The sun., 1910-05-03
SM TAO SEES WEST POINT
HEARS THE SOLDIER BIND
PLAY CHINrS NATIONAL HYMN.


t@ah rstatseN haAfrN NieNa ENerg-
thing ENrrpt the DsNrF TrSphles.
His Imperial Highnrss Prince Tssi Tao
head of the General St.T of the Chinese
army end himself Just - ve-rs old. who
IL visiting ~ in a quest f1r Information
Tor tho uphuildng II Chinn's army. got
o II Of idcls yesterday lie went up to
We-, Point end dug deap. There was
nothing up thc.O worth seeing that he
aidnt fee except The Boxer uprising
tr,phies. MIRO yer. fOr the Hrst time
since he set foot on American soil he took
Iers1nal notes u what he slw. lie in
slccted the rlace with q mihtsry ere. Tor
~ home re is Counted ~ IN 'hle solii-r
snd me 1t the best ho-semca ia the
empire
Prince rsli simply SECURED the place
HIS Chinese Ccnc1n 1nCr u cytrcms st1liditv
ne1rly give Wy vi Cn hs sw he cldets
d. IN 'ir rough riding stunts. tho l. II
thing before he left the reservation. lie
is hthe and graceful aud Sucl frye
stopper himself. and he Knows what good
riding n even Il he has mover secn IN
Am@riC m c.rcus. And VIXEN th0a. boys
dtd their hrrvhrck riding lnd hurdle
jumping there was r twinElc II nc,nnmun
appreciation in 'be t-ilof the Prince . eve
and hls suite seemcd q fclr that he might
20 fer TO- get royal impcrturbabilty 60
10 wish TO gppiRud
or c"ur-e the formal review of the
cadets, tha, moving lllccti0n ~ human
units which forms itself int a we'll oilot.
~ fectly adjusted machine with al
indly iduallty eliminated. - thrt il is
simply a mass Of rods mi sh'fts end
p-siuns and cCCcnirtcs. w's whT' r-ught
the Prince rttention most R,t II was
plain 20 zee that the horseback perforn-
ances spye1lei peculiarly ~ him nd lme
q the folks 81 Nest POINT thought that Il
he couh have put side royal dignity
and reserve he prDhably woult have
liked q have g,' right down into that
riding ring himself and showed a few
himself
PTince Tsai went % West Point hy
special train IN M West shore R1ilrnad
a little after 10 O'Clock in III morning a
very tlrtd one, and on the way down
took forty winSs wnrg Col schuyler and
Cart Lemlev Of tho Army ohligingly
looked the other way Aft-r his busy
dsv AZ Sandy Hork ~ SInday col
SCHUYLER and Can't Lerley skipped N
with him uncst -nt'tiously n the Cni.
vsrsity Club. where they lad = auis'
dinner. with Loui II khsng Mai a. ,he
other chef guest a. a party II simple
gentlemen The Prince unpent at the
dinner. grew merry and then went o.
the PAza. who're ha had q good sleep
Hf was m fna form ~ the party swept
down n the Nfst Forty second street
ferry IN the morning csccrted hy mounted
Irlioe. he got .It" the special trsln on
the Jersey side 'NCsedmgly chirper He
ChiI pcfness worc % Att'T hts Weston
Performance all around th" West Point
reservation
Lyer sinCc Prince Tsai rra rhed AneFi-
can coil he has hCsn taking about that
WCit Pc;fit visit "a" kn,w 4 vas going
g. he soms thing frn. lie knew lot
about II beforehand Last June two young
Chigese were ETaduEtDd 20 West Point,
and they We gone away. znf1r say. tn get
more mlitary mstru, iIun m kurope. ana
some s ~ tO enter the ChinesH army, but
wherever they arr they'll fetch up az
home - Colonies OF Generals before long
ana give the Chinese soldiers something
American % wutk out. Prince Tai knew
an about them ard some mJrN alsp. and
he started right IN to de- The institution
up brown ~ 4npn ~ hp aliEhtHd and met
Ool Hugh L. Scott aui Coz Scott a0-
iut1nt. Cart. Chtrips. az ;na sutton
A. tho station m 'r, va drawn uD the
cavalry dota~hneni Il the po~t. tho-a
clean cut negro s1ldi = 10 whom COl
Scott IN hi last animal reu1rf referred
a. Ia ring -Continuod 10 d"moust-a'e the
advsnta re- 0f cUlprsd over white men for
the duties required u tl.is dsta, hns Mt
II j. the same dCja hr,en' which The irsi
-ergegnt addrss"d on the dEv II their
arrival a. the pot four vearS ago. He
-aid IN = voice weightv with authority
-Ah went YOU men ~ marnl.r irSt one
thing You s-e all up hesh to show an
example ~ th"~e W'-' Point bor- and
you'va got ~ do ~ NoW unsrsiand
that
Ihav Understood end thev sa- ttsv'vc
he~n doing q 40 tnv rate M soldier
escort wEs eyer smarter thrn tho~a negro
tr0OTars a. NJ Cavaicai1 sWgp az The
bill End emerged upon the grounds proper
Just e. "A fwenty one gun salute Wa fired
hv me a-tilIery deta hment IN honor ~
the Princes arrival
The 1r.t stop W., ~ the new admins
tra''on building whore 'i-it was mede
o. Col S0,fts Once Here i' was thar
Gen Grant Lttlpra from West Point
vas shown g. the Prince kyeTv Chimes
ono ial l0sn~ something n hus impressive
n@-s when Grants nano D. mentioned.
The Prince examined the document y ith
great interest Hs couldn't read H. but
Lord II told him all about g. Lord II
vas extremely Interested ia Il himself
tecaLEe sl the strong personal friendship
that existed hstWssn Lord LA fgtherN
Il Hung chang and Gen Grant
The museum i- ~ the administration
building and the Prime and his party
were taken there a. once All sorts OF
relics and models were shown 10 him
lt vas there that The American oficers
NJ tho party I'D a thoughtful act. In
the museum are many trophies from the
Boxer Campaign The Amorioans quietly
stood In front u the ConzIIruOus ones
and no reference vas made tU tnam what
ever The Prince never knew they we're
there
When the ra-ty emerged from the
building 'hHy found standing there that
rev equipment ~ West Point full
pack traln. with mules AL loadnd and
rIREed up with things ~ carry over
hills and mountPins and down into valleys
and a~Fosa streams THIS pack train b.
the medium oT considerable F~tivity
for the cadet CorTs whon they -et un whr'
thew call the aDercio io. adjust Tor bun he's,
make slings and hitche- and load rarEofs
and do stunts II that kind The p'u-
poe ~ the train Wa explained ~ IN"
rrin . and then q start wa nFdo % -"tre
~ the claz~Tooms wherc ~" boys vent
m recitng jusi - u his Highn"-- wr
some cas'al visitor Who hal just dropp'd
Ia
Ry thustine II was nHa~ly noon and Eonn
tne buFi-- wore biowing N" noon meal
.a.. b"tors that the Prince and pgrty
hat sliprld INTO that famO,lN kitchen