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

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Professor Lieutenant-Coi.onel William B. Gordon, Cadet. L'. S. M. A., 1873-1877; appointed from Pennsylvania; graduated 6; Second Lieutenant, 4th Artillery, 1877; First Lieutenant, Ordnance Department, 1881; Captain, 1891; Inventor of t S. 12-inch Mortar Carriage, Model 1896; Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy, I’. S. M. A., 1901. Assistant Professor Captain William P. Wooten, Corps of Engineers; (‘lass of (898; graduated 3. instructors First Lieutenant Matthew A. Cross, Coast Artillery Corps; Class of '04: graduated 43. First Lieutenant Benjamin H. L. Williams, Coast Artillery Corps; Gass 05; graduated 22. First Lieutenant Halsey Dunwoody, Coast Artillery Corps; Class ’05; graduated 25. First Lieutenant Geoffrey Bartlett. Coast Artillery Corps; Class ’07; graduated 16. Second Lieutenant Frederick E. Siiuyder. 2nd Cavalry; (‘lass '03; graduated 20. Second Lieutenant Jay L. Benedict, 14th Infantry; Class’04; graduated 26. Instructor.- - Mr. March, was there no mercury in this artificial horizon? Monsieur (gesticulating).— Yes, sir. hut I have used it once, and poured it away. Instructor- - Now, Mr. Murray, how could it Ik that way? Murray.— That's what I would like to know, sir.” Sttgrlic Instructor.— Where is this observation taken from? McCleary.— From the celestial equator, sir.” Instructor.— I don't quite see how that conclusion is arrived at. Kadbt. Yes, sir. It's a very difficult deduction, and it look me two hours to see it. I will explain it over again, sir. '7