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

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DEDICATION T is with pride and affection that the Class of 1961 dedicates its Howitzer to General Henry Clay Hodges, Jr. as the senior living member of the Long Gray Line. Born into an Army family in I860 at Ft. Vancouver in the Territory of Washington, he was the son of a West Point gradu- ate. His period of service to his country has spanned a full forty years. As a cadet, he became a Captain and devoted some of his time to the duties of a hop manager. He graduated in the upper half of his class and was one of its most popular members. Returning as a Math instructor. General Hodges witnessed the initiation of many of our current traditions. He saw Army football born under the urging and initiative of Michie, and with it the beginning of organized athletics at the Academy. Lieutenant Hodges went first to Ft. Clark, Texas where he had a minor encounter with some Comanches. After more frontier duty and his tour as a Math instructor, he returned to the West to command the Army ' s Indian Scouts. Subsequent years saw him suppressing the Moro Insurrection in the Philippines, acting as a Quartermaster, a recruiting officer, and a teacher, aiding in the action against Pancho Villa, and leading the .S9th In- fantry Division overseas during WWI. His varied and out- standing career command our esteem, and we of ' 61 are proud to dedicate to him our lloicitzvr.

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ADMINISTRATION page 27 CLASS HISTORY page 63 ACTIVITIES page l4l page 189

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