New-York tribune., 1869-06-01
WEST POINT.
THE ANNUAL EXAMINATION NOW COMMENCING.
IPRoM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
. WEST POTNT, Nav 3.-It is n beautifuI day,

| TIE ANNUAL EXAMINATION NOW COMMENCING.
| IRON OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE
| WEST POINT, May d.-It is beautiful day,
and on this glorious spot made sacred by the thousand
holy recollectons that cling around it, the shines
brightly and the soft summer breeze falls upon 1t pleas
snty giving gadsome wave to the bright green grass
blades that spring in countless millions from its many
graceful slopes and its broad lawns overlooking the sill
very Hudson Bthe birds that can here sing the whole
year round without the risk Of having single note pro-
tested by inhuman man or thOughtless boy, pour out
their Hoods OF melody upon the quiet air, with mlti-
CATION or remorse Of voice" and twtter happily among
the branches OF the great shade trees in time with the
quyer OF the leaves and the dancing Of the sunbeams
the water Here and there children lat play the
heaps OF grass the have shon from the uneven
places and scattered everywhere over the plateau
workman repairing and leyelng the and paths
trimming the sod Furnishing the brass and iron cannon
planted az varions intersections OF the roads, and
dnstng the gray trunks OF the old trees that they may
win everything else look their very best when the gala
Thus far only few visitors have arrived out tomor
row the hotels Will be crowded. Every in R0es
Hotel engaged and at COzzens those cOmers who
must be accommodated after tomorrow must be willing
to put up win no small amount OF discomfort In the mat
Tomorrow the Board OF Visitors will be here. They
are; m. B Anderson, LIZ d., New.York; Gen. John
Eaton Jr, Tennessee Gen. Walter O. Gresham, Indiana
Gen David Hunter U. s. A., District OF Columbia; the
Hon b. r. Loan, Missouri the Rev r. L. Stanton, d. D.,
ohio; Judge g. ii. Warren, Massachusetts. Gen.
Pitcher issued an order this evening directing that to-
morrow at 1850 a. m the academies and military stan
shall assemble at the SuperntendenCs Office and proceed
% the hotel TO pay their respects TO tho Board In honor
Cadet Battery at II o'clock, after which the officers will
accompany the Board through the various departments
| OF the Institution. At 1 o'clock tho Corps OF
and for the rest OF the day the embryo
leaders Of armies will be allowed TO do pretty much as
they please as all academic exercises will be suspended
The Board will first be shown the splendid bronze statue
Of Gen John sedgwick erected by the sixth Corps in
1902 They VIII then go to the library, to the rooms con
tanning the philosophical apparatus the chapel, the
ana the nrepooI building now being erected 1Or the
public offices and the preservation Of the records This
WIZ De nne structure when competed Ihe want oI ~
was so strongly ie That the Board OF 1858 recommended
appropriation OF $4,000 to provide for its construction
aud II i now fairly under way.
The following orders in relation TO the Examination
| were published at late hour:
"The Annual Examination OF tho Cadets Of the U. s.
OF June, at o'clock m, and be continued daily Sun
days excepted from O'Clock, M to O'Clock, p m,
follows The First Glass will be examined by the whole
Board in the Library and in the following order: l. En-
gneering, Civil and Military; q Ethics and Law; Min
eralOsy and Geology; Spanish g. Ordnance and Gun
merry g. Cavalry Tactics For the purpose Of examining
the other Glasses, the Academic Board will be DIVIDED
| into two Committees. The first consisting OF the
Instructor Of Tactics Professor Of Philosophy Professor
Drawing Professor OF French Professor OF Ethics and
Law Instructor Of Ordnance aud Gunnery, will SIT In No.
Of the Academic Building and examine /. Tho Second
Class In Philosophy The Fourth Classln french y Inc
Third Class IN French T. The Second Class In Infantry
Tactics The Second Glass in Artillery The second
| consisting OF the Professor OF Engineering, ffo-
| fcssOf Of Ndthematigs, Professor OF ShekmstTy,
Professor OF Spanish Instructor OF Practical Military
Engineering will sit in the basement OF the Academic
Building and examine The Third Glass in Mathematics
The Third Glass IN Spanish. 3. The Second Cass IN
| Chemistry. (. The Fourth Glass in Mathematics Inc
Drawings Of the Second and Third Glasses viii be exam.
ued and the standing of the classes in that department
determined by the Committee which may first complete
its labOrs and, II not already member OF IT, the ITO
fessOr Of Drawing will for this purpose become mem
| Der Of that Committee"
The Graduating Class OF 1869 Ia unusually small con
sistng Of but 80 members. They are Eric Befgland,
Illinois Leonard g. Hun, New York; samuel T. lillmal
At large; Philip VI. Price ir Pennsylvania; William u
FtzsmmOns Michigan; Daniel NJ Taylor, At large Wm
| T. Diya Maryland; Worth OsgOOd New York; Arthur
:. Hardy Massachusetts,; Henry L. Harris, At large
Jacob A Augur At large David A Lyle, Ohio; John e.
Bourke At large Charles H. Rca, Illinois; John Aspln-
wall Wisconsin: Remembrance H. Lindsey. Pennsylya-
| Frank f. Nye, Maine Charles Braden, Michigan
Franklin YeaiOn At Large Vim. l. Reese, Kentucky;
| VIM r. CraycrOft. Kentucky; Henry T. Perrlne, New
Jersey: John W Pullman, Washington Territory Charles
Morton Missouri william +. smith, New-Iorki Chas
H. Rockwell. ONO Wells W Leggett, AT Large; VENT
| G. Miller. Pennsylvania Jenlfer H. SmallWOOd, new
/ jersey George X. Bacon, Illinois William Raws0n,
Missouri Henry W. sproe. NewIOrk; Edward ".
Brady Indiana Martin h. Hughes, Pennsylyania VII
liam " Robinson. jr Wisconsin, William Gerhard, AT
| Large Mason NJ MaNOn, Wisconsin. Tho nrst hye
| held at the examination last year very honor
able positions IN their class winch then numbered So
Bergland swede by birth, held the best ayeIag9 ne
was third IA Philosophy, second IN chemistry ahu
try Tactics Twelfth iu Drawing, and fourth IN Artillery
TacUcs-dcmerits, IG Hun was nrst IN Chemistry ana
Infantry and Artillery Tactics, aud second In Ph0so,
ply TIimau Tcuucsseean, was nrst IN PHILOSOPHY anu
| third m Artillefy Tactics