New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-11
CANDIDATES FOR-THI! ECOND DEGREE II ARTS.
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BRoADswoRD AND RApIER.
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CAVALRY DRILL Al WEST POINT-LIECTENAS1
KEFLERS INNOVATION.

CAVALRY DRILL Al WEST BOlNI-Ll TENANT
KEFLER's INN0vA1ON
WEST POINT, June 10.-The busy season is
now well under way The register OF the West Point
Hotel is ben flied UP at the rate Of three pages day,
and the man who failed to engage
eral weeks ahead is miserable. In the morn
ing Senator Hawley, who is member OF the Senate
Committee Ordnance, visited the West Point foundry
and inspected the work being done there in the manu-
facture Of heavy guns Most OF the Board OF Visitors
rode to Newburg where they visited washinetons
Headquarters while Judge Kelley. with the ladies' OF the
party. reached the same destination by steamboat
III the afternoon there was a cavalry drlll in
panies battalion under command Of Captain Augur,
cadets OF the first class taking part and also
some Of the second. who were needed to I'll
out the ranks. They galoped back and forth.
wheeling this way and that amid tremendous rafting
Of sabTes The Captain shouted his Orers at the cloud
dust where the battalion was supposed to be and the
bueler translated them into musical language The
grand finale charge, first by companies and then
the whole battalion In line. 1t suggestive of Bala
lava hedge OF lockwood surrounding the hotel doing
duty for the jaws OF death.
In the evening fourth class showed the public and
the Board OF Visitors what Lieutenant II. o. Kcecr,
the new Instructor in gymnastics has been teaching
Them 1t differed materially from former exhibitions
and was regarded with great disgust by many OF the
cadets who welded to yo ancient customs and liked
to excite the wonder OF the spectators by the odfsh
jumping through hoops, etc When Lieutenant Kecler
took charge last winter he introduced system which he
adopted after extended observation OF those IN In tho
armies of Europe IL resembles those employed By Dr.
Sargent Harvard. with the addition OF the regular
military exercises and Is designed to educate the cadets
M To hellthful state OF physical development without
overstraining the weakest OF them and making few
xpert athletes for "A show performance. Instead OF per-
mting few OF the more expert to show how near they
conl breaking their necks without doing II,
i'm former years fortysK menthe largest number that
the present gymnasium Will accommodate through
the regular that they have practsed every day
AfterWard there fencing and breads wOrd
exercise. The results of the new system shown In
the Increase in the average development OF the class
during the year, are extremely favorable.
The standing OF the first class read ont at evening
parade IL was follows, beginning with the highest
Joseph 4. Kuhn, Kentucky; William t. Craighill at
large; Michael j. O'BrieD Massachusetts,; COrnclis
nois; Arthur f. Curtis, New-Jersey; John &. w.
Brooks, Pennsylvania; Charles H. Muir. Michigan;
John ID. Barrctte, Iowa Charles f. Parker, Alabama;
Robert A. Brown. Pennsylvania; Lorenzo T. Dawson,
jr., Pennsylvania; Austin II. Brown Illinois Alanson
/. Parmentcr. New-York Willard .. iIolbrOOk Wis
consin Frank DE W. Ramsey Ncw-YOrk John X
Cree. Pennsyivana; Henry r. Mccain, Mississippi;
jr, Michigan; John Little Tennessee; Lewis NJ
Koehler, Iowa; George S. Cartwright, New
York; Robert l.. :. Niche, Virginia; Rob
ert L.Bullard, Alabama; Samuel L. Smiley.
Buck, Texas; Philip a. Bettens Indiana George l..
Byram. Alabama George /. Putnam. New-llampshire
Edward Il. Gilman, Maine; Charles T. Tcwslcy WiscOn
sin James W. Benton, at laTge william Il. Martin,
Ohio; Herbert :. Nhipple, WISCONSIN,; Edward i. Law
ton, Georgia.
Ii said that Dawson, no stands twelfth ia tObe tried
by nItmartia Tomorrow morning for some offence.
Craighl is under arrest FOR breach Of confinement.