New-York tribune., 1890-06-04
CADETS on HORSEBACh.
WILD CHARGES OVER THE PLAIN AT WEST
POINT
SCENES AID INCIDENTS OF THE FINAL EXAM
x,r,oxs At THE MILITARY ACADEMY
yAcursMEN AND CIVILIANS TAKE
A RACK SEAT.

YACHTSMEN AND NAN In F'+'' A-'hAI
A BACK SEAT
Was. poin. Iune 9 (SpecaD.-The fathers ana
mothers the sisters cousins and auntS OF the eorSo
major generals who are undergoing their erahuaohs
exercises crowded the library to-day 10 near hoic
about military engineering and the defensive WORKS oi
foreign nations and not who heard his or her boy
hold forth on those subjects but was convinced tat
he was competent to teach the nations OF 'ne worm
, thing or two I'm the art OF and had got on TO-
all their weak points. bright lot OF young men
they were and they displayed knowledge OF 'io
subiccts given them well calculated 10 f the hearts
not only Of fond parents but OF every American VIII"
pride The star member Of his class TINS year -
Edgar IadyIn a son Of ex Congressman Jahwin' OF
UoncsdaIe Penn lie has led his class In studies
throughout the crurse. His subject to-day was the
- Defcnccs Of the French and German Frontiers
with map of the frontier before him, he pointed
ont the position and told the strength OF each I'M
porant fortlncation, explained their strategic I'M
porance and threw in as corollary, short ac-
roun of the decnces OF Paris. He made what the
cadets call max that Is, recitation deserving
tho maximum mark.
The Board Of Visitors this morning divided ITSELF
into committees look after the various parts OF tho
institution a. follows:
ON Buildings Grounds and Police Administration
Byron VI. Cutchcon. George Gray, Amos J. Cummings
Hugh McMllln and Joseph W. McKenna.
" Dayton. the Rev. Edward Everett Hale and Scott
Shlpp.
on Ordnance Armament and Equipment-Scott
Ship General Joseph Il. Iawley. Lewis W. Dayton
and F.. Burd Grub.
ON Cadet supply Departments and Expenditures
F. Burd GrIlbb. Francis Crilly Hugh McMln and
Amos J. Cummings.
on Financial Affairs Of the Aoadcmy-George Gray,
Cornelius C. Jadwin General Joseph n. Hswley and
Francis !. Crllly.
on Appointments Examinations and Miscellaneous
BusincsS-Thc Rcv. Edward Everett Hale. Cornelius C.
Jadwin Joseph McKcnna and Byron VI. Cntcheon.
The cadets are busily nj work on their eNamina-
,,ons and their routine duties but what little leisure
they have they devote unrescrvcdy 10 the American
girl who Is here several hundred strong armed with
her wit her youth and her beauty. She sees IN every
ov brass bnttoncd coat the chrysaliS Of hero and
the susceptible cadet as many thousands ot ead"ts
have done before looks from his batlcnentcd bar
racks and sishs n that old unconscious moon
when throws the shadow Of Gro Nest In silver
cone on the waters Of the flowing Hudson. party
4 vnohisinen came mp the river yesterday on steam
Yacht Now. at tho ordinary summer resort yachts
man. with TIE gold anchors cross" m his white cap
ana his jaunty uniform carries cv"ry thing hy storm
hui why he isn't IN IT, nnd a> for the ordinary
civilian Of commerce he might exhaust all the ward
robe, tho king ~ the dudes wore without getting
on, favoriuc smile Tho cadets have established
military dcspotisn In such matters. and all attempts
~ revolt are useless In the afternoon came the
-ovalrv cycrciscS. The members Of the graduating
class. who an hour % before had been talking In
me examination rooms Hike learned professors on
yarou, absirsc and scientific subjects now appeared
ts dashne Troopers. who. with >abrcS flashing In the
air and ,,ah ards clanking booted and spurref. went
charging over the plain The cyoutionS took nhout
au hour. Now tie cadet riding In column.
nov wheeling into line. noN charging. and 50 on.
C,utolu porst WIS I'm command. hi, trumpcor riding
hy his side aad sounding the various calls. which the
horse, ohc,cd almo, a, n'tinc'ivcly rs their rider
once the entire command charged toward ihe eastern
edge ~ the plain where a fringe Of spectators had
t..omhlcd. The time made by those spectators IN
Getting ont Of thc way way ahead Of any sprint
record one old gentleman was not quick enough
AND before Dee realized the position he was IN tho
midst Il the battalion with gray coated riders ana
ea-hng ,alrcs and galloplng horses all around him.
Then he was alone In the middle II vacant space
and the cavalry was somewhere cls'. The aS'onishei
expression on the old gentlemans face was ihdee'rio'
blo IL could hc set In page or two of eNoE'm"
ton points, The charge by platoon was the most
picturesque thiuc Of the day. The battalion divided
f,cf into phtoons. which charged one arer tho
thcr from the southern Of the plain to the hehee
,rotud the hotel grounds The cadets. holding their
abres above their heads and shouting like bAnd oi
Indians put spur. to their horses ana chargcd inc
length Of the plain hard "a the horses cou" go
~au,dron after squadron went thunde1nS across thc
u,in .nbrcs flashing in the sunlight. riders and horses
oycitcd the dust ayng and circles q" lSht glahc'ne
here and there where some cadet WAS raining blows
ipon the head Of An imaginary foe. Then the cadets
rode T., thc eastern ed II the plain and Jumped
hurdle doing IL handsomely. 10 tho delight Oi inc
.pec a,ors and the gorincation Of the service Inc
horses used by cadcts for cavalry drills arc inc
.,ue horses which used for the field Artillery
drills and consequently not especially h't,d lor
Tho purpose The appropriation Tor me academy
las never been large enough 10 allow OF the man
lcnance Of horses selected FOR cavalry purposes ana
used for that alone -,
To morrow there will DO continuance Of the ex-
aminat.ous and II display on the plain OF the cadet
cnrps lu the school Of the battalion. so far the
weather has been everything that could be desired
for the ont ofdcpr exercises. Just b~foro the cavalry
dru 10 day rain clouds gathered over the mountains
md rolling from peak Ia peak, sent down shower
Tnch was lust enough 10 lay the dust and mako the
c,,,cisc. visible tho naked eve. Whlch would not
have been the but for that The plain OF Wost Poh
cnDo,cd ~ d.lnicgfated basa L. the busiest place
IN seventeen states. II is sunset The gun on
rrouly Point has fired It's parting salute ue g1cat
nag has como nuttering down from lts lofty stait
The CLEAN Of uniforms is amid the shrubocy ana
hy titc bubbng Wntors OF kOsciuskQ spring on tne
Dundrr ricrg aud GRO Nest deep purple shades are
forming and the birds IN all the trees arc '"Ierns
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