National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-06-16

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t,udard suzgest preparatory department at
he Academy, where the nominees may be In
,truoted, nnd at the end Of the year required TO
pass the regular entrance examination. But
hero the question Of expense comes In, which,
in these mean and stlugy days for objects Of
usefulness, Is an all but lnHuperablo one To
raise the standard without incurTing the addl-
fional expense Of the preparatory department
would In the end lay It open 10 charges and ln-
sinuatlons TO which lt IA neither wise nor desra-
BILE to submit II. While upon this point may As
well allude TO another topic which has been the
sub,sct Of consideration. The annual cost Of the
Adademy Ia ABOUT four hundred thousand dol
lars, the total number Of cadets at the Acad-
emy At the present time Ia qiI. OF these forty |
four. the number Of the graduating class, will go
away Friday, leaving one hundred and sixty |
three. Adding to thia elghty-elght the numoer |
OF successful candidates, we shall have
two hundred and nfty-one as the total
number TO start with this year. II Is safe TO say
that Of this number at least thirty or forty Will
never obtain graduating houors. Some will re-
sign; others will be rejecte, and still others will
be expelled. As the case stands now the Gov
ernment has an immense establishment on Its
hands, costing several hundred thousand dollars
year, which, by very trinlng additional ex-
more useful by enlarEinR lts scope and increas-
ing the number OF admissions. Mfr. Coburn IA
warmly In favor Of this proposition, and sub
mltted II TO the board Of visitors yesterday. The
board, however, failed to sanction II, not be-
cause they did not approve OF IT, out fer the rea-
son that they did not believe It came within the
puryIew Of their duties. Mr.. Coburn has made
an estimate that for an additional expenditure
Of slNty-six thousand dollars per annum we eau
have q one third larger number OF pupils edu-
Gated at the academy. No additional cost for
professors need be incurred. the classes being
at present not more than two thirds full, or for
new bulldlngs, the present structures being suf-
ucieutly large to accommodate the proposed In
crease. Tue objection will suggest itself to
many ~ this pointi "why do we want more
oricen7 Our army ls being reduced; thore Is no
prospect OF war" All this Is very true, but u
must be remembered that q large number OF the
young men who are graduated here return In
few years 70 civil life. The late war called hack
hundreds and hundreds OF them to the service
and defence OF their Government from thou
sand different pursuits. For every dollar ex-
pended at West Point the country has been paid
q thousand-fold, and what is true OF the past is
certain 10 be true OF the future. When the re-
bellion broke out many Of the West Point ofiicers
In the regular army threw mp their commissions
anu went WIN 1nen STATES % ou' u IN unuenIAole
is ,sot ,,'' .aae ''s kvn ~ nsJy ,I,,.',,Io uS "
,,,I. ,ue nun .. .nu - y. aa ,,ssN,
,',i'- V'i' uPOu Wv :, @a s '.'. ~
..,s n,s," y, ~. Sa', :, ~. .as,n,aH
To mention only few names: Mcclellan at the
present time is giving the benent OF his great
engineering ability 10 the Improvement aud de-
yelopment OF our greatest city. Rosecrans Ia
working out gigantic railroad problems In Mex
Ico; ho,ace ror.er luansseS IN enterplse Wh,cn
n.,e. 'ne "a'sins puono w. ueo.o, e'eiy uy
'"o %os, anu 'en ~ "', Sas,"i ~, ~ mas
hs "asanseoh 'ne mus. oeauuiui o"y IN 'no
"oiu' way oseAtenu tnls Innuenee' u 'nere
are any Two Institutions In thus country which
ara the Nuitary and Ma vaI AcademIes
nv '"' 'i'''-'' 1u" t'1'a'
WEST FONT TRAINING.
The main business Of West Point Is to make
..,tis.. .,,.,or. a, q, .nn,r..n, on .r,ta. -
i','' - si ..'.a.a.,. ~ ~ ,s, "
sustain tue honoF Anu rePusauoh VI thb Iepuo-
lie. This military alma mater OF so many heroes
gives little heed TO polltics. While have been
mere, minslIng lreey WV" ner s'uuenS anu nef
omceth, haNe not heAIu tue name OF hepuoh-
can or Democrat, except when casually the name
of the paper have the honor to represent was
,nentinne,I IN connection Win ms ow, we.,
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Point belongs 70 the whole country, rs iree from
sectionalism a. the Dlatrict OF Columbia, the
common property Of the North and the South,
a, ,ho r., .,I =, ,ho n,os, re-. a,.,a .nI
o' the EAST auu VI 'hu res" Evey o'ate anu
IerH'ott Is tepIesohte'' we Dsuiot OF Co'um-
bla included. To show how this Government
Of ours goes Vt the work OF making soldiers and
.un's Wv 49, ,Iln P'''' W.
course oi stuuy u tne Aoahenly, Wnlch 40 NOT
remember having seen In newspaper type any
where. When say that this course Ia no sham;
,bat ,ho ,,s,,a,s a,o be,t staaany % 4, %, con,
tuA1 the Na"e's aio HeIu S'eSu,y W " iVr iouI
years WIN ohy Two months IeaNe OF hosehoe
iu four years, and that no one can possibly pass
through the graduation ordeal unless he Ia
thoronghlv nm 10 the standard. TonIy say what
~ .no au,,S ~ ,,,,,s NJ Tsa "n,st. !. ,o,,,, WA"
Is ne Simple uutn. lhe course u as iohoWH
FRsT YEAE-IornTu cLAsS.
lDooks marked thus are for ref.renee.l
MMhematlcs-Dayles, Bourdons Alge6ra; Da-
yleS Legendres Geometry and TIigonometry;
Churchs Descriptive geometry. trench Ian
guAge-Bolmars Ieylzacs Grammar and Verb
loon; hgneis Iaealm sytem; beraTIs ni, Leeons
ir Efancalsss; spieIs s anu snIenneS Dietlonary.
Tactics OF ARTILLERY and lnfantry-Practlcal In
slluTtlon @ ~ lne sen1os o. tne Soiliei, company
and Baitali0n; PractiGa instruction N ARTILLERY;
sc OF ainhu AIHs-lhsuucuohl IN feholhg anu
Bayonet EXERCISE.
,,, ncoSp NkAn-IhlRD CLASS.
MatnemAtlcs-Shnrchs Descriptive Geometry,
win lts aRpncatlon 10 Sphencal PROJECTIONS;
Churchs shades, snalows aud Perspective;
Davies, surveying tnnrchn hnalyucal Geom-
etryi ChuTchs Calcnius. frenoh iangunRe-
B0lmaIs LeVlLacs urammar anu Nerb HOOK;
Berards Lecoas FRANCHISES; Chapsals Lecons et
Motieles de litterature FTancalse; Agnels Tabu.
lar system; RowanS Morceaux Choisls des Au-
tenrs MOdernes; spers' and Surennes Dlctlon-
AIRY. spanlsh-Josses Grammar; Morales Pro-
preslVe Header; Olendorus Oral Method ap-
pied TO the spanish by Nelasquez and slmOnne;
'SeOanes Neuman and Barretus Dictionary.
Drawlng-TopoRraphy ac.; Art OF PenmAnshlp,
Tactlcs OF Infantry, Artillery and CaValry-Prao-
teal Instruction IN the schools OF the Soldier,
Company and Battalion; Practical Instruction In
Artillery and Cavalry.
THIRD IkAR-sECOSp CLASS.
Natural ana Experimental Phllosophy-Bart-
leus Mechanics Bartletts Acoustics and Op-
lies; Bartetts Astronomy: Chemlstry-Fowne's
Chemistry; chemical Physics, from Miller
DrawingmLandscape, Pencil and Colors; Tao.
states TactIes far GarylsSn' Siege AMI Field AZ
tlllery; Uptons Infantry Tastcs-Pactical In
structlon IN the schools Of the Soldier, Company
anu ana pa,aiou' pi.' c,iSsi iMcti9n Ms,,u ~ Attinery
MyefS Mammal OF slSnsls"PractIcai and Thso-
retical Instruction In Military signaling and Tel
egraphy. -
Nu,,v anI pogEH T,gI Ennassr cLas n - =,
War"Nahan;s Field PARLIAMENTARY. Mahans ont
lines OF Permanent FOrtlncations; Mahans CivI
Engineering; Mahans Fertilization and steTeOt
4in!' sans Manahs hnNaneel i 1naru anu Ont post
Mc,hSniSs ~ Fngnsering M,nsrain9y sg,S
CleolOpy-Dana's MlneralOay. IIltchcocka Geol