The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-06-13


Both Thomas and Burton are In their graves, and
! trust are mustered with the hosts OF
1.-THE JUST MADE PERFECT"
Lieutenant Bob Garne' was also an Instructor OF
particular. lie looked like a mean man, and
never saw or heard anything Of him that beed his
looks an lie was mot merely n strict but
which seemed TO influence him in administering
discipline was not the desire to benefit Others but to
crafty himself He was born tyrant. He seemed
10 know insnctivey. or at all events he Judged un
errngy, oil the p ecise moment In cold rainy night
when WORKOUT plebe would he most likely to sleep
on ms post-tlaughter,-and that was his favorite
nouf Tor inspection. remember such night In
a MISTY rrav was a ae gray se the
August when the nights were cold, and that night
!hs rain was falling IN torrents; 1t was an hour
have walked the earth for penance but when the
oillcer In charge OF the cadet encampment ought to
OF The guard tent. To confess the dangerous truth,
and am SO remote from the fact that may confess
1t IN safety, fear ! had been for about three
sentinel, upon whose vigilance depended the lives
81 the whole corps OF cadets --(laughter)-ior, OF
comse, II sentinel slept there was great danger
and immense probability That some enemy would
enter the camp and slay the whole corps But ri
angel reused me, and, opening my eyes, saw the
enemy, Ia the parson OF Bob Garnet, officer In
guard tent. sprang out OF the sentry box and
CHALLENGED HIM,
With yell loud enough TO arouse poor Crttenden,
believe was IN rather drowsy state inside the
me guard tent, And here again am reminded how
impossible IL Is TO relate incidents OF twenty-five
years standing without treading upon dead mems
bones, Poor Crttenden, noble, kind hearted and
pline but rather easy going under all circumstances
was one Of the earliest martyrs OF liberty IN the
monarchy ridden Island OF Cuba and sleeps to-
10 Rob Garnet. He Joined the army
Of the rebelhon-that made ali good men his enc
mies-and he paid The penalty OF treason and SUI
lered the death OF traitor at barracks Ford. When
read that Bob Garnet had oeen killed ! laid the
paper down and found the fortitudc to say,
"GODS WILL BE DONE "
But these personal recolleciions carrying too
lar, and must proceed to perform the unpleasant
duty Which belongs to visitor, BY the common
law, whoever establishes benevolent or charitable
institution was entitled TO appoint visitors, whose
according TO the wishes OF Its founder. The gov.
eminent of the United States, the founder OF this
Nno attend at the examinations An act Of Con.
gress ,,irects the Vice President TO appoint
bers OF ta body rho serve on the Board of Visitors
ana makes II the duty CT such visitors TO report
% Congress me c0aaep q discipline r,os a, i the
unpleasant, occurrence which took place here iss:
winter, and let me state the case as IT existed for
case Justices DURING the he January holiday mIi
"pebe,n whose class was occupied on duty While the
other classes were permitted to enjoy the holiday,
TOOK II into his wise head to
GO TO BENSY's
and get tight, land arranged with his room mate,
sentinel shoud speak. This, OF course, was
an offence which merted punishment; They
purpose Of being tiled by court martial In the ex
animation the other DAY conducted before the Com
TIA, such thing had never before Occurred That fiat
viii do TO tell to the marines, but 1t won't go down
Ia the line. Men who have been cadets themselves
Know better. Now see what was done by this class.
They met ana organized for the purpose of taking
these plebes out Of the custody of the military author
every principle d discipline. The excuse given
;9r This hiss IS that other cadets had been tried
aT Be ana but n Sa aa,an
Of The court had not been approved by the authorr
ties at Washington, and the offending cadets had
s s than i Es sass 1pa
,horites the result would be that they may be Dis
mined tnat that should not be done. Now COMPARE
tins conduct with The offence committed by the
had been less than SIX months n the Academy and
were not supposed to be so familiar with the
But the arst class p' We're e their cir e fourth
year OF service here. They were soon to leave the
ACADEMY and take positions IA the army ana yet
OF the Academy TO resist the constituted authorities
IN dealing with these plebes As the governnent
as President and General Belknap Secretary of War;
Wd seem ay na 1t e ea 70 deal win
General Grant has been something OF soldier. He |
was cadet at West Point, was familiar with the |
Judgment, was fully capable of managing two pepes.
,LaGgnler) There was therefore, no necessity for
the organization Of mob and the administration Of
LYNCH LAW.
What is an army maintained Torf Why do forty |
millions OF people bear the expense OF educating |
the operation Of lynch law. You must bear in mind
enem,es '' The pfopfefy q mis- academy
s s o and
duct would Certainty destroy the institution.
HhSu s hSwse what e1HsHa5 created In
Of HE impression produced upon the public Now,
by Inc House Of
Their proceeding was as irregular as that OF the
' ,Ss a N M So Of ssS
court of inquiry, and on an II par'e examination
pronounced the whole class guilty, and recon-.
fne House subsanay usurpea the
province OF the Executive Department Of the gov.
War left the matter IN their bands: AS they could
90 nothing whatever upon Il melting was done.
aughterl the President Of the United STAG: has
reoln the corps the lst Of July. ! understand It
is the settled purpose of the corps systematically to
cut them. In other words the Presldent after ate,
notwithstanding their offence, they shall have
another opportunity, but the corps propose 10
OVERRIDE TIE PRESIDENT
ond make it SO uncomfortable Tor them that they
cannot remain Now, gentlemen, consider for
ton The boys have computed one OFFENCE, and
only one, Are you qul'e willing TO say that every
man Should be damned hopelessy and irretrisyably
for ope fauts Which q you cannot recall one
fault In your own hes Why, II you are as pure az
You pretend be you are not Mt FOR the
hrmy daughter, If there IS any human oecupa.
zion mat gspla n9' sol y9q ggsp purity \ would be
ought 70 be translated immediately to the
celestial nelds and no longer suffer the
;o9tsc ~ }s 0o snu iuog wsTd asgn ~ G9
means certain that the transaction TO which have
alluded Is wholly ended. The next House OF Repre-
sentatives may he inclined TO take some steps In
regard to II. Let me assure you that II 1t is under
stood that those cadets VINO were expelled from
the post by violence and renstated by the President
are msused intentionally by the corps the House
Will take tome steps to
CURB YOuB OPINIONS
upon thar subject Now, gentlemen, will leave
rms unpleasant subject. ! knew 1t would be dlsa-
greeable TO you and II is equally disagreeable to me.
My only apology is that did not begin and you did,