United States Military Academy West Point - Howitzer Yearbook (West Point, NY)

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file H O W I T Z E R 25 ,- I Z. 1:1 ,.f. , L x, P ill 4+ il A 'f' ' , 4' A 'W . C I I f ml DIDN,T PAY. . GAY Lussacz k'Now, Mr. NIacMillan, the department does not require you to perform all the mathematical work entailing the use of least squares or equations higher in degree than the Hfth,-just get a general idea of the subject, MAC: i'That's what I do, sir, but I don't seem to get much on those general ideas. g-2 HE HAD USED THEM. INSTRUCTOR! What are the variable elements of loading for any gun, Mr. Byrd ? - BYRD: uThe shot tray, shot hoist, and rammer, sir. v S.-J X' 1 A Gooo REASON. ,hifi I1 l l W PAINE frecitingj: uThe black powders were abandoned because the equation of the pressure curve was too complicated. 5 Q CONVENIENT Q A LIEUT. E.: HIS that figure in your subject, Mr. Davenport F DAV.: No sir, but that's where I get the gas for my subject, sir.

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5-EFA f r vii TZ13,i,f. X, I IJ All f Egzfw .af me ' fm 44 ' U Hi H U E l IQ ' .z. 4. . -'eUV,?Z5.f.?- fe 1' - is I :r' x 3' ' Q N Q . .ra ll W' -- X -latte' .fl rf' Qi.Qa.a . as ly l t I 4 t Pe-'pf' Q, 1' 4 . w I Q I . s ge. - firm' ,ai rag, U Instructor MAJOR ORMOND NI. LISSAK. Cadet, U. S. M. A., 1878-18823 appointed from California, gradu- ated 83 zd Lieutenant 4th Artillery, 1887.3 Assistant Professor of Mathematics, U. S. M. A., 18865 Ist Lieutenant, 18895 transferred to Ordnance, April, 18895 Captain of Ordnance, 1898: Major of Ordnance, I904.j Instructor of Ordnance and Gunnery, U. S. M. A., 1904. Senior Assistant Instructor CAPTAIN EDWARD P. O'HERN, Ordnance Department. Class 794, graduated 7. Assistant Instructors SECOND LIEUTENANT WILLIA SECOND LIEUTENANT ARTHUR H. M P. ENNIS, Artillery Corps. Class ,OIQ graduated zo. BRYANT, Artillery Corps. Class 'org graduated 2.2.

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' Professor LIEUTENANT COLONEL WILLIAM B. GORDON. Cadet, U. S. M. A., 1873-1877: appointed from Pennsylvaniag graduated 65 Captain Ordnance, ISQIQ Inventor U. S. 12-inch Mortar Carriage, Model 18963 Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy, U. S. M. A., 1901. Assistant Professor CAPTAIN PALMER E. PIERCE, I3tl1 Infantry. Class 791g graduated 42. Instructors CAPTAIN JOHN B. CHRISTIAN, 9th Cavalry. Class '963 graduated 13. FIRST LIEUTENANT CHARLES M. VVESSON, 8th Cavalry. Class 'cog graduated 7.1. FIRST LIEUTENANT WILLIAM I. WESTERVELT, Artillery Corps. Class 'oog graduated 16. FIRST LIEUTENANT WILLIAM S. BROYVNING, Artillery Corps. Class ,013 graduated 13. SECOND LIEUTENANT ADAM F. CASAD, Artillery Corps. Class 'ozg graduated 12.