New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-10-22
FROM WEsT POINT.

vbc Eussian Fleet Gmcers-Expec Re
rcption-Proxramme- Point Full
Acknowledgements from u. y. Vols.
in the FicId-Court of Inquiry Dew
ling PIcbs"-Ncw History OF the Will
tary Academy.
From Ous Special Correspondent
WEST POINT Oct 81, 1863
The officers of the Russian fleet are expected
al the Academy tomorrow at eleven o'clock. All
arrangements have been completed for their reception,
and a grand ftu de joie is expected. Tie following
official order gives the programme of reception:
HKApQuAkIxRs T. 5. MILITARY AoApEnr}
WHIST FONT N ", Oct. - 1866.
SPECIAL ORDERS No Sd In honor Of the visit Of Ad
harbor Of NewYork and sue salute Of II guns viii be
fired from Battery Knox tomorrow morning. under the d
recon Of The Conmandaut of Cadets on the arrival OF the
steamer from New ork at the landing.
H. The riding exercises OF the whole first class will take
visitors wit be invited witness and AFTER the completion
hereo tire party will proceed 10 the Library h'e an oppoI
ill., A. The s. al cali be-. at the bar cks tie Corps OF
Commsudlni Of sdct- may direct.
All academic Suiy vii 5 suspended ron l' ao1y Il e
EDWARD c. BoYsros. Captain and Adiuan'
WEST POINT FULL AGAIN
The barracks. vacant for the last two years. in the
Military Academy are aeain being filed with cadets
This tine more than half Of the newly appointed cadets
ore ouoo.. "a from the different armies in the field
MANY them are patriotic priyaics who have dug N
the trenches before Richmond and NickNhurg ana l
on the parade ground the private 81 '"c roo
mac Army Nth his soiled blue pants march
ing beside the old c1det. with ms Acadc
E,v gray | learn. On conversation wuh
Cant Rpvnton and numerous Old cadets TINT these ap
pOinees from our force ia the field havc taken high
stand in the Academy Thor high intelligence and de
Sire for >ady has advanced them rapidly. and every
cadet will admit that tie army appoinccs aIc the most
hopeful acquisitions to the Academy. There are now
300 cadets under tie instruction OF - commissioned
officers 81 West Point ~ have been admitted lu:mg
The past year, 30 Of whom have been appointed from
Unied States volunteers engaged IN the Wal. and are
Composed a. follows:
Pva,es
First ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. Musicians.
Second lirutenan....... Clerks irom nil'g7y depart
None stoned officer. .ln iueuis
DEvIING rLEBS.'
The Court Of Inqriry 70 examine into The Academy
custom a. T)criiaQ Pioj,' Is IN session. Dcv
ling PleOs Is the West Point parance for prosecuting
new c,i,;> by upper css'ren. and Is process similar
to hazIng Freshmen al Mon and .lr. Is long rs
The upneT oassmon confined their prosecutions 10
throvre buttons and horse chcstnuis and smokiag
out" the officers OF the Academy kept >c; bat when
they broke into the rooms Of tie " ii"hs and ab.
stracted beds clothing AID furniture. patience ceased
10 be virtue aud the Cont uf Inquiry j. the Glt
Several cadets will uudouhtcdl! be ruStcaicd.
HISTORY or wESI POINT.
A new hook, by Captain f. G. Boynton, \. VI, and
published nv D. Van Nosfrard entitled / he History
If West Point with TIE origin and progress Of the
United states Military Academy has been written ana
fhe pIo0ssheets now being corrected - the cad.
emy The book contain, three hundred pages and I'm
,ishcS many historical fac.s and maps ~ nird nom
thc records Of the Military School ana the Ntiioi Al
Hisior..l Gallery. Ihniy i've cugrariu-s Of BALD
ings and landscape We've '.." also presented 81 d