Virginia Military Institute - Bomb Yearbook (Lexington, VA)

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MAJOB MUBRAY F. EDWARDS, B. S. Cadet Blees Military Academy, Macon, Missouri, 1809-1902; entered the Virginia Military Institute in 1004, graduating in 1(1(17 with second stand in class of thirty, and as Cadet First Lieutenant of Company B ; Second Jackson-Hope Medalist; Commandant Rugby Academy, New Orleans. 1007-08: Assistant Professor. Virginia Military Institute. 1008-00; Lehreramts- assistant in the Harbinger liealgymnasium and Bealschule, Harburg a. d. Elbe, Ger- many, under the auspices of the Carnegie Foundation, X. Y.. 1909-10; Instructor in Latin and German, Kirkwood High School, Kirkwood. Missouri. 1010-11: Post Ad- jutant and Assistant Professor of German, Virginia Military Institute, 1011-13; post- graduate student in German, University of Wisconsin, .summer sessions of 1011 and 1912; since 1913. Major and Adjunct Pro- fessor of German. Virginia Military In- stitute. 22

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LIEUT.-COL. ROBT. BARCLAY POAGUE, B. S. Bom in Rockbridge County, Virginia, December 5, 1881; attended Lexington High School ; entered the Virginia Military In stitute ISO , graduating in 1900 with fourth stand in elass of twenty-six: with the American Telephone and Telegraph Com- pany, and with the Pennsylvania Railroad. Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. 1900; Com- mandant of Cadets ( hamberlain-Hunt Academy, Port Gibson, Mississippi, 1902- 113; with the Gulf and Shi). Island Railroad Company, Gulfport, Mississippi, 1903-04; Assistant Professor of Physics. 1(104: Major and Adjunct Professor of Drawing, 1908- 1013: in charge of Summer Coaching School. 1908-12; since 1913, Lieutenant- Colonel and Associate Professor of Engi- neering. Virginia Military Institute.

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2rf ■hLiL JILis Wi List of Superintendents and Commandants upEtfnten Dents 1. Francis Hennet Smith. U. S. M. A.. 1829, 1839-1889. Resigned Second Lieutenant U. S. Artillery. 1836. Major-General, Virginia Militia, C. S. A. 2. Scott Siiipp. V. M. I., 1859, 1889-1907. Brigadier-General Virginia Volunteers. 3. Edward West Nichols, V. M. I.. 1878, 1907 . Brigadier-General Virginia Militia. CommanDants and Acting CommanDants 1. Francis Henney Smith. V. S. M. A., 1829, 1839-1842. Colonel Virginia Volunteers. 2. Thomas Hoomes Williamson , Ex-U. S. M. A.. 1829. 1842-184(1. Captain Virginia Volunteers. 3. William Gilham, U. S. M. A.. 1836, 1840-1802. Resigned First Lieutenant U. S. Artillery, 1840. Colonel Virginia Volunteers. Colonel 21st V irginia Infantry. C. S. A. 4. Scott Siiipp, V. M. T., 1859. 1802. to Jan., 1890. Lieutenant-Colonel C. S. A. and Virginia Volunteers. 5. Nathaniel Beverly Tucker, V. M. L, 1888, Jan., 1890. to March, 1890. Major Virginia Volunteers. 0. Asa L. Duncan, V. M. I., 1883, March, 1890, to Sept.. 1890. Major Virginia Volunteers. 7. Thomas R. Marshall, V. M. I.. 1879. Sept.. 1890. to June, 1S94. Colonel Virginia Volunteers. 8. Samuel Dickerson Rockenracii, V. M. I.. 1889. Sept.. 1894. to June, 1895. First Lieutenant U. S. Cavalry. 9. David Price, U. S. M. A., 1873, Sept., 1895. to May. 1898. First Lieutenant U. S. Artillery Corps. 10. Branch Beale Morgan, V. M. I., 1893, May. 1898, to June. 1900. Major Virginia Volunteers. 11. Richard Coke Marshall, V. M. L, 189S. June, 1900, to Feb.. 1902. Captain I . S. V. Major Virginia Volunteers. 12. Henry Clinton Ford, V. M. L. 1889, Feb., 1902, to Sept.. 1903. Major Virginia Volunteers. 13. Louis Harvey Strother, V. M. I., 1877, Sept., 1903, to June, 1900. Major U. S. Infantry. 14. Morrell Madison Mills, V. M. I., 1897, Sept., 1906, to June. 1909. First Lieutenant U. S. Artillery. 15. Samuel Reid Gleaves, Ex-V. M. I., 189S, U. S. M. A., 1900, Sept.. 1909. to June. 1912. Captain U. S. Cavalry. 10. Jennings C. Wise. V. M. I.. 1902. June. 1912 . Resigned Second Lieutenant U. S. Infantry. 1905. Colonel Virginia Volunteers. Professors of SQHitarp cienee COitJjout Cactical Duties 1. John Sprye Parke. Jr.. U. S. M. A.. 1875. Sept.. 1891. to June. 1893. First Lieutenant U. S. Infantry. 2. Edmund Molyneux Blake, U. S. M. A.. 1885, Sept., 1S93. to June, 1S95. Second Lieutenant 5th U. S. Artillery. 3. Henry W. T. Elgin, V. M. I.. 1905. Sept. 1912. to June, 1913. First Lieutenant U. S. Coast Artillery Corps. 4. Russell James, V. M. I., 1905, Sept., 1913 . First Lieutenant 3d U. S. Infantry.