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

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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.

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