The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-06-29
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS


dents. On both occasions the enlisted
men have planned a unique entertain
| ment for the honored guests, something
in the shape of an al fresco vaudeville
show, which is really very good. On
Thursday some of the Japanese news
papermen viii be entertained, and on
the same day the squadron sails.
st. Louis Doings.
The bluejackets of the st. Louis
finished taking on 1900 tons of coal
last evening and today the ship will be
cleaned up and tomorrow viii shift out
into the stream, where she will remain
until her departure for Samoa, via Hlo.
Coaling operations were suspended for
/ awhile yesterday for about two and a
half hours, owing to slow delivery This
will interfere with the record the St.
Louis had in mind to make
Yesterday morning Governor Frear
and Major Dunning, u s. A., command
ant of Fort Shafter, made official calls
upon Captain Gleaves.
West Point CALCULATIONS.
WEST POINT, N. Y. June e.-There
are some places of learning where a
downpour on any day of graduation
week would so upset matters that even
the sweet girl visitors would be put
out of sorts; West Point is an excep-
ton. True, the rain today spoiled the
outdoor program, which consisted of
an athletic meet that had to be given
up few minutes after it started
field artillery drill this afternoon, and
/ also the baseball game with Colgate
/ One rather expects Uncle Sam s boys
i to laugh at gentle midsummer rain.
Lots of the boys, and practically all
! of the sweethearts and sisters, reioiced
over it.
| The rain turned the hotel on the post
/ grounds into one big reception room for
/ the afternoon. The corridors were
alive with summary gowns, and the
| chatter was like the rallies at a skirm-
/ ish drill
/ For Annapolis midshipmen any port
| may do in time of storm, but for a
! West Point cadet any nook and corner
| will do on rainy day, if the chaperon
| IS properly indulgent, and all army
!
| whirl go this afternoon that the as
sistants of Col. Scott, superintendent
| of the academy, found it difficult to
round up the graduation cadets this af-
| ternoon to make their declarations as
to which branch of the army service
they would like to enter
! The rivalry in the interclass field day
events was intense and the events run
off We're closely contested but the adj
verse weather conditions prevented
fast work, and three events were post
poned until tomorrow
Today the class of 1910 led with 1909
a close second With the individuals
the best all-around work was done by
Cadet Surles, of Michigan. Cadet
Frank S. Besson, of Pennsylvania, won
the hammer throw and secured two
second places, but did not show form
equal to that displayed in his previous
work.
Commissions for 1o1 Men.
The class of 1909 consists of 103
101. Two of the class are the Chi
nese cadets, Wen and Chen, and they
can t wear the United States uniform
diteT next TrluaV. me authorities
say it is an unusually bright class, and
will rank with any in scholarship that
West Point has ever graduated.
This years class is unusually coeky,
| because West Point has cleaned up AM
napolis in football, baseball, and fenc-
ing, all the sports they engage in. The
graduating class always gets most of
the credit or takes it in the spirit of
military discipline for this success So
if on Friday evening next, when the
graduating class goes down to New
York for its good-by dinner, about 100
young men appear in the streets with
what is known as a chesty style, no
police inspector need arrest them out
of pure jealousy.
The graduating exercises this year
will be minus one regular feature, the
usual board of visitors. Under the
present law the board of visitors is
, made up from the military committees
| of both houses of Congress. Congress
, being in special session, no military
{ committee has vet been appointed in
the House by Uncle Joe. Of course,
5 the Senate has one. but no one here
t looks for any senators to come up.
/ The board of visitors usually bring a
train of guests with them, and these
viii be missed this year
The First Fifteen.
- The order Of +bo owe J,oxaz