St. Landry democrat., 1891-06-20
WEST POINT AND ANNAPOLIS.
Southern Boys Attending the u. g. Hiii"
tary and Naval A calemics.
Snecial to \. O. PicaNune.

Special to n O. Picayune.
Washington, June 10.-Louisiana. for several
years past, has had few representatves at + 1l
fhor the West Point Military Academy OF !!le
Naval Academy at Annapolis. 1t Is pecoHlns
more and more difficult to pass the preninlnatly
examination for admittance to these lhstiIu-
tions and the courses of study aud exercises
are so severe as to tax the endurance OF al! eH-
cent the hardest and best prepared cadets
The graduates of these schools are lndeeo eAo
celIent examples of the law OF the survlval OF
the fittest. 4 large proportion of the appolni,,
tees to the naval and military acaueinles Ian
either to pass the physical ana mental eAa s5o
nation for admission, or fall by the "ay-slue;
before the completion Of the four years
As a rule, the candidates from the south,
through lack of equal educational advantages
with those from the northern portion OF the
country, have the most difficulty in passing the
early examinations, but some of them, ana es-
pecaly of recent years. nave stood very ni . u
up in their classes-for instance, Cn IN IT, IF
Louisiana, being last year near the heau Vi tnt
class which graduates this June at "es'
Point. ~ +oo,,
first place in the class at the naval academy
appointed in 1885, and, I believe, is now detail
ed by the government to study naval arcHltec-
ture in the European navy yards; ,,,o ,ood-
OF the class appointed in 1886 the three lead,
ing members of the engineer DIVISION vert
Urban Tigner Holmes, Of Arkansas, anu
Claude Bernard Price and Eugene Dlsnuhes'
of Mississippi .r
Tt requires the most careful preparatory
| training to fit boy to pass the examinations
| for admittance. His requirements wlIhln tne
| lines laid down must be thorough ana eHac.
| as the tests applied are severe ana e2hauo
| tive. , ;,;
The official registers of the naval and mill
! tary academies for this year have not yet peeI
| published and the following facts ale taken
! from the registers issued after the commence
| ment exercises of last June 1t appears IRON
the West Point register that there were &c
cadets fl ON Louisiana i'll the graduatlns cE,sS
of 1890. Alabama has two cadets, namely
Hiram Mel. Powell and Samuel Z. Jones
In the class that graduates this June arc
| Charles p. Echols, of Alabama, Andrew Hero
Herbert O. Williams, of Mississippi. In thu
| class to graduate in 1892 are Henry A. Pipes,
| Louisiana, Sterling p. Adams and James Rce
ves of Alabama, aud Frank Johnston, Jr''
| Mississippi. ,,..
Admitted in june 1890, were John White
Craig, Americas Mitchell and James Mark
Williams, of Alabama, James Alfred MOSS, o o
| Louisiana, LyttletOn Lewis and Reuben ehiti
thurman, of Mississippi.
| The last appOntees from Louisiana, who ar
to be examined this June for admission, are >
Numa Ausustin Jr;, OF New orleans iron, M NJ
Hood "a son of Genera! j. d. Hood1, from IN
Second congressional district. and Herbert N
Mcguire, from the Fifth district.
| At the United States Naval Academy, IN IN
class which finished the four years course TN
June, are Reginald Rowan Belknap, OF Arkan
sas and Richard Henry Leigh, OF mississippi.
In the next class, now the first, arc Th0lna
Sheppard Borden, of Ruston, La, and Wash
ington Dorsey Gibbs of Mississippi
In the class, which has now become the sec
ond, and which completes the four years cours
in 1898, are Louis George Asbury, Jr., of Lou
isiana and James Samuel Coleman, of Ala
bama.
The class which matriculated in 1890 cor
tanned the names of Alfred Walter Kinds, &c
ling K McMorris, James Gains Roberts AM
Raymond Stone, OF Alabama; Clarence Ems
land, of Arkansas; Fritz Louis sandoz an
John Thomas Tompkins Of louisiana, an
William Pierce Robert, of Mississippi.
Cadets John Archer Lejeune and Leroy AL
gustus Stafford, OF Louisiana, who have com
pleted six years course and have seen som
service atloat, having distinguished themselve
during the Samoan hurricane. were appointe
{ last year second lieutenants in the marin
corps. OF the naval cadets appointed i'll 1855
who were performing required services attoa
were Richard Pearson HobsOn, of Alabama
and Thomas Pickett Magruder, of Mississippi
aud Of the class appointed in 1886 We're YaIe5
tine Chase, Of Louisiana, William Henry Bucl
of Mississippi, Lay Hampton EEerhart, OF Ala
bama, and Claude Bailey, OF Arkansas.
There will be no vacancies i'll the naval acaC
envy for Louisiana until 1892.