The sun., 1900-06-06
GUN DRILL AT WEST POINT.
A PICTURESQUE EXHIBITION GIVEN
nv the CADETS.
Ihe Graduating Class This Year the Smallest
for some Tine cadets Dusy Vow with
Examiuat ations-intereS shown b, the Nis'
itors-A sham Battle to lie Fought To-day.

WEST PoINT, June 5.--Only hfty-tour oNi-
Gers will be added To the army whom the ilrH'
class Of cadets at the Military AcademN -
graduated on Wednesday of next wrch inns
n the smallest class Wc,' Point has turned ou'
fOr some tim" and II comes, too, lusi al u
time when the demand for army Officers /
very great. There are 80 few, in fact that onlN
two have been spared and they mon VINO
are on the disabled lit to 20 as Instructors
u the different state camps. But what the
first class thi, year lack, In Nizr /, gains IN
quality TO n certain extent, II l. htrohe'
well-balanced class, and Will thcr" are not
many men in it who have given evidence Of
special brlancy, it, average i excellent
The cadet at the Academy this year who
give greatest promise ur an admirable record
is Douglass Macarthur, son Of Gen. Macarthur.
Who is now in command in the Philippines.
Young MacArlhur entered the academy last
June and is consequently Just finishing his
class year lie i easily M the head of his
class and when it /, borne in mind that the class
entered with l,5 members, and even now. after
n years wedding process, ha~ l27 men in II, II
will be seen tina, Gen Mae Arthur has reason
10 he proud Of his son. Mrs Macarthur, wife
of the General. is here and has been here ever
since her son entered the academy. Gen.
Grants grandson. L. - Grant, Jd j. also N
the fourth class and he also has made a good.
although not brilliant, record. lie numbers
n..a-,, - in tho third
'''.h =, I.i,',, ,ro,,,, 70 his ramc lie wilI
be one Of those who will get a furlough after
the graduating exercises
There are already here n very large number
-, .a ,hs ,ndioa,ior. ara ,hat ns.t
-, I'm - a., ,ld ,o.biorod Was, Paint
..''-o,a,,,o,, oo,h.riny If tho war with
s. ,,,od,, ,h, .i,,, of soldisrs n common
.n oNoir ,o w.ok,, somsvhot public
-, 4, u,o,o co,,rs i, bos had no such
~, ,,oo, NO., poin, The narade ground
= ,.i,oa ,,,,b os ,,ido and dean n border
wa '''N'' 49, ,l nj o,,,in,
oi spectators ~ "'rNN va" "'' ''"N V'''iN
as /, sometimes seen even in commencement
81 i,s.l, Tho b.nchos nil along the west
=. all, it., - ,l,,s;,,,,,
size oi 'ne s'''n N''' '".''i '''''''' ~
with women and back of them we're men ana
,,ora uor,ep ,,yo or ,hreo deem while along
a. ,-,,.,,, ,a ,ho ,orth ,,as n une os car
tne driveway '" Wv "'t w ""' INV W
ria0ss filed with more VISITORS
Tho cadets are inst now too busy with ey-
..i-..l =, 30 ,,r, ,b,,, ,,oc,,olv corscious
an'l''uu''o =" w il'o'' '"'. "'.,.,,.-
that there Is an uncommohlv large sprihhl'hE
of pretty girls among the sisters and sisters
go, :, a,hor o,do,s ~ sov notbing of n
''""> VI ' =. = -
ldfGP nulnbf VI 'iHVi bi''F s"'' WV ~
here on general principles and not because
,ha, or, tho sis,ers or tho friends of sisters
Wv, "' ~. go, ,in,,ior. 49,,
oi any OF the cadeIS' but eNaihiha'o'lS uoh
last forever They will all be over by Friday
., tbis yoek ond from Tint time on until gradua-
VI W" - IN - 49,. Co.. ,hir,,s ~,
ton day there VIII oe "'Sute io 'innsS W.
sides messmates
In, roy /, IL nil hard work and lots of II
a, = ,.,a, ,xa.,iroa 4, on,.i
To-day the frs' class was examined IN engl-
neering, ordnance and gunnery, and the fourth
.I,ss Il, Erancb Tho examinations we're oral
.'",' ~ ,, ,,,,,, ar., ,,,,,,n 90 ,,,ar,.,d
ana oral eNah'fauohS are "F'h W eNe'yp"uy
who wants 10 60 in and hear them. There !
..oro ,.,, s,ragylinp visitors some NJ then,
W. - no, - ,,a ,,,,,a,,,,i,aI ,,,i,J
women, in room ?oi oi the a'aoemicai bul'd-
ing where the fourth class men were chew
ing away at French. but the engineering gun
merry and ordnance, class recited TO empty b"
earned The cadets looked very erect and manly |
and the semi-crcle Of officers In full uniform
who sat NJ desks before which the young men
anneared in turn were picturesaila. but beyond
The mere pictira the class room made the pro-
caeings were altogether too abstruse and had
too much u, do with SQUARE Yards Of alsebraic
One or two visitors came in and sat down while
II was going on and listened with look Of So
veritv As though it was all clear enough if you
only gave vour mind to il But they did notre-
main long
To-norrov the first class goes on with tS !
ordnance and gunnery examination. the fourth /
examination in philosophy begins on Thursday |
There are oral examinations In addition TO |
these the first ClaSs has a written examination
in history on Thursday morning on Friday |
there are only two examinations the second |
class in philosophy and the third in Spanish.
or ali the drills seen on the cavalry plain here
there il none which interests visitors more than
the lph, battery drill which came of this after
noon There IL 80 much dash and Clattcr and
flashing of bri pht sabres and swirlnR clouds |
of dust as the battery eallops and wheels from
one end of the long ground to the other that II
gives some faint notion of military movements
IN real war Then YOU have the sat lsfactIon
OF knowing that you are seeing the thing done
about ma we'll rs il could he The cadets who
took mart in Il to-day were firs,-class men and
have had four wears practice in IT, Cart
Adams of tho Seyen,h Artillery was in command
ard the six guns of the battery swung out upoD
the plain at ex actly the moment fixed in the pro-
aramme 5O5 and by the way il is one OF the
neculiartles of Vest Point that things occur
when they are billed TO occur There are no
DELAYS and waits, Five minutes after o'clock
In the aftprnoon means tlat hour and minute
ana i" not some Other time '''' '''' '''' '"''O''
For twenty minutes beror the Ught battery
Oot into action n suuad of cadets with n Corple
Of little mountain guns that looked like ioy
cannon had The aeld And tho nrn,v mula rl,y Cd
Sis mar, in this number Of The pr"srn,mme also
lie had about ever vthinp niied on him that there
was 70 carry save the two cannon and thcse
ba had to drag Al ono instant he was LOADED
down 10 Tho vinNoIes ,yith ali sorts ~ nrtillcrv
accassories and Than again hn was strinnad hnra
and the two li,tIe ,,nns ,rera h,nynr n,pav
@rst in ono direction and then tbs nther
was ali yary nuicr and verw sudd,p n sorias
~ bcwi,dering iigbtning cbs,yeS "i,b n ei,n,
Rang nccompanimant ~ gun are Eron' -
n,iit,ry snnint ~ yiau, II ,yas "a yarv in
nHhIhi,io an nf suift ,yorL and cn',,Is
nreoision of detail bnt for the spac,nt"rs il