The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-08-28
CAMP MANSFIELD.
1RILLIANT AID YAEcRUL PROCEEDINGS AT
WEST POINT LAST NIGHT--oNE HUNDRED
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[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE uERALD.l
wKsr POINT, N. ", August 81. 1878
Camp Mansfield, Az the cadet camp is called ibis
summer, was tonight the OF brilliant ilium-
nation preparatory to the breaking up OF tho camp,
which 10 announced for Thursday. lmpromptu AZ
the a1aIr was the cadets had managed 10 get
up some clever aud funny designs between their
arduous rounos of camp drill. The ninety. or hun
dred tents forming The camp were ai decked out Ia
evergreens, fancy notices, carcaturo drawings ana
oathed IN the dazzling light Of thousand Chinese
lanterns, transparenees and pyramids presenting al
together quite stunning spectacle. a large number
OF visitors from New York, Cozxens, Newburg and
other neighboring points swarmed on the grounds,
and every cadet was biissfuly p'nioned
by admring lady friends. General Scnoheld,
General Neill Adjutant General wherry, the entire
Academic Board and a the commanding officers OF
West Point were present, and expressed great pleas
ure at the successful illumination. Tho Academic
band discoursod the ltveest OF Strauss and
Onenbach, and a lew OF the cadets, forgetting all
about their duties OF doing the honors, wound
their arms around each others waists ana
waitxed awdy On the sward IL merry style.
uon WIS inc g,gantlc word Farewell"
formed OF Chinese lanterns. The com'cai notices
over the tents which blazing with endless can
dlos created general laughter Thore was one carl.
esture Of cadet grimiy carving tousn pIeeo 81
ham, aud there was also the !oiiowing grimly numoE-
GUS reflection upon the cadet tablet
oh. Lord OF Lcvs. look from above
Upon this tainted ham.
Give US meat thuts ft TO eat,
thls nn't worth . continental -
Another tent had the following, with an accompa-
ing fancy cartoon Of love-sicx cadct:-
iris swees 70 spoon: bat, oh! how bister,
Another motto was ''Pleasures and Grievances OF
Our Yearing Camp" II was an Odd array on one
sde OF chosmen, pipes, tobacco clog dAnccrs Shoes
ksts belts aud gloves In need Of cleaning on the
other, AZ grievances. Many Of tho most effective
nss cadet saa os s:ss1' ana upon
rot BE- understood by the visitors, but
being already soGa aq%0r ana thinking nn
everybody laughed, and perhaps hity people passed
by tent and sxcluimsd with one accord, 'Oh, isn't
that good" without having tho fantest notion oil
wnere the Joke or point was One cadet evidently
tnouahts.hat the dancing lessons which are gwen to
easy and graceful gentlemen IN society, was cruei
nHiction, Tor he had urawn ssrto comic cartcature
the most iaughabiy agonizing cuFyatures OF their
wrthing bodies
Only tent was DARK silent aud empty, but that
q joke, 100, though rather grim ono OF the
merry cadets VINO occupied It, Each tent Ia inhabited
by two cadets, who mad scrawed over Il this expla.
nation OF tho strange gloom In which tney had
wrapped tueir abods:-"Hard Times!" 'Yellow
Fever" "a Busted Community"
A YOUNG LADIES' FORAGE
For military camp II WAS about as pleasant q one
tonight could we'll be desired In the slitterng
tents young ladies could he scen laughingly
Ing every pocket OF the cadets garments and every
receptacle TO nsh out peaches psar. cigars candles
chewing tobacco or other luxuries. One OF tho
cadets had hung out In front OF hts tent
u trough about nve fee. long anu three tcct wide,
WIN ich he had labelled .Card basket" ana numEer
OF monster cards about ten Inches square hnd been
thrown into It, Tue streets laid out IN the camp
wsro throngcd unit, about quarter past ten. when
tho candles, lanterns AID transparencIes gave way
10 aarkness and Mansfield Camp became hushsd
again In silence.
SOCIAL DISTINCTION.
The iumiaatiUa enjoyed ~ all The visitors, tho
only persons who wero excluded from the inspection
Of the camp being the soldiers ana their iAmihss no
thought " b TOO psoiau mpany Tor the tash
ioaahls fteads Of The asisoorasio cAdss md occra
THE QRAxD BALL.
To-day the turough class Will return. aAd to-mer.
row evening the END OF the summer camp LIE, ana
the begnntnS OF the yenr's studies will be cole
bra,ed by usual grand ball, for which quite ex
tonsivc preparations have been made.