AUSTRALIAN MILITARY COLLEGE

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXV, Issue 13035, 31 March 1910, Page 6

AUSTRALIAN MILITARY COLLEGE

MODELLED ON AMERICAN LINES. VANCOUVER, March 20. The officers and 1 men of the West Point (U.S.A.) Military Academy have lately been discussing the defence scheme of the Australian Government, which was revealed to them recently by an Australian representative of the British Army General Staff, who spent several days at the.; academy. When the officer departed he, took with him a comprehensive plan of the buildings, together with information about the courses of'study and drill. It is thought that the proposed Australian military' college.; will''he modelled after the style of the West Point Academy. The, United States ... Military,. Academy stands at West Point, a post village of Orange Gbunty, in New York State 1 . It was established, there pursuant to a recommendation made by Washington on 1802. , The; ; natural strength of ‘the' place led to', its selection for a fortress during the. Revolutionary War. The principal buildingSv.'.of, the ; Academy,- which' com-’ prise officers’ quarters, cadet barracks, academic buildings, library, superintendent’s office",mfess and riding halls, hospital, and the beautiful parade ground, oc-cupy-a plateau elevated about ISOft above the river, and cover in their distribution an area of some 200 acres.