The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-16

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army, witch THO fiaLots ) I tbs world 4
would fear 40 Gtrntl Til Si,bt.e yqill,iS
dare 5brrak the peace Should trouble eger8
como the ttnitnd States would 4 liuyc no
moro loyal 4Hoiis THAI, those ttifttsd goiits
for, II scixbt WHOSE boys we're u ell by
dSScott EhippS ii New nj rkat, u ~ SCHOOL
3whlehb had i giveii s'tune%ail jackson TO
.tiio SSoridsS II
Secretary Taft Next.
There WINS prolonged applndsc shai,S
,Seiutorl Daniel sc6nclu a 8sSt S
iase Wood tl,tp ittlrod uccd Secretary
Tnft, 81 gi NJ II .43
n Tlie secrctaryS said II 1t was i, mixed
pleasure 10 lie present firstsa bechnsolA III =
was his duty rs hcad @of tho h. 1oe.4
.parth1e1t IL, etcolirng 10 sttcli ~ mi itnry
school fns tl,n Svlrginin NJ ilitary 1nstltutesS
II was iAn honor to nsscmble wi tina un,f1B
OF school which had turned out such
distinguished anon, and finally II wa n
llploaAiire TO ID man Il New rElandfbloody
to meet such loyal Americans, some OF
whom Ind had such vnringatod expe--2
4rlences" US those of which Senate or On MEL
spoke. Il Sc t.5 Dit y Ri .sis 81 II q 8l HI
Judge OF tho SIKH, Federal Circuit Court
10 used to sit with two oti1cr Judges. ore
lof whom had followed nj organ, and tho
other Forrest. ~ ono Sdays Is an old follow
caine into tho consulting room OF tho
court and asked Judge LurtOn Il he had
Snot served Under ] DIN Morgan Tho.
Judge gave an affirmative answer. 3
land You$ 8b,trncd Il the, bridge ncross,
Trench Greek out here. didn tsyou z" ask
said tho Judge. 81 Wall, tile Mar is over.
sure enough, & ain + reclaimed tie OLD
man. 8s ~ g3 i5,ls b. n
Tho Secretary suld he found that ont
long ago. lie said ho had come TO have
a profound sympathy for the people Of
kentucky and Tennessee. which state
,yene In his district. and that he 5lindl 70
frequently guard against Tie disposiltllloilI
1ofE his Southern Democratic col ca & les 70
Disregard states rights and decide ii, fn-
Svor Of tho national " government. The.
/ Secretary said he was not q soldier
and described how whah9 on his way,
homo from tho philippines in January he
had been invited by Japanese Of TIGERS 2 r &
Yokohama to inspect d crack regiment.
lie had assured them no was satisfied t tL
It was all right. Il ,i2 sS3
nprovcmcnt in tho orgn nixntlon OF the Y
army cffected BY the creation M.of .ths (;
general STAFF gis mot to be expected
from Nyess pGint ssa al 81
everything possible to- enc ourug Q 34 such
schools lns yours. VS. {$3
Wants It to Prosper.
,'ttit III the part Of wis dom to encourage
tic ". NJ. I.," iio said. .:and no man WHO
loves his country could wish the sehool
anything but the very grea test measure
1 OF prosperity There was prolon ged q p
Splause when Secretary Taft concluded.
which was rcnewed when Attorney-G ener-
Emerson was anoEa work
institute had 5dona for he country In
! but has lived in sig OF the institute
iGs n any Institution sa' This county had
turned out a finer bodylo men. q 81 !.
IS Speaking OF tfoS old cadets III va Y nd
their loyal ty sine Nj Tor Anderson sal !:
false to ) the old love g be true 10 tho
new, Il sentiment. which evoked thu IN !,
Ederous applause. There was pplause and
cheering at many points IN the speech,
&Isn G Old e cnde i IN lie Spanish
was the sentiment to which Lieutenant-
Governor Willard was to respond. but he
said he would not .confine himself TO that,
and he made a numerous. catchy talk
of three or four9minutes; which provoked
much laughter and applause. ri
S.35 Z. M !. i. OF the Past. 5S.:
Mr.. u r. 81 Anderson, Of Richmond, read
an xceedfngl ~ yalunblc paper on, the
W. M. ]. In tho past. showing what me {,
q ldlcadets had accomplished In the world,
r., Alexander Hamilton, OF Petersburg,
president Of the board ~ visitors. ia liked
in q general way Of the chool. Its work
In the past and hopes for the future.
THE West Point Military ademy ls
the finest training school In the world for
officers lie said; the Y. 81 IL. is sec-
ond.t KS IA Ri y "a, &. !, Ell II. 81.
General Scott Ship, superintendent OF
| tho w IL. had to get up In res ponse
to prolonged calls, but the old gycter ~, =
emily spoke long enough sto be excused,
Captain George e.. Pickett,go the army.
an old cadet. spoke briefly, as did one or
two others. N # w Y u . q
tt was considerably after midnight wller,
was in every way a brilliant success. and
the members of the chapter feel that
much of the credit is due TO l. H.. SauIl-
ders. the secretary;D. NJ. Lee and .. l..
Waring. all of whom have worked I'M
ceaslngiy in trying 10 make the occasion
a memorable ono. g5