Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-06-28
TIE WEST pOlNT MILITARY ACADEMY


The life OF cadet West Point, is one of hari study
unier rigid discipline, viii te from the following
details given by the correspondent, OF the New York He
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iic sleeps the barracks room with one other az
live oclock IN The morning in summer and al hall past five
IN winter the rcyclc awaHens him. he immediately rises,
onbIrs is blankets and ma,trass, and places them
the head Of his iron bcds,cad studies clock;
hour the drum beats breakfast and the cadets tall
nto rank and proceed 10 the hall Twenty minutes is
the time usually spent al breakfast Guard mounting takes
place a. hall past seven and twenty four placed guard
every day At egh, o'clock the bnge sounds and the reci.
atiOn commence. A, o'clock the buac again sounds,
the professors dismiss their respective sections the cadets
form hnSS opposite the barracks and march 10 dinner.
Between eleven and part Of the cadets occupied
riding, and others IN fencing daily Alter dinner Eey have
until l&o o'clock Tor rcc'Caiion and from ill four they
Il employed Il: recta;!0ns.
Ill four o'clock hc bugle sounds and they 90 either 10
battalion light artillery dri This sXcrcIsc lasts
aat half Alter that devote the time recreation
UGtit pajada which takes pace ut A'ct parade
:a"T rn II rank 70 i:Hn .! the barracks and the names Of
TIE triuqueUts officer u the cadets. Sup
per next, and after supper recreation gn; ciga:
O'Clock, whcu The 5Uge sounds the cal! 10 quarters ana
every cadet mGs' be found in his within lew minutes
udy and gst remain there thus employed iii hall past
aEc At halt past nine The buec agatG sounds; this =
rn. lttU; and the drum taps and every cadet
tisn oe n bed having his light e.ngushed and must re,
there GOl morning. II during The night cadet i
1ini to be absent rrr. his than thirty Minutes
do"s not give satisfactory account OF himself charges
lit preferred against him, and he is court mnrtiaed
The ot intoxicating drink aud OF tobacco Is strictly
rcpudatcd; playing chess wearing whiskers and
great many other things The punlshmens 10 which ca
dcs liable pvaon Oi recreation, &C. extra tou:-
duty rtpTmand arrests or confinement to hls room or
confinement in light prison confinement in dark prison
l-ussion with the privilege Of eslgnlGg and pubic dishis
sion.
Through the months Of July and August the cadets arc
crcrcd and during the encampmcn tie instruction IS ex'
ciaSvry military.
The only !urpugh allowed 10 cadets is two months when
they are in tic third class.
In. pay ni HE cadet is twenty four dollars pc. month
ara his hoard costs him ten Of This From the oaancc ne
required dress and deay his other expenses ana le
is prohibited from contracting debts wi,iinnt permission
As hc reward Tor oil his labor and deprivation, iht
r, ACQUIRES ali excellent eiucaon-in mathematics bei
m n,uhly Than he ran get any other institution in The
country The training here oil both Cody ana nlno IS very
thpfuusE and complete"
! one If The exercises is described as follows
iha, part ul The cavalry exercise called runnng nj The
hc".s an! ring attended BY The Board Of Examiners
anil many spectators This exercise takes place IN
large hail il ht basement Of the academic hniirG LUIS
hal: is very dark dismal 1uHing place with ro O Co
nrns o:9y feet apart through tho ctnrc, extending
IL entire ica.h aaL is utterly unfit "r the purpose io'
HORSES properly equipped, led in he hall
cucnanl Sacae The Instructor ~ ihs department S
r,:, one SIDE ut The mounted on splendid w"'
charger. Twen ysi4h cadets members .! Ihc stdia'in
c,s march il, and The command ni ne lhSifh''' a.
are instantly auunied ussa!e placed along ncn the s'dc
the hn ani Ci the Of theEl balls ~ stuffed rih'hS
,out Zoo, in diameter and called hc,. a.c PSI" On ~;
Iriis Il other posts much higher Eh@' a;' '!"s
cadets ride rurnt and cut in various "ay-. ht ''lr =
heads and rings with their horses On a>t saiot,- ,
rt o",an,ni .ris me example Not strosc Of ii. vel
aimed .ac misses; but 10! az lie completes ife !"u
consequence of tie cnA chain % his oTac h'anihs %;
morse lInres forward against the board iencr nIcc's
nn, Of ,l, ladies nnt down he III, upon his SIDE arr
his Immensely ncayy rider falls with hm for an ,ns,""
ere halt suppressed shrek, when III" 'Iicr ana hots'
,r both scc 10 haze arisen and the promptly gwen order
| Nest cicits n round ui applause
Snnu afterwards an Jtf.cf hor.c slipped will cadet al t
opposite end u the hall and am told that OWING 10 .c 20
nnsu;iab,.ness o the hall! accidents are "f frequent o"
Rut the cadets acquitted themselves IN r eAc'
ci.e in manner most crcti:abIC II themselves anG e 10
,-rrr In =nit If a The disadvantages from ne imp'Tet
inns o the hall under which hcy laborct ~ The evolution
,hr numerous fea,s, difficult Of performance, wtc aa
rally done. They rotc without sllTrcps, lhe suP 'e
II crossed over TIC horses nec6s.