New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-06-06
cadets AND THEIR HORSES.
CAVALRY EXHIBITION FOR THE VISITORS
TO WEST POINT.
.,RERAI APPLAUSE FOR AGILE YOUNG HORSE
MEN-INcIpENTs OF EXAMINATIONS
At THE MILITARY ACADEMY.
rou.pu ro THE TErpTrxyI

,BY TELEGRAPH THE TEmUNY-I
Vest Point, June 5.The last and best Of the cadet
.ayary exhibitions ended this afternoon In cloud OF
dust II was a good deal like wild West" perform
once with Buffalo Bl left out The drill took place IN
.no siding hall Admission BY ticket When the
aunteted orderlles led into the ring twenty Ave more
o. less vicious horses with black saddles and dingy
eddie cloths the three visitors galleries were packed
and when the half doors in the archway were CLOSED
dozen urchins cambered up TO see. A little before
3 O'Clock Captain Louis A. Craig the cavalry lhs'ruc
TOR. rode in. Then came twenty five cadets OF the
first GLASS with gray blouses. swords ana spurs ana an
orderly bearing BIG gray box. After the BOYS ilao
formed in fours and troted around the tanbark once
or twice in single file Ncuishing their sabres ana
thrusting wckedy at visionary foes, the Orderly opeo
his big box and distributed loaded revoiverS' O'her
attendants set up posts with stuffed PADS on TOP "o
the cadets took turns in eallopng aroma al lu seu
blowing the first pad OF its post with revoNe'' cut
t,nr a, another on the ground and lunHng at third
One cadet dropped sword, one fumbled MS reVOVe
cd soveral were upucky in their aim but if the pads
had been real heads there would have been many nice
iobs for surgeons TO say nothing OF eIaVeoiEsers'
This however was only gentle prelude as WIS
oa ,rbon the bows disaTmed and rode bareback with
ra,.rpg bride The horses behaved we'll enough az
arSf but when half OF them were dismissed ana com
nanion Jumped up behind each rider, they pro'eN'ei
xlgoronsy The extra man was supposed 10 represent
xounded oomrade a levantng sweetheart "herVlore
M sueetleart however wounded soldier ether ooa
novo smulated n cadets agility in slipping OIL Oy inc
horse,s tail or In throwing his legs over the amman
neck or in coming Off sideways, III SoHeTsaui. U
neclally with spurs to catch in DrloleS anu UP "0
and man. The high leapinS was failure III Is oie''
that the Government cannot get $lOoo huhtOrS loi
1925 and although the boys did their best their mounts
performed ludcrously at the bar The stick was eV'
nadded which was fortunate. several pushed away
tth their knees A bony black went over II gaah'N,
but most OF the others stopped short ana sa'u 'o
smuhatically one sly brute solved the difficulty oy
suddenly dashlng and nearly Draining MS s'aeu
rider Al the low lump there exciting SHOW
of acrobatic skill the riders running alongside ana
springing with their mounts, exactly as at the circus
yaunc from side 10 side the horses backs as
they galloped. standing on their launches
turning somersaults and jumping up from be
hind. Before they left the hall the cadets
threw their horses some falling with them, and some
forcing them down by sheer strength. Most OF the
horses showed strong indspOsition to stay thrown,
though some Of them were unwilling to rise and rolled
and froicked like kittens Senator Henderson, Con
gressmen Lanham and Burrows, Major Carson, Gen
eral Buckner and all the Unknown visitors at the
post viewed the exercises with intense interest ana
Joined heartily in the liberal applause which not even
a posted notice could repreSs. The cadets it was
pIain. are daring and skful riders and acquit
themselves creditably even with hard-mOuthed and
baIky nsgs.
some of the most intrepid riders the readest
with their answers in the trying examination in ord
nance and gunnery this morning. The chief instruo-
for in this branch is Captain Henry Metcae, of the
,Or6nance Department the handsomest officer at the
post and the living image of General Halleck Cadets
see and Cosby, who running each other close Tor
first place on the graduating roll, acquitted them
selves splendidly. Mr.. Sewells subject was "rhe
Platness of the Trajectory Varying the Velocity OF the
froiectilep and Mr. Cosby told all about the "Prob-
xvhi ch decide
how many guns are necessary along given front to
meet attack from swiftly moving vessels how much
ammunition is required for siege, and so on cap
tain Metcafe is about 10 leave the Academy ana nc
congratulated the two clever cadets on the credtaoie
,ssnlt of the last examination he will conduct The
class studied from a book he is just publishing and
she examination was adorned with working model OF
honebarrelled six-pounder Hotchklss rapio-hihs
vun which he constructed himself lasC
srinter: all the brass parts having beeh
Sast from the fragments OF prOSee,n.N tnct vas
n the neiehboring woods. Mr.. Bchoes SUBJECT was
~ Maxim gun and he gave exact demonstration
80 e., nrnopes although the gun has never been seen
at the post .,.. T.. .,o ,,,,on,. % us.or
xo the recitatons in law The principal topics were
q The Composition Of General Courts MARTIAL inc
tefeing Of Charges" and the Jurisdiction OF Courts
,,a-t,aI Cadet Grote gave entertaining tenminute
talh about the XXXVIIIth Article of War. which con-
Germs drunkenness on duty "No officer" said the
cadet "should place subordinate on duty known 10
be drunk soldier, TO fulfil any duty, must have
his perceptions unclouded. He must do his whole
duty: anything less will lay HIM open 10 blame.
Drunkenness may be easily detected by any person
accustomed to it,"
"You mean it is matter Of common observation"
corrected the examiner, Colonel John W. Cous.
"Yes. sir" said the cadet amid suppressed litter
Then he went on to assert that drunkenness may be
produced by other things. One thing was alcohol and
toHa N
medicaments since the Government provides competent
physicians and soldiers not allowed TO doctor them
selves.
Cadet Crowley told Of the pains and penalties that
await those who give intelligence to or hold cor
respOndence with the enemy, directly or indirectly
single letter." said the young man, is enough TO
convict the culprit. He need not have received an
answer and 1t does not matter whether his letter Is
about private army affairs whether it Is in Or
binary writing In cipher though If it is in cipher the
recipient must be shown TO the key. The only
possible for such correspondence is that 1t
undertaken under the immediate fear OF grefous bodily
injury death"
The examination not confined wholly to military
subjects one aspirant dealing with the admission Of
new States and another with the Presidential veto
The Board of Visitors held meeting tonight. in
conference with Colonel Wilson and Professor Peter
S. Michie to discuss the general needs of the msttu
ton.
he expected 10 visit the Academy to-day and the
sdjutant made ready 10 give him salute. But up 10
a late hour he had rot appeared
The students OF the M. Pleasant Academy at Sing
Sing came here in body 10 witness the exercises.
The hfteen-year-Old son OF Captain Wsm +.
spurgin treasurer. quartermaster and commssary Of
cadets, thrown from buggy while driving this
afternoon near the south gate. His right hneecap
was fractured. and his head wound He taken
TO the Cadets Hospital.
CLOSING EXERCISES AT ANNAPOLIS.
Annapolis, Md. June 5.-To-day was graduation day
a the Naval Academy. in the chapel. before the
bOar1 NJ he cadp he Oradu
tndent Pythian and Assistant Secretary Solely, Chap