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

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X 1 -may, ,,,,,, ,, .--- Q. .', 1 QSM-5.v9.A,4df:7 fEv,j ' . '. I, fflfif. '-f '.' . Department of Law PROFESSOR LIEUTENANT-COLONEL W A L T E R A. BETHEL f1V1ajor and judge Advo- catejg c1ass of 1839g Professor of Law, U. S. M. A., 1909. ASSISTANT PROFESSOR FIRST LIEUTENANT WILEY E. DAWSON, 21st Infantryg class of 1907. INSTRUCTORS SECOND LIEUTENANT EMILE V. CUTRER 11l11 Infantry: class of 1908. SECOND LIEUTENANT HUGH I-1. MCGE1-1 2d Cavalryg class of 1909.

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l Department of Practical Military Engineering, Military Signalling, and Telegraphy INSTRUCTOR MAJOR GILBERT A. YOUNGBERG, Corps of Engineersg class of l900. ASSISTANT INSTRUCTORS CAPTAIN ROGER G. ALEXANDER, Corps of Engineersg class of 1907. FIRST LIEUTENANT DANIEL D. PULLEN, Corps of Engineersg class of l9l0.