Wing of the Sd instant, see ms
10 ma We created much alarm IN the nds OF lis Editors
tor, they have discovered, through his communication.
an attempt 10 unite Church aud State the plan pro
posed To convert the City Guard into Military School
and the "Presby,erans held up as The offenders,
and emphuica!ly cautioned not to be "too ambitious
in these matters" We have carefully looked over
"Roane" and can nothing touching these good peo-
nle of orre lives and conversation either dsect y
indirectly: aud hence mus, infer, that there
,hiro more than the eye else vision is very
din
B,t while we exonera,e "Roane' from giving the
least ground for the graiutous charge Of the Editors of
the r Wing beg leave to say, he has filed his c!e
with niss,ate mens, and, of course ialse differences.
lie saws n company Of regular soldiers do the guard
du,v and fat;yue duty West Point, and thus the
Cadets are relieved from the performance OF these dn
ties Now such is not the case The Cadets do their
own ouord and fatigue du,les-at,end 10 their own
arms nolice their own rooms aud barracks and go
through all the labor incident to the preparation OF The
varioms kinds of ammunition, both 70. cannon and
small arms Nor do these young lads feel any degra.
dalton whatever, in all THIS put, on Tue contrary be
Iieve such 10 very necessary part OF their nstruc
ton that in after e they may be practical judges of
similar duties when performed by those under their
commands So the inference, tnat lhe company OF Y.
States troops stationed al Yves; font On there IS one
there and believe there IS nohe) Is io te uPose
Of doing these duties Tor Tue 1aue'S' 10 eh''ey efio
neous. -
But, says "Roane," the guard duties at West Point
do not come round of,ener 'han ten times IN year.
Th, il gross error; the guard consists Of generally,
three divisions eight each, or "a in ALL then there
is one cadet officer and two cadet non commissioned
officers. making % as the whole daily guard Now, as
there are about 900 cadets for guard duty IN turn alter
out the sick absent and those acting as assist
ant teachers i, follows that they come round once per
,cfek instead of en times per year Bss'des, during
the season for encampment, when more senaeis are
posted, the duty comes often as every fourth day
How often this duty is performed at our Lexington
school, of no consequence to tins question but we
will venture to assert ,ha, if at all necessary II would
be cheerfully and efficiently done every fourth day But
Richmond claims this present guard as necessary ooh
for protection against the blacks as wen as the State
prisoners Why should this he as an Objection
when the proposed Cadet School VIII answer ihese
ends 10 the fullest oxten? We here assert, ana call
upon those of experience to bear US OUT 'nat guard
Of young men between 10 and 20 years Of age would
be more Efficient, both as to endurance OF fatigue and
rmness of purpose, than the present guard made up
of such men as are picked up about the streets Of ,hs
or any other city Then this objection iai!s win Tue
But, again: The presen. Guard is required to pre-.
pare and keep in order the arms and ammunition 10,
the State militia. Th, is no objection to the proposed