A Sketch of the History and Topography of West Point and the U.S. Military AcademyH. Perkins, 1840 - 140 стор. |
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... fortifications should be erected at West Point . " a Colonel Radière was still , however , regarded as a valuable officer , and continued in the service of the United States till his death in 1780.b On the 13th of February , 1778 ...
... fortifications should be erected at West Point . " a Colonel Radière was still , however , regarded as a valuable officer , and continued in the service of the United States till his death in 1780.b On the 13th of February , 1778 ...
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... fortifications ; but his civil duties preventing this , the works , during General Putnam's absence in Connecticut , were left under the charge of General Par- sons , till the arrival of General McDougall ; who " took the command on the ...
... fortifications ; but his civil duties preventing this , the works , during General Putnam's absence in Connecticut , were left under the charge of General Par- sons , till the arrival of General McDougall ; who " took the command on the ...
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... fortifications . " On the 21st of July , 1779 , five days after the capture of Stony Point by General Wayne , Washington removed his head - quarters from New Windsor to West Point , and remained there till December , when the army went ...
... fortifications . " On the 21st of July , 1779 , five days after the capture of Stony Point by General Wayne , Washington removed his head - quarters from New Windsor to West Point , and remained there till December , when the army went ...
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... fortifications at West Point were afterwards materially improved and repaired as late as 1794 , under the general superin- tendence of Colonel Vincent , and the imme- diate direction of Major Niven , both French engineers ; the latter ...
... fortifications at West Point were afterwards materially improved and repaired as late as 1794 , under the general superin- tendence of Colonel Vincent , and the imme- diate direction of Major Niven , both French engineers ; the latter ...
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... fortification and gunnery . The commandant and one or two other officers of the standing regiment , and the engineers , making West Point their general residence , would be masters of the academy ; and the inspector - general superin ...
... fortification and gunnery . The commandant and one or two other officers of the standing regiment , and the engineers , making West Point their general residence , would be masters of the academy ; and the inspector - general superin ...
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Academic Staff Alden Partridge appointed April army artillerists and engineers artillery assistant professor August barracks Brevet Bull's Hill Captain Partridge chief engineer Colonel Kosciuszko Colonel Thayer command of West Congress Constitution Island corps of engineers course dated December defence demy Department descriptive geometry discharged duties encampment examination expense February Fort Clinton Fort Constitution Fort Putnam fortifications Forts Montgomery French language graduates Highlands infantry institution instructors of tactics James Clinton January July June latter Lieu Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel Major March McDougall ment Military Aca Military Academy Military Affairs military instruction military schools militia number of cadets object officers philosophy plain present President profes professor of engineering Putnam regiment regulations Report resigned river School of Practice Secretary Secretary of War September Sparks station Stephen Moore studies succeeded Superintendent Swift tion troops United Washington wrote West Point West Point Cemetery whole number William
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Сторінка 42 - Whatever argument may be drawn from particular examples, superficially viewed, a thorough examination of the subject will evince that the art of war is at once comprehensive and complicated ; that it demands much previous study ; and that the possession of it, in its most improved and perfect state, is always of great moment to the security of a nation.
Сторінка 37 - If anything like a military academy in America be practicable at this time, it must be grounded on the permanent military establishment for our frontier posts and arsenals, and the wants of the States, separately, of officers to command the defences on their sea-coasts. " On this principle it might be expedient to establish a military school, or academy, at West Point...
Сторінка 30 - The total strength will be seen by the weekly state, which is also forwarded. The army being thus reduced to merely a competent garrison for West Point, that being the only object of importance in this quarter, and it being necessary to employ a considerable part of the men in building an arsenal and magazines at that post, agreeably to the directions given by the secretary at war, the troops accordingly broke up the cantonment yesterday, and removed to that garrison, where Major-General Knox still...
Сторінка 48 - That the said corps, when so organized, shall be stationed at West Point in the state of New York, and shall constitute a military academy; and the engineers, assistant engineers, and cadets of the said corps, shall be subject, at all times, to do duty in such places, and on such service, as the President of the United States shall direct.
Сторінка 56 - The scale on which the military academy at West Point was originally established, is become too limited to furnish the number of well-instructed subjects in the different branches of artillery and engineering which the public service calls for. The want of such characters is already sensibly felt, and will be increased with the enlargement of our plans of military preparation.
Сторінка 42 - However pacific the general policy of a nation may be, it ought never to be without an adequate stock of military knowledge for emergencies. The first would impair the energy of its character, and both would hazard its safety, or expose it to greater evils when war could not be avoided. Besides that war might often not depend upon its own choice.
Сторінка 57 - Academy are so far in decay as not to afford the necessary accommodation. But a revision of the law is recommended, principally with a view to a more enlarged cultivation and diffusion of the advantages of such institutions, by providing professorships for all the necessary branches of military instruction, and by the establishment of an additional academy at the seat of Government or elsewhere.
Сторінка 42 - The institution of a military academy, is also recommended by cogent reasons. However pacific the general policy of a nation may be, it ought never to be without an adequate stock of military knowledge for emergencies.
Сторінка 35 - ... the river. The links of this chain are about twelve inches wide, and eighteen long, the bars about two inches square. It is buoyed up by very large logs, of about sixteen feet long, pointed at the ends to lessen their opposition to the force of the current, at flood and ebb tide. The...
Сторінка 59 - That the Military Academy shall consist of the corps of engineers and the following professors, in addition to the teachers of the French language and drawing already provided...