The New York herald., 1921-09-16
HARDING And PARTY
END WEEKS OUTING
Leave on Mayfl0wer for
Washington After Visit
to West Point.
TIME FOR SOME GOLF
President and Sec'y Weeks
Review Cadets and In
spect Academy.
BOTH 'INVALIDS' BETTER
May Reach Capital Sunday or
MOnday-Chance for One
More Game at Norfolk.

An obligingly full moon lighted the
Hudson and the highlands last night
as the Mayfiower. bearing President
weeks outing, dropped down the river
from West Point.
With this illuminated voyage through
the Hudson panorama ended a salts
flying day spent by the President in
his first inspection Of the United States
Military Academy. He reviewed the
cadets. saw the inside of their dormi-
tories and messhalls shifted tho con-
tents Of big copper kettles in the
kitchen and called them good, listened
to the chapel organ and still had time
for a round Of the officers nine hole
golf course.
The Mayfower, escorted down the
river by a destroyer. was to have
stopped at the Columbia Yacht Club
at Eighty sixth street to let off Secre-
tary Weeks and take on Secretary
Hoover. but the yacht passed down the
river without stopping and steamed
out through the Narrows at 1880.
The destroyer turned back in the
lower bay and the Presidents yacht
went to sea alone. heading for the
Virginia Capes. The President ex-
poets to reach Washington on Sunday
or Monday. 1t was to be decided on
the way down whether he should halt
at Norfolk for golf.
The Mayfiower's 'invalids" had so far
recovered that they were able to land
with the others at West Poiir. They
were Attorney General Daugherty and
the Presidents secretary. George B.
Christian. Mr.. Daugherty has had bad
cold. with touch of ptomaine poisoning,
and Mr.. Christian suffered from a
broken rib. for whch a fall Down q
hatchway Is responsible.
Review mt West Point.
Tho yacht, steaming around Long
Island from GARDENERS sav, passed
morning, transferred Mr.. Hoover to a
tug off Tompkinsville. took on a river
pilot and passed on toward the Hudson,
while Governors Island pounded out the
squealed amid the whistling or ferry
boats There landed VITA the President
and Mrs Harding at West Point Secra-
tary Weeks. who was visiting the acad-
emy for the first time since entering
the Cabinet: Attorney General Daugh-
orty. his friend, Jesse W. Smith; Brig
Gen. Sawyer. the Presidents physician,
and Mrs. Sawyer; Secretary Christian.
and George Van Fleet editor OF the
Marion Star, and Mrs. Fleet
The superintendent OF the academy
Brig.-Gen. Douglas Macarthur, met
them at the pier. A troop OF neero
cavalry gave escort up the hill The re-
view was started at once. The Presi-
dent, with Secretary Weeks and Gen.
Macarthur, stood near a shady maple
while the matchless cadets, in their gray
and white summer dress uniform of the
old Continentals. with bobbing pompoms
over black caps. formed their regiment
1889 men, on the green carpeted parade
ground. When finally they stood at at
tention Col. II. NJ. Danford. commaiidant
of cadets, wheeled toward the President
with flashing sword.
The regiment passed In review before
the President and he also reviewed Il.
striding from north to south before the
radiant lines, and returning past the
rear of the formation.
In Barracks and Mess Hall.
Next the President had n glimpse Of
how the cadets live in the North Bar
racks, while Mrs. Harding chatted with
the women of the post and their chill
dren under the naples. Gen. Mac
Arthur explained that q few years ego.
when Congress almost doubled tho size
of the corps, raising 1t from 729 tn
l,262 men, 1t omitted supplying money
for living quarters for the increase. so
that the 1852 are crowded into quar-
ters that were small for the 72o.
The President. measuring the space
with his eye. said IL seemed TO him that
Il was too small for three men.
Over the door of the mess hall, into
which the Presidential party were
taken. are the words Grant Hall"
Within, stuffing themselves, were the
cadets who a rev minutes before had
been all starch and primness on pa
rade The plebes sat stlffly on the
edges OF their chairs. AT each meal they
have ten minutes free from tea asing
then the upper classmen assert them
selves. This mild form of hasing. which
apparently nobody objects TO. continues.
In the beautiful chapel. on a promon-
tory high above the Point and affording
from Its portico fine view OF the entire
eastern and northern landscape, the
party sat In pews for perhaps twenty
minutes. listening to the organ as played
by Frederick c. Mayer. Battleaags from
all Americas wars swayed over the
Presidents head.
Tho golf course has only nine holes
The Academy players have to do the best
they can with what they have. so most
OF the course lies on the parade ground
Several OF the holes and tees are on the
edge OF this field. the fairways inter-
secting one another.
The President was In plain view OF
the crowd under the trees near Gen
house most OF the time. He
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