New-York tribune., 1903-06-12
COMING WAR GENERALS.
WEST POINTS FINE Glass.
Mr. Root Thinks They VIII Haze
Chance to Fight-Other addresses.

West Point n. Y, June IL tSpecia''
at the stroke of noon. Mr. Root oecie''
War finished the distribution OF dlpioiias -,
made the ninety-four members OF the Grass VI
Go &, tho limited States Army. This year
-, r,.. +ba largest ever graduated from tne
Military Academy.
without guns OF side arms. the boys narcnc"
In the rear of the battalion to the space VIM
had been roped of near the library y. '
head of the class marched young Douglas Mac
Arthur the leader In studies as well as phSslc"l
build He graduated with honors greater 'n"''
anv of his predecessors. and was speclahS ooii.
r,ar,aed nv, the Secretary of War u s Grant
'.Itboueh not quite at the elbow of Macarthur
came close to the star column. and graduated
pitcher tbs, his distinguished grandfather OF
fatber Cadets Leeds, Ffske. NJ. c. Tyler ana
rre,ford followed Macarthur. and carried OH
high honors. L
The first ten graduates. or the star men, "iO
will be assigned to the engineer colp''
Macarthur wisconsin; Leeds. Massachu7e'O9'
Fiske New-York; NJ. c. Tyler. North Dakota'
Telford Utah; Grant at large; Schley. Georgia.
L. H Brown, Missouri; W. H. Rose feiiiSSi-
vania: f. Williams. Maryland
About five thousand people listened 10
Speaker David B. Henderson, president OF 'he
Roard of Visitors. He told the young officers
thew were now commissioned to die for theil
o,.- Won, Young men are the surgeons OF
the renubIicp continued the ex-Speaker, anu
like the surgeon, your duties are rather 10 heal
than to Destroy Mr.. Henderson SAID thaI d'
one time he as well as the rest OF the COUNTY,
was prejudiced against West Point my was 'l'
account of a few strong men VINO loroeu II o'si
be.vaak NOW however" he added. THANKS
to the efforts of the present brave supeiih
tendent and the, good instincts of the men theiil
selves. that amusement is forever abandoned
The eleven days 1 have spent here nave SHOWN
me the true inside workings of West Point and
convinced me that the Military Academy Is llie
erandest institution in the world, and that the
cadets are made of the right stuff. thanks to
tho ereat and good man who is now head or the
institution"
General Nelson a Miles was frequently ap-
plauded He also paid glowing tribute u
Colonel Mills and then said 1t had oeen MS
fortune to inspect nearly all the great armies
os the world. but the army of the United States
was the bravest best and most honorable
Secretary Root. who had intended to make
only a few remarks warmed up to MS suDJ1t
and paid the highest compliments 10 IeherSl
Miles and said he had earned on many haru
fought battlefields undying fame
"The peace prosperity and honor Of our coun-
trv will one day lie In your hands. young men,.
said the Secretary. Before you leave the army
according to all precedents in our history, you
will be engaged in another war 1t is bound 10
come, and will come. Prepare your country for
that war When comes the question or the
efficiency of the army will be thrust upon you
THE regular institution will form but small
part of the mighty army which Will be called
into being-there will be militia. no volun-
teers no regular army then-there will only be
the army
This unparalleled institution OF military
learning, the greatest school of its kind in the
world. will do its part toward making the army
efficient When comes thousands Of citi-
zens will bring into the army many useful ideas.
These combined with the teachings Of the Mill
tary Academy. will make all powerful fight
ing force
Colonel Mills then called the members of the
first class, and Secretary Root gave TO them
On the platform and among the spectators
were Generals Schofield. Cl.affee, Bates, Grant,
Spurgin and host Of others.
AS each cadet stepped forward to receive his
diploma the audience clapped loudly. The man
who got the greatest applause was the last one,
the leader of the left wing, as General
Miles humorously remarked
The benedfction was pronounced by the Right
Rev. William F. Nichols, Bishop OF San Fran
CISCO Following this in Memorial Hall the sec
retary of the Army of the Potomac made the
formal presentation OF portrait of Major Gen
eral Joseph Hooker, U: S: A The speech of
E. Sickles L. S. A. retired The portrait was
accepted behalf of the army by Colonel
Albert l.. Mills.
cadet officers were read. Cadet Roberts gained
the coveted first captaincy, and Cadet Tomlin-
son is adjutant of the corps. In the afternoon
the corporals received their customary baptism
in honor of their promotion, ande the class of
'O6 shed their plebe skins and became yearlings.
Nearly all the graduates were on the way to
New-York before o'clock to see 1.-THE Sultan
of Sulu.''