Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1902-06-18
WEST POINTS GREAT DAY
The President Attends the Centennial
OF the Military Academy.
A CADET UNUSUALLY HONORED

Young Titus, Who Was the First to Scale
tho PcIsin Wall, Receives "A Medal
From President RooseveIt's Hands
Secretary Root, General Miles and tho
italian Ambassador Make Speeches.
West Point. n. "Wednesday. the
great day of West Points centennial
celebration. was marked by the arrival
OF President Roosevelt. He was met
at the station by Colonel Mills. Super.
intendent of the West Point Military
Academy, and his staff, and the Acad-
emy band. y salute of twenty one
guns was fired rs the President an
peared on the top of the hill. on the
way to Colonel Mills quarters. The
cadets were paraded in front of the
barracks and stood in attention as the
President and party passed on the
way to the superintendent house. \
review of the corps OF cadets followed
Immediately.
The scene at the review was un-
usually brilliant. The post had been
decorated on lavish scale with the
national colors. With the President
as he passed in front and back of the
long line of cadets, all in dress uni
form, were French officers. ministers
from oriental countries in their dis
tlnctive garb Of office. and many others
representing the home Government
and the foreign embassies.
Some of the representatives of the
Army, Navy and militia were Lieuten.
antGeneral Nelson a. Miles. Major
General Brooke. Major General Cor
pm, MaJor-Gcneral Samuel B. NJ
Young, Brigadier-General John C..
Bates, Brigadier-G General Joseph c..
Breckinridge. Brigadier- General Lud-
ulngton. Brigadier General Leonard
Wood. Captain Il. Il. Chatwick and
Major-General Charles F. Roe.
n feature of the review was the
presentation 10 Cadet Calvin Titus of
= medal provided by Congress for his
bravery in scaling the wall at Pelin
CHINA. The order was read by Can
tain Rivers, and President Roosevelt
pinned the medal to the coat of the
young man. and rs he did so extended
his congratulations.
AItcr the review reception was
hcId ut superintendent Mills quarters
Following the reception luncheon was
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alumni in Memorial Hall. The guests
and the alumni assembled at the omar
ters of Colonel Mills Mt 2.45 o'clock
ana escorted the President to the cen
tennial exercises in Memorial Hall
The order of march was. the cadet
corps, the President. the invited guests
aiuinhl, stan and former officers and
cadets of the Academy
throughout the program the Acad-
emy band played martial melodies and
the audience applauded martial
speeches wildly. Saluting the colors
was the first thing on the program
and then prayer by the chaplain
followed by an address of welcome by
Colonel Mills. The latter then intro
duced President Roosevelt. who made
an eXtemporaneous address.
lAeutenant-General Schoiield. the on
ly survivor of the United States ARMY
commanders i'll the Civil War. followed
the PRESIDENT. With Il brief speech he
unveiled beautiful bronze tablet do
hated by the Association of Graduates
10 commemorate the Academy's sue
cesStul hundred years. The orator of
the day, Horace Porter. Ambassador
TO france, was then introduced. Gen
eral Porter talked nearly an hour. fell
! y
sons, ana her great place among the
counrry's institutions When he said
that the Academys graduates played
IL great part in recent events that had
made the United States world power.
The President and others in the audi
ence applauded enthusiastically.
Secretary Root followed with an ey-
temporaneous speech. Adjutant-G Gen
eral Corbin and Signor Mayor des
Planches. the Italian Ambassador. also
made addresses.
Two congratulatory cablegrams We're
received by superintendent Mills dur
ing the exercises. One was from the
Academy's alumni in Manila. where
ITO of them held Il centennial banouet
Ihe other came from the Imperiol
RUSSIAN Military College in st. Peters
burg.
When the exercises Were over ana
the Presidential procession started
Dack over the plain 10 the tune of The
Star-SpanSled Banner" the cadets
went 10 camp to prepare for the last
parade OF this years graduating class.
Inc grand banquet was in the
Ness Hall, and was attended bv all
oil the guests of honor and old grad.
yates. During the banquet there were
fireworks and illumination of the post.