New-York tribune., 1922-06-14
Always a Job
ForYOu,Wee
Tells Cadets
s.,. Time Never Will Come
When L. :. Can Scrap
Army, as He Gives Diplo-
mas 10 1872 at West Point
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cI Rsrrcii Of Newark First
in Class: Notable Group
Of Army Men at Exercises

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,,,,ion exercises AZ Wcst Point yes
"A, for the class Of - were a
"a complete success. Orc hun.
80 and thiriy-two, sun-bronzcd
..,,,ht.,houldered young men, hav-
I. ,,rpleted four years training Of
"A hearing and character, walked up
s,.retsrv Of War John W. Weeks
,eeived diplomas making them
"a neutcnants in the army.
=, exercises werc held at the base
,s,,,ls Monument. Secretary Weeks
sN.,ddrcss answered assertions that
=. United states does not need any
- BY saying "the civilization Of the
-.,s rests on no surer foundation
~, aid tho civilization Of Boston at
=. tine Of tho police strike nearly
a-t, year ago
Needed As Much Ss Police
II, "a, been demonstrated" he went
that there is an organized under
..,,s and a criminal element against
.si,s society must protect itself and
.,,b Is ready 20 begin its depreda-
.,-. .be moment society is unable to
..,.... itself. To say the United
s.,... does not need an army is just
=. -,,sonsble as 10 say that New York,
s,..sn Chicago and our other large
,..., 10 no, need police protection.
.tnsr a great war there is an alarm
,.- tendency for the overburdened tax
..r,r 10 forget the lessons Of the past
al ,ru,. 70 luck without national pro-
,,..iop The size Of our army always
v1bea question for controversy. If
3. DOE, not consist Of more than a thou
,,-5 men +. should be an army OF the
i.,. sossible thousand men which can
). developed. You cannot have the
s.,s army unless 10 is efficiently COM
rtnied'
Veteran Is Honor Man
The highest honors Of the class went
e., Charles J Barrett. twenty-five, Of
Newark. y. J. An overseas veteran IN
.hs Twenty-ninth Division during the
World War. dispatch bearer 70 head
Quarters during the battle OF Nerdun.
ie ranking soldier OF the lS5 IN
france selected % compete in the West
psir. entrance examinations. Jarrett
for the last three years Of his course
"a ranked The highest both IN onlce
rd studies
During his second and third years
jarrett was c.ass historian. This year
:, vas a member Of the hoard OF
,1s-rors Of the First Glass Club and
u,,..we editor Of "The Howitzer,' the
Tm Point year book. Bsrrot also
,fpt on the football team, ran on
=, sross country and track teams and
-il.sed as an expert riAeman. As
a1st he ranked as a first captain. the
Ashsst cadet officer az West Point.
Gridlrou Stars Cheered
rhe two football stars. F. NJ. Greene
lst C. {. WNhide. received laundering
os,lons from the student bodies.
Greene was captain and center on the
1921 football team. He also piayea on
The lacrosse team and was captain OF
ihe wrestling team. Wllhide was ioo'-
ball captain In 1920 and captain OF inc
baseball team In 1921 and this spring
The New York graduates TINS year
we're. W. A. Burns. Rockville NehVe.'
l. T.. A. Z. Kastner. Flushing, a. a.
Klein, Long Island City; +. N. Greene
.57 seventy-eighth Street, Brooklyn;
/. l.. Price. IS New Jersey Avenue
Brooklyn; ". Albert, l4l2 Eastern
'arkway, Brooklyn; K. W. Rayneford..
,lbany: X. +. Pughe, Watervilic' ana
4. Mathewson, Bath.
General Douglas Macarthur. super
rtendcnt OF West Point, and tho o.
.ef- of the academy assisted al the -
src.sos. Hundreds Of former graduates
visited West Point yesterday. General
Eugh L. Scott. who was appointed 10
West Point by President Grant and
who vas the only cadetto rise through
even rank in the army 70 the position
Of Secretary Of War. WAS the guest OF
honor o. q party Of eighty who were
guests Of +. Z. Olcott, president OF the
Hudson River Day Line, on the steamer
De Witt Clinton.
Ring Tradition Continued
The graduating class turned in their
silver napkin rings, in accordance with
Wes. Point tradition, 20 be melted
INTO a silver cup. which will be pre-
ssrted 60 the FIST member Of the class
70 become the father of a boy. The
graduates left yesterday for three
months furlough. The beasts" - the
rev class Of ''plebes"-will arrive at
West Point July /. The class Of 1924
sit West Point at noon yesterday for
ifurlough until August 2s.
One Of the graduates OF this years
,ass was Teng Use Wong. q Chinese
adet. who received instruction by a
fseisl ac, o. Congress. The Edgerton
H;reS. given 90 all graduates VINO were
aixin' q West Point football teams
q. TO tho one athlete who proved 70
Hbe best all-round man OF MS class,
sse awarded 20 Greene and Wilhide.
sissne won two sabres, one as captain
2 Tie football team and the second as
'ssi sll-Icund athlete.