The sun., 1910-06-15
FAREWELL REVIEW OF CADETS
WEST FONTS FIRST CLASS
~ ITS FINAL PARADE.

wESr POINr. n. Y, June ia-Perha,,s
ii's lpecAuse the cadets have betler taste
than their brothers Of the universities. OF
uerhaps it's because they don't run 20
much 10 aunts and cousins and other
Instantly related roOteFs al commence
mont time. but anyway Il must be adj
mitted that the West Point peach il no
ldie creation Of the calendar artist mind.
she has bcsn here all Of to-day and she is
here with rulfieS.
Naturally this young person has 10
come into any well regulated story shout
commencement at West Point, hut a.
viii be remembered she usually occurs a
little further down. This year she simply
takes the lead right out Of the hands Of
tho Secretary Of War and she scllpses a
whole afternoon OF drills and reviews and
field man9uvres. Mr.. Dickinson waa
here. however. and hs created no end
Il a stir when he arrived. His train got
IN late in the afternoon and they had TO
put or the graduation parade until he
had been properly received
The whole battalion was turned out AZ
q O'Clock and they stood around In front
of the old barracks waiting the signal Of
Capt. Isaac Newell. the instructor in
tactics. who had command of the outfit
for the reception 10 the Secretary, 10
start their feet moving. All along one
side Of the great putting green that they
call . parade ground those Aforesaid
peaches and their chaperons and a fsw
white and gray haired men with red
ribbons on their coats that proclaimed
thein As graduates OF the academy sat
on the movable bloachsru and waited.
There l. not much hubbub about a
West Point crowd. This one was a little
qiiSter than usual because Il was think
ing that after the review came the last
dTill In which this years first class viii
take part At the Point. So they sat and
waited and watched Tor the escort Of
the Secretary 10 appear Rt the top oT
the hill leading from the station. Pretty
soon Capt. Guy v. Henry jogEnI into
the road around the parade ground AZ
the head of the detachment oG black
troopers.
The cavalry rod aud white Gag danced
along the roa1 and brought a carriage
into the sight Of the waiting crowd.
Through the windows you could see a
hig man with a full gray mustache wear
ing a light suit and q smashed In soft
hat that came down over his eyes. Every
body began 10 wonder whether the Sec
FOtAry was going to the review In his
travelling clothes. II they thought he
was they diint know Mr. Dickinson.
lEsteat Of going TO the little lire of
camp stools that had been place H. front
of the spectators benches the Secretary
made a straight shoot for the house of
Col. Hugh L. Scott. the acadsmy's super
iutendent
Ten and maybe 4 iteen minutes DRAGGED
along and the troopers horses Pranced
~ the curbstone and over across the
stretch Of green the cadets tapped their
glOved fingers on the barrels Of their
guns. People began 10 get up and look
Ground and the clock was flying toward
the time when the graduation hop was 1
scheduled. 90 C0ursa Il was a mighty |
hicG thing for the Secretary to come az I
tor commencemeut but he was losinRa |
lot OF prestige with d number of Young \
persons who didn't like the idea OF missing 4
q single measure Of that dance
But whom Mr.. Dickinson Can1e tO the /
parade ground. high hatted and frook /
coated and gray gloyed and with the Dag (
Of the Secretary of War horne ljehind hin, !
the crowd didn't mind the wait He was 4
the centre figure Of a group that was 1
very pleasant % see. Beside him stood 4
Gen Taslser Bliss. who had come Ip from /
New YORK with him. On the other side
was Lieut.. Col. Frederick W. Sil,lsy,
commanding the corps Of cadets who had
receiyed the Secretary IN the absence of
Col scott The Huperintendent was down /
IN Princeton to-day reoeiving an Lid.
degree He returned this evening shortly
after the review. and during hr Dickin-
sons stay al the Point the Secretary will
b. his guest
Around these chief persons stood many
Of the officers stationed here and they
we're a little ahead q the bleaohers line
just a. quick a. they were ready Capt.
Newell gave the signal and the review
started. Now everybody knows what
they do az a review and 80 it will not be
necessary 10 mention that the battalion
streamed out in front OF the reviewess
and that the cadet commander took rnany
hasty steps from one end of the line 20
inform the army officer in command that
the battalion was formed and then 1oak
an equal number of steps back 20 where
he started Or how the companies went
AtlnA NlAf NFINNNAIy ~ q NAAA AAAu NAAelu now
they took Il on the run. Or how he took
on his hat In salute 20 the colora. All
these things are well understood.
just a. sOon a. the field was cleared
and the battalion had gone over under
the trees in front Of the barraGks the
companies reformed and came out for I
the graduation parade. When the line %
white trousers was threaded across the I
grass the hand over al the extreme left
A. you looked az them played very quietly
the strains Of Home. Sweet Home The
cadets stood AZ parade rest. Right on
the heels of this the brass instruments
picked up The Girl | Left Behind Me-
and while the cadets remained where :
they were the band travelled up and down
the field with this lively tune and Aud I
Lang Syne' blaring oIt Then they got !
bark 10 the starting point and quieted
down again into the BE Il Ever So
Humble mslOdv.
In another minute the members of the
frst class who had left their arms behind
csrie 70 front and centre. They closed in I
ahead u the battalion, cadet officers and }
men shoulder 10 shoulder. and marched :
nut 10 col Sibley. who was receiving the
parade
Directly behind him they took their
positions and the corps paased before
them That's the minute when the
cadets who are leaving Fet a good strong :
fuiugling of regret and pleasure. They :
what they - been working four years 10
b. ahle Ia 10
When the first class waa falling out {
there was moments delay TO-DAY and :
then one chan vas led Rack 70 his barracks {
hv two ~ lfs friends prrhann ha was 4