The Military Academy continues to answer all the purposes of its establishment, and not only furnishes well-educated officers to the Army, but serves to diffuse throughout the mass of our citizens individuals possessed of military knowledge and the scientific attainments of civil and military engineering.
Van Buren highlights the Military Academy's role in educating officers and spreading military knowledge among citizens.
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