The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-10-17

he village. Offering bisa SID year %
take : xss-ifion IL TIE dr. gcaszs store
AZ flzsk & Ezftcx- He zxrpted- Firm
The time BE CEASED 90 attes1 school
the t.sy's ersyteyrsert has9 nesessi-
n Ell. 10 certain degrees. the zpFisrz-
taos 81 xkat be had sesrned fhere and
fhss rrarfirzi Instruction he rsisferred
,gssaewnat IS dxstag c1sssss3sra Re read
ing 10 general way. uafA ultimately
be fscznse gszife a ksczI authority IA
history. speaking q this. Gen slseri-
dan says
s0EExxzzg xsYfkkzsess
The Nexiesa var. then going On.
fayzsis bel. IF eonrse. reTer-er1sing
ffsezfse for controversy. and z5fsyagss
4 wzs tso yeunx 10 enfeF she military
service when volunteers we're muster
ing IN cur section. vet the stirring
events % ths tssses ~ rzsueh is1pres-esi
and assorted me that tsay sose wlsh
xas % tsresne q soiiier, and MS high
est aspiration waz 30 60 TO Wet Possss
A. 4 cadet ffoEa my congressional dis
trirs. NJ ehAEees for this sasnsesi
very remote. hoxeres. fiH oae day an
assfssrt snify wzs fhFosn is ny gay -
aks boz @ho then hesA the place fail
ing 20 pass his examination When
leaffsess that By this occurrence a va
ezncy existed I wrote q oar repre-
sentaki7e ia ronxress. tie Hon Thomas
Hiseheq. ard asked bsm for the aF,-
fsoinsu4tt. reminding hsm fh#f we
had often 5sseE ia Pink 4 Dittoe s
stoFes ard thas tberefore be must know
something o. my qualification lie
responded prompiis ~ ineiusing
INV warrasf for the eIzss oi
i%&. 40. Notwithstanding the many
sasnaneeS that have been patI he'd
atsSs.s she saatter. 70 Mr.. Kitrhey and
70 hi1n alone i due al the crg~iif--si
my career ia tides fhaf terul--o{ p1t.
ting me IN the tnites states array.
~ once I set about preparing fos
the examination which preceslss ad.
ssi.slon u the Military Academy
STUDYING zeaiousiy under the direction
81 Mr. William Clsrx-my Old teach.
err, MeSaniy aad Thorn. having dis
appeared lfuFa Somerset ard cough;
new fields q usefulness. Tire inter
veuETg months passed yapiaiy aEGy.
and fesr that ! 6ssi not make mach
progress. YET thought | should &c
able 20 pass the preliminary exaInina-
ton. That which vas to follow wos-
ried me more and gave nae many
sieepsess nisiIt=: b8t these would hsye
been less IN number. ! fully believe
had Il no; been for ore specification Of
my ousfit which the circular that nc
eompaaiei fay appointment demand
ell The requirement Was q pair ri
| Monroe shoes Now, out in Ohio,
what Monroe shoes Rerc was a ays-
terry shoemaker IN suy section
having 20 much as an inkling of the
construction of the perpiexing things,
until finally my brother brought "a
idea OF them from baltimore. when il
was found that theg werc a familiar
pattern under another name.
HK BEeosEs 4 cAuEr.
After mach werriment and careful
preparation tie y0nng man waited
negvgusly Tor the time iu arrive for
him 10 start for West Point. After q
journey witheat incident he found
himself at the destination, and says:
The examination Logan few days
after our arrival. ant l soon found
myself admitted % the corps Of cadet,
to date from July l. 1878, in a class
composed OF q members, many oil
whom example. Stanley, -locum
Woods kautz ana Crook--ieeAme
prominent generals in lster years. and
commanded divisions. corps and
armies Tn the war Of the rebellion
Quickly following my admission.
WAS broken Ia by course OF hazing
With many az the approved methods
that the cadets had handed down
from year to year since the academy
was founded stu, escaped excessive
persecution, although there were in
my dag many occurrences 80 extreme
~ % cali forth condemnation and an
cndeavor 10 suppress the Seuseiess Gus,
tom. which an improved civilization
has nos ahoat eFadlcated, not only Of
West Point, bat al other colleges
Although bad saet the academic
board and come na with fair success
yet | knew - little % algebra or ans
81 the higher branches 81 matheuatic.
hat daring nay first six months ~ the
acaaamy / WAS discouraged bv many
misriTiurs as % the future. for
peetlliy learned that at the January
examination sny class would have
to stand a test much seyerer thar
that which had been applied 10
II on entering. resolved "a
Itfy hard. however, aud be-
sides coed fortune gave me ioT q
room-maie cadet whose education
YRS more advanced than mice, and
whose tadiDus hahits and willingness
10 aid others benefited nae immensely
srVnYsSu is Forbidden HorEs.
This room-matc was Henry W.
Sioeum. since sosisuaiiy distinguished
ia both military and civii capacities as
io IN for his name q proua mace In
the annals OF his country After tap,
thai is. whea "a the regulations ol
thc academy all the lahts we're sup
posed 10 he extineaishedi and every.
aodyiu hed-siocum aad would hang
q blanket over the one aiaduW nl Our
room and continue oar sia8les. he
guiding me around stSafes al stun Hing
blocks in ALGEBRA and calculating many
kuattv point in other branrhe of The
course with which ! was unfamiliar.
On account - thi association ! went
up before the board ia 3anHars With
less uusasiness shan ofhraNisa would
have beer the case. and ffls ei the eS-
ANIMATION lsir4t we'll When If WAs
over q seifeonadtaee Ia ms capacity
WAS estahli hei that had not existed
hitherto, ant at eath Gcrcediue ex.
animation / essuesi iittie ina osaer oi
merit iill nay iurlnprh Summer came
gpsu4-jhai +. when I was half
'irUHEi3 the foElf-rcar corr
Hgs F'oEr Ut1a espar 1FeE11I.
Cen. sheridan sheal have eTadu.
Jtgi WfitA f8e ttls~ ia which he en-
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