The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-17

tice march" indeed il was The horses
! mouths, even in the short time they had
been al the Point, We're well hardened 10
the curb by the first class mems ex-
ercises.
II there are any Of US alive to-day
| eyes, there are fiveD. It is thought they
have forgotten that first saddle blan-
ket, snaffie bit ride to "Cozzens' 50 on that
exceptionally fine October morning. It
! not only beat the band" but was far
ahead OF any circus that We (What say
the flve0 ever after attended. Fully
three-quarteTs OF the entire squad picked
themselves up at various points along
the road. and trotted home on 'shanks'
mare" May not something be CLEANED
| from this Of Lieut. Fields system OF in
struction, the antithesis Of that Of Lieut..
Williams?
Cadets. as we'll as cats it is said. have
nine lives. and hence it is that practice
OF this kind. when one IS well insured,
is not only useful but may save many =
life in the long run.
And here is its usefulness: When war
comes upon us as did the great War OF
the Rebellion. and cavalry leaders are
sought for. the graduates OF the Military
Academy win in the future as in the past
| Dc ever ESduy loE the NOlttSt
Many Famous Names.
We may name few Of the cavalry
brigade. division, and corps commanders.
Irrespective Of the sides upon which they
/ fought during the civil war; Earl Van
I Dorm. Marmaduke. Mackenzie. Jubal
Early. Gregg. Buekner, Averill, Harry"
! Wilson. "Jeb" Stuart u. E. b. joe
/ Wheeler. John Budford. Alfred Pleason-
/ ton, "Fitz" Lee, Charley Fitzhugh.
/ Fitzpatrick. Stoneman. Merritt. Custer,
! Phil" Sheridan, Bob" Williams, Char
! ley" Field, and host Of others too nu-
merous 10 mention; all sons of our alma
mater
Proud mother of heroes!
The June class Of 1861. which reported
at the Military Academy in 1857 los
! strong. musters on the army list to-day
but five OF the missing through forty
years or more thu record is incomplete;
Of the others we hes shall speak
! O'Rorke. the leader Of the class, and
/ Custer, the last Of scholastic file-closers,
/ each killed at the head of his regiment
! upon the field Of battle-the former cut
down IN early youth at Gettysburg. and
| the latter massacred, together with $50
OF his white-horse troopers. at Little Big
] Horn River, Montana.s
Custer, ever at the head OF HIS regi-
ment," and Custer without disparage-
menO ever at the foot of his class %
! OF O'Rorke, more anon But let us for
a moment examine into this phenome-
nal scholastic performance Of Cadet Gus
! ter, leading the 'immortalsr in a class
of one hundred-again of eighty, of sixty,
then Of fifty, and finally marker Of a
| class graduating with but thirty-four
members
Daredevil of the Class.
Chorus old boyi Daredevil OF the
class! How well did you hang on to the
! tail end-always ahead Of the deficfents.
/ foot OF a class OF thirty-four and head
OF a class of seventy-four.
This reminds US Of dear ''Old Niche, y
| himself an honor man. but one who al
ways made light of class standing 4"
| How is Dennis getting alongf" Very
well: very well; head in football" was
the professors usual reply Dennis Ma
han Michie." the younger of his two
! promising sons, both dead in the Same
year and nothing left for the father but
/ the deep and heartfelt sympathy OF ev-
! cry living graduate Of our alma mater,
Of every officer of the United States Ar
my. One more dead upon the field of
! honor"
"Tn athletics Dennis Miehie's enthusi-
asm knew no bounds; he introduced foot
/ ball into the Military and Naval acad-
emies, and trained up an awkward team
until it could defeat the team Of the sis
ter academy at Annapolis"
| In the period of which we write. so
memorable in our country's history, II
was presumed that our class would grad