West-Point

No lawyer would trust his case to a West-Point graduate, without evidence of thorough special preparation.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 Various

No man can be often thrown into the society of regular officers, especially among the younger ones, without noticing a higher standard of professional earnestness than that found among average volunteers; and in this respect a West-Point training makes little or no difference.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 Various

A small number of foreign officers brought to his aid their learning and experience, and a still smaller number of West-Point officers gave him their invaluable assistance.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862 Various

The advantage of a West-Point training is precisely that of any other professional education.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 Various

To these is added a military department, now under superintendence of a former instructor in West-Point, with the use of the State armory near the college, generously granted by the State, with a supply of arms.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 1, July, 1862 Various

The objects of his supreme hatred still often merit his good opinion for their bravery and fighting qualities, but upon raw Eastern recruits and West-Point fledglings he looks with mild disdain.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVI., December, 1880. Various

But we cannot resist the impression that if this work be truthful, the author has, often unconsciously, shown that there is much room for reform at West-Point.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 5, May, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various

We regret to say that, on the whole, the work has not left with us a pleasant impression of the system of instruction followed at West-Point.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 5, May, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various

The American public has long needed a work on West-Point, and we have here a very clever volume, by one who has retained with great accuracy in his memory its predominant characteristics, and repeated them in a very readable form.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 5, May, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various

He did not see the use of the regular army, or of West-Point.

Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 03, April 16, 1870 Various