New-York tribune., 1900-05-13
CADETS WITH NOTED NAMES
SOME PROMINENT WEST POINTERS WHO
ARE EXPECTED To MAKE \ MARK


West Point n Y, May 12-The roster Of the
United States Military Academy for 19OU con-
tains many famous names. The owners are
descendants of soldiers and statesmen whose
deeds well known Time and opportunity
viii, no doubt show that the youths now strug-
Cling with mathematics and military tacfics
are fit sons Of brave and gallant sires- The
Grants, Sheridans and MacArthurs who are nov
trying to keep above the goat" sections at
West Point win day. should the oecas.' n
arise, come TO the front and add new Iustre to
their names. The Military Academy gives them
a thorough training in the art Of war Il also
gives them a general education Mentally anI
physically it equps them for the hardest kia1
Of fighting.
When General I. :. Grant realized that the
conquer9r Of humanity had him fast his last
request, written by his own hand. was that the
President Of the United States whoever he
might be when his grandson ana nam-sIka
came Of age would appoint the boy to the 1IIi-
tary Academy. President Mckinley carried out
the last wish of the brave old warrior and
Cadet Ulysses ;. Grant, Sd. entered West Point
last June at the dawn Of his eighteenth year
Cadet Grant had received d good education
prior to his entrance. and therefore finds little
difficulty in keeping well forward in his class.
Cadet Grant is tall WeIl built ana athletic with
broad shoulders. He went through the regular
setting up exercises and, hazing had not
been fully stamped out during his ''plebe" camp.
the bed Of roses upon which some persons
imagined he reposed had a fair sprinkling If
thOrns mixed in
Among the yearIings who made young Grants
tasks easier last summer was Philip H Sherf-
dan, son Of the gallant General. Young Sheridan
was also appointed to the Academy by the Presi-
dent He entered on June 20, 1898 within oas
month Of his eighteenth birthday. Cadet shert
dan IS built like his father Short, alert active
with quick. positive manner it requires no cx-
pert to discern in him at a glance the latent
qualities Of a soldier. He does not stand near
the head Of his class. Like other brave Vest
Pointers, he keeps far enough from the goat"
section to avoid the danger line. He viii be
allowed three months furlough next summeC
after his promotion to the second class.
Cadet Douglas Macarthur son Of the Military
Governor Of the Philippines IS cIassmate and
close friend Of Cadet Grant They entered the
Academy at the same time His appointment
was credited to Wisconsin, and won through
4 competitive examination. He is a fine speci-
men Of manhood, over SIX feet in height and a
soldier every inch Of him.
James NJ Hobson. 5r., is a widely known cadet
The yearinss paid particular attention 10 him
after the fame Of his brother, Lieutenant Hob
son, Of the Navy. had spread abroad He is now
a member Of the third class, and wears a corpo-
rails chevrons, He entered the Academy soon
after his brother sank the Merrimac in Santiago
Harbor He is ever twenty-five years Of age
and one of the many six fOoters now at the
Academy \ veteran professor recently re-
marked: Keep your eye Hobson. When the
. chance comes he viii throw his brother in the
shade"
Among the noted cadets in the first class IS
Julian A. Benjamin, grandson Of Hamilton Fish.
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