New-York tribune., 1921-09-16

and so luncheon was served aboard tho
yacht. brigadier General Douglas Mac
arthur, superintendent of the academy.
met the President at the dock. hu.
gier played ITO the President" and
then in half dozen automobiles the
party entered the reservations, preceded
ny troop OF negro cavalrymen. AS
the PRESIDENTS car reached the top of
the hlll battery of three-inch field
pieces began to fire the twenty -one gun
salute to which he is entitled. The
caoet corps IN full-dress uniforms, pre-
sented arms as Mr.. Harding passed
them on = way to General MacAr-
,nurs house. Leaving the automobile
there, the President and Secretary
weeks, escorted by General Macarthur.
stepped onto the parade ground and
prepared to review the cadets.
There are 1852 men in the corns
ana nearly every one was in the three
hattalions that formed themselves
across the green. Colonel r. M. Dan
Iora, commandant of cadets, when the
seglmens was formed approached and
saiuted with his saber, and this was
gravely acknowledged with hand
salute. The band began to play the
anthem Mr.. Harding removed his
nard straw hat, to which he had clurg
IN spite of its being September Is
Colonel Danford took his place to the
right of the President General Mac
Arthur stood to the left Of Secretary
Weeks. Then these four obliqued to
the right wing of the trim lines of
gray and white and began an inspec-
ton
Both Get Out of Step
As the four, the two civilians in the
middle, walked entirely around the
cadet lines Mr.. Harding and Mr.. Weeks
were not in step. There was a situa-
tion for a general and colonel! Ap-
parently, in addition to tactics, tact is
taught at West Point. Colonel Dan
ford altered his stride to agree with
the Presidents and General Macarthur
adjusted his to that of the Secretary of
W ar. There are triumphs of the pa
rade ground as we'll as of the battle
field
Returning to their places before the
corps, the President heard a distant
command.
The band started across the field.
The long column of youths, the Grants.
the Jacksons, the Pershings of the COM
ing day. began their rhythmic parade.
" hite trousered legs and black shoes
lifted and fell as smoothly, as precise
ly as though controlled by single i'm
pulse. The unwrinkled gray blouses
with white baldrics moved steadily
forward as if part of one great body.
Platoon after platoon moved past the
President, the lines rarely so much as
bending. The march continued until
the dormitories had swallowed up the
last squad of these future officers, and
thensthe President turned to greet the
instructors, the former cadets, now
commissioned and devoting their days
to imparting all that they have learned
Of the army game to the next genera
tion.
Tours the Buildings
After that the President and his
party were taken on tour of the mess
halls, the dormitories and class rooms,
after which it had been arranged that
ne was to play eighteen holes of golf
over the level course that has been
constructed on the same grass that
serves as the parade ground.
Passing through the mess halle, Mr..
Harding saw the cadets, without their
cockaded hats and the other trappings
OF dress parade, making short work of
piles WSa.. and piles Of Of golden bantam corn
dent as he lifted the lid from huge
copper vat in the kitchens.
Gravy said the chef.
Takes lot of it," commented the
man who recently named General
Dawes chief of the budget.
Mrs. Harding also lifted a few lids
and shifted the enticing vapors, but
in her case it was the housewifely in
stinct functioning. Back into the au-
tomobiles the party was driven to the
cadet chapel.
During the Presidents tour of the
dormitories it was explained to him
that 1852 cadets were forced to ac-
commodate themselves in quarters in
tended for 729 men. Four and three
men occupy all of the rooms which
are none too large for two.
AS the President left the reservation
the guns doomed another salute. When
he was aboard the yacht once more the
notes of a bugle came across the
waters, the winches creaked and
snorted as they lifted the anchor and
then the Mayflower was under way,
and under moon, too