The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-08-13
TOGO SILENT AT WEST POINT
GAVE No SfGN or WHAT NE
FELT AT WHAT HE SAW.
And Tic saw Just About Everything Ex.
crpt the Punishment squad seven.
teen Guns and Listing boats Mark
His voyage IN the Hudson Nivcr.

There was just one thing that Admiral
Togo did not see in his tour of inspection
of every nook and Granny of the rcserva-
tion at West Point yesterday and that
was the spectacle of seventeen cadets
yokcd like horses to ropes at the end of
a i,5oo pound siege gun and with many
signs dragging il on its every day jour
ney from the artillery barracks to High
land Fal! \. one mile away. and back again
Had the prm little Admiral with his
hand on the hilt of his prim little sword
happened to come around the corner of
the artillery barracks some time not long
after ) O'Clock and seen this unusual exer-
else and had he asked question he would
probably have been told that these seven
teen young men in ropes at the tongue
of the heavy gun were simply amusing
themselves at a sport which they them
selves elected a few days ago. Because
they had seen tit to frsk one of the guns
of the parade ground from place where
IL should he to ono where it should not
have been the authorities had ruled that
gun pulling to Highland Falls, mile away
and up a steep grade, should he their
portion for II stated number of days.
Yes the battalion at the Point was glad
yesterday that the prim little Admiral
from Japan had not seen the gun pulling
business He might not have under
stood the kick in the joke of it all.
But aside from that what Admiral
Togo did not see might be described in
n neat paragraph on the back of a postage
stamp. He went where Ii Hung Chang
had gone many years ago. where Chinese
princes had gravely bowed in acknowl
edgment of explanations and where
Kitchener had said "A-ow" in his time
And it is "A fair bid that Lord Kitchener
himself did not make more mental notes
than this wise little Admiral with the
outwardly unseeing eyes and the per-
petualy grave countenance.
out of bed betimes and to the foot of
West Eightieth street in an automobile
was the beginning of the programme
that Admiral Togo faced yesterday.
With him went the two inseparable COM
paniuus of his voyagings in America.
Third Assistant Secretary of State Chan
dler Hale and Capt. Templin Potts of the
navy; also those who are giving him the
comfort of rough and ready translation
when the Anglo-SaXon tongue runs to
stony ground, Commander Hiraga. Naval
Attacho at the Japanese Embassy in
Washington. and Commander Taniguchi, |
who has travelled as the Admiral's per-
soual aide since he left Japan. Lieut.. |
Cook Of the navy, aide to Capt. Potts. |
was also of the party which boarded the |
naval yacht Mayfower off the Eightieth |
street pier in the North River.
Ii,ct bo lonp,h c,p,,;p;pr ha -, |
came alongside the six Founders along |
the raj! of the Mayhowcr there for salute
purposes only snapped and barl1ed seven
teen times in an Admiral's salute. and the
crew lined the rail at the gangway in
proper order. Commander {. W. Logan.
who had piloted Admiral Togo up the
James River to Mount Vernon last Sunday.
was there at the top of the stairs to greet
him.
The MayNower got under way immedi-
ateiy and turned her nose toward the |
gateway of the Highlands up the river. |
The trip up was made in leisurely fashion |
The Admiral spent some time in the |
Presidents cabin. talking with his two |
Japanese aides in short chopped sylla- |
blcs. the rest of the voyage he was on |
deck, alert 10 all the river life and the
panorama Of green kirtled hills that was
passing by. Every 1--WE decked river boat
that drew up on the Mavtlower listed |
heavily to starboard when its passengers
caught the hint of the sun rayed flag
on the forepeak of the trim white yacht
and swarined to the rail in a vain hope
of catching n glimpse of Japan's great
fighter.
The MayNower dropped anchor under
the shadows of the overhanging Gothic
river walls near IL o'clock and the Admiral
and his party went ashore in the yacht 5
launch. Maior-Gen. Thomas II. Barry. |
superintendent of the Military Academy.
and his staf all in spotless white duck
were there at the wharf with detach- |
ment of the Ninth Cavalry under COM
mand of Lieut.. De Ar:aond to greet him
Automobiles chugged up the steep grade
past the great piles of unset stone and
the gangs o! workmen 10 the plateau
and the superin'endent's quarters.
There on the parade grounds before
the green vines of Gen. Barry's porch was
the cadet battalion, rigid as BLOCKS cut
from wood The Admiral did not know
that Friday night had found the whole
at old Fort Montgomery on its return
from D practice hike and that before
his arrival the boys had tramped good
ten miles in the hot sun in order to be
ready to stand there hawless and perfect
in gray and white, To present arms when
he descended from his machine. A light
battery of under the lee of one of the
gray buildings fired an Admiral's salute
while the trumpeterS gave the fanfare of
courtesy.
After Admiral Togo had been presented
to Mrs, Barry the superintendent had
him quickly in the automobile again and
of to inspect the post. The inspection
was rigorous, First the gymnasium was
traversed, then the barracks, the mess
hall. the hospital and the administration
building. The Admiral clinked his sword
scabbard against winding Stairways and
passed under lamp clusters dangling
in severe chains from Gothic CornlCes
Everywhere his eyes were busy and his
head nodded appreciativcly when this
and that matter Of routine or of equip |
ment was explained. He asked few
questions.
Near / o'clock Gen. Barry conducted
the Admiral and his suite to the mess.
where covers were laid for forty. The