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

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IEIUEJERN, LANGUAGES ,lk -. vihl W i Wa a .f i Professor COLONEL EDWARD E. WOOD. Private 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry, September I8625 Sergeant, 1861, ISC Sergeant, 1864, 1st Lieutenant, 1864, Adjutant, 1864, A. C. of M., ISI Cavalry Division, Army of the Potomac, 1865. Cadet, U. S. M. A., 1866-1870, appointed from Pennsylvania, graduated 6, 2d Lieutenant, 8th Cavalry, 1870-1873, ISt Lieutenant, 1873-1886, Captain, 1886, Professor of Mod- em Languages, U. S. M. A., 1892. Associate Professor CAPTAIN WILLIAM KELLY, JR., 9th Cavalry. Class '96, graduated 57. Assistant Professor of the Spanish Language CAPTAIN WILLIAM O. JOHNSON, 16th Infantry. Class ,903 graduated 6. Assistant Professor of the French Language CAPTAIN ARTHUR THAYER, 3d Cavalry. Class '86, graduated 7. Instructors CAPTAIN WILLIAM NEWMAN, Ist Infantry. Class '92, graduated 38. CAPTAIN AMERICUS MITCHELL, 5th Infantry. Class '95, graduated 22. CAPTAIN JOSEPH WHEELER, JR., Artillery Corps. Class '95, graduated 15. CAPTAIN HARVEY W. MILLER, 13th Infantry. Class '98, graduated 26. FIRST LIEUTENANT CHARLES F. MARTIN, 5th Cavalry. Class 'oo, graduated I2. FIRST LIEUTENANT CHARLES R. LAWSON, Artillery Corps. Class 'oo, graduated 6. FIRST LIEUTENANT FRANK P. LAI-IM, 6th Cavalry. Class '01, graduated 23. SECOND LIEUTENANT STEPHEN ABBOT, Artillery Corps. Class '02, graduated 16. SECOND LIEUTENANT MARION W. I-IOWZE, Artillery Corps. Class '03, graduated 17. SECOND LIEUTENANT GEORGE A. LYNCH, 17th Infantry. Class '03, graduated 21. Civilian Instructors A. MARIN LA MESLEE. French. GEORGE CASTEGNIER. French. JOSE M. ASENSIO. Spanish. N. T.-QUEVEDO. Spanish.

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