Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-03
APPOINTED TO WEST POINT.
Presidential SELECTIONS for Admission
to the Military Academy.

~ tho Hlhtary ACADEMY.
Under the act of June 8. 1900. providing
for ten additional cadets to West Point
from the United States at large. the Presi-
dent has appointed the following named
persons for admission this year:
William Stuart Dowd. son Of Mr.. Hemar
Dowd Of New York city.
Thomas Duncan. son of Major Joseph W.
Duncan, 18th Infantry
Louis Nelson. grandson of the late Rear
Admiral C. R. P. Rodgers, United States
navy.
Roger D. Black, son OF Major William NJ
Black. Corps of Engineers.
Joseph w. Stillman Of YonEers, N. Y.
Sherman D. Chambers Of West View
Ohio.
Henry 8. Hoss of Nashville. Tenn, son OF
the Rev. DR.. E. e. Hoss. editor Christian
Advocate.
Henry J. Reilly. Jr.. son Of Captain Henry
]. Reilly. 9th Artillery.
Kenzie B. Edmunds. son Of Major Frank
H. Edmunds, 1st Infantry. who recently
died In Cuba of yellow fever.
Francis w. Honeycutt, son of the late
Explain J. T.. Honeycutt. 9th Artillery, who
died in Florida in 1893 Of typhoid fever
Alternates-First, Robert Madison Camp
bell of Maryland; SECOND, VIM. F. L. simp,
U. 8. A; third. Julius v. Vale. jr., of st
Louis, Mo-: fourth. Pearson Sands, son OF
Captain g. H. Sands. 9th Cavalry; fifth
Bruce B. Butler. son Of Captain W. G. But
Garde son of Major L. A. La Garde sur.
geon, u 8. A.; seventh, Jacob G. Goldensor
of New York; eighth. Chas. L. Williams
son of Major C. A Williams, 18th Infantry
ninth. C. A. Russell, son Of Lieutenant Col
onel Geo. B. Russell, U. 8. A. and grand
son of the late General c. c. Augur: Pei.
ham E. Glassford, son of Major w. A
Glassford. Signal Corps.
Appointments for vacancies to occur BY
graduation in 19O1-Sherman Miles, son OF
Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles.
John P. Bubb son Of Lieutenant Colone
J. W. Bubb. 18th Infantry.
Alternates-First. Arthur r. Joyce Of Min
neapons.. Mimi: second. John B. G. Nc
Clure son of Major Chas. Mcclure, paymas.
ter. u. 8. A.
Appointments for District of Columbia
Lloyd Burns Magruder; alternate, J. w
Churchill.
Local Appointments.
Young Magruder is a son Of DR.. G. L.
Magruder Of s15 Vermont avenue. He spent
envy and one year at the Western High
School and is now a student at the George.
town University. He has always evidenced
a strong inclination to a military life and
his application for the West Point Acade.
my was strongly Endorsed by several SEN
atcrs and high government officials.
Young Churchill is a son OF James c.
Churchill assistant chief Of the division OF
reauisitions and accounts. War Depart
ment, and Is well known as the command
ing officer Of Company of the Washington
High School Cadets, which won the prize
pennant at the competitive drill this spring
That company had heretofore been known
as a "hoodoo company and was not
thought to have a chance OF winning the
prize Young Churchill determined to bring
the company to- the front. however. and
oda1 TO .ap1inApt degree He
secured the captaincy Of the company by
competition and then devoted his entire
spare time to the study of military science
and tactics. even going so far as to visit
the drill grounds and measuring on every
foot Of the space to be traversed by the
cadets in their maneuyers His efforts were
rewarded and HIS company won the prize
Captain Cashier Of the regular army. who
was one OF the Judges, said tie company
put up the best cadet drill he had ever