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

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4' X . R 5 R , 34 .1 A -gas. 22231425 . ' Department of Modern Languages PROFESSOR LIEUTENANT-COLONEL CORNISLIS DEVV. NVILL- Coxg class of 18855 Professor of Mod- ern Languages, U. S. M. A., 1910. H ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR. ' MAJOR JAMES A. RYAN, Cavalryg class of Tsoq. A . ASSISTANT PROFESSORS FIRST LIEUTENANT THOMAS D. OSBORNE, 5th Field Artilleryg Assistant Pro- fessor of the Spanish Languageg class of 1905. FIRST LIEUTENANT WEST C. JACOBS, Coast Artillery Corpsg Assistant Professor of the French Languageg Class of'1908. INSTRUCTORS FIRST LIEUTENANT JAMES H. CUNNINGHAIT, Coast Artillery Corpsg class' of 1908. FIRST LIEUTENANT RODERICK DEW, 19th Infantry: Class of 1904. FIRST LIEUTENANT CHARLES S. CAFFERY, 28th Infantryg Class of 1905. FIRST LIEUTENANT FRANCIS G. DELANO, Coast Artillery Corpsg class of 1909. FIRST LIEUTENANT CHARLES S. HOYT, Cav- alryg class of 1904. FIRST LIEUTENANT WILLIAM T. RLIACRLIIL- LAN, Infantryg class of 1906. FIRST LIEUTENANT PHILIP J. R. KIEI-IL, Cavalryg class of 1905. SECOND LIEUTENANT PATRICK J, IVIORRISSEY, 25th Infantryg class of 1907. SECOND LIEUTENANT JoHN F. CURRY, 5th Infantryg Class of 1908. SECOND LIEUTENANT JAMES E. CHANEY, 9th Infantryg class of 1908. SECOND LIEUTENANT RICHARD D. NFXVMAN, 13th Cavalryg class of 1908. MR. JOSE N. ASENSIO, Instructor in Spanish. MR. N. T. QUEVEIIO, Instructor in Spanish. MR. JUSTIN M. CHENAL, Instructor in French. MR. JEAN CH. GAUTHIER, Instructor in French.

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