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

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: lll'THE 1909-HOWITZER irtLnjrlJai------- 1 —------------- “Of man’s first disobedience and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world and all our woes.” EKI‘i we to be deprived of this Department to play the role of anvil in the daily rendition of the Anvil Chorus, the loss would he irrcmcdial. There may he some who believe it more sinned against than sinning, hut these have seldom possessed the temerity to voice their protest in the frequent meetings of the wieldcrs of the sledge. Hut though the efficiency of these architects of our fate is so frequently called into question, none can deny the diversity of their activities or the reality of their omnipotence. They inquire into and interfere with the peaceful progress of our daily lives with a thoroughness and an attention to detail that inclines us toward a belief that the hairs of our heads must he numbered. From prescribing the character of our handwriting to compelling our use of white shirts- nothing escapes their careful surveillance. And as to their omnipotence, could this he better shown than by the instructions of the Com. to the effect that “the guard will he relieved at sunrise. The sun will rise at 4.80:” or the order that Patton so unhlushinglv published, “No matches will he left in the pockets of clothing sent to the laundry as they may take fire by order of Lieut.-Col. Howze?” Beside such powers ms these the medieval magic of one old scout, Joshua, in making the sun stand still, sinks to insignificance. As plchcs we shivered fearfully over allusions to dark prisons, lig! t prisons, and other methods for the punishment of wrong-doers, hut none of us have ever been called upon to brave the terrors of these ordeals. But one relic of the Inquisition still holds sway—the area. Those ingenious Spaniards who plied their trade with thumb-screws and the rack never devised torture as exquisite as is the lot of the miscreants who pack gravel in the area—“sentinels without a charge”- during a big football game. Lastly, it. is the Tactical Department whom we must thank for the compilation of our Vade Mccum—the Blue Hook which defines so succinctly the metes and hounds of the straight and narrow path that leads to Christmas leaves and the decorations of quilldom. Our venerable ancestors who drafted the Constitution on which our fatherland is run could not compose a document one-tenth the length of the set of rules and regulations that prevents the Corps of Cadets from going to the delimit ion how-wows. — 17 —

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T» OV WHO DIDST BESbT THE VJF. WERE TO WANDER ; COMMANDANT OF CADETS I.ikitknavt-Oou)nkI. Roiikht I.. I Iowzk. 6th Cavalry; Ciulrt. U. S. M. A.. 1883-1888; appointed from Texas; graduated 93; additional Second lieutenant. 1888; Second lieutenant. 1888; Medal of Honor. 1801; First lieutenant. 1896; Instructor of Tactics, f.S. M.A.. 1896; Captain and A. A. (I.. U. S. V., 1808; Senior Instructor of Cavalry Tactics. I’. S. M.A.. 1808; licutcnant-Coloncl. I . S. V., 1800; Brigadier-General, U. S. V., 1901; Major. Porto Ilico Regiment of Infantry, 1901, 190?, 1003. 1001; Captain, 1901; Commandant of Cadets, 1005. SENIOR I NSTRI CTORS Captain Morton E. Smith, 90th Infantry; class ’95; graduated 30; Senior Instructor of Infantry Tactics; Commanding Battalion of Cadets. Captain Chaiii.es P. Sumsikraii., 3d Field Artillery; class ’99; graduated 90; Senior Instructor of Artillery Tactics. Captain Guv V. IIknby, 19Ui Cavalry; class ’08; graduated 15; Senior Instructor of Cavalry Tnc-tics. INSTRCCTORS Captain Oscaii J. Ciiahi.ks, 17Hi Infantry; class '05; graduated 50; Commanding Battalion of Cadets. Captain Isaac Nkwki.i.. 99d Infantry; class ’00; graduated 38; Commanding Company of Cadets. Captain Hkr5iax i. Kokhi.kr. I . S. Army. Master of the Sword; Instructor of Military Gymnastics and Physical Culture. Captain Li.kwki.i.yn W. Oi.ivkii. 19th Cavalry; class '00; graduated 07; Commanding Company of Cadets. First Lieutenant Alfred A. Maybach, Coast Artillery Corps; class 01; graduated 38; Commanding Company of Cadets. First I.ikctenaxt Guy Kent, 1st Cavalry; class '01; graduated 71. Second Lieutenant E. Llewellyn Bnx, 99 1 Infantry; class ’03; gradunted 66; Conunanding Company of Cadets. Second Lieutenant Francis II. Faknum, 11th Infantry; class ’03; graduated 48; Commanding Company of Cadets. Second I.ikutkxaxt Benjamin E. Grey. 99th Infantry; class ’03; graduated 10; Commanding Company of Cadets. CIVILIAN INSTRUCTORS IN FENCING AND MILITARY GYMNASTICS Francis Dons, Ixn is Vaitiiier, Thomas Jenkins. 1C —

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tVfcfcY BRIDGE THAT HE MKES fjTHER BVCKLE3 OR BREAKS.” Department of Civil and Military Engineering PROFESSOR Coloxki. CiirjrrAV J. Fikiikgkh. Cadet, t’. S. M.A.. 1875-1879; appointed from Ohio; graduated 5; Second Lieutenant of Engineers. 1879; First Lieutenant, 188:?; Captain, 1891; Professor of Civil and .Military Engineering, U. S. M. A.. 189fi. ASSIST A NT PHO FKSSOR Fiiist Liimtkxaxt William A. Mitciikll, Corps of Engineers; class 0?; graduated 1. INSTRUCTORS Fiiist Likitkxaxt L. rio:xt i: V. Fiiazikr, Corps of Engineers; class ’0?; graduated 0. First Likctkxaxt Hakoi.ii C. Fiskk. Corps of En-gincers; class '03; graduated 3. Fiiist Liki tkxaxt Ji’i.ian L. Siiii.ky, Corps of Engineers; class '03; graduated 7. First Likutbxaxt William I). A. Axntaisox, Corps of Engineers; class '01; graduated 2. Department of Practical Military Engineering, Military Signalling and Telegraphy INSTRUCTOR Caitaix William P. Wootkx, Corps of Engineers, class '98; graduated 3. SENIOR ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR First Likctkxaxt .Mark Brook k. Corps of Engineers, class ’(0; graduated 5. — 18 —