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wrote letter to the president Of thu
United States, whoever he might bt
when his grandson and namesakt
reached the proper age, asking for hin
an appointment to a cadetship THAI
letter was presented to President Me
Kinley during the first year Of his adj
miniStration, and was accepted as a sa
cred command Young Grant had 8
year for preparation, which he spent al
a coaching school at Highland Falls, SC
that he had a good start for the first
year, which is the severest test of the
| whole course. Less than seVenty-five
| per cent. Of those who enter are able to
| endure it.
The boy is such a favorite, and occu-
| pies so conspicuous position that it is
a wonder that he has not been spoiled.
| Everybody who visits the academy
wants to see him on his grandfather's
account, and hence he is accustomed to
| being stared at. He has received q
| great deal of attention since he entered
the academy, not to speak of his partic-
ipation in a notable wedding at New
port, when he acted in the place of his
father and gave his sister to be the bride
of a prince; but his fellow cadets, and
particularly the ''yearling" class (soph-
omore), have done all they were al
lowed to do in the way of preventing
evil effects from this adulation. For
these reasons, and because of the fact
that he bears so distinguished a name,
Cadet Grant has been hazed more Sc
verely than any other youngster in his
class, and Cadet Smith Of Nebraska
was expelled last summer for imposing
upon him more severely than the super
intendent considered just and fair. The
object of hazing is to prevent undue
eelf-appreciation. and if ULYSSES S.
Grant, third, feels a sense of importance
the cadets of the class above him can
not be blamed.
He has endured his hazing in a good
natured, manly, patient way. He has
never complained OF remonstra ted but
has shown the silent courage that char
acterized his grandfather When called
before the authorities in the case of the
man who was expelled for hazing him
he would not even admit that he had
been hazed, and when the charges We're
read and he was asked what he knew of
the matter he declined to answer
Douglas Macarthur, son of the mill
tary governor of the Philippines. is a
classmate and intimate companion Of
young Grant and has been hazed almost
as much as he. He won his appoint
ment through a competitive examina-
ton in Wisconsin and stands at the
head of his class in nearly every study
He is fine specimen of young man.
hood, over six feet in height, with fine
muscular development as well as
good mind. If Macarthur continues to
keep the gait that he has shown during
his first year he win graduate No. | in
1903. He has suffered more from haz-
ing than any other "plebe,' and is said
to have tainted from exhaustion during
one of the ordeels to which he was com
PEELED to submit from the ''yearlings" |
while in camp LIST summer. The occur
renee was greatly exaggerated in THE |
newspapers, but 1t caused Superintend-
ent Mills to undertake d crusade that |
has resulted In the suppression of phys
ica hazng.
Philip H. Sheridan is another familiar
name that appears on the roll of cadets. |
Like his father, he does not stand very I
high in scholarship, being No. 81 in a
class of seventy-two; but in military ex-
ercises he excels, and averages up his
deficiency In mathematics and Ian
Buages. Cadet Sheridan resembles his
father physically as we'll as mentally,
being short and stocSy of stature, full
0f nervous energy, quick of perception,
active in manner positive and emphatic
n his opinions and afraid Of nothing.
A good many interesting stories are told
# young Phil which account for his
James M. Hobson, Jr brother Of
Lieutenant Hobson Of the navy, Is a
member Of the third class, and stands
below Sheridan, although he is consid-
red one of the brightest men in the
lass. He, too has suffered from haz-
ng, and while plebe the favorite
of his tormentors was to
make him sit on the ground and throw
ravel at chip labeled "Merrimac"
Dating in a bucket of water, and every
low and then he was Obliged to "Hur-
ah for Hobson!''
Young Sheridan was compelled to ride
p and down the streets of the camp
stride broom, reeiting Buchanan
seids famous poem "Sheridan's Ride"
~ such means his fellow-cadets en-
Favored to persuade him that Sheri-
ans son is only common clay.
Julian A. Benjamin, one of the grad
ating class, Is grandson of the late
hamilton Fish and son of the late
.djutant~General Samuel Nichol Benja-
lin of the class of 1860 Young Benja- !
lin is fine fellow, who does credit to
is famous family4-West Point Letter =
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