Virginia Military Institute - Bomb Yearbook (Lexington, VA)

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Facult ' Col. Albert B. Dockerv Major, Cavalry, U. S. A. Commandant of Cadets Born at Hernando, Miss., 1878. Cadet V. M. I., ' 95- ' 98; graduated U. S. M. A., ' 02. Served with Fifth Cavalry in Philippines, Hawaii and the South- west. Inspector-Instructor of Militia Ca alry on Pacific Coast, ' i2- ' i4. Served with Tenth Cavalry on Mexican Border and on Punitive Expedition, ' 15- ' 16. Major commanding First Squadron California Cavalry on Mexican Border, ' 16. Major of In- fantry, ' i 7- ' 18. Lieut.-Col. of Infantry, ' 18. As- sistant Chief of Staff, Fourteenth Division (G-3), and at War College, ' 18. Commanding Fourth Cav- alry, ' 19. Since 1920, Professor of Military Science and Tactics and Commandant of Cadets at V. M. I. Col. George A. Derbyshire Lt., U. S. a.. Retired Executive Officer Graduated from V. M. I. in 1889 with rank of Cadet First Captain. Tactical Officer V. M. I., ' 99- ' 01. 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 1904. With Engineering Department of the New York Central Railway, ' 05- ' 15. Post Adjutant and Instructor in Mathematics, V. M. I., ' i5- ' i7. 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 Offi- cer and Aide to the Superintendent.

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Faculty Col. Thomas A. E. Moseley A.B., Ph.D. Professor of French and Spanish Born August 27, 1886. Received A.B. degree from Johns Hopkins University, ' 07, and Ph.D. degree from the same university in ' 15. Instructor in Mod- ern Languages at Princeton, ' ii- ' i6. Professor of Romance Languages at Washington and Jefferson College, ' i6- ' i9. Since September, 1919, Professor of Romance Languages at V. M. I. Col. Robert B. Poague B.s. Professor of Descriptii ' e Geometry and Drauinff Born in Rockbridge County, Virginia, December 5, i88i. Graduated from V- M. L in 1900, fourth in class. With the American Telephone and Tele- graph Company and the Pennsylvania Railway. Commandant of Cadets at the Chamberlain-Hunt Academy, ' o2- ' o3. Assistant Professor of Physics at V. M. L, ' o+; transferred to the Department of Drawing as an Adjunct Professor, ' o8- ' i3. With Gulf and Ship Island Railway, ' o3- ' o4. In charge of Summer Coaching School, ' o8- ' i2. Associate Pro- fessor of Engineering, ' i3- ' 20. Since 1920, Colonel and Professor of Drawing and Descriptive Geom- etrv. 1$ m m

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ult Col. RA-iMoxD E. Dixon A.M. Professor of English and Literature Ripon College, ' o5- ' o7. University of Wisconsin, ' o7- ' o9 ; Summer Sessions, ' 09, ' 12, ' 20, ' 21. Univer- sity of Illinois, ' i4- ' i6. A.B. from University of Wisconsin, ' 09, and A.M. in ' 13. Instructor in Rhetoric, l niversity of Illinois, ' i3- ' i6. Assistant Cashier Dalton (Wis.) State Bank, ' i6- ' i9. Acting Head English Department V. M. I. February to June, 1919. Graduate nork in English and His- tory, University of Wisconsin, ' i9- ' 2o. Associate Professor of English and History V. M. I., ' 20- ' 2i. Professor of History and Literature and Head of the English Department, ' 2i- ' 22. Since, June, 1922, Pro- fessor of English and Literature. p. P ' ■A Col. Robert Scott Spillman M.D. Professor of Biology and Post Surgeon V. M. I. Class of 1893. University of New York; Bellevue Hospital Medical College, Class of ' 99. In Medical Corps during Spanish-American War. Medical Corps, Fifty-ninth Infantry, Fourth Divi- sion, A. E. F. Gassed in action on the Vesle River and in the Meuse-. ' rgonne drive. Cited and recom- mended for D. S. C. and for promotion. Since Sep- tember, 1921, Professor of Biologv and Post Surgeon V. M. I.