Guide to West Point, and the U.S. Military AcademyBoynton, Edward C. (Edward Carlisle)
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Guide to West Point, and the U.S. Military Academy
Boynton, Edward C. (Edward Carlisle)
West Point (N.Y.) -- Guidebooks
33. No Cadet will employ another to do any duty for which he has been
detailed, without permission.
34. Cadets on sick report will not apply for permission to visit.
35. The body of the Encampment is defined to be that portion of the
Encampment included between the company Officers' Tents and the Front
Line of company Tents.
FOOTNOTES:
[A] EDWARD SHIPPEN ARNOLD was born at Philadelphia, March 19th, 1780;
he entered the East India Company's service, and became a Lieutenant
of Cavalry and Paymaster of Mattra. He died in India in 1813.
[B] BENEDICT ARNOLD was twice married, and had three sons by his first
wife. BENEDICT, the eldest, was an Officer of Artillery in the British
Army, and died young in the West Indies. HENRY and RICHARD both
entered the King's Service after their father's defection, as
Lieutenants of a Cavalry Legion, commanded by their father.
By his second marriage (April 8th, 1779), General ARNOLD became the
father of four sons and one daughter.
EDWARD SHIPPEN ARNOLD, the eldest already mentioned; JAMES ROBERTSON
ARNOLD, the second son entered the Royal Engineers in 1798, and served
at Bermuda, Nova Scotia, and in New Brunswick. In 1841 he was
appointed a Major-General in the British Army, and rose to be a
Lieutenant-General in 1851. He was a Knight of the Hanoverian Order of
the Guelph, also a Knight of the Turkish Order of the Crescent. He
died in service in 1854.
GEORGE ARNOLD, the third son, was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Bengal
Cavalry, and died in India in 1828. WILLIAM FITCH ARNOLD, the fourth
son, became a Captain of Lancers in the British Army. SOPHIA MATILDA
ARNOLD married a Colonel in the East India Company's Service.
General ARNOLD died in London, June 14th, 1801. The following notice
appeared in the _Gentleman's Magazine_. "At his house in Gloucester
Place, Brigadier-General ARNOLD. His remains were interred at Brompton
on the 21st. Seven mourning coaches and four State coaches formed the
cavalcade."--_Loyalists of the American Revolution_--SABINE--_British
Army Register_.
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HISTORY
OF
WEST POINT,
AND ITS
Military Importance During the American Revolution,
AND THE
ORIGIN AND PROGRESS
OF THE
UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY.
BY CAPTAIN EDWARD C. BOYNTON, A.M.,
ADJUTANT OF THE MILITARY ACADEMY.
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