West Point Cadets Learn Duty Honor Through Strict Code
Elmo Scott Watson reports on the West Point rite of passage as 299 cadets join the corps and 290 officers and gentlemen are formed. The piece details the honor system, the Beasts and Plebes, demerits, punishments, and the motto Duty Honor Country guiding cadets toward fearless honesty and disciplined service.
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Elmo Scott Watson
United States Military Academy
West
Lot
N. Y
Secretary of War
Stat
William &. Smith
United States Army
Academy
United States
United States of America
West Point
Tactical Department
Corps
Mere
Thar
Shen
Gibright
Iime
Code of Honor of
Liue
Cadel Cagle
Red" Cagle
Cagle
New York City
Ned” Cagle
Military Academy
West Point Song of Duty and Honor by James B Briggs
A nostalgic poem from 1938 celebrates West Point duties and honor. The speaker pledges lifelong devotion, guarding the academy as life itself. The verses link country, motherland, and the West Point uniform in a soldierly oath.
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Fife
Military Academy
Inter Life
West Point
West Pola
James B. Briggs
Wondrous Irish Eyes Resolve Office Fix
Kathleen Callahan, secretary of Jackson Gaige, navigates a tense office crisis involving a discharged bookkeeper. Kathleen brokers a meeting between Gaige and Patrick J. Kelly, securing a settlement after pressure from legal and political factors. The tale highlights Kathleen’s clever intervention and Gaige’s grudging respect as Irish eyes brighten the outcome.
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Ackson Gaige
Gaige
Jackson Galge
William
Kathleen
Irene French
Trene
Wi- Ham
Mr. Gaige
Jackson Gaige
Forney
Celtic
See
Kully
Jenkins
Tackson Gaige
Kelly
Miss Callahan
Catrick J. Kelly
Dawney
Kathleen Callahan
Tuckson Gaige
Wiliam
Miss Prench
Willam
Jackson Guigo
Kath- Jean
Wyoming state news snippets span crime to policy shifts
Local items include a suicide by a Wildcat postmaster, school plan updates, park travel outlook due to a new national park, a multi million oil suit in Denver, Cheyenne waitress union talks, Basin bank case, a manslaughter sentencing reversal in Gillette, a district court damages award at Lander, and appointments and retirements in state education. The Casper conference drew 640 delegates on manufacturing and trade, mail volume rose in May, with notable regional increases.
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Cheyenne
Collings
Wildgat
Gillette
Wyoming
Monitor
tele_phone
Yellowstone Park
Jackson Hole
Riverton and
Lander
Teton National
Ray Phobus
Thermopalis
Wyo
Hot Springs
U.S. District Court
Denver
Casper
S. D. Markley
Basin State Bank
O. W. Lyman
Markley
Basin
Iowa
J. R. Bonwell
Lyman
Harry P. Sinellz
Senate
Lester Parker
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Parker
Naval Oil Reserve
Natron County
Afanmouth Oi Company
Sinclair
Charles E. Flory
J.Y. Ostrom
Harry P. Hiley
Flory
State Supreme Court
E. 0. Baird
Riverton
Baird
Katharine A. Morton
State Board of Education
George E. Brown
Greeley
Colo
Brown
L. ©. Tidhall
Bisbee
Ariz
Francis
Warren
United States Senate
Nastor
United States
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