Mr. WOODBRIDGE. I had occasion yesterday to make a few remarks in vindication of WestPoint and as this is the 1st feature in the bill which would seem to create invid ious distinctions against the graduates of that institution, I desire to lay before the House a little information respecting the institution, which I have collecte since the adjournment on esterday. e all recollect that before the Mexican war there was very great opposition to the Academy. But the success in the Mexican war oThe Officers graduating there rather quieted the ee in. weghave been told that the Academy at WestPoint was a place where the sons of rich men were educated. I know that from an examination made at the time it was found thatalarge majority of those appointed to WestPoint were from the medium walks of life. We were told, also, that favoritism was shown there, and yet I know that upon one occasion the son of the then General in Chief of the armies of the U.S. was dismissed from the institution, and the son of the tailor who furnished the uniforms for the young men graduated at the head of his class. But recently we have been told, in one of the prominent journals of the country, that the officers atest Point were a knot of lazy pensioners, and officers who decline tofight except in a gentlemanly manner. I have a statement showmg what was done by the officers of the reular Army during the late war. hen the warbegnn there were about 1200 officers in the regular Army, but of that number 181 were left dead upon the field of battle, and nearly 500 were wounded; or more than 1/2 of all the officers of the regular Army were either killed or wounded in the various battles of the war. I consider that rather hard fighting than gentlemanly fighting; I consider the result an indication of brave, of skill, of love of profession, and love O country, rather than otherwise. At the commencement of the war there were among the officers of the regular Army 820 who were graduates of WestPoint. Under the law distributing the appointments to the Military Academy, the South, of course, had its proportion; and hence a large number of the graduates were from the Sout. Out of the 820 only 197 resigned and v entered the confederate service, leaving 623 out of the 820, loyal to the Government which educated them. I think this is a comment upon West Poidt and the regular Army which the Gentfrom Ohio [Mr. SEHEXCKlCCX mlnly ought to consider before he undertakes to create invidi ous distinctions against them. Sir, of the 623 officers who remained loyal, 138 were from the South, being nearly one al of the number of the graduates from the South; a triumphant answer to the char 8 that WestPoint is a nursery of treason. I do not believe that any Dept of the government furnished so large a proportion of southern men who adhered to the Union as the regular Army and WestPoint. There is another fact which is quite significant. Out of over 200 Officers appointed to the Army from the South and from civil life, not graduates of WestPoint, there were scarcely half a dozen who did not prove false to theirallegiauce. Assuredly this proves that the influence of WestPoint, and of the education which it affords, has not been unfa vorable to loyal fceling. Out of 820 graduates in the Army at the commencement of the war, only 197 left the Army and oined the confederate forces. While out of those a pointed from the South from civil life, less than half a dozen remained loyal. Take the other Depts of the Government, even the heads of the Depts the judges of the Supreme Court members of the Senate and members of the house, and compare their record with that which WestPoint has produced, and I assure you it will be found that the loyalty of WestPoint men far exceeded the loyalty of those occupying high positions under the Government.