The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-23
way only can good soldiers be MADE
and good citizens as wen.

| son, oil th~ CLASS OF 1870, had beer
made the historiograp her of the Nlr.
einia Military Institute. ~ splcndic
citizen. an intelligent student, ant
loyal to all the best traditions OF the
Institute. no better man could nave
been found for this service, and nc
man who will serve the school so we'll
The history of the Virginia Military
Institute covers long period It's
graduates have made a marvellous re-
cord in war and in the arts of peace.
1or two captains and a dozen subal-
tern officers in the American Army
who had been trained for this service
Il the V. NJ. /. In the Regular Army
Jf the United states before the war
there were five captains, seven lieu
tenants and four second ieutenants
who had been trained at Lexing on.
In the War for southern independence
three major generals, twenty-five brig
adier-Eencrals, more than one hundred
colonels. more than seventy-iive lieu
tenant-colonelE. more han one nun
dred majors. over two hundred cap
tains. and lleutenants almost without
number, got their training in the art
OF war at the V. NJ. l. General X. II
Lees Adiutant General Walter H.
Inspector General Edwin J. liarvie,
were V M. 1. men. So was Briscoe e..
Baldwin. Chief of Ordnance OF The
Army of Northern Virginia; X. l..
Walker Chief of Artillery of a. T..
HITS Corps; Staplcton Crutchheid,
Chief of Artillery of Stonewall Jack
sons Corps; Thomas H. Carter. Chier
Of Artillery of Earlys Army; K +.
Chew Chief of Horse Artillery or the
Army of Northern Virginia since
1855, more than ono hundred and fifty
officers. including at least two coloneIs
eight majors. and twenty captains.
have been contributed TO the United
Sta Regular Army by the great
school of the soldier at Lexington.
In the war with Spain, one Brga-
dier-General. five colonies. two lieu
tenant colonies. nine majors. more
than thirty captains and many lieuten-
ants saw service under the Govern
ment at Washington. In the National
Guard the men who We're trained at
Lexington have contributed vastly TO
the Improvement of the military es-
tabishment of this State. In the
political walks of life. a s members Of
Congress. as judges on the bench OF
both State and Nation, as representa-
tives Of this country in foreign lands.
as mayors of cities and towns, as ac-
tive factors in commercial life, as
great managers OF transportation sys-
tens. as ministers of the Gospel ana
Bishops Of the Church. the gradua ties
of the Virginia Military Institute have
achieved a fame that reflects not only
upon their good qualities, but upon
the Institute in which they We're edu-
Gated in all the arts of peace as well
as the science of war.
The Virginia Military institute mas
passed through a good many vicissi-
l.,
painful of which was the desolation
of its temples by David Hunter, VINO
proved to the people of the Valley OF
Virginia by his hcartless work the
truth of the saying OF the Great lncen-
diary that War is Hcll?" Some of
the old timers OF Lexington can point
out to this day in one OF the
walls of the main dormitory one
OF David Hunters shells with which
he sought to reduce this property
when he felt it was occupied by enc
niles. and before he applied the torch
Nearly all the memories of that period.
however. have been absorbed In the
larger and greater life of the school.
which is growing steadily. not only in
the favor of our own people, hut in
the estima ton as well of the country.
This is proved by the Increasing
number of young men who are sent
from all parts OF the United states
TO Lexington. where they can receive
the best ,raining in military ,ac,ics
and i'll the useful pursuits of peace.
General Wood was very much I'M
pressed by the manly bearing Of the
cadets on Wednesday. lie said re-
peatcdly how much hope he though,
there was for the country in young
men such as he reviewed on the grand
parade and from The commencement
stage.
10 account Of the work of the Nir-
GINA Military institute would be com
nlete without the fullest acknowl-
edgment OF the splendid admnistra-
ton Of General +. w Nichols. the
present superintendent of the Acad-
cmy. who has developed from the