The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1868-04-17

/ Der OF tue Military Acadamy, thus describes
! Grant: lst. ...
=" remember him WELL lIc was small
\ tiny looking little fellow, with an indopeud
eat ali about him, aud good deal OF 30
| termlnauon. II isa long time age, but
| when recall old scenes | eau still see
| Gfant with his ovcra'ls strapped down on
| his boots, standing II front Of the quarters
II sccms as 4.Jugl it were but yesterday
that seen Him going TO tho riding hall
! with his spurs changing on the ground
and his cavalry sword dangling hy his sid.
| II is twenty seven years siucr, and | atm
I growing old now, but it is wonderful
what short time it seems since was a
| young man, and saw the famous soldier,
then mere stripliug lad at the Paint.
During lS42 Grant entered the FIRST class
/ OF ;he Military Acadamy, aud took rank as
/ a commissioned officer Ol cadets llo com
| manded sometimes u section ot n battery
! some times troop, aud then again q COM
! panY of foot, aud seems TO have been
! welt liked 10y those who served uudcr him
| AL the cadets still living Of Grants cbmpa
| ny agree that he was fair, upright an
| kWdhcWteG young mn, never playing the
! petty yrapt, or acting the spy on his sub
ordlnates, as Young cadets, who find them
selves for the hrst time dressed ina little
| blicl authority, too often do. His stu lies
| dnring this year were llhorous and dim
cult including ethies. constitutional law,
! International law, military law, aud practi.
cal, civil ard military engineering. lu the
| tail he Camped ont again with his company,
aud, although pretty strict officer wluile
ON duty he seems tn have hceu a Jolly
fellow round the caun IRE, aud much liked
Inv his cnmralrs Dn,h,a lis last yr,r
Ernnt n,oda an ctr,rt tn,,I,,;,, scr,,, l,,,,,,l
o Ire OF ,hn s,ierr. of ,oinog,l,' ~ and gooi
oev and ue Sr,,ish l,,cr,.,e I'M Lo
made OILY tolerant, rrn,,rss
On ,i,n 9o "a Ia, o L. iei9 o.,
n,ss.l lis 6,..,I ,,,,,i,,ati,,, n,,1 ,r.1,,,t,I
T.n, ,Ia N;i;,,,,,, A,,I,,,i = ~
u,;.t,. ~, r,,i,l;,.,. ~, OF 49, t,.t a.,
m;djI, of No cI,ss
IL IL sa'u mar 'he cohPnntons OF mans
yonth nearly always exercise controlling
lhHncpce over ma atter NE, ana II ms tor.
,uhes DC great are su'c 60 snare WIN nm
nls holorS ana anlRolUy' IN VAls view oil
me case we ought perhaps, uo Siate WHO
Grants comrades w'r Whero they arc,
ana, IL SUI tV'hg what 'hey are now do
ing;
Tue names OF the Young men VINO gradu-
ht'n al me Military Academv IN lHlj, IN
tne cl,Ss WIN 1ral'', were l, william B
fFaNNhu (, NlllAm + heynoids - Isaac
FQWmhy. ~,
The names OF Tho next three graduates
DO moi appear on the army rolls.
T. Roswell s. Ripley s. John J. Peck
o, John ?. Jnhnstone' 10. Joseph !. Rey.
nolds The name of the.rext graduate does
not nnrcar. IL james A. IIardie; -. Hen.
nv F.Clarke: l3,--.--Bnokrr; Ii, Samuel
g. Frt nch; IL, Theodore l. Chadhourup;. G.
Christopher c. Auter; II, Franklin Gard.
uer; is, George Stevens; 10. Edward II.
Holloway; 20, Eouis Mel; 81, Ulysses s.
Grant; %, Joseph H. Potter: %. Robert
ITazlli q, Boyer Wopd 25, William X
Van Bukclen.r The next five graduated do
not appear 30, Frederick Seelc; 81. Hen.
ry r Snlden; 32 Rutus Ingalls,; 81, Fred
erick T. Dent: 81. J c. McFarran; 81. Hen.
ry NJ. Judah; 3G. Norman Elting'; 81. Cave
j. CoutS; 39. Charles G.. Merchant; 80,
George b. MeClelland
or these men Franklin crtoro5 tbc To.
poyra,hioal engineers fou,ht ,Lrongb tLo
Nrvinan wor boc,maa N,ior rn,.oroI ,,n-
dor Grant and Is uo,y Iivin,, ,iyI liro
Renolds entered no infantry vosa Colonoi
on = y staff or Freamo,,t dnr;nr tLo v.,r
and we L,lieve il nnw LeoJ 0rn,hy o,,'
tcrpd tLe artillery was rrStessor 81
West pnint resiprcd amd rotircd 70 ciriI
fn Inf ot thc hey;n,inc nI tLe ,ror ro.o,,
ternd ,he army Us Rr;rodia, c,rorol J.,
tho ormv nf t,n p, ,tom,c and 10 mo,v ~
ci,,;l i;fe Rinlav omtnr,d tha or,iIIo,,'
Cor,ht ~ 'n,o Mnx;.on ,,ar ,,r,,to = Nh, =,
ininro ConaroI Snn,t rcsi',nnJ Laf'ro u,D
ioyo ,nor o,d NJ n,,o,;,99', 81 I1a,,;i;,;a,