The Minneapolis journal., 1902-06-12
1.-THE TOOTH CLASS"
The President Presents the Diplo-.
mas to the Officers.
SECRETARY ROOTS ADDRESS
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He Tells an Interesting accident
In General Chanee,s
Career.

| West Point, N Y, June IL. - The
| centennial celebration ended to-day
| with the presentation Of diplomas
| to the one hundredth graduating class
| The weather was fine and the ceremony
| took place on Cavalry Plain" An open
tent over a platform had been erected
for the speakers and officials and stand
ing at the front Of the platform Presi-
dent Roosevelt presented each new officer
with his diploma.
The president simply shook hands with
each cadet. On the platform were Gen.
eral Horace Porter, General Miles, Secre-
tary Root. Secretary Moody, Postmaster
General Payne, the Chinese minister,
Wu-Tingfang, Senator Pettus of Ala
bama, Senator Quarles of Wisconsin,
Governor odell, the Italian ambassador,
Young, Scofeld, McCook, Brooke, the
Right Rev. Dr.. Conaty, the academic
board Of the academy, Chekib Bey and
Congressman Dick Of Ohio.
The audience. comprising ladies' in
fashionable summer costumes, the en-
tire cadet corps and several hundred
visitors, coupled chairs on the lawn under
trees and the clear sky and beautiful
scenery gave picturesque setting.
The speakers were> General Dick for the
board Of visitors, General Root for the
government, and General Miles for the
army. General Dick said inSpart:
The wars conducted by the United States
never have been for conquest. Cuba is now.
a sister republic and Porto Rico has more
freedom and coz ntentment than ever. The
war with Spain was unavoidable and we came
into possession Of the Philippines as re-
suit. Our authority there must be- as alb
solute as our responsibility. That we will
succeed gloriously in the work we have taken
up in the Philippines the world now knows.
Secretary Root said 1t was funda-
mental principle that the military branch
OF the government should be subject to
the control Of the civil, He told the
cadets to bear in mind that their educa
tion was not by any means complete and
that they should 60 on learning to be
good soldiers until they retired. The
regular army in time Of war was a
nucleus Of a greater Organization, includA
ing the militia and national guard, and
he advised the cadets to get the good
will Of these bodies and of citizens in
how an old officer In the late war hap
pened to come under the command Of a
young volunteer officer and yet continued
to do his duty without giving any sign
of the feelings he must have had as an
old and faithful soldier. -,
His conduct attracted attention and
the president" said the speaker, picked
him out to lead the American army to
Peking. That was General A. r. Chat
fee. It was because he ruled his own
spirit that the president thought he could
take city, = ~ 49,.
General Miles remarks to-day were
chiefly those of an older to younger Off
GERS and referred almost wholly to the
business of war. He said there were su-
preme moments in the life Of soldier,
one when an officer knows he is doing
just what the enemy thinks he is not, and
when he feels one more victory has been
added to American glory General Miles
was vas, loudly: cheeredss when he arose to