Virginia Military Institute - Bomb Yearbook (Lexington, VA)

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Col. Robert B. Poague B.S. Professor of Descriptive Ceomeir and Draining Bom in Rockbridge County, Virginia. December 5, 1881. Graduated from V.M.I, m 1900, fourth in class. With the American Telephone and Telegraph Company and the Pennsylvania Railway. Commandant of Cadets at the Chamberlain-Hunt Academy 02- ' 03. Assistant Professor of Physics V. M. I. ' 04; transferred to the Department of Drawing as an Adjunct Professor ■OS-- 13. With Gulf and Ship Island Railway TO-W. In Charge of Summer Coaching School 08-12. Asso- ciate Professor of Engineering ' H- ' iO. Since 1920, Colonel and Professor of Drawing and Descriptive Geometry. You are insulated against all l nowledge. Major Albert B. Dockery U. S. Cavalrv Commandant of Cadets Born at Hernando, Miss., in 1878. Cadet V.M.I. ■95- ' 98; graduated U. S. M. A. ' 02. Served with Fifth Cavalry in Philippines, Hawaii and the Southwest. In- spector-Instructor of Militia Cavalry on Pacific Coast ' I2- ' I4. Served with Tenth Cavalry on Mexican border and on Punitive Expedition ' 15- ' 16. Major command- ing First Squadron California Cavalry on Mexican border ' 16. Major of Infantry ' 17- ' 18. Lieutenant- Colonel of Infantry ' 18. Assistant Chief of Staff Fourteenth Division (G-3) and at War Colleae ' 18. Commanding Fourth Cavalry ' 19. Since 1920, Pro- fessor of Military Science and Tactics and Command- ant of Cadets at V. M. I. I just won ' t allow it, I just won ' t allow it. 27

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he m®wB 192S Col. William M. Hunley A.B. Professor of Economics and PoUlical Science Received A.B. from Johns Hopkins University, 04. Postgraduate work, Johns Hopkins, 06- ' 08. Assistant Editor and Reporter for the Philadelphia Public Ledger, Washington Post and Baltimore Sun. ' OS- ' 10. Assistant Professor of PoHtical Science at the University of Vir- ginia ' 10- ' 14. Since 1914 he has been Professor of Political Science and Economics at the V.M.L He is Advisory Editor of the Virginia Journal of Educa- tion, Secretary of the University Commission on South- ern Race Questions, and was the first executive secretary of the Virginia Council of Defense 17-19. •Wo ntle ive ' ll run over a few of thes e little things. ' ' Col. Thomas A. E. Moseley A.B., Ph.D. Professor of French and Spanish Born August 27, 1886. Received A.B. from Johns Hopkins University ' 07 and his Ph.D. from the same university in ' 15. Instructor in Modern Languages at Princeton ' II - ' 16. Professor of Romance Languages at Washington and Jefferson University ' 16- ' 19. Since September, 1919, he has been Professor of Romance Languages at the V. M. L Oh, yes, ])0u do now; now thinly!

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3®MB Col. George A. Derbyshire Lt., U. S. a.. Retired Executive Officer Graduated from V.M.I, in 1899 with the rank of Cadet First Captain. Tactical Officer V.M.I. ' gg- ' Ol. Served as Lieutenant with the Puerto Rico Regiment, being transferred to the Regular Army and serving in Puerto Rico and the Philippines. Retired from the army in ' 04. With Engmeermg Department of the New York Central Railway ' 05- ' 15. Post Adjutant and Instructor in Mathematics V.M.I. ' 15- ' 17. Recalled to active service in ' 17 and assigned as Professor of Military Science and Tactics and Commandant of Cadets at V. M. I. for the period of the war. Since 1919, Executive Officer and Aide to the Superintendent. You understand the regulations forbid thai, Sah! Brig.-Gen. John S. Mallory U. S. A., Retired Lecturer in Department of Modern Languages Cadet U. S. M.A. ' 75- ' 79; Second Lieutenant of Infantry ' 79; First Lieutenant ' 83. Campaign against Sioux Indians ' 90; Captain ' 97. Revised the Firing Regulations for the Army. Major and Inspector-Gen- eral of Volunteers ' 98. Lieutenant-Colonel Forty-first Volunteer Infantry ' 99. Military Attache in China, and in charge of the insurgent chieftain Aguinaldo, in Manila, P. I., ' 01. With the Pekin Relief Expedition during the Boxer Insurrection 00, mainlaining laison between Japanese and American headquarters, for which service he was cited in orders. Breveted Lieutenant- Colonel for Repeated distinguished gallantry in action. Philippine Insurrection, 01. Resumed rank of Major of Infantry 02. Lieutenant-Colonel 10; Inspector- General of the Army ' 11; Colonel ' 12; Brigadier- General ' 17. Commander of Camp Dix, Commander of Camp Lee, and later of Camp Upton. Retired ' 18. His two sons served with distinction in the World War. Tvanl to see you after class 28