Record of Delinquencies of the Corps of Cadets
[West Point, New York,] June 5, 1828
Davis. J
| Absent from G[uar]d Mounting |
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16 Oct 1824 |
| Dis[obedience] of ord[ers] |
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17 |
| Absent from g[uar]d mounting |
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17 |
| Visiting in Study Hours |
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3 Nov |
| Dis[obedience] of ord[ers] |
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18 |
| Violation of 93. Par. Reg. |
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28. " |
| " " " " " |
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13 Feb 1825 |
| " " " " " |
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5 March |
| Fender insecurely placed |
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19 |
| Door not Closed |
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28. |
| Visiting in Study Hours |
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31. |
| Ab[sent] from qrs. |
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" |
| " " " |
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6. April |
| " " Class parade |
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6. |
| Late at " " |
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6. |
| Absent from qrs. |
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12 April |
| Bad police |
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13. |
| Ab[sent] from qrs. |
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14. |
| " " marching to French |
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18. |
| Cot down after reveille. |
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23. |
| Ab[sent] from qrs. from 7 ‘till 11. P.M. |
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23. |
| Ab[sent] from Reveille |
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23. |
| Ab[sent] from qrs. from 8 untill 9 P.M. |
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23. |
| Long hair at Inspection. |
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24. |
| Dis[obedience] of B[attalion] O[rder] No 40. |
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17. May |
| Ab[sent] from drill |
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8 June |
| Bed not strapped 30’ after rev[eille] |
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17. |
| Room not policed |
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24. |
| Not Marching from Mess Hall |
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5 July |
| Orderly paper not posted |
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17 |
| Ab[sent] from 12 O Clock Drill |
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29 |
| " " Eve[ning] Parade |
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31 |
| In rear rank at Ev[ening] Parade |
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4 Augt. |
| Candlestick out of Place |
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10 Sepr. |
| Carrying his musket improperly on Drill |
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12 |
| Dis[obedience] of Post order No 117 |
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26 |
| Bed not strapped 30’ after rev[eille] |
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29 |
| Candlesticks out of order |
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3 Oct Excused |
| Name not Posted as orderly |
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" |
| Bad Police. (Foul clothes not in Clothes Bag) |
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2 Novr |
| Ab[sent] from Art[iller]y drill |
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9 |
| Dis[obedience] of Special order and not to be found for drill |
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9 |
| Ab[sent] from Inf[antr]y drill |
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11 |
| Making unnecessary noise in S[tudy] H[ours] |
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27 |
| Ab[sent] from Church |
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27 |
| " " Qrs. In S[tudy] H[ours] |
4 |
23 Decr. |
| Visiting in S[tudy] H[ours] |
3 |
31. |
| " " " " |
3 |
31. |
| Ab[sent] from Reveille |
5 |
9 March |
| " " Parade |
5 |
11 |
| " " Reveille |
5 |
20 |
| " " " |
5 |
28 |
| Leaving the Academy during the first hour of recitation |
6 |
28 |
| Neglect of Fender |
3 |
4 April |
| Bed not strapped 30’ after Reveille |
7 |
11 |
| Ab[sent] from qrs. between 7 & 8 PM |
3. |
11 |
| " " Parade |
5 |
24 |
| Improper conduct firing his musket from the window of his room |
2 |
2 May |
| In bed after reveille |
7 |
14 |
| Late at reveille |
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7 June |
| Bed not strapped |
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23 |
| Neglect of duty as Compy Police Officer |
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21 July |
| Neglect of Police |
1 |
25 Nov |
| Us[in]g Sp[iri]t[ou]s Liquors |
8 |
25 Decr |
| Disord[erl]y conduct in B[arrac]ks |
4 |
" " |
| Ab[sent]from Qrs after taps |
8 |
24 " |
| Ab[sent] from church |
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8 April 1827 |
| Dis[o]b[edienc]e of special order in not going to Church when ordered |
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" " |
| Allowing noise on his post |
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13 " |
| Ab[sent]from Philosophy |
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14 " |
| In Bed after Rev[eille] |
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27 " |
| Absent from Qrs (12 & 1) A.M. |
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29 " |
| Inattention on drill |
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7 June |
| Ab[sent] from Qrs. (8 & 9) P.M. |
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12 |
| " " Drill |
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28 July |
| In bed 30 min after Rev[eille] |
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12 [illegible] |
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1827 |
| Leaving the mess hall without permission |
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6 Aug |
| Ab[sent] from B[arrac]ks (8.9) P.M |
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2 Sept |
| In rear rank at parade |
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5 " |
| Ab[sent] from Laboratory |
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6 " |
| " " parade |
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20 " |
| Out of uniform in mess sq[ua]d |
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" " |
| Going to mess-Hall without Marching |
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18 " |
| Spitting on the floor |
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4 Oct |
| Inattention on p[ara]d[e] |
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21 Nov |
| Bed not strapped 30’ after Rev[eille] |
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2 Decb' |
| In mess hall after the Batt[alion]s [Rise?] |
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25 |
| Bed not made 30’ after Rev[eille] |
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31 " |
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1828 |
| Vis[itin]g (10 & 11) A.M. |
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5 Jany |
| Cooking in Qrs. (7 & 8) P.M |
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18 " |
| Abs[ent] from Church |
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19 Feby |
| Not n[oting?] ch[angin]g[?] off[icer] G[uar]d |
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" " |
| In bed 30’ after Reve[ille] |
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15 March |
| Visiting 11 &12 |
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2 Apl |
| Going to Engineering before the proper time |
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12 " |
| Visiting 3 &4 |
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16 " |
| Ab[sent] from Reve[ille] |
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27 " |
| " " " |
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11 May |
| " " " |
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13 May |
| In bed 30’ after Reve[ille] |
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13 " |
| Abs[ent] from Qrs. after Taps |
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5 June
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From The Papers of Jefferson Davis, Volume 1, pp. 97-100. Transcribed from a letterbook copy in the War Department (U.S. Military Academy Archives), 3.