New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-13
DROP THEIR STUDIES
70 TAKE UP SWORDS
uinety-twO StaIwart Young Or
ficerS Added 10 Army from
Military Academy.
urAR SECRETARY GARRISON
uoad of Graduating Glass Fol-
lows His Fathers Example in
Leading Ali Competitors
for Standing.

ft,,. TELEGRAPH 60 DO ITlnNnt.
~. Paint. y. y. June l2-Ninety-two
.1 ueutcnauts were added to the
to.da. by the graduation of the
e., class at the United States Military
Academy
t,.,l graduation weather prevailed, and
large crowd Witnessed the exercises.
mich were held at the base Of the battle
,,orument. ON Trophy Point.
nm the platform were the Secretary Of
NOR the superintendent of the academy,
.,e,,bers of the academic board and sew
.r.I Of the Oldest of the alumni, among
,bor, were Generals Gibson, Schaff. Por-
,sr Andrews and McCrea.
Yipety-three cadets were graduated. but
Deretrio Castillo. a cuban. will not be
commissioned. lie entered West Point
four wears ago under authority Of spe-
eial act Of congress.
Lipdley VI Garrison. Secretary Of War,
made the principal address. The Secre-
,ary's talk was short. not consuming
more than a quarter of an hour. tie
charged the graduates with their great re
snonsibnlues as officers and urged them
10 be considerate Of the enlisted man,
who he said composed the real back
bone" Of the army.
Recalls Earlier Days.
Brigadier General Horatio G Gibson
,retredl. who was graduated from West
Point in the class OF a, told now ne had
entered Yves; Point seventy years ago as
q "plebe." recited several incidents OF
cadet life in those days and congratulated
the members of the class of %
Delivery Of the diplomas 10 the gradu-
ates was made 10y the superintendent OF
the academy. Colonel Clarence T.. Town
sley. cadet Francis X. Newcomer OF
Pennsylvania. graduated 40. ! and Cadet
Francis j. Toohey, of Michigan, was last
The graduates, in the order OF their
standing, are rs follows.
Francis X. Newcomer. Pennsylvania:
Charles r. Williams Massachusetts, Cor
d0n h. Young, Montana. Richard |.
Nicholas. Pennsylvania. Lewis *. Under
hin California, MyrOn Bertman. Indiana.
LEO j. Dillo~, HAnois, James a. DOTS.
al large Rufus ". Putnam. Minnesota
Lunsfold r. oliver Nebraska, DcmetriD
lie Castillo. Cuba. William {. young.
South Carolina. William &. Crane, Jr., AT
large. William Is. Rusevear. Jr.. Michl-
gan: Carlos Brewer. Kentucky. David T..
cain Missouri. John +. Mcmahon, Jr. AT
large: Francis \. Englehart MISSOURI
Allan G. Thurman. Georgia. William A.
CODtlOrne Ohio. George w. SnntN. NNo-
ming. Selby b. Frank. Kentucky. Eugene
berger. Indiana: Robert III. Van \olken-
iuc Michigan. Alfred 3 Johnson. Colo
lado. Falkner Heard New York, Roland
J. Gaugler New Jersey; Samuel j. He'd
ler South .Dakota; Iunius w. Jl9sne,S,,
Carolina, Harold s Martin, Illinois; Tho
bum x Brown. Tennessee; Manning VI.
k.mmel jr, kentucky; John il. Van
Leland : DevCrp. West Virginia. Silas
NJ Ratzkoff Massachusetts. GeonreE
Kevs. Al large. Fred. j Gerstner MIGHT
gan: Charles :. Ross Michigan. Douglass
r Greene. Illinois. Verne ;. PurneH'
Illinois. Clarence r. Bradburn, Illinois
Joseph W. Niner. New York; Robert NJ.
Perkins Virginia. Lawrence b. Weeks
a. large: Clarence n. Danielson. South
Dakota: James y. Peale. North Dakota.
John A COnsidine. New York; David g.
Falk. Georgia William c. Foote. New
York. Francis r. Fuller. Rhode Island
Clinton W Russell. Texas; William X
Schmidt Nebraska; Earl L. Canady Mis-
souri, Louis a. Craig, at large; George J..
Hardin. Maryland. George +. Lowell
Florida; Otis X. Sadtler. Maryland. VIII
lam II. Jones Kentucky; John +. Ard
rev. North Carolina. Desmore O. Nelson.
louisiana CARLYLE W. Wash. Minnesota.
Henry H. Perrine. jr.. Dennis +. Nc
Cunnif. Colorado; Henry 3. Lewis. lndi-
ana: Henry g. Cheadle. Montana. Wynd-
ham VI. Manning. South Carolina; Stew
art s. Gifin. Ohio; Samuel A. Gibson.
Nevada; Paul W. Newgarden. al large;
Harvey r. Bullock. Wisconsin: Charles A.
King Kentucky; Dana Palmer. Massa-
chusetts: Alexander McC. Patch. Penn
sylyania: Charles b. Lyman, Hawai-;
Robert L. Spragins. Alabama George
W. Krapf. Massachusetts; Ward
E. Duvall, Pennsylvania; James y. Gil
lesple. Missouri Charles II. COrlett Col
orado; Chsresr l. Kilburn, Pennsylva-
MIA. Hans r. w. Herwig, at large; Re
dondo B. Sutton. oregon; Howard g.
Davidson, Texas; William l.: Roberts.
New York; Paul D. Carlisle, Texas; Ber-
nard P. Lamb. New York: William A.
Rafferty,, Illinois; Lathe r. Row, Kansas;
John f. Crutcher. Tennessee, and Francis
J. Toohey, Michigan.
The football men, Devore. Keyes. Gill
iespie and Purnell. were the recipients Of
much applause when they stepped for
ward 10 receive their diplomas as were
Sadtler and Lyman, Of the baseball nine.
Leads as Father Did.
Cadet Francis K Newcomer. who was
graduated al the head Of the class. was
appointed 10 West Point from the 3lst
Congress District of Pennsylvania in
March 1909. He is twenty-four years old.
Charles Francis Williams. Of Massachu
sets. No. ? in the class IS twenty-five
years old.
Gordon r. Young Of Montana. the third
man, is son Of John Russell Young.
who accompanied General u. S. Grant on
MS travels around the world. and later
wrote the story Of the trip.
Cadet Newcomer IS truly son OF his
father for the latter. Lieutenant Colo
mel Henry G.. Newcomer led his class of
h@ He Is now stationed in the chief Of
engineers Office in Washington. Colonel
newcomer has the second highest rank
hg IN number Of counts attained by any
'aoei at West Point. His record OF 2,o664
out Of a possible 2O75 was exceeded only
ny The late General Irving Hale. 81 who
mad record OF 2.004. Cadet Newcomer
sathered 23404 out Of q maximum Of @ 420.
cadet Newcomer led the class for the
las, two years but during the last few
months he had 10 extend himself 10 beat
Williams and Young. Williams's final
standing is 1893 %. while Young has 2335.S5
70 his credit
frederick Wooley gave dinner last
'.sht at the Hotel Aston 10 his classmates
west Point, 'B Those who attended
were Lieutenant Colonel John f. r. Lam
us' John r. Totten. Colonel A. L. Smith.
MAJOR Frederick Wheeler Lieutenant
colonel r. w. Howe. CAPTAIN Douglas A.