FOOTNOTES
[2] This is to be presented to the Adjutant of the Military Academy on arrival of the appointee, i. e., the candidate, at West Point.
[3] [See Appendix] for the circular now used.
[4] This is to be filled out and mailed to the Secretary of War soon after its receipt by the candidate.
[5] [See Appendix] for the kind used now.
[6] Then the west end of the present Library Building. A fine stone Administration Building was later built just south of the old Chapel, but it is to be torn down and a very fine and large new Administration Building has been put up still further south.
[7] [See page 62], Note 1.
[8] Now there is water on the first floor of each division.
[9] [See page 62], Note 2.
[10] The sink was a low building east of the old guard house, now there are water closets and bath tubs in the basement of each division.
[11] Now there is a trunk room in the basement of each division.
[12] The plebe instructors, or drill masters, are now first-class men.
[13] [See page 62], Note 3.
[14] In full uniform.
[15] Then some distance west of Siege Battery and north of the turn in Professors’ Row.
[17] Now the east end of the grassed plain. The new artillery and cavalry plain adjoins the village of Highland Falls.
[18] [See page 62], Note 4.
[19] Cadets are court-martialed for serious offenses only.
[21] Filled up long ago.
[22] [See page 70], Note 1.
[23] [See page 81], Note 1.
[24] The cadets now have a fine rifle range.
[25] Rushing into camp was prohibited long ago.
[26] [See page 70], Note 1.
[27] Now mounted after dress parade.
[30] Then taught in the north ground floor room of the old Academic Building. This room was also used to practice dancing in and for band concerts on winter evenings.
[31] [See page 122], Note 1.
[32] [See page 122], Note 2.
[33] [See page 122], Note 3.
[34] [See page 122], Note 4.
[35] They now say “Cadet” instead of “Mister.”
[36] [See page 122], Note 5.
[37] Now in the new Administration Building.
[38] Kinsley’s farm is now a part of the post.
[39] [See Appendix] and also [page 122], Note 1.
[40] Curtains are now allowed.
[41] They now come at any time of the year.
[42] [See page 122], Note 1, and for candidates [see Appendix.]
[43] Now part of the post—a gift from Mrs. Russell Sage and Mrs. Anna B. Warner.
[44] Then just east of Seacoast Battery.
[46] Soon to be torn down to give way to a giant new one now partly built.
[47] Then a part of the ground floor room of the old Academic Building.
[48] Then in the south end of the Mess Hall. Mr. Bratt, then caterer of the Cadet Mess, lived in the north end.
[49] From songs by the Class of 1897.
[50] Now called Drill Regulations.
[52] Chevrons are made of gold lace ⅜ inch wide; sewed on dark blue cloth with ⅜ inch intervals between the bars.
[53] Worn above the elbows, points up.
[54] Worn above the elbow, points up.
[55] Worn below the elbows, points up.
[56] A life membership costs only ten dollars. Address Secretary of the Association of Graduates, West Point, N. Y.
[57] The new Chapel and Chaplain’s quarters on the hill near old Fort Putnam are now in one large beautiful building that was dedicated in June, 1910. Graduates have contributed for a handsome memorial window and Professor Weir’s grand painting, now in the old Chapel, will be put over this window in the new Chapel.
[58] Cullum Memorial Hall is now used for hops.
[59] In the old Academic Building.
[60] [See page 202], Note 1.
[61] In conformity with the provisions of this section, the Chief of Staff is now, by direction of the Secretary, charged with the supervision of matters in the War Department pertaining to the Academy.
[62] Four of the class of 1880 accepted this offer, and, as there were not then vacancies enough for the balance, some were first appointed brevet second lieutenants, and as vacancies occurred they were commissioned second lieutenants.
[63] The army is supplied with second lieutenants from four sources, viz.: First, the Military Academy; second, graduates from other military schools; third, from meritorious enlisted men, and fourth, from civil life.
[64] The Act of 1910 increased this number 25% for six years. The total number of graduates from 1802 to August 31, 1910, is 4,935.
[65] Alternates have been appointed since 1877.
[67] The Board before which a candidate is directed to appear will be, without exception, the one convened at the nearest or most convenient to his home, or to the school at which he is in regular attendance at the time of appointment.
[68] On December 8, 1910, the Adjutant General of the Army wrote to the author saying “that while it has been decided to admit the next class of cadets into the Military Academy on the 14th day of June instead of on the 1st day of March, no change has been made in the date and places of examination of cadet candidates.”