People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 September 1895 — WILL VIRTUE BE REWARDED? [ARTICLE]

WILL VIRTUE BE REWARDED?

A West Point Cadet Who Compelled Ills Colonel to Obey the Regulations. The establishment of the color line in the West Point summer encampment recently gave rise to a good story on the commandant of cadets, Colonel Samuel Mills. The regulations prescribe that everyone crossing the color line or passing the colors should salute by lifting his cap with the right hand and placing it upon his left shoulder. Colonel Mills neglected this important ceremony not long ago and the sentry on duty promptly stopped him and compelled him to obey the regulation. The commandant next day sent for this cadet, a third class man, who, by the way, comes from Indiana, and talked to him long and earnestly. The young man refused to divulge the substance of the interview, but the general opinion is that the cadet will be given corporal’s chevrons in the fall, when changes are made in the officers of the battalion.