West PointFront matterReading editionChapter navigation18 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterWest Point An Intimate Picture of the National Military Academy and of the Life of the Cadet By Robert Charlwood Richardson, Jr. Captain, 2nd Cavalry, U. S. Army Late Assistant Professor of English, U. S. M. A. Foreword by Major-General Hugh L. Scott Chief of Staff, U. S. Army G. P. Putnam’s Sons New York and London The Knickerbocker Press 1917FOREWORDPREFACEILLUSTRATIONSChapter I · IN THE DAYS OF THE REVOLUTIONChapter II · THE FIRST HUNDRED YEARSChapter III · THE REALIZATION OF AN ARCHITECT’S DREAMChapter IV · THE POWERS THAT BEChapter V · “BEAST BARRACKS”Chapter VI · BENDING THE TWIGChapter VII · THE DISCIPLINE OF THE MINDChapter VIII · GROWING MUSCLESChapter IX · LESSONS FROM MARSChapter X · HENCE, LOATHED MELANCHOLY!Chapter XI · STRENGTHENING THE MORAL FIBERChapter XII · SPIRITUAL INFLUENCESChapter XIII · THE SPIRIT OF WEST POINTBeginning of this editionNext chapter →West Point An Intimate Picture of the National Military Academy and of the Life of the Cadet By Robert Charlwood Richardson, Jr. Captain, 2nd Cavalry, U. S. Army Late Assistant Professor of English, U. S. M. A. Foreword by Major-General Hugh L. Scott Chief of Staff, U. S. Army G. P. Putnam’s Sons New York and London The Knickerbocker Press 1917All chapters and sections (18)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsWest Point An Intimate Picture of the National Military Academy and of the Life of the Cadet By Robert Charlwood Richardson, Jr. Captain, 2nd Cavalry, U. S. Army Late Assistant Professor of English, U. S. M. A. Foreword by Major-General Hugh L. Scott Chief of Staff, U. S. Army G. P. Putnam’s Sons New York and London The Knickerbocker Press 1917FOREWORDPREFACEILLUSTRATIONSChapters12345678910111213East View of West Point from the Hudson River◇West Point An Intimate Picture of the National Military Academy and of the Life of the Cadet By Robert Charlwood Richardson, Jr. Captain, 2nd Cavalry, U. S. Army Late Assistant Professor of English, U. S. M. A. Foreword by Major-General Hugh L. Scott Chief of Staff, U. S. Army G. P. Putnam’s Sons New York and London The Knickerbocker Press 1917 →