New-York tribune., 1910-10-06
THREE CADETS TO GO
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right method in dealing with the CADETS
Ae ona officer expressed II, Ihey must
49, ia some reason for their action
o,,..;ao ,f anv question of mere obedi-
,,r-obedience to orders. Never
-. -, 1-rov,ledge. in the history of the
- hos a silence been given to
90. ,ezoa- over mere question of dis
cinl;na OF course, in giving silence
the cadets break the regulations OF the
.oader,v Their conduct must be classed
:. ,v,.,,hordinate. and they must be dealt
with accordingly. even though some OF
+beir officers feel that they may have
had some justification
.eJo+ even their friends, however. can
i,,s+tf,, in anv way their repeating the
silence That was a piece of arrant
,,onsense pure and simple. and they
have already been made to pay for IT.
Tho truth Is that the corps simply got
i+r hack I'D and lost sight of common
so,se To nut it bluntly, they behaved
like fools"
I
enqinaered entirely by first class men.
The second and third classes simply
acouiesced in the plans of the senior
class men. and the plebes followed suit.
L is also said that only the immediate
leaders will be punished summar1ly.
lighter punishments, such as loss of
sneciaI privileges and doing extra guard
d,,+,- u,iU he given 20 other members OF
the senior class, but the under class
men. 1t is said. have been suf1clentiy
punished already.
Barry Feared and Liked.
CarersI Barry has taken charge with
an iron hand. and is feared as much oy
the officers stationed at West Folht aS
bv the cadets themselves, but because
of his thorough efficiency he holds the
raenect Z and. to a certain extent, the
liking of officers and cadets as well.
Lieutenant Nelly. who. with Captain
Reachan and Lieutenant Phlloon' mas
charge of football at West Point thls
wear. wrote a letter to General Barry
= few davs ago. asking him whether the
cadets would be allowed 10 play the
game scheduled with Yale, and also re-
ouesting some information as TO Wnen
thew would be allowed TO resume prac-
tice. He said in his letter that this IN
formation was necessary to him IN or
der that he might know what TO DO
about tickets and other arrangements
for the game. and also that the Yale
athletic authorities should be informed
as soon as possible if the game were to
be cancelled.
General Barry made no reply to this
letter, but meeting the lieutenant on the
parade ground a few days after he re-
ceived ii, reached into his pocket, hshed
out the letter in question, and handed II
to him with a few curt sentences to the
effect that he was superintendent OF the
Academy and amply able TO look after
its affairs and athletics as well.
Since this story has been told it has
become impossible to get any officer to
ask the general anything about the court
of inquiry or its findings, or about ques-
tions pertaining TO discipline.
II was a real old fashioned heart-to-
heart talk that the new superintendent
gave the corps in the gymnasium just
before he released it from arrest. The
cadets say that he hit out from the
shoulder and had US feeling like d
bunch of whipped school children" be-
fore he got through.
You people" the general said. ac-
Lcordfng TO one of the cadets present a
the gymnasium talk. can go to Wash
ington and see the President and the
Secretary Of War about this affair, il
YOU want to. I am not going anywhere
near Washington about it unless I an
ordered to-"
This remark was probably brought out
| bv the fact that the families of the cadets
! have been getting their Congressman tc
| 90 to the War Department and exert
whatever influence they could muster IN
! their behalf The War Department has
received visits from so many Congress
men on this question. not TO speak oi
/ letters that it has become weary, and
the cadets understood General Barry's
remarks to be a gentle hint that this
sort of thing must stop, and they also
fear that the superintendent meant that
no help could be found in such quar-
| ters.
Members of the first class have
nrettv good idea Of what the findings
of the board Of tnquiry will be, and those
! said 70 have been recommended for dis
r7issaI are pulling every possible wire tc
have the sentence modified. 1t was saic
to-day that the War Department might
decide to modify It so that the cadets
recommended for dismissal would be al
| lowed to remain in the service. but TO b'
graduated in June. 1912, instead of mex
June.
No prominent members of the foot
hall SQUAD are seriously involved.
TWO PRESIDENTS IN A WEEt