The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-12
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awaited tho cadets when The corps fell In
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Tho efRsa plain. the band playing The
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heard but once u year NJ the graduation
parade IN that gro vi werr the mothers.
~siatcfp. swertheatt- and COUSINS ~ the bovH
In the ranks, and thrre waa not a alnsl
frat class man whu wa not watched hy ~
least one loving pair ~ eyes.
All tho frat class men fell In without
mrake's and closed the files ~ the siN com
pa nips swung ont upon the field and wh"eIed
into battalion front before the reviewing
officpru. Then for the last time 80 far ~
seventy nine ~ the cadets were concerned,
the post band l"Rdn 10 play again. u
started N slowly with Home, Sweet Home. "
and Il there were tears IN many n military
mans eye they were not the only ones seen
about the spacious parade ground. There
was many an officer Watching the Cere-
mony who. IL he had been press ii. would
nave confessed a moment of emotion and a
troublesome lump In the throat.
Parade rest" commanded the cadet
adjutant, and the band. taking up The
DashinR White Sergeant" again, wheeled
and marched between the reviewing officers
and the motionless cadets. sliding easily
into The Girl | Left Behind Me and from
that TO Aud Lang Syne, countermarch-
ing in time To come TO rest again with the
mournful Home, Sweet Home Then the
brasses were silent and the staccato flies
stabbed ont the measure OF "retrsat
Then $50 cadets at attention u brief
moment Of silence and immobillty.
"Boom!" roared the sunset gun; slowly
the Stars and Stripes began to sink from
the sunlight at the top Of the Flagstaff on
Trophy Point into the adows Of the great
trees, while every spectators head was
barred and the band played The Star
Spangled Banner
At the word of command the cadet
adjutant and every member of the gradu-
ating class lined up in front OF The six COM
panies and advanced to within six PAGES of
the reviewing officers. The band played
We've not much longer here to stay, for
in a month of two We'll bid farewell to
cay Diet gray and don the army blue"
Lieut.. Col. Howe made a brief talk to
the. graduates, c~ongratulating them on the
successful completion of their course,
bidding them farewell az cadets and well
coming them as officers of the United States
Army. The graduates then fell in behind
the reviewing officers and watched the
march past in review, doffing their caps in
parting salute to the underclass members
or the corps, III was thelr lorlnai Roou ny
to their fellows.
The annual graduation hop came of
tonight in beautiful Cullum Hail. Every
cadet was there and there was at least
one girl for each cadet and more than that
for most of them. With the officers and
their wives and relatives and friends it is
likely that not less than 800 persons at
ended the hop. The West Point Hotel is
packed to the roof, in some rooms az many
as six young women being quartered,
but there were not many people about the
hotel while the dance was in progress.