Omaha daily bee., 1892-08-22
THEY REMEMBER TANCIERS
Washington shriners Warmly Praise the
Hospitality Received in 0m,ha.
CRlTlclzlNG Mr., WALLACE BR0ATCH
What Washington Lieutenant sayi
About tho Training FIebes Receive at
West Point-ShaRe-Up in the
Army Promised.

WAsHiNGToN, ID. c., Aug. 2l.--lSpeoal "a
THE BEE. That Shrine meeting was q good
advertisement for Omaha | have met q
number OF the returned pilgrims and they
speak in terms OF high praise of Omaha hos.
ptality and OF tho genial, generous spirits
| they met while sojourning on the oasis on
the banks of the Missouri. The mobiles OF
Amas temple of Washington are particu.
larly enthusiastic. They declare that Tan
gier temple is au honor to the order and has
improved upon the traditions of Arabic hos
pitality handed down from the ancients. l
was glad to receive this report from this
source because Almas tompe stands high on
the rolls In this matter OF entertainment and
"Approbation from Sir Hubert Stanley is
praise inuecd.' A gathering like the shrine
meeting is a better advertisement for
a city than most meetings OF
different class Tho shriuers are
nearly all business men, picked from
tho highest grades of Masonry and city In
gaia attire dong the honors to such class OF
guests loses nothing IN the end. Several
members OF De Molay commandery OF Wash
ington spike warmly to me of Omaha. That
commandery can never forget the services OF
Mt. Calvary OF Omaha, in the knightly inter
ment of Major Thorn burgh a member OF Do
Molay. The handsomely engrossed resolu
ton of thanks which the Washington Temp
lars transmitted west after that sad cere.
monial occu pies an honored place on the
walls of the Masonic temple in Omaha.
The article on hazing at West Point, con-
tributed by j. w. Broatch, who l under.
stand is son of cxMayor Broatch OF
Omaha, and which appeared in several east
ern papers last Sunday, was the subject OF
comment by a number of officers here. The
opinion was expressed that young MIR
Broatch was perhaps supersensitive owing
to his age and the fact that he had just
graduated at a civilian college. "rhe so
called hazng at West Point" said lieu
tenant, sis mostly of the harmless kind aud
no notice is taken of it bv tho authorities be.
cause properly within limits it does good
rather than harm. Unlike the high
grade CIVILIAN colleges, the military
academy secures its students from all
classes of society. Pail Sheridan
was railroad contractors sol. General
Grant was a farmer BOY. There is no sta.
tion Of life which does not furnish its quota.
The object of the academy Is to bring all up
TO level of honest, fearless, strmghtfor.
ward good mannered mon, subordinate to
authority and able and willing to accept re.
sponsiblity. The plebe, III nine cases out OF
ten, needs thorough dressing down. and the
corps of cadets is left to perform good part
of thus work. The man of 81 who comes
from college with all the prlde of late
senior is made to feel that he occupies ex-
actly the same relation TO the academy as the
is in his class, is subject to the
same regulations of the academic
and necessarily to the customs OF the corps.
The third class, Dy custom, takes a certain,
or perhaps 1t might be better to say an un-
certain, part in helping to teach the new
cadets the value Of rank and the difference
which single year OF grade makes in the
army. Doubtless they sometimes exceed
proper bounds: but, on the whole, the fourth
class men take their medicine like men;
don't whine about II IN the papers, and assist
next year IN Offering the spoon to their sue
ceSsors. 1t Is disagreeable, no doubt, but IL
plays its part in making the young men un-
derstand atonce the equality the and Unequal
ity at West Point. The young gentleman who
has been so generously attacking the acad-
envy through the public press evidently did
quite the proper thing in leaving West
Point. He was plainly not cut out for a
soldier, and hourishes n pen much more Wig
orously than he is ever like to flash saber."
Speaking about army matters, there is
likely to be shakeup soon in the depart
ments. If the military divisions are re-
established there will be reassignment of
the brigadiers in all probability which will
carry General Brooke out Of Omaha. Gen.
eral Carr wants the Department Of Arizona
and General McCook is spoken of in connec-
tion with the Columbia Locally a transfer
OF troops in the Ninth cavalry is talked
about. 1t is rumored that b and III troops,
Captains Rucker and Dimmck, will leave
Fort Duchesne and exchange with / and L,
Captains Guilfoyle and Stednan, at Fort
Robinson. 1t is understood that the depart
ment commander mad recommended the
abandonment of Duchesne, but the War de-
partment considers it advisable to continue
the post, at least for the present. Rumor
has il that u battalion OF ths Ninth cavalry
! is TO be stationed at Fort Logan near Den
yer, Colo, under command OF Lieutenant
Colonel Bernard. This would possibly take
troop from Fort Robinson in addition TO @
troop, which will be relieved from the school
of application at Fort Leavenworth in
October w. e. A.