The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1850-09-18


slble to hllup the rank end f!e Of the cadet !.
9liicered regiments, and the country would
be compelled to rely for officers 10 command
such men as could be induced to serve, upon
those Instructed iH the Militia; and oil Ie
Imoney which may have been sqnanderea
nponf the e'MiliIafyl Academy at West Point,
might then be carried 10 the account Of the
robbers Of The puB;lc24fensury. ...a,, anuuf
1 During the tdulnisuarionofl,h the General
iG"rernmentby Andre " jackson, few self
educated men were admitted into lhe line OF
the regular Army as officers, in spite Of the
Military Academy; and these were among ,he
most distinguished Of The American officers
who served in the recent war with Mexico
Asone OF many cases in iha ten additional
regiments: Colonel Ransom of the 0th Inf
('han whom The Uuied States Army serving
III Mexico bonsted no better officer,) who fell
IN The attack made by the American forces
on the MelinO del Rey, (King's Mln,) was "a
/
graduate tfom Captain Pattidge's Military
School; a soIf,educated man; and in The
hrs' instance n MIiliaman- of his native
State. .k0fUhiF
Under the ptesen! organization, ihe officers
OF The United States Army are purer nriis,o.
icFa's Graz than those who serve the Au,ocrat Of
n
RUSSIA With few exceptions, they are of
the class who had been placed in earIv boy.
hood al the Military Academy a. Yves, Point.
J where they were cut of from association
with the people--nnd educated 10 rule, and
then, with aChange like that Of tie chtysOlis
'ttothe fly, they camcio gltter with feather
and lace in the army, and 10 Iurd il over The
most degraded Of the foreign yagaboncs who
reannuaIly imported fom EutOpe, and pick.
ed npby recruiting sergeants to serve as rank
and file; the very lowest extreme Of society.
with whom the officers could have no affinity,
and in whom the country woulI have the
least possible interest. e0 tgtw -t4 aa#
% The Military Academy al West Point
fgalefs As brood from The liIers Of the lusty
office .hoiIers7-of The fattest animals WHO
have eenlet into the public crib, nnd not
from those who need help. Among the ca.
ders appointed for 1850, there is numbcrcd
grandson Of the Hon, Henry Clay, of Kens
lucky; and another Of The apponlees is son
|ofSurgeon Wright, Of the United Siates Army
aud a nephew of Mayor Jones of The CITY Of
Philadelphia. The father OF The last appoin.
| lee referred lo,, is in the receipt Of pay and
subsistence money amounting TO $4,000 per
annum; and the uncle has a salary and fees
which amount 10 $4,000 op$j 600 per annum.
las appendase Of the office of Chief Magis,
ra'c of one Of the largest cities of the
Union. tsslG Gafe ga amwHa
Thus il is, the sons, grand sons and neph.
"ws ol Senators, Mayors. and Army Surgeons
are appointed 10 be clothed, led and e,luea.
ted atthe expense ofIhe labor Of the people
the people who, work in Ibe factories, VIII
Iopply the tools Of the shop, and who toll in
The fields, and the girls Of The chambers
kitchens, and wash-rooms, for it is those
who pay ali--bui no cadet appointments q
70 The orphans! ! nor 10 The sons Of lbe poo
widows! nor Of poor men nor of old soldiers
For many years after the establishment
Of the Military Academy at West Poini, III,
: cadets were selected by The Secretary .
WNaar under the direction Of the Prcsidenl,-- -
But The excIusiyel favoritisrn which was act
edppon mtae disposal Of the appointments
got up Tor the institution among the member
ol Congress an ion that seemed DlkeI,
to Gus it'to The ground, wheredpc compro
msie was made viii the members or Con
u gress, and rule ofnppoiutmeni established
as Ioll""s' one cddreto he appointed from
eac, Congressional District, ,(nomina, d b, ,ht
Representative II Congless,) one fiom eacl
Tertiary, ons from the District Of Columbia
and len,to be selected al largo BY the Ptesi-
dent. suR rmou sUasU goigauiq 5eh'9
I The persons sPPointed cadsts ate allowed
Y four years al The institution in which 10. CON,
.ple'e their education; though they mag
! graduate, If found compe.snr, Mt the end b
' three years. 'Afsr graduating they receive
y brepets az second lieulenanis and are .heu
assigned to the corps Of the Army.ssIr sf
who entered, graduated, the institution would
turn nut something like seyeh,ygHte each
y yenr; but such Is not the casei and The mum,
Der graduating annually will moi envemQs
tsenlY, To keep llIe cUmmon people in
hatnor with this process lof The pland6r 81
atlIeir poeksts, and this mar of lie Textures oI
I The Government, The President appoints an,
nuallys from among the Smos. darislocrstie
sections, a "Bonrd Qf Visitors = who invesli.
Z gaze the affiifs 0f the Institution, and make
'Irepor TO The Secretary Of War. From tie
report Of the sBOard Q, KIsilors1 Of lsas,
tho following 2u'ugraph ID sxitactedarsia
\ '.T6ers hfe Stlhls time, III Che Academy,
I272 cpdsisi The mOdlhly pay Y each = SS24j
nmoupling annually 80 The sun Of S9d,slS'
I III is well known TO the Hen. Secretary OI
War chat The monthly pay of the csdess wss
!. aaaf-ls a. faLg ii ! ~ sfa Al f.uas.tssxsrl.s "