The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-06-18
WEST POINT CENTENARY.
President Roosevelt Tells the Young
Soldiers What Their Duty Is.
Private Titus Honored.

The celebration of the one hun
dredth anniversary Of the establish
ment of the West Point Military
Academy reached its climax Wednes-
day. President Roosevelt was the
chief guest. and there was a brilliant
crowd. including army and navy Off
GERS. cabinet officers. ladies in bright
costumes and handsomely.unif
diplomats. The days activity be-
gan with the arrival of the President.
and then came a review OF the cadets,
a reception at the home of the super
intendent of the academy, Colonel
Mills. the formal exercises and
speeches in Memorial hall after
luncheon. and the dress parade at
sundown. The "centennial' ban
quet, with more than 500 guests, was
held in the evening. When the Presi-
dent reached the crest a salute of 21
guns was fired The cadets we're
drawn up on the parade ground. The
President was driven to the home of
Colonel Mills and then he walked
across the street to the parade ground
! and reviewed the cadets In the
| course of the review Cadet Calvin p.
Titus was called from the ranks to
face the President, who pinned a
medal for bravery on his breast and
| spoke few words to him after the
| following order had been read: "Sr:
| have the honor to inform you that
Ivy direction of the President, and in
accordance with the act OF Congress,
| approved March 3, 1868. providing for
| the presentation of medals of honor
TO such officers, non.commissioned Of
I ficers and privates as have most dis
tinguished themselves in action, the
| Secretary OF War has awarded to you
q medal OF honor for gallantry at
Peking, China, August IA, 1900"
Colonel Mills made an address of well
come and then introduced President
! Roosevelt, who said in part: This
! institution has completed its first hun
dred years of life. During that cen
tury no other educational institution
In the land has contributed as many
names as West Point has contributed
to the honor roll of the nations citi.
2ens. | claim to be a historian and
! speak simply as reciter of facts
when | say what | have said; and
more than that not merely has West
Point contributed q greater number
of the men who stand highest on the
nations honor roll. but | think be
yond question that, taken as a whole
the average graduate of West Point
during the hundred years has given
a greater amount of service to the
country through his life than has the
average graduate of any other insti
tuition in this broad land. The de
yelopment OF warfare during the last
few years have shown that In the fu
ture the unit will not be the regiment
nor yet the company, but the unit will
be the individual man. Ii he does
not know how TO shoot. how to shift
for himself. how both to obey orders
and to accept responsibility when al
emergency comes. when he won't have
any orders to obey II he is not able
to do all of that you had better have
him out of the army. In a battle
hereafter each man Is going to be to
considerable extent alone. II will be
so that the youngest officers will
have to take much of the responsibility
that in former wars fell on their sen
Tors, and many OF the enlisted mer
will have to do most OF their worl
without any supervision of any of
ficer. You want to realize that NOR,
than ever before the honor or thu
shame of the country depends upor
the high average of character and ca
pacity in the enlisted men can to ;
large degree only be obtained through
you. the officers" The orator of tn,
day was General Horace Porter, am
bassador TO France, who reviewed tn,
history of the academy since it
foundation.