After a careful inspection of the leading educational institutions of the world Major-General Sir Thomas Frazer of the British Army in a letter referring to West Point said: “I think the institution is better than any I have seen.”
And Field Marshal Lord Wolseley in writing about West Point said: “I have very often had the advantage of meeting men who have qualified at that best of all military schools and invariably found them interesting companions, with a thorough knowledge of their profession.”
Colonel Bridges, C. M. G., recently said: “After an exhaustive course of inquiries into the training of the young idea in military matters, I have returned to Australia imbued with the idea that the American methods in vogue at their celebrated institution at West Point are the best, with, of course, certain modifications for Australia.... It is an extremely efficient institution for the purpose for which it is intended.”
========+=========+========+===========+=========+=========+ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Alternates | | | | | |Passed | | | | | |for Whom no| | | Year | | |Vacancies |Admitted |Cadets at| Reported|Appointed|Reported|Existed. |as Cadets|Academy | --------+---------+--------+-----------+---------+---------+ 1800 |Records |Records |Alternates | 2 | — | 1 |lost |lost |first | 7 | — | 2 |by fire |by fire |appointed | 2 | — | 3 |in 1838. |in 1838.|in 1878. | 8 | — | 4 | | | | 9 | — | 5 | | | | 10 | — | 6 | | | | 9 | — | 7 | | | | 17 | — | 8 | | | | 41 | — | 9 | | | | 10 | — | 1810 | | | | 2 | — | 1 | | | | 0 | — | 2 | | | | 10 | — | 3 | | | | 87 | — | 4 | | | | 148 | — | 5 | | | | 58 | — | 6 | | | | 34 | — | 7 | | | | 55 | — | 8 | | | | 115 | — | 9 | | | | 86 | — | 1820 | | | | 67 | — | 1 | | | | 77 | — | 2 | | | | 108 | — | 3 | | | | 103 | — | 4 | | | | 79 | — | 5 | | | | 105 | — | 6 | | | | 91 | — | 7 | | | | 97 | — | 8 | | | | 106 | — | 9 | | | | 113 | — | 1830 | | | | 102 | — | 1 | | | | 94 | — | 2 | | | | 102 | — | 3 | | | | 112 | — | 4 | | | | 65 | — | 5 | | | | 72 | — | 6 | | | | 97 | — | 7 | | | | 118 | — | 8 | 132 | 114 | | 111 | — | 9 | 91 | 79 | | 76 | — | 1840 | 106 | 94 | | 84 | — | 1 | 131 | 122 | | 114 | — | 2 | 144 | 135 | | 109 | — | 3 | 77 | 74 | | 60 | — | 4 | 96 | 90 | | 75 | — | 5 | 98 | 91 | | 81 | — | 6 | 121 | 109 | | 103 | — | 7 | 84 | 78 | | 74 | — | 8 | 84 | 83 | | 81 | — | 9 | 95 | 90 | | 88 | — | 1850 | 98 | 95 | | 90 | — | 1 | 81 | 74 | | 71 | — | 2 | 102 | 100 | | 90 | — | 3 | 97 | 90 | | 83 | — | 4 | 120 | 111 | | 103 | — | 5 | 99 | 94 | | 80 | — | 6 | 101 | 93 | | 73 | — | 7 | 132 | 117 | | 82 | — | 8 | 108 | 98 | | 75 | — | 9 | 91 | 86 | | 60 | — | 1860 | 84 | 84 | | 72 | — | 1 | 148 | 123 | | 108 | — | 2 | 96 | 92 | | 81 | — | 3 | 126 | 111 | | 99 | — | 4 | 101 | 88 | | 73 | — | 5 | 101 | 94 | | 74 | — | 6 | 95 | 88 | | 70 | — | 7 | 84 | 75 | | 55 | — | 8 | 127 | 113 | | 76 | — | 9 | 112 | 101 | | 70 | — | 1870 | 163 | 142 | | 65 | — | 1 | 131 | 119 | | 76 | — | 2 | 165 | 150 | | 95 | — | 3 | 230 | 205 | | 118 | — | 4 | 175 | 159 | | 89 | — | 5 | 206 | 195 | | 121 | — | 6 | 167 | 154 | | 98 | — | 7 | 200 | 186 | | 96 | — | 8 | 174 | 152 | 3 | 102 | — | 9 | 146 | 122 | 4 | 88 | — | 1880 | 139 | 115 | 6 | 73 | — | 1 | 200 | 152 | 3 | 85 | — | 2 | 216 | 192 | 8 | 129 | — | 3 | 235 | 209 | 9 | 141 | — | 4 | 178 | 155 | 4 | 100 | — | 5 | 171 | 143 | 6 | 95 | — | 6 | 215 | 190 | 10 | 128 | — | 7 | 256 | 210 | 9 | 127 | — | 8 | 210 | 181 | 6 | 101 | — | 9 | 231 | 196 | 7 | 96 | — | 1890 | 198 | 175 | 11 | 81 | — | 1 | 209 | 161 | 9 | 97 | — | 2 | 302 | 258 | 15 | 114 | — | 3 | 326 | 268 | 10 | 108 | — | 4 | 303 | 258 | 12 | 101 | — | 5 | 327 | 282 | 17 | 105 | — | 6 | 308 | 248 | 18 | 110 | — | 7 | 315 | 285 | 23 | 129 | — | 8 | 311 | 273 | 15 | 101 | — | 9 | 321 | 257 | 21 | 145 | — | 1900 | 379 | 317 | 36 | 170 | — | 1 | 374 | 311 | 47 | 160 | — | 2 | 269 | 211 | 26 | 114 | — | 3 | 425 | 324 | 28 | 163 | — | 4 | 353 | 279 | 42 | 153 | — | 5 | 368 | 289 | 41 | 145 | 1 | 6 | 315 | 228 | 30 | 123 | 8 | 7 | 387 | 308 | 34 | 143 | 92 | 8 | 461 | 351 | 7 | 132 | 88 | 9 | 482 | 366 | 4 | 128 | 118 | 1910 | 505 | 391 | 5 | 148 | 111 | --------+---------+--------+-----------+---------+---------+ Total | — | — | 526 | 9,742 | 418 | --------+---------+--------+-----------+---------+---------+