New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-06-06
THE MILITARY ACADEMY.

| TBE EXAMINATIONS BEGUN-IHE oOIoRED CADET
COMMITTEES on TIE BOARD OF yIsITORs-DlII
OF THE LIGHT BAITtRY.
IPPoM SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE or THE TRIBuSk'I
WEST POrT, june 5.-Ihcre r. always somf
one who first ggested the name OF the successful can
diate for the Presidency and there mIEt have Beet
some one FIRST suggest West Pont as De site ior me
Mntlry Academy. Whoever he may have been Dh
descendants shoud step forward AMI en HIM for yeai
after year his judgment triunpDantiy vsndeaiod ano
tlr advantage. OF the location never more charm
iDgly revealed than to-day. fresh breeze has blown
since early morning over tio Point, aud the rN'r ila
been as calm bake beneath a soiI bine hare Tue
hotes are not yet crowded bar the West Point House
at least l enoug fog comfort and the walks and he
payade are iast gaining the animation whnh comes II
Jane with tbc Board Of Vitok, hss year constituted
follows:
Gen David p. Hills Of Iowa Gen Thomas W. hyde OF
MINNIE Col John = McIalmOnt of Penasy wanna the
Right Rev C. T. QaBiard Of Tcnncsse, The Rev Cnarhs
: Richardson Of AcwYOrk the Hon y p Stevenson OF
nnIs the Rev CAar.os o. Thompson " Massachusetts,,
selatops BLdDaand haxcy, and representatives, Ban
ming Patt and Wailfr All these gentlemen have ar
rived except Congressman Banning AMI Wllscr though
Nh Blaine + H. NcYs-York Tor tlse Wy.
Che examinations ~ the hrst-cass have been pro-
oresslug rceu.lgy AMI those geology aud mine raogy
are already com listed Yesterday and to-day the Board
of Visitors OF which PROT Thompson OF the Worcester
school OF Gechnoiosy las been chosen chairman
have been making mp their minis what tho
ir5t sass know aboat ongEecrhs. l suoled into
:he library inst hate to hear the eoorol CADET Fbpper
psssa very crcdi.abc examination In thai branch Mr.
Flippor is not BRILLIANT scholar and ruls in One Of tho
lover divisions but he Ira. never been IA danger OF Dis
misaI end his conduct lE,s been usbts aBd manly The
ordeal IN engineering viii be over ic-norsow noon
During DAY ie various committees Of the Boatc OF
Visitors nave ti, in the way Of inspection "a tho
different matters utrustod 10 them: In the eouThs %
day er Two ii may be- possible 10 report taer lows Ito
hoard was g.bdiyilod into committees ~ follows:
B,riJiaqs and Grounds s natofs Blaine aud aaxey.
Henry g. tanning and ex-ooy NaE, O..
csrs Of ctfcse-Bislop Qautard and Gen. Hyde.
Cohrsc of Hwty-Prol lIompsob b5'o4 Vihpnn'
and TIE Rev. Cuat.es ,. Hich.asOn.
Fiseai AG4lS-Ine Hon. IL. T. Stevenson and COngiess-
man P,att
From to o',he x this afternoon Major Piper drild
hs Light Baisr - and about a hundred Iers Ds at
rnd.r the trocs and atched the evoini.ous There
saving ha, something always breads whom visitors gre
here: Ont nothing lDoEc WtOwart Than the anna teung
Of trace oeotrred This AFTERNOON. Major Ppcs Is old
soldier, and lno dglh displayed m1er rs CasN md
spirit than Wien youl er officer Ieit hs place; b1t no
certainly afforded TIE board systematic exhibit
OF tbs psoif,icpcy of his battery. ~ j wrae,
,lG regular evening nl-dvess parade Is tkDg
place and ' IN sxit he ac;l, d,.es ami ib9ys Of he
day c,se ylrc sDca events OF the West Point
axe not b. he evpeot.d vet There always oi course
~ this tiun pont p.iyaic cnteiuLWntnis iu the Ram
ily circhs as te Posi- bus nothing ~ puDhe nature
mrs 10 be ehroi,aed. an Informal reception " the
Board yesterday nv Maj Gen. sshoihk, Inc snpccn-
sendeIn b. excepted The VISITORS were rather slew
arriving, ami the distinguished. scn,hmen Who VIII
surely pc heyc within 40 day have mos yet appeared
The ssusary Of Nar X expected on The i.l, ard 100
Sraluatns IAN. q arQk from ThWsli,y Ni % coutso
aHme a nptsttude Of persons famous ara otherwise.