Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-09-12
GOVERNOR MARMADUKE'S VISIT TIC
WEST POINT.
From the post-Dispatch. |

there in 1857. In the tw"ntv-"rghr wears
that have elapsed he has made one visit
before this, but As lie was taken al on
the way up he remained but Il little
while and returned to New York. He
entered the Academy i'll 1893 from Mis-
souri,, in which state he was born, took
the regular course and immediaiiy al
ter graduation went down to Washing
ton, where, through the influence If
Senator Thomas IL. Benton, he obtain
ed all appointed to lieutcnancy IN the
command of Albert sydney Johnston
that Was just being fitted out Tor the
Utah campaign. When he came back
from the west he found the war of 1861
ready 10 begin, and rs his state Went
out with the south, he resigned his
place in the regular army and went
with the cOntederacy. lie had attained
higher mark in cavalry tactics than
in any other branch of study while 1T
West Point and his tastes all lay III
that direction. He soon became An
efficient cavalry officer in the cnnicj-
crate armv. He was colonel of il rcgi-
ment at Shiloh, where he fought hard
and had many men killed. Ere long
he rose to the command OF all the cav
airy force OF Prices army, and was
distinguished
FOR MUCH GALLANT CONDUCT.
After the war he returned Ia Missouri
and accepted the result of the co,tlict
with good grace lie took II soldiers
view OF the situation rather than that
of Il politician, and soon renewed Sou,e
of the cordial friendships that had cX-
isted before the war between himself
aud xxhn had with thu.
other side. Last year he was elected
governor of Missouri, and is just now
having the first respite from severe Ia
bors that at once devolved upon him.
Your correspondents, who had the
pleasure of accompan wing the governor
Oh his visit to West Point Wednesday,
had an opportunity of observing how
completely the war is forgotten i'll the
| war, were on opposing sides. Cover
nor Marmadukc seemed TO take as
much pleasure in revisIting the scene
OF his military training rs if the great
breach of 1861 had never existed. lie
was cordially received by Col. Has
brook, the commandant, who was q
"plebe" at West Point the year the
governor was graduated. They had
years, and there was hearty renewal
of all old time friendship. Col Has
brook is most intelligent and hospita-
| ble officer, and he took genuine pleas
ure in affording every opportunity for
Gov. Marmaduke's enjoyment. After
the governor had gone about the
grounds and through some of the more
important buildings, he was asked what
striking changes had taken place.
| There are no striking changes said he,
''but the place, with few exceptions,
looks just as it did thirty years ago.
There Is more regularity at West Point
| than anywhere else in the country.
There is the old barracks building that
1 slept in four years looking exactly as
it d,d when l lett, but for an addition
to one ni The wings. There is the chap
el, the old library, the old dining hall,
the old West Point Hotel, the old drill
ground and even the trees seem to be
but little taller than when l was here.
The grass is just as smooth and green,
the Hudson flows along with the same
majesty and the flag floats out against
the dark blue of the Crows Nest Noun
tain Just as il did when my eyes first
fell upon it. The cadet uniform is the
same,
FILTRATION WALK
is the same, and the girls are the same
happy, smiling creatures. L do not
think there is place on the continent
that has such fascination for American
girls as West Point. Ii was SO when
. was a cadet, and see it is SO now.
No, | see but few chongcs in West
Point, but there have taken place the
most startling changes in the people
who were here when i was. i have
not found day but three persons
! knew here. Col. Hasbrook, the old
librarian and the local magistrate, whom
we always called Judge Gen. Robt.
I L. Lee was the superintendent when
+, came in 1858. lie and every officer and
teacher here then have either died Oh
passed out of my knowledge. But
West Point itself is the same quiet
beautiful nook in the rugged hills that
. it was thirty years ago. In company
J with Lieut.. Young, officer of the day
Governor Marmaduke went down 10
the dining hall at o'clock to see the
cadets at dinner. There he was met
by the affable Major Wingate, wh) has
4 been in charge of the food supply
department of the academy for iouI
years past, and who has wrought great
changes there. 1t now costs no more
to feed a cadet than it did when Gov-
, ernor Marlnaduke was there, but the
living is quite revolutionized. The gov.
l ernOr revOlts against the miserable diet
. offered by the rancid butter, the brown
sugar, the strong molasses. the dry
beans, the leathery cakes and the pie
Y that came once week. The cook then
q employed had salary of $25 month
: Now they have French chef who gets
4 a New York hotel salary. His kitchen
9 is clean and sweet and he prepares
: NEW AND DELIGHTFUL DINNER MENU
n every day. There is first good stout
y soup and plenty OF it; then a roast with
an abundance of the finest vegetable:
and a good dessert to close with. The
Il coffee, tea and sugar are all OF the very
best quality, and the bread is baked il
All oven built in the kitchen expressly
for the purpose. 1t really tcmpts on,
to be educated for soldier when h,
sees how the cadets live. for they draw
exactly the same allowance from tn,
y government with which to pay cXpen
: ses they did a quarter of century ago
| w hCIi hoNCi hoi Ahal NCut
q the library he looked over the roster o
the class of 1857. There were abou
thirty on it of the sixty who began tn,
@ course with him in 1858. According t,
II the scale of merit put down by tn,
y faculty, he did not have IL standing 70
II schoi iarship that particularly distin
C gushed him above his fellows, yet h,
e is the only man of the class of 1851 ,wht
n has risen TO prominence. There is no
: a name on the entire list that is nov
>, generally known except that of Gen
IL Marmaduke. This is an illustration o
IS the difference between being a promis
II ing boy at school and an eminent MAJ
C III real life. The Young men selecte'
C for West Point are generally the picl
:. of the community in which they live
l, but even with all the pains of compc
e titive examinations or careful choice
s considerable proportion fail Of admis
e sion, another considerable proportion
u drop out during the term of four years
Il study, another considerable proportion
cannot pull through the final cXamina
tiOn, and of the limited proportion tha
actually get into the army about ont
in twenty-five rise TO distinction. Thi'
shows how hard it is to be Il grea
d man.