New-York tribune., 1883-06-07
WEST POINT EXAMINATIONS

DAio Of IOlL AMI fLEActhE tOh IAOc4R
CHANGES AT THE Posr-THE GRADUATING oLAss5
COMING FEsTIvITIEs-THE STATUE OF GENERA4
THAYER.
[FRoM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE rRfBUsnJ
WEST POINT, N. Y, June 6.-The June ex4
aminations and the graduating exercises at the Military
Academy are at hand and In day two the hotels ART
expected to be filed with visitors The weather for sev
era days has been delightful and the Academy round9
in fine condition Nature, Of course has performed
her part well, but the superintendent General Me
ritt has wrought marked change for the better the
general appearance Of the entire Post change haG
also taken place In the discipline OF all classes connected
with this Governmental school An important Improves
ment Is the new Cadet Hospitals handsome ston3
building on the hill back Of General Clusters statue
General Merritt has pushed the work that can
be occupied 1t contains all modern improvements Tho
floors of hard pine, the best workmansps dspayed
In the doors and casngs and the dspensary Is fnishs4
IN black walnut, which gives ft substantial sppear'
All but Of the members of the Board OF visitors
arrived and staying the Post Hotel with the
exception Of Howard Potter, who is at Cranstons The
Board this year follows Appointed by the Pres-
drat-Rear Admiral c. r. p. Rodgers Isaac N. ArEods
OF Illinois; Schuyler Crosby, Of Montana; b. c. Whit
man, OF Nevada; Howard Potter, Of New-York; Asa
Frcnch, OF Massachusetts,; Colonel l. NJ Dayton. Ok
Ohio Appointed by the President of the senatesena-
tors Cameron OF Wisconsin. and Harris OF Tenuessee
Appointed by the Speaker Of the House-Congressmen
Steele Of Indiana Townsend, OF Ohio, and SPARKS OF
Illinois. On Friday last the Board met and organized
by the election Of Admiral Rodgers president and
Colonel Dayton secretary. The absent member
Of the Board 10 Senator Cameron, but he Is
expected before the 10Th instant when the graduating
exercises will take place Senator Harris was called
away Yesterday The Board Is said to be much pleased
with the results OF the examinations SO iar maoe ins
afternoon military exercises since June nave oeen ~
follows: InfanTy-Review, school OK the BATTALION.
Artery-Lght battery siege battery seacoast battery
and mortar battery drills Cavalry-schooi OF 'ns
soldier mounted schools of the company ana pattaoh
Practical Military EngineerDg-Spar bridge puiiains'
pontoon bridge building and military signallns
Ordnance-Practice with ballistic machines. en'an
Arms-Use Of the sword and bayonet military gypnas-
tics The proficiency Of the cadets pronounced upt
the standard OF other years. and 1t Is SAID tnat INC
fcieptsD will not number more than dozen. AS
whole the Young mon are well up In their studies and
the averages will compare favorably with former years
Tho graduating exercises tho 18th INST VIII DO
ATTENDED by Secretary OF War Lincoln denerai ono'
man. General Grant and others. Generai Meri'' nus
issued programme Of the exercises ior that aay "h
Is as follows: Prayer; music address to the graoua|
inc class by Brigadier- General A H. Terry; music;
address by the President Tor members OF the boarao
yisitors: remarks by distinguished visitors music;
benedietion
There will be fty-two in the graduating class tnis
year. one having died Ohio leads the LIST as sne aioss
always does This year she not only holds hrst p'ace
but will graduate the largest number-sx. fehnsyr
vania comes next with five, one OF whom stanos
third and another OF whom is Hebrew'
whose success Is said to be an innovation at sho
Post at least In late years. Illinois also graduates ho
who are well up in the class In the Far Wes' Oaiorna
and Nevada break In the usual record ana eacn srA
yates one or the Southern States the leading POSITION
ia taken by North Carolina which graduates FOUR one
&l.a Hat Dor
only one but ne holds fourth place In the list Masi@
husetts has four representatives two OF whom sradu'
are close together being fourteenth and sxeentn III
list NewYork has three ana so aso end Of
Sewersey aud each have twoand the rest are
credited one 70 each od based on The following list of
graduates this year, which Is gwen aecordlhg 70 tIer
present class standing In tne nat opSsr ohio: Wsser
man. Mimi. g. Zimm, Penn; A. DAVIS o u & .. Ieesn. T
Sc naueSeS oIS 49, RacE%an R9a H. H. H. suOeS y
j.; IL stone Ark; 13 HAYNES KY IL JaeTsOn, Mon I
e SnRp aa Va q ie SsSeS. aSiSn Psnn H 20 Ohio r.
Kennedy Ohio %, sargent III; 2S Adar' ,3s vi va II
E1Qs, a smln Ra NO.. 5s Walsh Cal eOsaTa.s Ohio;
80. Bryan, Mass 81, Wright, n " 81 Ryess & Tenn; s
49, Heard nj Miss 81 saasHSrger sa sSeS PsSa 49, Fscn
C. 39 Hale, Harry C.. H. 40 osgoo1, hs 20 ~ a.
Tassar on.; AZ caSe II H. 4S krsps @ Penn s
grihtas, Penn AZ, McQuiston. Ind ~, Edwaris.
81, Tyson N. c. 50, Bundy. Ind ,.o,o, ,orv.ra
Inc graduating hop. which Is always ioosea of"aIa M
n With the brightest merriest antlcipations Is ses
down Tor Monday night next, the llta s. INST ~ iI
hundred invitations have been SEM ouch ou i ne deco
rated The Academy Band Will furnish the musc s ,a.,a
The ceremonies attending t9e nnVeng o ,nv fernaon
The llth the day before the annual Ineelsms Vi en
An M , nr,nteSdeuts of the Military Academy, hay
ing held the position from July IS loi., 10 july H. 700,
is the g OF the O' The PROJECT Was started
seven or eight years ago coyoraa, Wy a ghavar
having died on september Z, 1872 The c.renoes t &
Thought will bring together larger lunoer y, 1a
,sue s of granite eight feet three inches high ihe
height OF the and pede stall Is seventeen zee. e
old Cadet Mess Hall aud opposite the west emu Oh Inc Inc
barracks-in the southwest corner OF Tue Granie
Works Hartford Conn. The graduates are requeseu
meet at the Chapel at p N. n wnen ,ne so.e efa sTp
ect will be sketch of the Life Character ana ana
service Of General Thayer IN % the grad
pate escorted wv the corps cadets will march 10 tae
statue, when me unyens Will TAKE paSe ppnS in peha
Of the Alumni turn the statue ovf TO the anthories on
the Academy Genera .e .hate BEARS tue words The
Father of tine West Point Military Academy ,a,,.,a,t
The secretary the Alumni Association, tS h
Charles Braden has been III communication win ,p Snp
Graduates and he says there VIII Me- ps yors
doo M class of s2S the oldest aunnds Francis
A. Dawes aud General Cady ~ hebry kndreS
Coinna srsn General Crier and GeneralP g. Gai'iar.
49, General vogdes 81 Colonel a. vs W. msIf snd GENERAL
Shnnard 40. General Doubleday, AZ; General Grant.
43 ardcase as and Seas general Patterson.
-, |anarai Slocum and General Hawkins o. GeL-
eral sawee 54 Colonel Elliott Genera saera oason
eraI Uazen and General Rugges, 90 1ensI @ 1i
na Major Walker $50 General Horace Porter Solonet
n Wilson, Colonel Gushing aud Ooiohsi o nrpos si
So1o,eI Harris Colonel Mordecai ana Ma|or bspoitt,
SIione ~ Colonel Gillespie '62 Majors Magnnis Mckee
an phinns and CAPTAIN Catlin. o3 Colonc LyuecheI
an anu aiumni dinner which will be held in Cades
%a. Hail viii be attended by about one hundred OF
these old soldiers. The annual meeting WALL w "'"
the chapel ut 3 y. IN. on July IL
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