The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-07

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COMPANY \. un,ler Cadet Capt Wainwright.
Compnny n. Cadet Capt Morrow, Company
H.. tadet Capt MISSIONER. aud COMPANY y,
cadet capt Riley. Not long after they had
marched away Capt. Smith posted tho
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ION Hollow, whore people play tennis IN
ne piping Tires 81 peace; its right rested
on trophy Point, over cooking tho Hudson,
and ~ left extended across ths Parade
ground.
Il was a particularly peaceful evening
At West Point, and of mimic war there was
not a trace. suddenly, far up on the western
heights. "A single rifle cracked. There was
a pause, then twenty or thirty shota rang
uut In "A many seconds, For some minutes
acputs had first come upon the Blue guard
m the centre Of the advancing line.
soon tho Browns were deployed from
be Academy building To Trophy point,
silently waiting developments. Slowly this
firing on the hills died away, The outposts
we're falling back. Two or three minutes of
absolute silence. then a faint pink flare
far TO the northwest, followed by another.
The mountain guns had opened fire Just
below the cemetery, a mile away. Still no
answer from the waiting Browns Again
the twin pink flares and then came several
minutes Of quiet.
suddenly there was a fash Of white light
against the blackness Of Trophy Point and
just behind 1t the shots Of the atllng ratified
across the plain. The right Of the Browns
had theoretically sighted the enemy's left
and was pouring into 1t 600 shots a minute.
But in the shadows of Execution Hollow
under the trees and out across the plain
the infantrymen still lay and waited.
soon the outpost, pushed back down the
hill, retreated through the yards of the
officers quarters and the new cadet bar
racks, driven back TO the main body of the
Browns.
In a moment more a spatter of fire all
along the west road showed that the firing
line of the Blues centre had arrived. 4
terrific uproar from the academy building
corner smothered the sputter Of the rifles.
It was the second gatling OF the Browns,
twenty feet from the guns muzZles. Some
where in the darkness a bugle rams out and
Instantly the whole line OF defence broke
into fire.
being driven back. The infantrymen leaped
W, dashed back thirty yards, fell on their
faces and fell again to firing while the
Blues pursued them by short clashes across
the plain Horses were put to the Calling
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Meantime the mountain guns OF the Blues
had been galloped into position on the
lower heights, and again they fell to BOOM
ing. For two minutes the firing was gen.
its way across the plain amid the rattle of
the rifles and the purring OF the Cuttings.
The Browns were making their last stand
behind the terrace by the Dade monument.
They had been driven by weight Of numbers
into an untenable position. But ever
blank charges are dangerous at close range,
and just at the moment when theoretically
1t was up TO the Blues to finish the Browns
by a last overwhelming charge, a horseman
galloped behind each firing line. The bugle
sounded again, the battle was over and
West Point had fallen. Then assembly
sounded.
You better come along If you're going to come at
You'd better be in Hell than to miss this call.
At least those are the words that this
army has put to the assembly call. The
cadets hustled in company formation and
marched of to barracks tired and sweaty
and dusty. The gymnasium swimming
pool shortly became the busiest place at the
A drill in extended order was the prin-
cipal event arranged for the entertainment
and emil ghtenment Of the board OF visitors
speed and precision by two companies Of
cadets, the limits of the parade ground
p%recluding the employment OF a larger
body to good advantage. Company A
was commanded by Cadet Capt. VAIN
right ana S1e Gdohb mp ny = bs ey C "a tbs ao dr,,m in
front of the cadet barracks the two COM
panies, headed by Capt. Smith, marched
out on the parade ground in company for
nation. From the far side Of the parade
ground the companies advanced to the west,
formed in sections, the sections into squads
and last of all the squads into one long,
dull gray line of skirmishers that reached
from end to end Of the parade ground. At
the word, face down fell every man, and
the bugle sounded Fire at will" Out
on the left wing the first Springfield spoke
viciously. Its neighbor replied and down
the long PROSTATE line the fire sputtered. /,
Then the bugle stopped the firing and
sounded Rally by squads In an instant
there were fifteen groups of eight men
each. Jack to back, with bayonets fixed,
ready to repel an unexpected attack or a
cavalry charge.
Into sections he cadets formed, then into
companies, and in columns of fours they
marched of to the sout bern road and
disappeared up by the chapel. When they
next appeared It was beyond the parade
ground, Just the OF her side of the cavalry
plain, under orders to cross a field half a
mile wide, exposed to the fire of the enemy
Uhe board Of ~visi.ors) and dislodge them
from 7 heir position. BY PUSHES. of ten yards
each the skirmisbers advanced, falling on
their faces and popping away until ordered
to cease. Then another rush, and again
the ~Springfelds sputtered out blank charges.
Fifty yards from the board Of visitors the