Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-28
CADETS At WEST POINT
LOYAL TO CONFEDERACY
When Final Break Comes They Arc
Found Returning to Flight
for Stars and Bars.
SOME "REMINISCENCES or ls5o.o1
On November +, 1860, Eighty-Six
Southern Boys We're Students at
Academy, and Of These SiNty-Five
Entered Confederate Service.

ASoso WIN
Academy, and Of These SiXty-Five
Entered Confederate Service.
'By Kate Mason Ruwinnd.D
There have been several accounts
given Of West Point life at this period
~ cadets OF 1SjJ-lSGl. John Mont
Homety Wright. o. 5. a. Of Kentucky,
published in the Southern ;ivouac for
J'n.. 1888. AN article on West Point
hefpHo the War colonel Licwcllyn
'ioNton. of Virginia In 1889. contribute
ru to the Monthly Chronicle Of the
Episcopal. High school Il sketch of
W est Point in 1SJJ-iscl,' ana in 1907
General Morris Schnn. in his hook. The
spirit Of Old West Point" describes at
length the school ana it's inmates. Tho
subject OF the trials of the plcbcs is
treated very lightly by Colonel IIoxton.
lie says: Touching the question OF
haZing. SO called, nothing MAS ever
lone in my time liable 10 produce
bodily injury. pcrCinncc some sen
incl for the first time on post might
be subject To innocent chatting, tend
Ing only. however. to make itiin better
acquainted with his duties"
Major Wright speaking pr cadet
Custer, who had just returned from
furlough. says.
I'VE. that il, the plcbes OF that year.
had all been yauk"d' by our torment
org Of tho class jus; above US uutil they
VI" W m 9lFI H. TOT "
gree OF repose at night, but Custer WAX
10 have but one night I'm camp before
~ ~ 10 "ti' ,N'o pafFaCNS' an" tii"t
~ nc ucs"t , !" orS"h'EihS It seiec,
800 =. H'". ms vi" 81 ~ pht OF
lead OF Custer. gave every ono of MS
two or three rides apiece down tho sew
Ma ;or WIZ, ,,dd. -" ~, ~.
fnnltGh md ut. hut,
those days every one mad TO 70 through
with II, and a class that Tad passed 10
TIN" dignity Of the y.arling' condition
and d.d no, take satisfaction FOR us
own last summer trials OFT the class
that freshly followed them. would have
been rated as very poor spirited"
CUSTER rI,,y, nI:,,Ir.Ll.u
IN uI;\I,rII or .tI>>,>,: ,,.,
~ hdE tu'' 'uH'e' WAS Il hfln De
'eNeF II, IN" dement's "' running ~ on
~" S""h's' an" M ,n'S Vie" ne "aH
,"!"eH y! ~ ".'iD"'"'" lu"Sfment
't n'S Scu.u'' I"' 'uE.h h'paT.cH,
e'tt"l' % 'ht S''""n Glass; wh" had
80 n..pts IN y"'' x ny nt'eh'P'e"
49, u ii''I.' ~, u "'s1'P'Ihc'
tiers ar pu.,'u ~ "pp'tNihs OF
:" u"''' N''i"
,E " '"4'- i' 80 90 ~
.''m.,ess'' ~" "' "''''''H'p |" =
.,
running fun tide a. ",.Et Jgip,
when h. eut..eJ ibnu,,h oCo,ts ere
made 10 stop it, Ito speaks o, ne
'a'rd class men giving the nov. cajets
the oppIobrioGs ti'lc az "cUimal"
In "A ilcbc'S Life at West Point"
Ltppiucott's Magazine FOR September,
81. II Viii ho seen 'hat this foolish
and unworihN practice stil AourisAes
ADMIRABLE POINT
~ CADET ETIIics
,.;..,.i itn>,o,, y,,,.,Ls az ,,,.. admir-
mall. n,i,,, ina tt, ,,d.t odd. az n,bir..
..Tbo Standard of ,ru,h ya; ;,tuh i'm
-, c,r,. ,5 am, J.lln,v ..vtltv Of ,
breach Of lounr In mis- rc..,,rc; was
.rut' He might r"nl.,jn !u the corps
.rr y,,rs va, no ,..,d., Womb ever
sneak 10 him eNrcp, oincially. This was
an ordeal which no man cared to fac.
even II thcrc were no rockbcd of truth
aud Observation-Disclosures at the bottom
OF his charaeto<
The secession OF South Carolina took
place December -, 1850 pia.r St.aes
followed in due succession. ana OH Feb
ruary IS. 1851. Jefferson Davis was In
augurared President OF IN. seven COM
luouwealths now constituting the Con
f.dcratc states OF America. Finally
there were thirteen, the sane number
that had constituted the Union of l1SS,
and thirteen stars We're mblazoncd on
the Southern cross the Nag OF the new
federation.
I;IGHT-SIX CADETS
ENROLLED FROM SOUTH
.rb.rs yaro .i vv.et roir, Eov.,,,her
$50 eiphtv.six cadets from mo
eoutb ~ these six,y-0ye answered
,he rau ., ,he ciaie entering tho CON
rad.r,te service, Little OF The noli,Ical
.ycitaneut fol, "a, Wast poin, ~
,brourhnu- ,he land I'm tb.sn no,nc,-
,o,is months of lS6O-1S6l comes IN IN.
S,rfac. in letters written q, mis- Tim,
NV n Virginia cadet But even in No
,-.r,,b,r sonu after tho clcc,ion m.
nI,Ie cockade. the emblem of sec.s.
.;on w,s seen AT West Point ana o,,,
raGe, had one sent him later which
decorated. his room. lie makes en-
rjous statement in writing TO his
mother November H. He says:
in a letter OF Cadet Kirby. of Rich
mond, Governor Letcher advises all
cadets from virginia TO remain here