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Show llio Mllliaiy Drill, ait a jianule In which soino rcglmenU of tho lioliiiiml guard had place n nnm-lr nnm-lr of cadets from West point joined the pn-e -Imi nnd hrooght nji the rear. If llm luilli.a l.ys had bwn n l.o they would iiewr linio ixrmltli the West Point Una tu appear with them, for tho conlrimtwna nut llnttcrlng to thu homo ilnlh d soldier. By lomparl on with tlio carina tb miiithi lootal ronna alinul-Weil, alinul-Weil, loom juliitnl and aliamUIng in their guit. Th.ir knee Joliita lntund ttt nihil d alwut aw kwanllyi they illd not mii wnllr irivt. On thu other hand, Iho slim, lliuo cadets, straight as nr-rows, nr-rows, supping nut from the hip joint, uduiiii Ing with llrm.even trend, excited umieriul ndinlintiou, Yit naturally lira inllltU lioja wcro jnatasgrarofiil, goiKl looVing and gen tlcinanly as any of the Wit Point yotilha. Hefore llio cadeta had beeu lkkeil Into sliajK) by con.tant drill and athletic exercises they wero fully as hamUln'aiil stoop thoiililerul nathe national guard bo)". Tho wholo dllTer-eiico dllTer-eiico was In tho attention to military drill. A fnniuui Cngllsh nclri-as, noted for grnco and dignity of boillly mine, intnt, tells us In her autobiography that lu her childhood shellied lu a garrison town. Her mother was determined on making tho daughter graceful mul erect, and thereforo Iho ilrlllnnuter from tlm carrison w as cniploj 1 lu i omo nnd give thoglrlregiilarlosaons. rorwvemlyoors ixac-tly the tamo d rill excriitescinplojod with the soldiers were rartlred by the joung lady, anl to tho ihy of her death lm maintained ihit all girls should be tr.ilneil ly military drill aa they grow to womanhood. It Is of eoiirso not iosslhlo for young Jiirn whowoil: on furma ami In ofllci-a dally tu sjniid the time that West Point cadeta do lu d .11, but It it poaslblo for them to do much better than they do at it. Tor Un Ir own credit and good looU they ought to tuko tlieinrihcs seriously In hand. |