New-York tribune., 1868-06-15
WEST POINT.
o,,v op,NTss MOVEMENTS.

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=. ..,.,,,,, IARK-THE WAR DANCE-PLEA'
>N VT yWBATHER-PARADE OF CADEis-mEsI -,,,rsI
ooT1r sJNCE ITS ESTABLIsHMERr-AkhiV Al
or THE FLEET FROM ANNAPOLIs-bAIL'
HoAT RACRs-NAMEs OF NEW CADETS
yUpsr POINT. June 14-Gen. Grant held court
.,o hoIconv of Roe's Hotel on Saturday morning.
sonnaed by a beyy OF young ladies he had ior eacl
I'd everv one Of them a smile and good "oru' INC
nero Of the Rebellion stormed by oat'eIy VI pe
,,fuI eyes, yet in his quiet way, ne seeneu' as o TO- "
nossessed and reliant and did not as many Other
on would have done, surrendered uhcohdluoh-
M. Tn tne afternoon in company with some of the
,a,ossors the General crossed to Cold Spring,
,hare ne dined with the venerable Governor kemDe'
NaorCen Robert Anderson, the hero of Fort Sumter
auoS on Gen Grant this morning. The meeting between
che two Generals characterized by great waIth VI
feeling and they eOnversed long together
NJ or Gems saekett w Teeumseh Sherman and Hart
suf arrived last evening
The storm cleared away on Friday eVehDs' Dc - "
give the graduating class starlight SKY Tor ther iisn
Old old time" the ANIMAL lark About IOA dne oiSS 5
omnbuses and preceded by the string Dahu lOVSei0 Ia
their way The Professors were hrst seIohaueu I & ,
heered theu fhe ladies' of ROe's Hotel were ahke non
ored Bottles of choice brands OF Champagne VIZ III
dnced as the earra ges rolled away from the hoel ana
noS fIe MOT begins to thicken.7 The woods ring Wh
The weIIknown air of Benny Hayens' VI CVLaJns Si
Hotel Is reached the band plays Iqrtdt pour "a Sgtt
and the known face of Captain Jerome Bonapar Oh
the class Of 1853 is seen at the window OeJI ,I a
cheer is given for the gallant French captain anu "9
Hoffman is also cOmplmented ., , 49,, u,,,sto,
he
Suoans under heavy military tes lol Sdci % cIGeC l %
nOunces himself Brevet Brigadier or Mayor cehSIh
commanding or Chief Of Ordinance Quarermaster Gen
eTal, &c, &c. Again Royal Mafceau& hlhes us Slp& NJ
Rnce and the plot becomes mixed They Ieach the ba
rack Yard and now they prepare Tor 1e Glahu Ol Ma
Dance There Is whtish streak in the east that pro
claims that morning is IL Will soon be une lO te
must hie TO their conRes yet now, arrayed in motley
garb coats turned inside out caps awry, handkercheS
shrek they begin the dance The Pebe starts rom ms
couch in alarm and rushes to the window 10 Dehou N
r1tf unnO
two empty champagne bottles IN WhOse I,Iva'SS ~ vSS
aD1 TS Tonnd t6ey g6-wist6g turning Laughing
and shreng If the professors hear the sounds they
sWp exEerence at the breaking up Of the class The
dance cOnnues-the revel aOsOrDS all-nOne thhk o
yele; put bark! rat ta tat ana t1eI9 comes IOI %
drums the circle is broken, and there IS IaPu
retreat to quarters over these quarters noats @ NAN
pleasant story When Edgar A. roe was eauet M lei S @
antique face his odd ways and the prtmatuty Ou IooA
that ever shadowed hls countenance, gave rise 10
cadetshp for his son, but Edgar having died ere ne
passed examination according to their story his fahef
came 10 West Point and took ms sons place loI Ine W
come The past days have been surprisingly Deaul
promenadng the balcony looking out upon the yer As
the wandered up the stream win ITS coyes ana IN
"'' on by its banks I've watched the ceaseless aow
Tie anresing toll Of lIudson.s mighty stream
Ard thought yon crested wave ages ago,
Saye gsssaIe, % The .s.. savage o and dit its sIe'D
wallbe93d and only ,.- free
Inh no shallow streanlei last thou viewed
or Po meath bridge and burden meaed,
Sleeping in the filth Of long corrupted time,
Iths river-Bsy, onward sea-
Where leagues Of water roll at random, free
AZ the widest winds upon the lea.
IL Rubie0n where gods might pause
A he.espOnt which ieW Of might dare,
A Indus broad where suuerstltOus laws
Would faTnsh untold millions with BIER
on the opposite shore the chimney Of an old fashioned
house rising out OF the woods, while from the
smoke curs lazy away into the air the old Beverly
Robinson mansion, where Arnold quarered while IN
command West Point. The ruin OF the little dock Is
still the other side where his boat put OIL that con-
Veyed him TO the Nuture.
The ruins OF old Fort Putnam may be seen from the
balcony smart little village is 10 the right and,
when thought of, the fate OF the brave and accom-
pshed Andre shadows the mnd the thought also comes
how much is due TO Pauldngs, Williams and Van wars
who brought
Andre to stand on the spot
To small bit o he had gOth
But the air is soft and still to-day and the nag waves
ms if there had been treason i'll the land Hark the
sound Of martial music Is heard-the prOmenaders rush
the front-and now, emerging from the woods, with
their musets asant and shining in the sUn ght the
ground is filed with people, and the inspritng air OF
'Le Sabre de Non Iere the battalion forms in line. Col
Black in command OF the cadets thorough soldier
md stlc discpnarian. Gen Schrver Inspector OF the
pOst now advances with Geu Pitcher, Major BoyntOn
and others OF the staff Tie review begns-the banC
playing from "Il TrOrGtOre' .
After the review, the battalion exercised in tn
manual and then marched TO quarters The movement
were executed by the young men with wonderful pre-
cision. Every movement was prompt and sharp
Major BOyntOn. Adutant OF the Post has furnished III
with the following tables Of the Cadets admitted 10
graduated from the Academy since It's commencement
on March l6 1902, TO the present time: