The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-13
Secretary Garrison Speaks for
Less Than Is Minutes to
Graduating Class.
"GOAT" GETS AN OVATION

WEST PoINr. y. V, June fan un.
usually brief ceremony featured the
commencement exercises on Trophy Point
to-day, when 1874 young men. making IN
the largest class ever graduated from
the United States Military Academy,
received their diplomas from the hands
Of Col Clarence p. Townsley, superin-
tendent OF the academy.
Under n canopy of flags and buntinl;
in the shadow Of Battle Monumeu,
members OF the class OF 1915 gathered
with their comrades OF tho corps -,
cadets for the las: time. There tho!
listened 10 one of the shortest gradua-
ton addresses ever delivered 10 a West
Toint class by a Secretary OF Wa.
Mr.. Garrison. who arrived here las,
night. spoke for less thar fifteen min
utes and never once touched upon any
thing tending TO excite any more thar
a passing interest in the minds Of the
young men who were tuggirg AT the
leash, as 1t We're. to get into their 'cl's'
and hurry 20 the special train waiting
Mt he railroad station 10 take them
away.
At the end OF the ceremony n,
graduates, with the cadets - the class
OF 1917 who are going on furlough fo-
two months. left tho post. which settled
down once more into !ts normal state.
or the cadets graduated to-day a,
except ono will be commissioned ~
Second Lieutenants in the army. Cadet
g.. G. Yer, who was l19 on the CLASS
roll, will be commissioned in the Philip
pine Scouts. Yer is the second cadet
from the Philippines to graduate a; the
academy.
Cadets Hobbs. Merril,at and Prichard
4 mighty ,ric in army football and base
ball circles Tor the last four years, were
cheered ny their comrades as they
stepped forward to get their diplomas
So were Benedict and Hooker, who are
noted in athletics.
Cadet Herrick, one OF the largest mer
In the class. who graduated as the elias.
goat" or las man on the roll, prob.
ably got the warmeSt ovation. Taylor
Of Tennessee, the polo capta!n, who wen,
after his d,pIomt with his broken shOu.-
der In a raa,. resulting from n hard
game in VIII. ch he took part no later than
yesterday, got a rouS.ng cheer,
covell. kimb'e, Arthur, Miller and
Rragion, the five star men. who vii.
be carried on the rolls of the army AS
distinguished cadets, were a~pplauded
TIL men graduated to-day viii ge; a
leave Of absence until October, when
their army work will begin. Il is cN-
pectcd that al least twenty cadets viii
he assigned to the engineer branch OF
the service. Cadets toNc.I, ktmllc
Bragdon, conklin and Richards, WHO are
high enough up 10 get into the cug,neel
branch. will come back to the Point on
Tuesday next and report for immediate
duty with the new "plebe' class. or
Monday the battalion viii move into
Camp George Il. Davis. named IN honor
of Gen. George Is Davis OF the class OF
II. who died last winter.
With the departure of the graduating
and furlough classes to-day ann n rev.
ocation OF the existing appointments
Of officers of the battalion and n new
detail was named. The new battalion
organization will have Cadets Moses,
& fin, Bliss. Snow, Styer and Woodward
az its captains, Cadet Johns as ~adjutant
and cadet lnglis as quartcrmaster The
new l,en,enants are Cadets II; c, Jones'
chambers, ~iiunnutt. fraser, hoge' De-
witt. Walsh. Mcguire. Bennett, Levey.
;ory ws spence Gra M,s'er' KIM Nj, !" a r1G'AGI-
Mitchell. The new sergeant-major IL
Cade, Krayenbuhl and the new quarter
ma ster..ersenn il Cade McHride
nnaster Nhue' ",illue'
The Members of the furiough class
who were honored with corporal COM
missions wiu gat THAR onnoirtmcnt
n.'Ss'o.a W. ~ - .lr''"D 80
upon thelr return IN the ran, W the
serve during tho .ummor Ollphant the
u'nns hnW '"in"''' NV
TImbar,a% %no ap",bor ,oo,h,u " man ' one