Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-06-12
o,,i,,, and Pays Tribute to the
Acsdemy's Graduates
NEVER KNEW THEM TO FAC
~ wiz be Harder to be a
s,n, cls.. onIcer In Future Than
II Has Been in Past

r.,, Point, N. Y. June IL
oo,abratlon Of the one hund-
~ y, anniversary of the west
~, military academy reached
~, !. Simax today. Prest. Roosevelt was
!. chief guest and there was a bril-
NJ, crowd, Including army ana navy
,arers. cabinet officers ladies In bright
assumes and handsomely uniformed
TNe DAVIS activity began with the ar
,lvsl Of the president, and then came
,svlew OF the cadets, a reception at
8, home Of the superintendent of the
,e,demy, Col. Mills, the formal exer-
Uses and speeches in Memorial nan al
Z, luncheon. and the dress parade at
.nraown The centennial banquet, with
~0re than 500 guests, was held In the
0,mmsdiately after luncheon tire hun
AZ N visitors sought Memorial hall,
nav stone structure, where the exer-
s,. "s1 wore held. Col. Mills made an ad-
s s,sss If welcome and then introduced
y p,.st Roosevelt, who said. in part;
PRESIDENTS ADDRESS.
aro Mills, the graduates Of West
NIL, and Won men and women who are
AVN 10 them by ties OF citizenship
A. nv the simple fact that you are
hu,rIeans, and therefore OF necessity
aravn 10 them: ! am glad to have the
rhapce Of saying word to you today.
,rhsp Is little need for me to say how
rsn your performance has compared
Win prophetic promise made on your
hstai BY the greatest of Americans,
washington. This institution has COM
nlsed rs first hundred years OF life.
buang that century no other educa-
iIOrsl Institution in the land has con-
trtuted as many names as West Point
Ma, contributed to the honor roll of the
nations citizens,
Col Mills. don't claim to be q his
ioran and speak simply as reciter
N facts when say what ! have said:
ana more than that, not merely has
West Point contributed a greater num-
btr q the men who stand highest on
N. nations honor holl, but | think be-
yond question that. taken as whole,
the average graduate OF West Point
during this hundred years has given
greater amount Of service to the coun-
try during his life than has the aver
sge graduate Of any other institution
IN this broad land.
REPRESENTATIVES OF AMERICA.
Nov, gentlemen, that is not surpris-
ing That Is what We have a right TO
expect from the military university
founded by the nation But / am glad
that the expectation has been made
good, and Of al the institutions In this
country lone Is more absolutely Ameri-
can none more, In the pro. er sense
cthe word, absolutely democratic than
IN Here we care nothing for the
trs birthplace, for the boys grade,
n bis social standing; here we care
rsang save for his worth, II ne Is able
tnow IT, Here you represent with |
West mathematical exactness the
why geographically. You are drawn
fvn every walk OF life by q method
Nnsnce, meant to insure. and which,
lsreat majority Of cases does insure,
fStng but active youth. Here you
hnt together as representatives Of |
fnsfiea In the higher and more Pc
N4s' sense than can possibly be true
any other institution In the land,
" your sister college that makes
Enl1 Preparations for the service OF |
" country on the seas.
TRIBUTE TO OLD SOLDIERS.
Tns morning have shaken hands |
van many Of you, and | have met the
nm who stand as representatives OF |
we'! great struggle, every great move |
ut great nation has made for the last |
w~ " years. There are still some
fn among the older OF you who took
~ In The Mexican war. o struggle
aalen added to this country a territory
sMIH han has changed hands In
a"Vpe as the result Of all the wars OF
~ 'Ast TWO centuries. | ALWAYS, when
!, re any OF the old among you, think
y we men who took part in the great
lnl war, when this nation was tried
!. 70 furnace; when the men were
,susd Upon TO do the thing which had
y u oene under penalty OF making
y memory OF Washington himself
A. uu s because II you had failed
ash, failure would have been written
'1'oss the record Of his works. Finally.
Ne lhe younger men as well as the
'uer ones-the men whom have seen
..seI axe part In a little war. a war
A was the merest skirmish COM
my, nv 70 the struggle In which you
sssut rom 1850 to 1866. and yet a war
~ mas had almost as far-reachIng
~, not merely for the destiny of
= nation but therefore upon the des-
y " me world-the war with Spain.
~ y was my good fortune to see I'm
!. Valnpalgn in Cuba how the gradu-
"a "a VI West Point handled themselves.
MI, I" ehdeayor to profit by their ex-
w Sn. ana II has become my pleasure
-. ,0lne here today because / was al |
' ss, 'liae intimately associated with |
.',, Oh your graduates.
'"e'e was never a moment. by day
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