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

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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.

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mvflllailtrrl T wwf F Qi?-f f 1 . .X . . , .. X Mk 1 I' fi 22221 L . 5 .f C, .s i-Ig ., Q, Q., if., V. . . v 1 L-:jg H3111 Eg fl. - 71-ig ' E Professor ' COLONEL SAMUEL E. TILLMAN. Cadet, U. S. M. A., 1865-18695 appointed from Tennessee, graduated 33 2d Lieutenant 4th Cavalry, 1869-18723 transferred to Engineers, 18723 ist Lieutenant, 18723 Professor of Chemistry, Mineralogy and Geology, U. S. M. A., ISSO. ' Assistant Professor CAPTAIN JOHN MCA. PALMER, 15th Infantry. Class '92, graduated 19. ' Instructors CAPTAIN MILTON L. MCGREVV, 11th Infantry. Class 595i graduated IZ4. FIRST LIEUTENANT JULIAN A. BENJAMIN, 3d Cavalry. Class 'oog graduated 35. FIRST LIEUTENANT WILLIAM P. STOKEY, Corps of Engineers. Class '00, graduated 15. FIRST LIEUTENANT WILLIAM R. BETTISON, Artillery Corps. Class ,OIQ graduated 36.