The centennial of the United States Military academy at West Point, New York1802-1902 . buildings are laid down, and among them three are especiallyimportant, viz: N: Ecole du Genie, about 64 by 56 feet (it is the OldAcademy on the map of 1815). S: Bibliotheque, about 120 by 60 feet (not on the map of1815). U: Laboratoire, about 30 by 36 feet (not on the map of1815). The engineers had been domiciled at West Point for some-thing like two years, as we shall see, and they, or the officersof the Invalid Corps, or both, had established an engineerschool, which was housed in a substantial building.
The centennial of the United States Military academy at West Point, New York1802-1902 . buildings are laid down, and among them three are especiallyimportant, viz: N: Ecole du Genie, about 64 by 56 feet (it is the OldAcademy on the map of 1815). S: Bibliotheque, about 120 by 60 feet (not on the map of1815). U: Laboratoire, about 30 by 36 feet (not on the map of1815). The engineers had been domiciled at West Point for some-thing like two years, as we shall see, and they, or the officersof the Invalid Corps, or both, had established an engineerschool, which was housed in a substantial building. The. MAP OF WEST POINT IN 1780. N, EngiiKiT scIkioI; S. library; I, laboratory.(The words in EuglLih were added in 1904.) Or(oriiis of tlie Mililarv Academy. 205 building for the library is indicated only in outline; thosefor the school and the laboratory are drawn as permanentstructures. Paths lead from the School to the barracks, andalso to the springs where the water for the post was obtained. There is, then, no doubt that in the very midst of theRevolutionar} war, at least as earl}- as 17S0, and possibl}- asearl} as 1778, an engineer school was in operation at WestPoint. There was also a laboratory, which must be considered asthe continental laboratory—the parent of the Springfieldarmor}. It was before December 21, 177S. Thelibrar} for the Military- Academy at the Army was eitherbuilt or projected on a large plan. This is the parent of thelibrar}- of the U. S. Military- Academy. It is the oldest Gov-ernment Librarv in the United States. Military instructionof some sort w
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