 The Royal Military College, Sandhurst, in England was the brainchild of John Le Marchant in 1801, who established schools for the military instruction of officers at High Wycombe and Great Marlow, with a grant of £30,000 from Parliament.The two original departments were later combined and moved to Sandhurst.In the United States, the United States Military Academy (USMA) located in West Point, New York was founded on March 16, 1802 and is one of five service academies in the nation.