Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-06-13
CADETS CBT DIPLOMAS
Closing Of the Centennial Exercises
at West Point.
GALA DAY AT THE ACADEMY
Speakers Include General Dick For
Board of Visitors, Secretary Root
For Government and Gem
eral Miles For Army.

West Point, n Y, June 13.-West
Points centennial celebration ended
with the presentation Of diplomas to
the graduating class. The weather was
fine, and the ceremony took place out
of doors on that part of the parade
grounds known as "Cavalry plain"
An open tent over a platform had been
erected Cor The speakers and officials.
and. standing at the front of the plat.
form, President RooSeNclt presented
each new officer With his diploma.
1t was expected the president would
make few remarks. but he simply
shook hands with each cadet. On the
platform besides the president were
General Horace Porter, General Miles,
Secretary Root, Secretary Moody, Post
master General Payne. the Chinese
minister, WI Ting Fang; Senator Pet
tus Of Alabama, Senator Quarles of
Wisconsin, Governor Odell, the Italian
ambassador, Mr. des Planches; Gen
erals Young, Schofeld, McCook,
Brooke. the Right Rev. Or. Conaty,
the academic board of the academy,
Chekib Rey, General Corbin, MIR. Pull
do and General Dick of Ohio
The audience, comprising ladies in
fashionable summer costume, and the
entire cadet corps and several hundred
visitors occupied chairs on the lawn
under trees. and the clear sky and
beautiful scenery about West Point
gave the exercises picturesque set
ting.
The Speakers.
The speakers were General Dick for
the board of visitors. General Root for
the government and General Miles for
the army. General Dick said in part
after giving advice to the cadets:
"The wars conducted by the United
States never have been for conquest
Cuba is now sister republic, and Por
to Rico has more freedom and content
ment than ever. The war with Spail
was unavoidable, and we came into
the possession of the Philippines as 8
result. Our authority there must be as
absolute as our responsibility. Thai
we will succeed gloriously in the work
we have taken up in the Philippines
the world now knows" He said tina
West Point would last as long as thu
nation reeded an army.
Secretary Root said 1t was funda
mental principle that the militar,
branch of the government should b'
subject to the control of the civil III
told the cadets to bear in mind tina
theiI education was not by any mean
complete and that they could go OF
learning to he good soldiers until the.
retired if they were lucky enough It
live until the age of sixtyfour. TIN
regular army. he said. in time of wa
was a nucleus of a greater organiza
ton, including the militia and nationa
guard, and he advised the cadets t
get the good will of these bodies and o
citizens interested in the army.
Roots Tribute to Chaffee.
The secretary told how an old office
in the late war happened to come un
der the command of a young voluntee
officer and yet continued to do his dut,
without giving any sign of the feeling
he must have had as an old and faith
full soldier. His conduct attracted at
tention, and the president" said thu
speaker, picked him out to lead thu
American army to Peking-General A
r. Chaffee. 1t was because he ruled
his own spirit that the president
thought he could take city"
General Miles remarks were chiefly
those of an older to younger officers
and referred almost wholly to the bust
ness of war He said there were SUI
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 loudly chcered and
applauded when he arose to speak.
The crowd of visitors gradually left
early in the afternoon, and after the
president had gone there were few left
on the academy grounds.
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Sunday school Mcthod. Dcbntcd.
Saratoga, y. u. June l3.-At the dali
ly session of the New York State Sun
day School association Il discussion of
primary and junior work was conduct,
ed by Mrs. II. Elizabeth Foster of
RrOoElyn The prortica1 mot hoI If