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

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X 'exe RMB S fw.,5xs:.jfff-21553 Q Q fjj Department of Chemistry, Mineralogy and Geology PROFESSOR LIEUTENANT-COLONEL WIRT ROBINSONQ class of 18875 Professor of Chem- istry, Mineralogy and Geology, U. S. M. A., I9lI. ASSISTANT PROFESSOR CAPTAIN JOSEPH A. BAER, Cavalry: class of l900. INSTRUCTORS FIRST LIEUTENANT WA4LTER SINGLES, Coast Artillery Corpsg Class of l904. FIRST LIEUTENANT EDWARD W. PUTNEY, Coast Artillery Corpsg class of l908. FIRST LIEUTENANT JAMES L. DUNS- WORTH, Coast Artillery Corpsg Class of I 909. SECOND LIEUTENANT OLIVER A. DICK- INSON, 5th lnfantryg class of 1908. SECOND LIEUTENANT PHILIP GORDON, 2d Cavalryg class of l908. SECOND LIEUTENANT -CLYDE A. SELLECK, lst Field Artilleryg class of l9l0. SECOND LIEUTENANT FREDERICK A. HOLMER, Coast Artillery Corpsg class of l9lO. ' SECO-ND LIEUTENANT HARVEY M. I-loses, 4-th Field Artilleryg class of l9l0.

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X A -f A M Department of Drawing PROFESSOR. LIEUTENANT-C o E o N E E E D WIN R. STUARTg class of 1896: Professor of Drawing, U. S. M. A., 1911. ASSISTANT PROFESSOR FIRST LIEUTENANT RAY L. AVERY, Coast Artillery Corpsg class of 1908. INSTRUCTORS FIRST LIEUTENANT THEODORE M. CHASE, Coast Artillery Corpsg class of 1909. FIRST LIEUTENANT ELMER F. RICE, 1st lnfantryg class of 1907. SECOND LIEUTENANT PAUL A. LARNED, 5th Infantryg class of 1907. SECOND LIEUTENANT GEORGE F. PAT- TEN, 13th Cavalry: class of 1907. SECOND LIEUTENANT MEADE WILDRICK, Coast Artillery Corps: class of 1910.