The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-02
VEst POINT BOYS on PARADE
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a,..,tu. rNa Pope sword il gold mounted
and rs -,..4Icd with jewels. Among the
o,her GENE SI'h winch u Ia mounted II an
sma,ly.f ~ large ~ u walnut. The sword
Il. protar.r utrinstcally worth $500, and its
s.socia',r. arc such that II could scarcely
M repacci At any price. This morning
m, far from : o'clock. when the guard
rem IN tire the ~reveille gun at Execution
Hollow. they found the Pope sword stuck
10 the hreech If the gun,
The ,Irhoriurs are puzzled over the case
Thev Do not ike to believe that 1t was the
prank Il any cadet or group of cadets.
Yet thsv are A. q loss TO account for 1t on
anv other theory, since. had IL been done
by "A occasional thief. the jewels would
scarcely have been left in the sword nor
would the robber have taken the trouble
10 return the relic in such a dramatic fashion.
When found the Pope sword was unframed,
aboard Of investigation has been appointed,
and II will go hard with the perpetrator
II he is discovered.
Oficial proceedings incident TO com.
mencement began this afternoon promptly
at 40 o'clock, when Gen. Albert l., Mills,
superintendent Of the United States Military
Academy, arrived at the West Point Hotel
accompanied by the members of the
Academy board. to greet the members Of
The board Of visitors.
Gen. Horace Porter, himself a graduate
OF West Point in the class of 80, heads the
board Of visitors this year. 1t was his first
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from his Ambassadorship to France, and
it was a hearty reception the soldiers gave
him this afternoon. Next on the list was
Lieut. Gen. Adns r. Chaffee, retired. Other
appointees of the President on the board
were Arthur W. Foster Of San Rafael. Cal;
S. johnson Of Little Rock. Ark; Gov, Urban
A.. Woodbury. of Vermont and Col, Charles
T. Homer of Yonkers. Vice-President
Fairhanks's two appointees on the board
are Senator James F.. Hemenway of Indiana
and Senator j. c. C. Blackburn of Kentucky,
Neither Of them was present to-day, but
they are expected next week. Speaker
Cannon sent Congressman Elias S. Halliday
Of Indiana. the small but lively Congress
man Samuel W, Smith of Michigan and
Congressman A. A. Wiley OF Alabama.
With Gen. Porter and Gen. Mills in the
lead the visitors and their escort walked
to tho west of the parade ground, where the
music Of the hand announced that the six
Companies of cadets, $50 strong, were a p
preaching to pass in review. As the W
General appeared at the edge of the parade
ground a field piece spoke In salute, Gen.
Porter then inspected the cadet corps, after
which the future officers passed in review
before the visitors, concluding with the
double quick, 40 easy to the youngster
and 80 trying to the veteran. Capt. Trav-
ers, the sky pilot" OF the post, ~averred
that 1t was n very excellent showing, but
other experts, at the risk Of being court
martiaIled for heresy, agreed that the
cadets generally marched better for the
board Of visitors than they did to-day.
However, to the lay and the feminine eye
II was a beautiful sight as all the duck
trousers swung by In, unison, while, the
black boots rose and fell and glanced to-
gether in the sunshine for all the world
like 50 MANY watermelon seeds strung on
one string.
Probably none of the board Of visitors
itor watching the parade closely. His eyes
Tell sharply upon one of the file closers
whose name was Adna R. Chaffee, Jr.
There we're u good many lads worth see
ing in the half thousand, but probably none
more worth attention than a tiny chap,
scarcely a whit taller than the law allows,
who was an enlisted soldier at the post six
years ago, To-day he led his company of
cadets. He is Cadet Captain MISSIONER.
After the parade Gen. and Mrs. Mills
hepl open honSe Tor the board oil VISITORS,
The post officers and invited guests and the
commandments hospitable quarters were
crowded for an hour and a half, Gen. Charles
T. Roe say the parade and attended the
reception, as also did the aged John Bigelow,
father Of Poultney Bigelow, author. Ir the
evening the officers OF the post gave an in
formal hop at Memorial Hall for the board
and the feminine ~viritors.
lhere will he no more formal events
until Monday, but next week will be a busy
one The programme is: Monday Squad
ron review on cavalry plain, first class,
tf,M. lu~csday-School Of the field battery
on me cavalry plain, fr3t class as officers
Shd drlver', thir6 class as c%annoneers, 4
Z NJ tent pltchi, z on grass plain, corps
Of cadets, ) p. NJ, Observation-Disclosures
ooer drllI, three companies, 4 +. M; a
MINOR tactical problem, corps of cadets,
" NJ Ihnrsday-Military gymnastics in
gymnasium, fourth c'ass, II A. NJ; outdoor
mIitarE callsthenics on grass plain, corps OF
cdnets = NJ; Friday, outdoor meet on
EraSS PLAIN. "a NJ; machine u n on target
range 'ir-t and third classes, 4 p. NJ; pack
nd!h and mountain guns on target range,
urI' and second classes, 4P, NJ, Saturday.
SchooI II the trooper in riding hall, first
as 1880 7. NJ; exercises in practical
sg,' engineering, first and second classes,
Sf VI Monday, June ll-Polo game, 10 A.,
" school of the battalion on grass plain,
oTpH % cadets. 1 ?. NJ,
h@elnnlug OF June |, dress parade will
pSHe place daily al o P. NJ, supper at Gas
VI The graduating exercises OF the