The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-08-31
Yacht COrsair Carries Him and
salute Of Nineteen Guns
Grcets Him.
GREAT SCHOOL AT IT'S BEST
Lord High Chancellor Compares
Military Instruction Here
With That at Home.

Ia enough to make an English War Min
isters mouth water - exclaimed Wis
count Haldane. I.orl High Chancellor Of
England, after he had seen West Point
this afternoon.
Lord Haidane thought his second day
in America distinctly more wonderful
than his first Py motor from the Plaza
he had seen New York in an hour and
forty minutes" as he put IL. Then board
ing J. r. Morgan's yacht Corsair he
sailed up the Hudson to the Military
Academy TO look upon military school
Of which he already knew everything
that may be put on paper.
But though as Secretary Of State for
War in Great Britain for six and a half
years Lord Haldane had studied West
Point to get tips for remodelling English
army training he saw something to-day
| that stirred him more deeply than any
thing in books II was when ne alghted
from n motor car and stepped to the
green Of the wide parade ground where
Ga cadet. the largest .iumher West
Point has ever had, faced him in gilt
tering. motionless rank quarter mile
wide.
Lord Haidane became almos, as rigid
as Col, Clarence Town-.ey. the superin-
, tendent. who stoo" de him For
moment ne JUS u. then win de-
cisive sweep mis- arm he lifted his
Droad briinmed brown straw hat to the
little army In midheld.
Afterward he said
Il believed l knew all about your acad-
emy mere ana mad co seived II a. spIen-
did. want to tell you that In every way
II came up TO my expectations.
IT carries me back to my experiences
as Secretary OF state for war When
studied west fo'nt tnen was impressed
with your method or training all OF your
| future omcers tosetner. This system OF
broad. general training with speciaiisation
the engineers. the artillery the cavalry.
the infantry-coming later, Struck me as
most interesting
be,iey,. tha. YOUR method is better IN
that respect than ours. We have two
schools. Sandhurst. where infantry and
cavalry officers are trained. and Wool~ich
FOR engineers and artillery Ike your
way OF common training with the work
OF special branch OF the service coming
later.
Il was impressed by the siRht OF that
battalion. The marching was that OF very
highly trained men SUCH evo'ut'ons as
saw were PROOF OF periect tra'h'hk how
beautifully they marched! They seemed
TO De- geheraiS' n''ie oiue' '""" our
! Enghsh caue's' anu '"e'' "sS'aue" "e'e
spiendid
Iheh WAS sreat! ihteres'eo ny your
gymnasium an" ri''"s ha'' ""''" - VI.
largest NJ any schoo' IN 'he ~ort"
seems 10 me that you pay more a''eht'o"
to gymnasium work ana 10 r'd'hg 'hah
40 w. W" ina, . nay. 'oo",' 80
academy ! see things that ! had not
guessed from s'uoy u. instance, ~
thouKh Oh course we !" russian" ""o"
pretty much ABOUT your army an" "'
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secre.s-especa"' since i"'. ''"."
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"""'reu .'e '''.s ''e 80 800 ~.
is not missing anything within mile OF
his route to montreal,
american hospitality mas oeeh no oe'
lightful.' he sighed as he sat down on
bench In courtroom to describe the day'
IAN the way up here was struck with
wonderment. You let the marve's OF New
York be known. but you do NOT 70 ot'eh
tell OF the extraordinary scenery rouhd
about II. IT mas the beauty oi "'s"''S'
And these buildings snail always re-
member" -.
Lord Raldanc saw west ro'h' AT us
best. After Mnching ABOARD the Corsnr
and receiving officers OF the M'ntary
Academy he was taken ashore III u
launch mt O'CLOCK detach'h'ht OF
negro cavalrymen swept up the steep
hill and under the batt'emented gateway