The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-12

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"As one who was born and
reared within a few miles of
West Point, have always been
familiar with the long and
glorious record of the United
States Military Academy; and I
have always thought of the
officers and cadets stationed
here as my friends and neigh
bors. I wish I could have been
here to attend in person the
brilliant ceremonies, reviews
and the entertainments of the
past few days.
NEW BLOOD IN ARMY
"At this moment we come
to the culmination-an event
which marks not only the close
Of four years of preparation for
a great career but also the
induction into the Army of the
United States Of it's annual
infusion of new blood whereby
our military leadership is kept
young, forward Hooking and
Virile.
This academy, with its sister
school Of Annapolis, are the
perSonification of democracy in
the equality Of opportunity they
afford, uninfluenced by prior
social position or economic
standing. They nurture patriot
ism and devotion to country.
They teach that honor, integ-
rity and the faithful perform
ance of duty are to be valued
above all personal advantage or
advancement.
Their success is written in
the long and brilliant record Of
service which their graduates
rendered to the nation.
1T is true that in your cur
riculum you have been study
ing a profession-one in which
the need of specialization has
greatly increased in recent years.
But this Is true of many other
professions. The development
of modern civilization calls for
specialization.
GOOD OF ALL FOREMOST
yet, with specialization it is
essential that those who enter
upon q profession, civilian or
military, must eternally keep
before their eyes the practical
relationship of their own profes-
sion to the rights, the hopes and
the needs Of the whole body of
citizens who make UP the ma
ton.
lone of the most difficult
tasks Of Government today is to
avoid the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of
any one group and to keep the
main objective of the general
good clear and unimpaired.
1.-THE captain of company
will fail if in thinking only of
his company he forgets the
relationship of his company to
the company on his right and
the company on his left-the
relationship of his company to
the regiment as whole.
THE successful commander
of an army must give consid-
Grafton to all of the units
which make up his army and
in addition must of necessity
remember the existence, the
condition and the VI tt m a tie
strength Of his reserves and of
the civilian population which
is serving the same cause be-
hind the lines.
1918 RECALLED
"a sense Of proportion is
essential to the effective at
tainment Of any great OBJ
jectiYe.
II shall always remember a
day in the summer of 1918
when I visited the headquar.
tiers of General Fochs, the
commander-in-chief of the Al
lied and Associated Armies.
With a single aide I motored
from Paris anL came to a de-
lightful old chateau far be-
hind the lines and lying within
it's little walled park in the
most peaceful, bucolic sur
roundings you can imagine.
lone sentry at the gate.
Within the park a few chick
ems and a couple of cows. At
the door, nobody. In answer
to our ring, the door was
opened by a captain and in a
moment we found ourselves in
the presence OF General Foch,
who was sitting in a comfor.
table chair in a large drawing
room, reading a French novel.
spent an hour with the Gen.
eral and discovered that his
entire staff consisted Of half
a dozen officers and a dozen
privates.
WORD FROM PERSHING
while I was there young
British dispatch rider came in
bearing the daily report from
Marshal Haig. That report was
written in long hand on one
sheet of paper. 1t said in effect:
MY Dear General: No advances
or retirements of major import
ance today. Reserves increased
1900 men since yesterday. They
now total 275,000. Very sin
cerely your
"A few minutes later a similar
note was brought by an aide Of
General Pershing.
II marveled at the simplicity