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

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BOARD OF VISITORS June, 1907 APPOINTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES BRIOADIER-GENERAL THOMAS XNARD, U. S. A., QI. DR. ROSWELL PARIQ. ..... . . .Buffalo, N. Y. retired CPfCSlCl6l1tD ............ Rochester, N. Y. 5. COLONEL A. R. LAWTON. .. ...... Savarmah, Ga. GENERAL BIRD VV. SPENCER. . . ...... Passaic, N. I. 6. MR. ARCHIBALD PTOPKINS ..... . . .W'aslIiIIgToII, D. C. MR. GEORGE H. NEWMAN. . . . . Fayetteville, Term. 7. PTONORIXBLE N. T. GUERNSEY. . . . . .Des Moines, Ia. APPOINTED BY THE VICE-PRESIDENT PIONORABLE N. B. SCOTT. . . . . .West Virginia 9. T'-TONORABLE A. O. BACON fVice-Presicleutb . .Georgia APPOINTED BY THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES T'TONORABLE'J'OHN A. T. HULL .................. Iowa II. HSONORABLE IOI-IN XV. DXX'lLiliI'l' L'Secretaryl . .New York 12. HONORABLE JAMES HAY. .. .... Virginia 20

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in gray, had distinguished itself in battle. Since that day only the slightest alterations have been made in it, while other organizations have been subject to all kinds of change. Here is another example: ln 1808, Captain Alexander Thompson, once a Revolutionary officer, then military store- keeper at XfVest Point, died, leaving a widow and three small daughters penniless. Thewife of the Superintendent ob- tained permission from the Secretary of VVar for Mrs. Thompson to receive the fuel and rations of twelve cadets, and to board them in return. Gut of the savings she kept her family. In course of time Mrs. Thompson died, and the privilege was continued to her daughters, successively, until the death of the last one in 1875-SlXty-SQVCI1 years of care and consideration forthe family of a worthy officer Who shall say that the Army is not and Scores of instances of the sort families of officers and of Point, and the recital able chapter in our The Alumni.-It write'of the ing of its long line graduates. VVe are soldiers and of great school is a Merely to print a alumni would require more space than is allotted to me. A mere reference to the statistics printed in our Centennial volumes must suffice. The very best service that these great men have rendered to their Alma Mater is in setting a standard which every cadet must strive to reach, He is bound to do his best. Our Duty Now.-There is little doubt, that thefuture, perhaps the immediate future, holds severe trials to be un- dergone by our country. It is likely that the Army will be 'concerned in their settlement. It is more than probable that some one of our young officers, recently cadets, or some one now a cadet, will be a chief factor in the crisis. If he could know to what tests his manhood, his knowledge, his skill, his his moral courage would be put, there is no limit now prepare himself for that through life- force-but it is the to be not only will- competent to do of professional here and now, for each cadet of responsibilities As a good citi- prepared to know his :to perform them when

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ITARY STAF SUPERINTENDENT COLONEI. l'lUGll T.. SCOTT, Cadet, U. S. M. 'lgfl-I876Q appointed at large, graduated 36 in a class of 48, Second Lieutenant, 9tli Laifllry, 1876, First Lieutenant, 7tl1' Cavalry, 1878, Captain, 18951 Major, A. A. G., U. S. V., 1898, Lieutenant-Colonel, .-Nth., U. S. V., 1899, Adjutant-General of Cuba, l898'I903Q Governor Sulu Archipelago, 1903i Major, 14th Cavalry, 1903, Superintendent, U. S. M. A., 1906. STAFF CAI-rA1x ,losari-I S. l'iERRON, zd Cavalry, Class ,QSQ graduated 34 in a class of 52, Adjutant of the Military Academy and of the Post: Recruiting Oliicer, MAJOR Io11N M. CARSON, JR., Quartermaster, Class '85, graduated I4 ina class of 39, Quartermaster of the Military Academy and of the Post, Disbursing Officer, in Charge of Construction. FIRST L11-:UTENANT XVILLIAM S. BROXVNING, Artillery Corps, Class '01, graduated 13 in a class of 74, Commissary. CAPTAIN W1I.L1A:ii R. GROVE, Treasurer of the Military Academy and Quartermaster and Commissary of the Battalion of Cadets. CAPTAIN SAM F. Borroms, Commissary, in charge of Post Exchange. CACFTAIN LIORTON W. STICKLE, Corps of Engineers, Class ,QQQ graduated 3 in a class of 72, Assistant to the Officer in Charge of 'onstructiOn. ' CAPTAIN ROBERT C. Foy, Ioth Cavalry, Class lQ9Q graduated 62 in a class of 72, Assistant to the Quartermaster. FIRST LIEUTENANT WALTER D. SMITH, I4tl1 Cavalry, Class '01, graduated IQ in a class of 74. AIAJOR CHARLES M. GANDY, Surgeon, U. S. A. F1RsT LIEUTENANT LLOYD L. SMITH, Assistant Surgeon, U. S. A. CAPTAIN JO1-IN W. ITANNER, Assistant Surgeon, U. S. A. FIRST LIEUTENANT ROBERT C. LOVING, Assistant Surgeon, U. S. A. LIBRARIAN DR. EDXVARD S. HOLDEN, M. A., Sc.D., LL.D., Caclet.U. S. M. A., 1866- I87OQ appointed from Missouri, graduated 3 in a class of 58, Second Lieutenant, Corps of Engineers, I87DQ Professor of Mathematics, U. S. N., 1873-1881, Director of Washburn Observatory, 1881-1885, President of University of California, 1883-1888, Director of Lick Observatory, 1888-1898, Member of American Philosophical Society, National Academy of Sciences, Honorary Member Royal Astronomical Society CLondonJ, Astronomical Society of France, Italian Spectroscopic Society, etc., Knight of the Royal Order of Dannebrog of Denmark, Knight Commander of Ernestine Order of Saxony, Decoration of the Order of Bolivar, Venezuela, author of many scientific works, Librarian, U. S. M. A., 1902. ' CHAPLAIN DENTAL SURGEONS THE REVEREND EDWARD SCHOFTELD TRAVERS, A. B., 1898, A. M., 19o.1,'Trinity ROBERT T. OLIVER. College, Hartford, Conn., graduate of Berkeley Divinity School, Middletown, W,LLIAM H. CHAMBERS, Conn., IQOIQ served in Co. F, Ist Connecticut Volunteers, May 1 to October 31, 1898, Chaplain, U. S. M. A., December I, 1905. 2l