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Show CittlnU Tnnatil -ftr"l. I The "third-claim men" at West tolnt I Military Academy have been given a lesson uutslde of tho regular course. The cadets thought that ono ot the officers, Lieut Llndtcy, waa too strict In his discipline, and they decided to give him a rebuke, Ono evening, when tho cadets were all assembled In tho dining room, Lieut. Llndsey entered. Immediately the noisy bum ot voice nud the rattlo ot knives, forks and table service was turned Into an absolute abso-lute silence. When the lieutenant left tbo room conversation waa resumed. Ou bis return a dead silence again -ueted him Tho of!Uor' face flushed tor he knew that tho silence wa meant a mark ot alight to him Lieut LIndscy felt that the good order o the academy required that such proceeding pro-ceeding must be dealt with summarily. summa-rily. He ordered the commandant o! ench table to bring his men to attention. atten-tion. Supper had Just begun. After the men had obeyed his order ho Informed In-formed them that when peoplo ceased talking and atupped eating at the table It waa usually a sign that thoy had finished their meal That being the case, ho considered that tho cadet wero In readiness to proceed to the camp. Accordingly, tho boys were obliged to march out of the dining-room dining-room without a mouthful of supper. In addition they wero directed to stand at attention for thirty-five minutes os reaching tho camp. Nor was that all. Every officer and non-rommlssloncd ofneer was ordered to remain on duty with his rcspcctlvo company, to be held responsible personally for tho conduct of oach cadet under his command com-mand Tho wholo battalion wis confined con-fined to the limits of the camp for two days nnd nights, and ono ot tbo entertainments, en-tertainments, In which tho cadets took particular delight, was declared off. To make tho punishment more sovere, sets of tho cadet will bo obliged to stand guard In tho nre.i of tbo barrack bar-rack until noxt April, and loio ono month ot their precious furlough, due them next Juno whon they become "second-class men " In tho meantime Lieut Llndtcy will bo enjoying himself him-self as n member nt (len. Chaffoc's staff, with our army In China. It Is not likely that tbo "sllcnco euro" will bo administered to an officer at West Point by tho cadets for soma-year to come. |