New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-31
HALDANE IMPRESSED
BY WEST POINT CADETS
British Lord High Chancellor
MarveIS at Physique of
Future Officers.
LIKES PLAN OF TRAINING
Journeys Up River on j. P.
Morgan's Yacht and Won
ders at Scenery Unex-
plotted by New York.

From STAFF Correspondent OF The Tribune
,rast Point, y. Y. Aug. 30.-"When !
.se The way your government supports this
uonderful institution it makes the mouth
=, a former English War Minister water,
I'D Viscount Haldaue Lord High Chan |
NOV Of Great Britain. after he had in |
.,acted the Military Academy here to-
,,,. before leaving for Montreal 20 ad- |
s.oss the American Bar Association |
,-,,v officers who heard the remark re-
.auinr weary years of waiting for Con-
,ressional appropriations TO improve the
s.rvice smiled a sad smile
.Tbis visit brings me back TO my old
.vnerience as Secretary of State for
var" the Lord Chancellor continued.
.Nhen I was recognizing our own army
7 studied the organization of West POINT
,J in coming here to-day l came TO see
.o,,etbinc with which I was familiar. IL
measures up entirely TO my expectations
.,yybat interests me most is 10 observe
,our method Of training all your othceis
,oqether-the officers Of all branches OF
.Ao service. You wait and see what your
,,or are most fitted for before you allow
..sr, n specialize. In England We have
= different organization. We have TWO
a.,dar,ies-sandhurst for infantry ana
cavalry officers, and Woolwich' lot 'he
s',,jreers and artillery. I think your sys-
TEN is the better.
Cadets Impress Visitor.
7,o visitor remarked that ne was
-ra,t,,, Impressed by the marching OF the
bottalion of cadets, which went by nm
erst al the usual pace and then In douple
tire The lines were beautiful, he de-
clared. only we'll educated men could
march like that Men with little educa-
ton could never be taught TO do IT, no
matter how severe the training, he com |
mented.
Asked If the English system Of training |
differed greatly from that at West Point |
Lord Haldane replied:
1T differs very slightly. We all study !
each others methods There are no
longer any secrets in the trade.
Your cadets are a little older than |
ours. on the average. and you give them
d longer course; but We even things up |
by sending ours out to the colonies 10 |
gain experience. l am glad to see that |
you specialize in riding and gymnastics |
II results in the splendid physique Of the |
young fellows l saw out on the parade /
ground. The new riding school is mar
vellous ] think il must be the largest in |
the world"
Lord Haldane made the journey TO West |
Point on j. P. Morgan's yacht. the Cor
sair, leaving the Columbia Yacht Club. at
the foot of West S6th street, about 1890 |
a. m Besides himself, his sister. Miss
Elizabeth Haldane. and his secretary, Sir
Kenneth Muir Mackenzie. there were
aboard the yacht Mr.. Morgan, Mr.. and
Mrs. Francis Rawle, Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob |
NJ. Dickinson, Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Sever |
ance, Francis Lynde Stetson. Judge Alton |
3. Parker and his daughter. Mrs. Hall. |
Charles Henry Butler and Miss Butler. !
A. T. Clearwater, DR.. and Mrs. Nicholas 1
Murray Butler and Mrs. c. Grant La
Fargo.
The Yacht swept past West Point at |
1870. flying the British Jack at her fore, |
and returned TO an anchor below the pier |
fifteen minutes later. She was imme-
siately boarded by Colonel c. =. Towns
ley, superintendent of the Military |
Academy, his staff and the entire aca-
demic board.
Canadians Greet Haidane.
on landing Lord Haldane was greeted |
by the official Canadian delegation. |
which reached the Point three hours be-
fore he did II included G. ]. Doherty, |
Canadian Commissioner of Justice; Sir |
Lomer Gouin, Premier Of Quebec; J. +. |
Martin. president of the Quebec Bar |
Association, and J. T. Hackett, secre- |
tary 10 Mr. Doherty. Lady Gouin, Mrs |
Martin and two Doherty children were |
also in the party.
An escort of negro cavalry preceded /
the distinguished visitor TO the parade |
ground. where he was greeted with a |
salute Of nineteen guns. the same as
would be accorded TO Secretary William |
jennings Bryan should he visit the post |
Then under perfect sky GA young men |
IN gray and white marched past, the |
largest number ever enrolled at the |
academy. After the review the guests |
were taken on a hurried tour of the post
and brought back 10 Cullum Memorial
Hall, where a reception was held.
Before leaving in the private car of /
President Loree of the Delaware d |
Hudson Railroad for Albany at 4:3O
his delight at American hospitality |
Never pad he spent a more impressive |
day. he declared. Marvelling at the
beauty of the Hudson. he voiced his |
wonder that New Workers did not say |
more about the extraordinary natural |
beauties around their city. rather than |
devote all their energies TO advertising |
the city itself.
The party. with the exception of Mr. |
Morgan. who returned TO New York on
the Corsair, continued on to Albany |
with Lord Haldane. Commissioner
Doherty. asked 10 comment on the ThaW
case before his departure said that the
Canadian immigration laws were well
recognized and well defined and Thaw |
would be treated just the same az any |
other immigrant under them-no better
and no worse. Further than that he re-
fused 10 go, on the ground that he might |
be called upon TO pass Judgment on the
case later, He did add. however that