The Class of 1901

No more class fights and other forms of hazing save West Point from being abolished

By Sylvia Graham, Register Editor.

One hundred and twenty-four young men, the bulk of the Class of 1901, entered the Academy on 19 Jun 1887. They arrived by boat or train and marched up the hill to report. Five more entered on 1 Sep 1897, and eleven more were turnbacks from other classes, making the total members of the Class of 1901 140. As a result of the Philippine Insurrection, the War Department ordered that the Class of 1901 graduate on 18 Feb 1901. Seventy-two graduated with two additional classmates graduating in June. Eight of the Class resigned, one was dismissed, 15 were turned back, and 42 were found.
        The Class President, William Reese Bettison, wrote down his memories for the 25th Anniversary Class Book. Beast Barracks memories were of  “double-timing from the second floor of the Cadet Store to the fourth floor of the old 8th Division carrying a chair, a mattress, a china wash basin, and a thousand other things.” Another memory was the sound of the heels of the first Yearling drillmaster squad as it came through the North Sallyport at their backs. He also mentions drill formations, the setting up exercises, the aching muscles, and all they had to learn overnight.
        Plebe camp brought no relief, only additional drills, the exercising inflicted by the yearlings, and hazing. They did enjoy the concerts, boxing, bowl races, etc. “All of it, hazing, work, and fun, was knitting us together into a class.” He also mentions the Color Line Show, the return of the furloughmen (the “cows”), the settling in barracks and the unyielding grind of academic work. He remembered their first Christmas (at West Point and away from home) as the most miserable, lonesome day of their lives. The words from a poem by Navy Naylor in the 1898 Howitzer sum up that feeling, “There’s nobody here to care.” Their spring drills began, war with Spain was declared, and the Class of 1898 graduated in April. They were recognized and became, socially, upperclassmen. He wrote about the plebes coming to camp. Their task was to educate them, but they didn’t agree with the TACs on how to do it.
        As yearlings, he wrote that they educated the plebes, but that the Class of 1901 was not able to work harmoniously with the TAC officers. “They thought we didn’t know anything about it, and we knew that they didn’t, so the trouble began.”
        September of their third year they were “up to our necks in academic work.” They also were introduced to the “riding hall nags,” resulting in fun, loss of skin, the inability to sit, and their eating off the mantel. They were focused on furlough, their marks dropped, and they sang songs on Battery Knox, cheering every boat and train. At Call to Quarters, they returned back across the plain and tried to study.
        Furlough came but about 30 classmates were unable to go on furlough and enjoy the girls, family, and fun. Those who did go returned to the old Murray Hill Hotel in New York for their furlough dinner before returning on the morning train to West Point. It took awhile, but they finally settled back into the routine and finished the year without losing any additional class members.
        The Class of 1900 graduated on schedule and the Class of 1901 became proud firstclassmen. When the plebes arrived, there was again trouble with the TACs. The TACs and the Class of 1901 clashed on the first classmen’s idea that they were responsible for the interior discipline of the Corps. The class members had more memories of plebe camp than of their last year at West Point. He goes on to mention the investigations by the War Department and a Congressional Committee into the Booze case and proposed resolutions in Congress to abolish West Point. The Class of 1901 worked out an agreement with the Corps that abolished class fights and certain other types of hazing, that he believed helped save West Point. “The War Department has ordered that your class be graduated February 18th. No noise please.” This announcement caused the excitement of selecting branches and ordering uniforms and “cits.” They had a graduation parade due to a February thaw, the next day was graduation, then a 20-day leave before reporting to their first assignments.
        There was no 1901 Howitzer as a result of the hazing controversy, so pictures and information come from a 1901 Memory Book, a 25th Anniversary Class Book, and family recollections and memorabilia.
        The Class of 1901 had three fathers, two grandfathers, and one great-grandfather who attended West Point. The 1901 graduates then had 24 sons, 12 grandsons and three great-grandsons attend West Point. Out of the 72 who graduated, upon their retirement, there were 12 brigadier generals, 2 major generals,  and a lieutenant general, and a Medal of Honor recipient.
        Some of the family memories were of Omar Telford, an ex-cadet, who missed a football game as the result of a detention being given by GEN J. J. Pershing. During Ed Canfield’s first year, he did a drawing of the main gate that was on display. At the time, it was regarded as the finest drawing ever done by a cadet. Canfield also was appointed as “buddy” to GEN MacArthur, Class of 1903, which resulted in their friendship. When Canfield later became an instructor at West Point, GEN MacArthur was one of his students. Creed F. Cox’s Academy ring is on display in the West Point Library. Although Daniel Dixon Gregory was a Protestant, he chose Roman Catholic when filling out his admission papers. It seemed he liked to sleep in, and the Catholic service, at 9:30 AM, better suited his needs! When his classmates found out, they called him Pope Gregory the Second. The nickname, “Pope,” stayed with him. When William Harllee left West Point as a result of the hazing scandal, he eventually became a Marine, rising to the rank of brigadier general. While in the Marine Corps, he designed a highly effective program of marksmanship instruction for their use. It was so effective that the Navy and the Army adopted the program. He later developed the system of education through correspondence courses that also became known as the Marine Corps Institute. In 1996, The Harllee Building was named for him at the Marine Corps Institute in Washington, DC. General Staff Corps, Assistant Chief of Staff, 82d Division, MG J. M. Wainwright, Class of 1906, wrote to Emory J. Pike’s mother informing her of her son’s death. In his letter to her he wrote, “He has been recommended for the Medal of Honor–When my time comes I only hope I can die as gallantly as did your son—”
        Summing up the feelings of the Class of 1901, Ernest D. Peek, at the presentation of an officer’s sabre to Cadet Captain William P. Ennis, Jr. ’26, said, “The profession of arms is an honorable one, and has always merited the best efforts of those who choose to serve their country in its ranks. We chose this profession many years ago and now welcome those who follow us. We pass on to our successors with confidence the high standards of duty, honor, patriotism, and service which we have striven to maintain.”

         I would like to thank the following family members for sharing their photos and memories with the Register.

        Ann K. Blanchard - Frank Keller
        Martha R. Boiardi - Edward Canfield
        Margaret K. Glyder - Daniel D. Gregory
        Rear Admiral John Harllee (Ret) - William C. Harllee, Ex-cadet
        Nancy Hieronymus - Ralph N. Hayden
        COL Francis B. Kane, Jr. (Ret) - Walter D. Smith
        Nadene King - Emory J. Pike
        Daniel Krum - Edmund K. Sterling
        James Lee - Walter H. Lee
        Laura Murph - Daniel D. Gregory
        Laura Peace - Willis G. Peace
        Betsy C. Rorty - Edward Canfield
        Comstock Small - Deane B. Small, Ex-cadet
        Naida Telford - Omar Telford, Ex-cadet

The Men of ’01

3994  The first graduate of the Class of 1901 was Edward Neele Johnston. Hailing from St. Louis, MO, Johnston came from a very distinguished family line. His ancestors founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and one relative built the first church organ of New England in Salem in 1714. Another relative, Samuel Johnston, became the first president of Kings College, now known as Columbia University in New York City.
        Before attending West Point, Johnston attended Washington College in Tacoma, WA; Bishop Scott Military Academy in Portland, OR; and Leland Stanford University in California. After graduation, “Mathy” was assigned to the 2d Battalion and stationed at Ft. Totten, NY, and placed in charge of road and bridge construction. He then served in the U.S. with the 2d and 3rd Battalions of Engineers and was a student at the U.S. Engineer School and an instructor at USMA in the Department of Civil and Military Engineering. At the same time, he worked on the construction of the Lock and Dam Number 4 on the Ohio River.  His thesis was published and he invented an electrical movable distant control device for operating construction cableways. The patented rights eventually were sold to the General Electric Company.
        Johnston was involved in many river and harbor projects that included the Mississippi River levee and bank protection; Keokuk Dam; the new lock at Sault St. Marie; Cumberland, Trinity, Ouachitas, Kentucky, and Ohio Rivers; and the jetties at Sabine Pass, TX. He eventually was placed in charge of the U.S. Engineer office at Wilmington, DE, and was a member of the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors. In 1916, Johnston was placed in charge of all new construction and improvements of the Chesapeake Bay on the Delaware, New Jersey, and Maryland coasts. In 1917, he was assigned as Commander of the 23rd Highway Engineers at Camp Meade, MD, and went with this regiment to France in 1918. He then served as Assistant Chief of Chemical Warfare Services, A.E.F., in France until 1918.
        COL Johnston retired in 1924 after an illustrious military career. He received the Distinguished Service Citation, Distinguished Service Medal, Distinguished Service Order, and Legion of Merit. He died in San Francisco, CA, in 1936 at the age of 60.  He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery with many classmates attending the services.

3995  Clarence Osborne Sherrill, 2d in his class, was born in North Carolina in 1876 and appointed from that state. After graduation, he was assigned to the Philippines to build roads and bridges and also surveyed campsites and trails in Northern Luzon. In 1903, he was assigned to the 2d Battalion of Engineers in Washington, DC, and then was the social aide to the President during   1903–04. In January of 1903, he was promoted to first lieutenant of the Corps of Engineers. In this capacity, he was acting aide to GEN Bell at the Manassas, VA, maneuvers and also at Ft. Leavenworth, KS. He then attended the Infantry and Cavalry Schools, after which he served as an umpire and instructor at the maneuvers of regulars and militia. He attended both the Staff College, where he was an honor graduate, and the Infantry and Cavalry School. He did a staff ride over Sherman’s route to Atlanta in July of 1907. In August 1907, he was the umpire and instructor for the Coast Artillery maneuvers at Ft. McKinley, Portland, ME. From there he went to Ft. Leavenworth, KS, as an Instructor in Engineering at the Army School of the Line and Staff College. Promoted to Captain of the Corps of Engineers, he then served in Mobile, AL, on the River and Harbor Works. In August of 1912, he was at Galveston, TX, as Engineer, 1st Separate Brigade, and then on to New Orleans, LA, where he was in charge of the 4th Mississippi River District and promoted to major. In 1914, he was Assistant to the Department Engineer, Philippine Department, Manila. Next, he served in the Panama Canal Zone as Department Engineer and District Officer in charge of fortifications, followed by duty at Boston, MA, as Department Engineer, Northeastern Department, where, in 1917, he was temporarily promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, Corps of Engineers, and then Colonel of Engineers. At Camp Upton, NY, he commanded the 302d Engineers, 77th Division, for a short time before deploying to France, again commanding the 302d Engineers before becoming Chief of Staff of the 77th Division. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal while in France as well as the French Croix de Guerre with palm. At Coblenz, Germany, he was a member of the Bridgehead Commission, Third Army, A.E.F., and then Division Engineer of the 29th Division. Next, he was in charge of the Military Construction Division, Office of the Chief of Engineers, Washington, DC. In 1920, he was returned to the grade of major and then promoted to lieutenant colonel and placed in charge of Public Buildings and Grounds. While in Washington, he was involved with the Arlington Memorial Bridge and the completion of the Lincoln Memorial. Before resigning in January of 1926, he was in charge of 40 public buildings, 508 parks, and several construction jobs. He served as a colonel in the U.S. Reserve Engineers during 1926–31 and was put on the eligible list for brigadier general per examination from 1926–28. Several books were co-authored with COL P.S. Bond on military map reading, sketching, and topography. Upon retirement, he became City Manager of Cincinnati, OH; served on many committees in Cincinnati; and became Vice President of Kroger Grocery and Baking Company. He died in Cincinnati, OH, on 6 Feb 1959 at the age of 82.

3996 John Hudson Poole, graduated 3rd in his class and was born in Michigan in 1878. His parents were descendants of early colonial families. He was assigned to the Corps of Engineers even though his first ambition was to become a Cavalry officer. In 1903, he was assigned to duty under the Chief Engineer of the Division of the Philippines and was promoted to first lieutenant.  When he returned to the United States, he was the Superintendent of the State, War, and Navy Department Buildings and was promoted to captain in 1908. During that time, he introduced many changes in personnel and practices that resulted in economies of material resources. He resigned in 1910 to go into private engineering. He was commissioned as a Major, Reserve Engineers, in the Officers’ Reserve Corps until called to active duty in 1917 and sailing to France with his regiment. While in France, he was Deputy G-4 at Tours. There, he was decorated with the French Legion of Honor as an officer and the French Order de l’Etoile Noire as a commander. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel and then colonel in 1918.  He was honorably discharged in 1919 and went back into private business. He died at the age of 62 in Pasadena, CA, on 31 Aug 1940.

3997  Born in Oshkosh, WI, in 1978, Ernest Dichmann Peek graduated 4th in the Class of 1901. He was near the top of the class his entire cadet career, participated in sports, and was a cadet officer. After graduation, Peek joined the Corps of Engineers and went to the Philippines. He was assigned to road and wharf construction in Mindanao and eventually was involved in the expedition led by Pershing. Peek received the Silver Star for his actions.
        His next assignment was to Washington Barracks, DC, where he was assigned to river and harbor work on the Kentucky River. In 1906, he transferred to Yellowstone Park in Wyoming to work on improving the road and bridges. The Army School of the Line was next, and his status as a Distinguished Graduate led to assignment to the Staff Class at Ft. Leavenworth. During 1912–16, Peek was stationed in Minnesota and supervised the improvements in the harbor of Lake Superior. He also was in charge of the St. Paul Engineer Office and the lock and dam project on the Mississippi River. The U.S. entered WWI while he was on that assignment, and he went to France with the 21st Engineers, which he organized. Peek received the Distinguished Service Medal for his service there.
        Peek returned to the U.S. in 1919, served in the office of the Chief of Engineers, and began the Army War College in the same year. He stayed at the college as an instructor until 1921. He then worked in the Canal Zone as a member of the General Staff in charge of War Plans and Training.
        In 1927, he was a student at Babson Institute, was an honor graduate, and then took a six-month course at Poore Publishing Company. In 1929, he again was assigned to New York City for river and harbor work. During 1930–34, Peek was the Corps Area Inspector at Governors Island, NY. In 1937, he was promoted to brigadier general and commanded the 4th Infantry Brigade stationed at Ft. Francis Warren, WY. He was promoted to major general in 1940 and became Commanding General of the 9th Corps Area. Peek also earned an LL.D. from the University of Wyoming.  He retired in 1942 because of a physical disability, and was the last remaining member of the Class of 1901 on active duty.
        Peek also won awards from the French government: the French certificate of the National Order of the Legion of Honor, and the French Croix de L’Etoile for Officers. BG Peek died on 22 Apr 1950 in San Francisco, CA, and is interred in Arlington National Cemetery.

3998  “Duty, Honor, Country.” Walter Hatch Lee, born on 31 Aug 1878 in Glencoe, NC, was killed in action on 10 Jun 1901 at Batangas Province, Philippines, at the young age of 23, the first to die in the Class of 1901. He entered West Point on 19 Jun 1897 after taking a competitive examination in Asheville, NC, and winning an appointment. Even though he was one of the youngest in order of merit, he was a first section man and graduated 5th in his class. He was assigned to the Corps of Engineers and served in the Philippines in Manila. From there, he went to Lipa, Province of Batangas, to repair and construct roads and bridges. Soon after arriving, he volunteered to accompany a detachment of the 21st Infantry under CPT W. H. Wilhelm in search of insurgents. They encountered the enemy early in the day and were under heavy fire. Lieutenant Lee was wounded in the left hand, losing 3 fingers, but continued firing. A short time later, he was severely wounded in the abdomen, resulting in his death a half hour later. MAJ Clinton B. Sears is quoted as saying, “He died the death of a gallant soldier with his face to the enemy.” Two fortifications at the Ft. Flagler Military Reservation bear the names of the two heroes who lost their lives as a result of this action. “Battery Wilhelm, in honor of the gallant captain of the expedition, and Battery Lee, in honor of the brave and gallant Lieutenant Walter Hatch Lee.”

3999  George Redfield Spaulding was born in Monroe, MI, on 25 Jan 1877. Upon graduation, he served in the Philippines with the 1st and 2d Battalions of Engineers, building roads and doing bridgework. He was promoted to first lieutenant on 3 Apr 1903 and served with the 2d Battalion of Engineers at Washington Barracks from December 1904 to June 1905. During that time, he was in Manassas, VA, doing surveying. In Pittsburgh, PA, he helped initiate the Ohio River series of dams. He also served as Chief Engineer Officer in the Southwestern Division and Engineer Officer in the Department of the Colorado. Under COL C. E. L. B. Davis, Corps of Engineers, Detroit, MI, he was temporarily in charge of the Detroit District, river and harbor. He was promoted to captain on 2 Jun 1908. In August 1908, he served in Jacksonville, FL, where he was in charge of various fortifications, rivers, and harbors. During the three years at Jacksonville, he recommended building a harbor in Tampa; built the St. Johns River jetties; started the inland waterways canal; and received the Carnegie Medal for saving two men from drowning. The next three years he was at Ft. Leavenworth, KS, as an instructor in the Army Field Engineer School and was promoted to major. He then was in charge of the First River and Harbor District, in Cincinnati, OH, and Louisville, KY. From there, he went to Ft. Myer as an instructor at the training camp and temporarily was promoted to lieutenant colonel. In France, he commanded the 305th Engineers, was Division Engineer of the 80th Division, and served as Chief Engineer with the 5th Corps, First Army, and Third Army. He then was Assistant to the Chief Engineer, A.E.F. At Trier, Germany, he was a member of the Dickman Board on Organization and Tactics. He received three medals during the war, the Distinguished Service Medal, the French Legion d’Honneur, and the Belgian Order of Leopold. Upon returning to the U.S., he was an instructor at the General Staff College in Washington, DC, and returned to the grade of major. A year later, as a lieutenant colonel, he was in Florence, AL, as District Engineer where he completed the Muscle Shoals Dam (Wilson Dam). He returned to Louisville, KY, as District Engineer and completed the Ohio River project that he had started in 1916. While a Division Engineer of the Upper Mississippi Valley Division in St. Louis, MO, and a member of the Mississippi River Commission, he was promoted to colonel on 1 Jul 1931. His next duty was at Washington, DC, in the Office of the Chief of Staff and then on to Ft. Humphreys, VA, as Commander of the Post and Engineering School. In New York, NY, he served as Engineer of the North Atlantic Division and was promoted to brigadier general. He returned to Washington, DC, as Assistant Chief of Staff, G-4. In 1938, he retired from a disability in the line of duty. He died on 28 Jun 1962 at Bradenton, FL, at the age of 85 years. He is interred in Arlington National Cemetery.

4000  Elliott Johnstone Dent, born in Pennsylvania on 1 Nov 1877, graduated 7th in his class as a second lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers. He served in the Philippines during 1901–03, doing survey and road work. He worked on the Isle of Cebu, Panay, Negros, and Luzon. Before returning to the U.S., he was promoted to first lieutenant. After garrison duty at Washington Barracks, DC, in the fall of 1904, he was assigned as Assistant to the District Engineer of the Washington District, in charge of the Washington Aqueduct, building new piers, the Washington Filtration Plant, the Tidal Basin bridge, filling in Potomac Park, and building the Government Pier. He was promoted to captain in 1908 and served at Vancouver Barracks, WA, commanding Company B and Company F of the Engineers. In 1910, he became Chief Engineer Officer in the Department of the Columbia, mapping west of the Cascades in Washington and Oregon. He also worked on coast defense plans and was in charge of the Engineer Department and the pontoon trains. In 1913, he was assigned to San Juan, Puerto Rico, and served as the assistant to the District Engineer. He then went to New York City and served as the Assistant in the 2d District of New York. In 1914, he was promoted to major in charge of the Engineer District at Little Rock, AR; Portland, OR, and Seattle, WA. He published Part II of a paper on Pipeline Dredges and made a preliminary report on the Saint Francis River. He also did river, harbor, and fortification work. As a colonel of the Corps of Engineers, he commanded the 26th, 24th, and 34th Engineers. In 1918, he went to France as a Division Engineer with the 26th Division in the Haute Alsace Sector, was transferred to the 104th Engineers of the 29th Division, and participated in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. He then commanded the 4th Engineers in the Army of Occupation. Upon returning to New Orleans, LA, as District Engineer, he was returned to the grade of major. Shortly after he again was promoted to lieutenant colonel. Then, in 1923, he served as District Engineer of Nashville, TN, and Detroit, MI. In 1928, he was a student at the Army Industrial College and, upon graduation, became a member of the Board on Sand Movement and Beach Erosion, conducting special inspections and reports concerning the Delaware and Chesapeake Canal, the Missouri River, and the Colorado River. He next commanded the 13th Engineers at Ft. Humphrey’s, VA. After his promotion to colonel, he transferred to Baltimore, MD, where he served as a member on the Boards for Beach Erosion; Shore Protection, Rivers and Harbors; Susquehanna River Flood Control, Columbia River Jetty; and South Atlantic Division Jetty and Dredge. At his request, he retired on 30 Nov 1937 after 30 years of service. He died at the age of 86 in Winter Park, FL, on 10 Jan 1960.

4001  William Goff Caples was born in Glasgow, MO, on 21 Aug 1878. After graduating form Pritchett College, he entered West Point, became one of the first section men, and graduated 8th in his class. He was known for his good humor, characteristic chuckle, and hearty laugh. He was commissioned in the Corps of Engineers and spent the next two years in the Philippines. After he returned to the U.S., he was assigned to the 1st Battalion of Engineers at Ft. Riley, KS. He served with the Jefferson Guard Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St. Louis, MO. The next three years he served in the Nashville and Chattanooga District as the Recorder of a Board on the improvement of Muscle Shoals. He also served as an assistant lighthouse Engineer in Mobile, AL. He was promoted to captain in July 1908. His next duty was with the 3rd Battalion of Engineers at Ft. Leavenworth, KS. He then participated in field duty, under the Maneuver Division at San Antonio, TX, serving with Company I of the battalion. In 1912, he was detailed in the office of the Chief of Engineers, where he was promoted to major and remained until 1914. Next, he was in charge of the 4th Mississippi River District in New Orleans, LA. He then was transferred to the 2d Engineers and, in 1917, participated in the Mexican Punitive Expedition. During 1917, he commanded the provisional regiments of Engineers; served as District Engineer at El Paso, TX, and was promoted to Colonel of Engineers, National Army. His next assignment was with the 310th Engineers. He then was designated as Division Engineer of the 85th Division at Camp Custer, MI. In 1918, he went to France with the 85th Division, then commanded the 1st Engineers, and served as Division Engineer of the 1st Division in the St. Mihiel Offensive. Next, he attended the Army Engineer School and then the Army General Staff College at Langres, France. He served as Chief of Staff of the 1st Replacement Depot, Saint Aignan, France, and then commanded the 307th Engineers in France before returning to the U.S. in 1919. At Ft. Logan, CO, he served in the General Recruiting Service and as Assistant G-2 for the 8th Corps Area. Next, he graduated from the School of the Line at Ft. Leavenworth, KS, and graduated with honors from the General Staff School in 1922. He spent a short time at Camp Dix, NJ, then the Army War College. Upon graduation, he was detailed to the War Department General Staff in the G-4 Section. He was Director of the War Plans Course of the Army War College for two years, until 1928, when he went to Corozal in the Panama Canal Zone. He commanded the 11th Engineers and acted as Division Engineer. Upon returning to the U.S., he served the next five years in Chicago, IL, and Charleston, SC, as District Engineer. In 1936, he was detailed as the Corps Area Engineer of the 9th Corps Area and served at the Presidio of San Francisco, CA. His main accomplishment while there was his planning the “cloverleaf” junction with the original approach to the Golden Gate Bridge. At the age of 62, he died on 5 May 1940 at the Presidio of San Francisco, CA.

4002  Henry Clay Jewett graduated 9th in his class and was commissioned into the Corps of Engineers.  Born in Buffalo, NY, on 8 Apr 1879, he was a man of distinct character, whose engaging personality made him friends wherever he went.
        Jewett’s military career began at Ft. Totten, NY, and shortly thereafter, he moved to Washington Barracks, DC, with the 3rd Battalion of Engineers. He attended the Engineer School of Application, and graduated in March of 1903. While there, he also served as Junior Aide at the White House under President Teddy Roosevelt and officiated at the laying of the cornerstone of The Army War College.
        As a second lieutenant, he served as Commanding Officer of Company K and accompanied the 3rd Battalion of Engineers to the Philippines. While there, he surveyed the boundary of Camp John Hay Baguio in the rugged mountainous province of Benguet. He also was in charge of the maintenance of military roads on the island of Mindanao and took part in the campaign against the Moros in 1904–05. As a lieutenant, Jewett was assigned to the extremely important duty of river and harbor work. His first assignment was in Boston in 1906. During the following years as captain, then major, he served in Maine and Oregon, as Assistant and also District Engineer. At the beginning of WWI, he performed river and harbor duty as District Engineer in Minnesota and also in Virginia while a major and, later, as a lieutenant colonel. Two notable projects during his tour were the construction of the north jetty at the mouth of the Columbia River and the completion of The Twin City Dam on the Mississippi River between Minneapolis and St. Paul.
        When the U.S. entered the war, he was in Camp Lewis, WA, where he organized and trained the 36th Engineers. As commanding officer of this regiment, he went to France as part of the 91st Division and took part in the Battle of St. Mihiel. On 26 Sep 1918, he was assigned to command the 182d Infantry Brigade during the Argonne-Meuse Offensive. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for gallantry in action and recommended for promotion to brigadier general.
        On 23 Oct 1918, he was appointed Chief of Staff of the 91st Division and took part in the Yyres-Lys Offensive. While in Belgium after the Armistice, he was present, as the division representative, at the official entry of the King of the Belgians and Allied troops into Brussels. Later, he participated in the official entry of the French and American troops into Germany at Aix-le Chapelle.
        From Belgium, he received the Cross of an Officer of Leopold I; from France, the Croix de Guerre with silver star and the Cross of an Officer of the Legion of Honor. From his own country, he received the Distinguished Cross, the Purple Heart, and the Distinguished Service Medal.
        COL Jewett held high staff positions during his career, and his name was carried on the General Staff Corps Eligible List. As a captain, he was Battalion Adjutant, Post Adjutant, and Secretary of the Engineer School. He was a general staff officer of the American Expeditionary Force. After the war, he was Chief of the Military Division of the Office of Chief of Engineers, Dept. Engineer of the Philippine Department, during 1925–27, and in 1934, was again holding the same important post at the time of his death. He died in Manila, Philippines, on 18 Oct 1934, at the age of 55.

4003  Arthur Williams, born in Fayette County, IN, on 21 Mar 1877, taught in a district school there during 1896–97. He won his appointment to West Point over a large field of contestants and was appointed from his home district. He graduated 10th in his class and served in the Corps of Engineers. As a second lieutenant, he served at Ft. Totten before going to the Philippines with the 2d Battalion of Engineers. While in the Philippines, he accomplished engineering work on the port of Manila, purchasing engineering supplies from the open market, and constructed a road in the Jolo area. He became seriously ill with dysentery and never completely recovered.
      Upon returning to the U.S., he served at Ft. Leavenworth with the 1st Battalion of Engineers for three years. During that time, he joined several rifle shooting teams. In 1906, he was on the Cavalry team and participated in the Nation Match, then became the statistical officer at the National Matches during 1907–08. During 1906–12, he was engaged on river and harbor work at Zanesville and Cincinnati, OH; Portland, OR; and Seattle, WA. He was promoted to captain in 1909 and designed the gates and supervised the design of the Lake Washington Lock at Seattle, WA. He was very proud of that and considered it his most important engineering work.
      During 1912–14 he served with the troops at Ft. Leavenworth, KS, and then commanded a company of the 2d Battalion of Engineers at Texas City, TX. In 1915, he was promoted to major and was in charge of the river and harbor work at Portland, OR, for the next two years. In 1917, he retired for disability in the line of duty. He volunteered for active duty early in WWI and was assigned to Washington, DC, as Assistant to the Chief of Engineers. During that time, he temporarily was promoted to lieutenant colonel but returned to the rank of major at the end of the war. In June 1930, he was given the permanent rank of lieutenant colonel, retired. He died at the age of 53 years on 20 Aug 1930 in Marion, IN.

4004  Wildurr Willing was born on 1 May 1876 in Mississippi and was appointed from that state. He graduated eleventh in his class and was commissioned in the Artillery, serving in Jackson Barracks, then Ft. St. Philip, LA. He transferred to the Corps of Engineers, in March of 1902 and served with Company B, 1st Battalion of Engineers, at Jefferson Barracks, MO, then at Ft. Leavenworth, KS, as Assistant Instructor of Engineering, U.S. Infantry and Cavalry School. He served two years in the Philippines as Assistant Lighthouse Engineer then Lighthouse Engineer. During that time, he constructed several reinforced concrete lighthouses. Upon returning to the U.S., he was assigned to do river and harbor work in New Orleans, LA, then was in charge of improvements in the Yellowstone National Park. He was promoted to captain in 1909. In 1911, he commanded Company B, 1st Engineer Battalion, at Jackson Barracks then Ft. St. Philip, LA. Engineers at Washington Barracks, Washington, DC.  In February 1915, he was promoted to major and served in St. Louis, MO, in charge of improvements in the Mississippi River from the mouth of the Missouri River to the mouth of the Ohio River and also was the lighthouse inspector in the 15th Lighthouse District. While at Ft. Leavenworth, KS, in command of the 2d Battalion, 7th Engineers, he was promoted temporarily to lieutenant colonel. Then, in 1917, he was promoted to Colonel of Engineers, National Army, and commanded the 25th Engineer Regiment at Camp Devens, MA. He was assigned to command the 12th Engineers, a light railway regiment, in France on the British front during the battle of Picardy. On July 25th, his regiment was transferred to the 1st American Army in the Baccarat Sector. He returned to the U.S. in 1918 and commanded the Engineer troops at Ft. Benjamin Harrison, IN. He was District Engineer at St. Louis, MO, and then Secretary of the Mississippi River Commission. In Boston, MA, he was District Engineer and performed river, harbor, and fortification duties. In July of 1920, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel of the Corps of Engineers and graduated from the General Staff School at Ft. Leavenworth, KS. Next, he served in Boston, MA, as Corps Area Engineer, 1st Corps Area. From 1925–27, he was the commanding officer at Corozal, Canal Zone, and Commanding Officer of the 11th Engineers, Department Engineer, and Division Engineer of the Panama Canal Division. Upon returning to the U.S., he served at Ft. Humphreys, VA, on special duty as an instructor at the Engineer School, then in Washington, DC, as a student at the Army War College. He graduated in 1929. Next, he served as the district engineer with river and harbor duties at St. Paul, MN. As colonel of the Corps of Engineers, he served at Ft. Logan, CO, where he commanded the 2d Engineers and the Colorado District CCC. In July of 1936, he served in Washington, DC, as a resident member of the board of engineers for rivers and harbors for three years. His last duty before retiring for a disability in the line of duty in February 1940 was in Boston, MA, in the 1st C.A. He died in New York City on 19 Nov 1958 at the age of 66.

4005  Born in Iowa on 12 Sep 1875, William Leo Guthrie, was appointed to West Point from Colorado. He graduated 12th in his class and was commissioned in the 12th Cavalry, serving at Ft. Sam Houston, TX, and Ft. Clark, TX. In 1902, he transferred to the Corps of Engineers and served at Washington, DC; Manila, Philippines; Ft. Leavenworth, KS; and Ft. Riley, KS. In 1907, he sailed for Cuba with Company M, 3rd Battalion of Engineers, and served at Camp Columbia, Cuba. Next, he served in the Department of Public Works at Havana until returning to the U.S. in January 1908. Upon his return to the U.S., he served, for two years, on the River and Harbor Improvement in Oswego, NY. The next year, he served at the Army Field Engineer School at Ft. Leavenworth, KS, and, for three years, commanded an Engineer Company at Ft. Leavenworth, KS, and Texas City, TX. In the years 1915–17 he was in charge of the river and harbor improvements at Mobile, AL. He was promoted to colonel of the Corps of Engineers in August of 1917 and commanded the 309th Engineers at Camp Zachary Taylor, KY. He had entered West Point with a weakened heart condition and that condition caused his death on 8 Apr 1918 at Camp Zachary Taylor, KY, at the age of 42.

4006  The next to graduate from West Point was William Stacy Browning. He was born in Brooklyn, NY, in 1877 and graduated 12th in the Class of 1901. After graduation, Browning was assigned to the Artillery Corps and then transferred to the Field Artillery in 1903.
In 1904, Browning taught at the Academy in the Department of Natural and Experimental Philosophy.  He then attended the School of Fire for Field Artillery at Ft. Sill and the Army School of the Line, where he was an honor graduate. The Army Staff College followed in 1914 and the Army War College in 1922. After graduating from the Army Staff College, Browning was assigned to the General Staff Corps until 1918, when he was ordered to Versailles, France, as a member of the American Section of the Supreme War Council. He then served as an assistant to GEN Tasker H. Bliss as a member of the American Delegation to the Peace Conference in Paris. His last assignment before retiring was command of the Military Department of the University of Florida.
        GEN Browning received the Distinguished Service Medal; the Distinguished Service Order (Britain); Officer of the Legion of Honor (French); and the Order of the Solidaridad (Panama). He also received many campaign and service medals from the Spanish-American War and WWI (including two battle clasps).  He died in Rockville Centre, NY on 15 Apr 1944 at the age of 66.

4007  Born in Ohio in 1880, Clarence Hollister Knight grew up in Florida, often being home schooled by his parents. Before attending West Point, he completed two years at the east Florida Seminary in Gainesville, FL. He traveled a great deal in the summers at the urging of his parents.
        Knight was assigned to the Corps of Engineers after graduation and served in various places from Ft. Barrancas; Pensacola; to Yellowstone National Park; to the Philippines. He retired from active duty in 1920. He spent his retirement in Florida fishing, golfing, and sailing. He died after a brief illness in 1956 in Clearwater, FL.

4008  One of a family of nine children, Nathaniel Ephraim Bower was born in Mooresburg, PA, on 30 Mar 1879 and, from the age of nine, was raised by his sister. He graduated as valedictorian of his high school class in 1896, after which he took the competitive examination and entered West Point in June 1897. He graduated 15th in his class and was  commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Artillery Corps. In 1902, he transferred to the Corps of Engineers, where he served with the 1st Battalion of Engineers. Due to his exactness and reliability, he often was given special duty such as topographical officer of the battalion. In 1903, he did a survey and prepared a map of West Point, KY.  Later that year, he served as Assistant to the Chief Umpire at the Ft. Riley Maneuvers, then as Assistant in the Department of Roads and Buildings at Ft. Leavenworth. His appointment as Quartermaster of the battalion was effective on 1 Jun 1904. On 13 Jun 1904, he was promoted to first lieutenant, the same day he was killed instantly by lightning while on the target range at Ft. Leavenworth, KS. He was only 25.

4009  Sixteenth in the class of 1901, Francis William Clark was born in Kansas on 20 Nov 1877. Appointed from Illinois in 1897, he was Cadet First Captain and lettered in football, track, and baseball. His first assignment was at old Ft. Morgan, AL, in the Artillery. From there, he joined the 20th Battery of Field Artillery at Ft. Riley, KS.  In 1904, he became a mathematics instructor at West Point. Less than a year after his April 1905 promotion to first lieutenant, he was appointed as aide-de-camp to BG Albert L. Mills in the Philippines. He was an honor graduate from the Coast Artillery School at Ft. Monroe, VA, in 1908 and then graduated with the Advanced Class in 1909. Later that year, he was promoted to captain. June 1910 found him at Ft. Mills, Corregidor, Philippines. He also served in the Office of the Chief of Coast Artillery, the General Staff, in Washington, and as Assistant Chief of Staff of the 91st Division at Ft. Lewis. In 1918, he was sent to the General Staff College at Langres, France. He then served with the III Army Corps, A.E.F., on the general staff. The WWI Victory Medal with four battle clasps (Aisne-Marne, Oise-Aisne, Meuse-Argonne, Defensive Sector) and the Distinguished Service Medal were awarded to him. He then went to the General Staff School at Ft. Leavenworth, KS. After graduation, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel. Next, he attended the Army War College in Washington, DC, graduating in 1921. He served in the G-4 Section of the War Department, General Staff, before going to Ft. Lewis, WA, as second in command of the 10th Field Artillery. In 1928, he was transferred to Ft. Hayes, Columbus, OH, as Assistant Chief of Staff of the V Corps Area. In September of 1931, he was promoted to Colonel of Field Artillery, after which he returned to Ft. Lewis to command the horse-drawn 10th Field Artillery. While at Ft. Lewis, he also served as Chief of Staff of the 3rd Division. He retired in 1939 after 40 years of service. Two years later, he was called back into service and commanded the Presidio of Monterey. He then retired in 1943 for a physical disability in the line of duty as a result of his reaction to the yellow fever shots given to him in 1942. He died in Carmel, CA, on 12 Nov 1948 at the age of 70.

4010  Joseph Fauntleroy Barnes, the son of Joseph Barnes and Harriet Chew, was born in Washington, DC, on 15 Sep 1878. He was educated in the public school system and spent time at Emerson Institute and Columbia College. Before his entrance into West Point, Barnes attended Braden’s Preparatory School. Roy entered West Point on 19 Jun 1897 and graduated 17th in his class on 18 Feb 1901. After graduation, he was stationed at Ft. Monroe, VA; Key West Barracks, FL; Ft. Snelling, MN; and Ft. McKinley, Philippines. He left the Philippines in 1907 for San Francisco, where he was stationed until he to returned to West Point for a year as an instructor in the Department of Philosophy. Barnes made the rounds as an aide to BG Brush; a student at the Ft. Sill School of Fire; and an inspector with the California Militia. During WWI, he served by detail in the Adjutant General’s Department in France and later commanded the 327th and 330th regiments of Field Artillery. He saw duty as a member of the General Staff in Washington, DC; as Chief of Staff of the American Forces in China; and as a post and regimental commander. He retired as a colonel while a patient at Walter Reed General Hospital and died at age 59, only days after his retirement. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery and his pallbearers were close friends, members of the class of 1901.

4011  Edward Canfield, Jr., born in Bath, NY, on 6 May 1880, and was the son of Edward and Jane Hastings Canfield. His boyhood was spent in Middletown, NY, where he attended public school. During the winter before his 17th birthday, he received a nomination and headed immediately to Braden’s Preparatory School in Highland Falls, NY. While a cadet, Canfield excelled in horseback riding and found his source of determination and motivation in West Point academics.
        Upon graduation, he selected Artillery as his branch, made his way to the Coast Artillery at Ft. Adams, then was transferred to Ft. Riley in the mounted service. This assignment turned out to be his last with troops. He spent nearly four years at the Academy, teaching law and history, then transferred to Ft. Stevens early in 1907 as constructing Quartermaster, building additional barracks and storerooms and mounting coastal defense guns.  In 1908, he began a two-year course at the Artillery School, Ft. Monroe. Next, he spent a year at M.I.T. in Boston and another two years on Corregidor, Philippines. Upon leaving the Philippines, he devoted all of 1916 to constructing Soldiers’ Base Hospital, Washington, DC. He was the sole person in charge of operations.
        During WWI, he was told to build Camp Devens, MA, and did so with great speed and efficiency. He won the Distinguished Service Medal for his work with the 4th Division. Afterward he was Division Quartermaster at Camp Green in December 1917. Peers always were full of praise of him citing his inexhaustible work ethic, his “common sense, and above all, his placid demeanor in times of stress.”
        Shortly after the 4th Division returned from the Rhine in 1919, Edward resigned from the Army and went to work with the American Cotton Oil Co. as Assistant to the President in charge of the construction and several plants throughout the southern states. Four years later, after selling a company he founded, he moved to France.
        In December of 1932 while in New York City, he suffered a severe attack of influenza, that made surgery imperative in January. He died on 16 Jan 1933 three days after entering the hospital.

4012  Walter Driscoll Smith, 19th in the class of 1901, was born on 16 Nov 1875 in Cumberland, MD. Before entering West Point at the age of 21, he attended the Philadelphia School of Fine Arts and graduated from St. John’s College in Annapolis. While at West Point, he played varsity football, made the All-American team, and was team captain for his last two years. After graduation, he left Ft. Myer, VA, with the 11th Cavalry for the Philippines. He served with the 2d Squadron in the Batangas Province during the insurrection and returned to the U.S. in 1904. He was assigned to West Point as an instructor in mathematics, assistant quartermaster, and assistant football coach. The Smiths moved to Panama in 1909 where he served in the Quartermaster Corps, responsible for moving homes and buildings to make room for the canal. In 1913, he went to Ft. Bliss, TX, and served in the 2d Cavalry as his unit chased Pancho Villa. Their next move in 1914, was to Ft. Ethan Allen, VT, with the 2d Cavalry. In 1915, he returned to West Point and served as D Company Tactical Officer for the Corps of Cadets. Next, he transferred to the Field Artillery and joined the Dixie Division at Camp Wheeler, GA. In December, they sailed to France and, after a month, he joined GEN Pershing’s Headquarters as Chief of the Organization and Equipment Division. While in France, he was promoted to colonel and awarded the Purple Heart; the French Legion of Honor, Order of St. Maurice; and St. Lazarus (Officer) of Italy.
        Upon returning to the U.S., he was assigned to the War Department General Staff. Later, he attended the Army War College, the Command and General Staff School, and the Naval War College. In 1924, he was assigned to the War Department as Chief of the Transportation Branch, G-4. His next assignment, in 1928, was at Ft. Hoyle, MD, as Executive Officer of the 1st Field Artillery Brigade. He served at Ft. Leavenworth, KS, as Instructor of the General Service Schools before returning to the Army War College in Washington, DC, as the chief historian in 1931. In 1935, he was assigned as the Chief of Staff of the 82d Division in Columbia, SC. He retired as a brigadier general in 1939 but, during WWII was called back to active duty as a military researcher at The Library of Congress. After his second retirement he studied French, then traveled through Europe visiting his daughter before spending his final years in the Army–Navy Town Club in Washington, DC. He died on 20 Sep 1955 in Washington, DC. 

4013  Born at the Presidio of San Francisco, CA, on 30 Jan 1878, William Peirce Ennis, son of an 1864 graduate, became one of the great field artillerymen. A big man with a big voice, he became known as “Roaring Bill” and “The Bull” but was a gentle giant who enjoyed working with young men and horses.
        He entered the Academy in 1867, played on the hockey team, and won his letter in football, baseball, and track, where he held the record for the hammer throw. Upon graduation, he was commissioned in the Artillery Corps. His first three years were spent at Ft. Hamilton, NY. The next four were at West Point as an instructor with the Department of Ordnance and Gunnery. Next, he served with the 1st Field Artillery at the Remount Depot at Ft. Reno, OK, where he became known to be the greatest trainer of Artillery horses. He was promoted to Captain of the 1st Field Artillery and then became Quartermaster by detail. After being relieved of this duty, he was assigned to the 4th Field Artillery at Ft. Russell, WY. In 1912, he went to the Philippines with the 1st Artillery, then on to Honolulu, HI, with the regiment. He was ordered to West Point in 1915 as Senior Assistant Instructor of Field Artillery and was promoted to major in 1917. Three months later, he was temporarily promoted to lieutenant colonel at Ft. Sill, OK, and served as Instructor and Director of the Department of Materiel at the School of Fire for Field Artillery.  He was awarded a Distinguished Service Medal for this work. In May of 1918, he was promoted to Colonel of the Field Artillery. That August he was promoted as temporary brigadier general and commanded the 13th Field Artillery Brigade at Camp Lewis, WA. Overseas, he spent three months in France, Italy, and England. Upon his return to the U.S., he served in the Office of the Chief of Staff in Washington, DC. He was returned to the grade of major while at Ft. Sill, OK, as president of the Field Artillery Board. He then studied at the General Staff School, Ft. Leavenworth, KS. Upon graduation, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel. Next, he attended the Army War College in Washington, DC, and, later, was assigned to the War Department, General Staff. He was assigned to the Panama Canal Zone in 1922, serving as a G-4 until 1925. Upon his return, he served as Assistant Commandant of the Field Artillery School at Ft. Sill, OK. He remained there until 1929 when he was transferred to Ft. Bragg, NC, with the 2d Battalion of the 16th Field Artillery. His next three years were spent in Boston, MA, in the 1st Corps Area, General Staff, with troops. He served his last three years at Ft. Bragg, NC, and at Jacksonville, FL, working on Organized Reserve assignments. He retired in 1941 to Martha’s Vineyard, MA. He was active in local affairs and spent time fishing, sailing, and teaching. His “old boys” kept him updated on how his dreams for the Artillery were being fulfilled. He died at the age of 90 on 28 Jul 1968 at Vineyard Haven, MA.

4014  Harry Birdwhistell Jordan had a distinguished military career that spanned almost 40 years and included several significant achievements. Born in Louisville, KY, on 26 Feb 1876, Jordan grew up in an Episcopalian household where his early habits and character were formed.
      Harry was admitted to the Academy from the state of Washington and gained the respect of his classmates for the way he treated his men. He moved up from cadet corporal, to sergeant, lieutenant, and then to captain. Jordan was commissioned to the Cavalry and assigned to the 14th Cavalry with station at Ft. Wingate, NM, 1901–03.
      After several different stops with the Cavalry in Wyoming and later the Philippines, Jordan was one of a large number of young officers from different arms of the service chosen to take the first examination for detail in the Ordnance Department.  In 1903, he was detailed in the Ordnance Dept. as a first lieutenant and generally served in that department until his retirement. His work ethic and intelligence enabled him to become the first detailed officer to command a station, the San Antonio Arsenal, San Antonio, TX. He served there during the tumultuous years of 1916–17 troubles on the Mexican border.
      Early in 1917, he was detailed to select Ordnance sites for Munition Depots in France and attended an English Ordnance school to study English methods. While in the A.E.F. in France, he served in the following assignments: Chief Ordnance Officer, Line of Communications; Special Inspector representing the Chief Ordnance Officer A.E.F., MG Clarence C. Williams; Deputy Chief Ordnance Officer, A.E.F. during the absence of MG Williams; and Chief Ordnance Officer on the Staff of the Chief of Artillery, First Army. During the war, he held commissions in the National Army of lieutenant colonel and colonel. For his service during WWI, he received a Meritorious Service citation.
      In late 1918, Jordan was assigned to the Office of the Chief of Ordnance as Special Assistant in Charge of the Artillery Division. His fortunes changed suddenly, however, upon the death of the commanding officer of Rock Island Arsenal; he was rushed to that station to replace the deceased. Rock Island was the largest arsenal in the country, and it became a mecca, as many distinguished visitors — official, civilian, and foreign — were anxious to tour the facility. His command there lasted 3 years, and he then was sent to Germany in 1921 under MG Henry Allen. Two years later, he came back to the States as Commanding Officer of the Augusta, GA, arsenal until 1924. In successive years, Jordan graduated from the Army War College, the Army Industrial College, the Command and General Staff School and the Artillery School at Ft. Monroe, VA, during 1925–28. Jordan then served on the War Dept. General Staff in the   G-4 Division as Assistant in Charge of the Supply and Construction Branches until 1931. For the next three years, Jordan worked as Corps Area Ordnance Officer at Baltimore, MD, on the Staff of MG Paul B. Malone. He then was assigned as Director of the Army War College.
      He retired while in command of Nansemond Ordnance Depot, VA, at 64, as the law required, and stayed active in the community. He earned the Purple Heart, among other medals, and gained the respect of many during his Army career. He died at the age of 73, on 13 Sep 1949 at Norfolk, VA.

4015  Known by his classmates and friends as “Chick,” Arthur Henry Bryant graduated 22d in the Class of 1901. He was born in Cincinnati, OH, on 16 May 1878 and was attending Trinity College in Hartford, CT, when he received a West Point appointment. After graduation, he was assigned to the Artillery Corps and served at Ft. Trumbull, CT; Ft. Walla Walla, WA; and Ft. Snelling, MN, before returning to West Point in 1904 as an instructor in the Department of Modern Languages. He then served as Assistant Instructor of Ordnance and Gunnery. He received a promotion to first lieutenant while at West Point. In 1906, he served at Ft. DuPont, DE; transferred to the Presidio of San Francisco, CA, in 1907; then to Ft. Baker, CA. At Ft. Monroe, VA, he attended the Coast Artillery School. In 1909, he was promoted to captain and was assigned to Ft. Mansfield, RI, before being sent to the Philippines in 1912. While in the Philippines, his battery had the best record in firing the heavy seacoast guns on that range. He returned to the U.S. in 1914 and served at Ft. McDowell, CA. In 1917, he received a temporary promotion to major and served at the School of Fire for Field Artillery at Ft. Sill, OK, for three months before being promoted to lieutenant colonel. He was at the Presidio of San Francisco, CA, with the Army Artillery Park and the 62d Artillery, Coast Artillery Corps. In July of 1918, he was en route to France where he was transferred to the 64th Artillery, C.A.C. While in France, he was assigned to the Embarkation Center at Le Mans as assistant to G-1, General Staff, and Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2. He returned to the U.S. in 1919 and was assigned to the 59th Artillery, C.A.C., from which he resigned on 31 Dec 1919. He worked in the private sector until his health failed in February 1924.
        He was hospitalized and died at the U.S. Veterans Hospital, San Fernando, CA, on 22 Apr 1926 at the age of 47.

4016  Born in Ohio on 17 Nov 1877, Frank Purdy Lahm’s military service spanned 45 years. After graduating 23rd in his class, he served at Columbus Barracks, OH, for a short time before going to the Philippines for two years with the 6th Cavalry. The next three years he served as a French instructor in the Department of Modern Languages. Next, he attended the French Cavalry School of Application at Saumur, France.  He then was detailed to the Signal Corps for aeronautical duty in 1907, inspecting military aeronautics in France, Belgium, England, and Germany His next two years were spent with the infant Aeronautical Division, Office of the Chief Signal Officer. During that time, he qualified as an airship pilot (dirigible) and flew in the “Wright Flyer” with Orville Wright as the first airplane passenger. He also received flight instruction with Wilbur Wright in the first U.S. Army airplane. After soloing, they become the first military airplane pilots. In 1910, he attended the Army Cavalry School and then rejoined the 7th Cavalry at Ft. William McKinley, Philippines. During that time, he conducted flying instruction and tried using pontoons on the Wright B airplane. Upon returning to the U.S., he served in Texas City, TX, with the 6th Cavalry, protecting the U.S.-Mexican border from bandits. In 1916, he spent a year as the Secretary of the Signal Corps Flying School at North Island, San Diego, CA. During WWI he served in France and organized the A.E.F. Balloon Service of the First Army; then organized and commanded the Second Army Air Service. He received the Distinguished Service Medal for his service. He attended the Army War College and was then detailed to the General Staff and served in the Organization Branch, G-3, War Department.
      In 1906, he won the 1st International Gordon Bennett Balloon Race from Paris. Then, in 1911, he won the National Balloon Race in Kansas City and placed second in the International Balloon Race in Kansas City.
      He served as an air officer of the 9th Corps Area at the Presidio of San Francisco, CA. Then, during 1926–30 he was appointed and as a brigadier general and served as the Assistant to the Chief of the Air Corps at Duncan Field, San Antonio, TX. During that time, he organized and commanded the 1st Air Corps Training Center at San Antonio, TX. He planned and supervised the beginning construction of Randolph Field, San Antonio, TX, which was inaugurated in 1930. He was returned to the grade of lieutenant colonel at the Presidio of San Francisco, CA, and served as the air officer of the 9th Corps Area. In 1933, he served in Paris, France, as the military attaché for Air for France and Spain; then as Military Attaché to France and Belgium. He returned to Governors Island, NY, as air officer of the 2d Corps Area. In 1941, he commanded the Gulf Coast Training Center in San Antonio, TX, retiring on 30 November. Upon retirement, he spent time in New York, Ohio, California, Arizona, and then Huron, OH. He had many interests as well as completing and publishing How Our Army Grew Wings and writing Early Birds. He was inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame in 1963. On 7 Jul 1963, he died in Sandusky, OH, at the age of 85.

4017  Willis Grandy Peace was born on 21 Sep 1875, in Oxford, NC. He graduated with highest honors from the Horner Military School and then worked for two years in a banking house. Following a year at the University of North Carolina, he entered West Point and graduated 24th in his class. He was commissioned in the Artillery Corps, and stationed with the Coast Artillery troops at Tybee Island, GA; then St. Helena Island, SC; and San Francisco, CA. Next, he was assigned to do military map work in Southern California along the Mexican border. In 1905, he was promoted to first lieutenant, assigned to the Field Artillery, and stationed at Camp Stotsenberg, Philippines. Upon returning to the U.S., he served in the Coast Artillery at Ft. Hamilton, Brooklyn, NY. In 1909, he was promoted to captain. Next, he was detailed as a professor of Military Science and Tactics at the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts at West Raleigh, NC. For the next three years, he served at Ft. Caswell, NC. He graduated from the Coast Artillery School at Ft. Monroe, VA, in 1916, and then was detailed as an inspector instructor of the National Guard of North Carolina. In 1917, he was promoted to major and assigned to the 319th Field Artillery in training at Camp Gordon, GA. Next, he took a war course at the Field Artillery School at Ft. Sill, OK, then trained American troops in France. In 1918, he was promoted to colonel and transferred to the 11th Field Artillery, training in Valdahon, near the Swiss border. He commanded the 11th Field Artillery in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive and is believed to have fired the last American shot of the war. While he waited to return to the U.S., he took an advanced course at the U.S. Field Artillery School at Treves, Germany. In 1919, he was returned to the grade of captain of the Coast Artillery Corps and commanded his regiment as they returned to Camp Grant, IL. At Ft. Leavenworth, KS, he attended the School of the Line in 1920 and achieved distinguished graduate status. Next, he graduated from the General Staff School and became an instructor in both schools in 1922. The next year, he graduated from the Army War College in Washington, DC. He then was detailed to the General Staff in Panama and assisted in drawing up plans for the defense of the Panama Canal. He returned to the U.S. in 1926 and commanded the harbor defenses of Los Angeles, CA, and served with the Organized Reserves in San Francisco and Los Angeles with the 9th Coast Artillery. He was ordered to Hawaii in 1933 and commanded Ft. Shafter and the 64th Coast Artillery. From January 1937 to May 1939, he commanded the 14th Coast Artillery and the Harbor Defenses of Puget Sound at Ft. Worden, WA. He retired on 30 Sep 1939. On 11 Feb 1941, at the age of 65, he died in Laguna Beach, CA and was buried at the National Cemetery at the Presidio of San Francisco.

4018  Born on 23 Nov 1875 in Illinois, Orlando Collette Troxel, graduated 25th in his class at West Point and was assigned to the 12th Cavalry. In March of 1901, he was appointed as Squadron Quartermaster and Commissary at Ft. Sam Houston, TX. In May 1902, he left for the Philippines, serving at Camp Jossman, Pasay Garrison, and Santa Mesa Garrison. He returned to the U.S. in September 1905, received promotion to first lieutenant, joined the 10th Cavalry, and served at Ft. Robinson, NE. Then, in 1906, he performed relief work with the San Francisco Earthquake. Next, he was assigned as Squadron Adjutant with his regiment and returned renegade Utes to the reservation in Montana. He returned to the Philippines in 1907 and served at Ft. William McKinley.  He was assigned as Post and Acting Brigade Commissary, in charge of all pack and wagon transportation before being assigned as Post Intelligence Officer. Upon returning to the U.S., he served at Ft. Ethan Allen, VT. He then spent the next three years in Japan as an attaché of the American Embassy, while learning Japanese. He returned to the U.S. and served with his troops in Arizona and Mexico with the Punitive Expedition. In 1916, as a captain, he commanded the 10th Cavalry in Mexico, and Ft. Huachuca. He became ill, but in 1917, he commanded the 328th Machine Gun Battalion at Camp Custer, MI, where he received a promotion to major. From August to October 1917, he served at Camp Meade, MD, with the 368th Infantry.  He died on 24 Nov 1917 in Washington, DC, at the age of 42.

4019  William Poisson Platt was born in Wilmington, NC, on 7 Sep 1875. After graduating 26th in his class, he spent six months at Ft. Monroe, VA, with the 58th Coast Artillery. Later that year, he was assigned to the 22d battery of the Field Artillery at Ft. Douglas, UT, where he remained for three years. In 1904, he transferred to the 23rd Coast Artillery at Ft. McKinley, ME, and, after two years, returned to Ft. Monroe, VA, and served in the 41st Coast Artillery.  In 1907, he took an examination for detail in the Ordnance Department, passed, and served the next four years at Sandy Hook, Watertown, and Benicia Arsenals. While serving in the Ordnance Department, he was promoted to captain. In 1911, he served at the Presidio of San Francisco, CA, and Ft. Winfield Scott, CA. In 1914, he was Inspector-Instructor with the Coast Artillery Corps and served in San Francisco with the National Guard. While there, he was promoted to major and wrote Coast Artillery Materiel. During WWI, he first served at Camp Travis, TX, with the 345th field Artillery, 90th Division, then at Ft. Sill, OK, as an Ordnance officer. He was promoted to colonel and was sent to the front in command of a regiment. He took part in the battles of St. Mihiel, Meuse Argonne, Bonzee-en-Woevre, and Wadonville-en-Woevre. He also served with the 11th Colonial Corps and the 17th French Corps. In 1919, he became ill with influenza and never fully recovered. In 1920, he was returned to the grade of captain. He had a relapse while a student at the Command and General Staff School, but still completed the School of the Line Course. He retired in June 1920 for a disability contracted in the line of duty. The next six years, he worked at the University of Washington in the ROTC program and in recruiting. He died on 21 May 1926, in New York City at the age of 51 and is buried in Wilmington, NC.

4020  Guy Elliott Carleton was born on 4 Oct 1876 in St. Clair, MI. He graduated from Scarrett Institute in Neosho, MO, in 1895. He entered the University of Michigan and, at the end of his first year, was offered the opportunity for appointment to West Point. After passing the competitive exam, he enrolled in Braden’s Prep School at Highland Falls.
        As a plebe, he had an accident in the Riding School where he injured his knee which eventually ended his active career. After graduation, he served in the Coast Artillery Corps at the Presidio of San Francisco, CA, and then at Ft. Baker. Next, he served in the Field Artillery at Walla Walla, WA, and at Ft. Snelling, MN. In 1904, he returned to West Point for three years as a mathematics instructor. During the next two years, he was promoted to captain and served in the Ordnance Department at Sandy Hook, NJ, and Watertown Arsenal, MA.  After being unable to pass a physical exam for a promotion, he retired for a physical disability, on 1 Jul 1909.
        He found work with the Bureau of Explosives in New York, which was established in 1906 by the American Railway Association. They were instrumental in the formulating regulations for the safe packaging and handling of explosives and other dangerous articles, and the education of the railroad men, manufacturers, shippers, etc. in these safe methods.
        During WWI, he was recalled to active duty and served in the Ordnance Department at Washington, DC, where he was promoted to lieutenant colonel. He served in England and France as Chief of the Artillery Ammunition and Trench Warfare Branch of the Inspection Division, Ordnance Department.
        He retired as lieutenant colonel on 21 Jun 1930. After the war, he returned to his civilian status and resumed his work with the Bureau of Explosives as head of the Technical Department. He continued working there for 22 years in technical research and inventive improvement of containing, packing and shipping methods. He played a vital role in that research and development.
        He died on 16 Jul 1943 at Maplewood, NJ, at the age of 66.

4021  Eugene Ragland West born on 4 Dec 1876 in Virginia, graduated 28th in his class. After graduation, he served with the Artillery Corps. He served at Ft. Washington, MD, in the Coast Artillery Corps. Next, he served at the Presidio, San Francisco, CA, in the 18th Battery of the Field Artillery. He served at Pasay Barracks in the Philippines with the 18th Battery or Mountain Artillery. He sailed with them to Jolo, Philippines, and served in the field.  As an Engineer Officer, he made a reconnaissance map of the island. He was in many small engagements and was severely wounded at Cotta Pang Pang, Jolo, Philippines. After his sick leave, he served in the Coast Artillery at Ft. Monroe, VA. He was awarded the Silver Star Citation and, as a result of his injury while in the Philippines, he retired on 17 Sep 1905.
        He majored in law at the University of Virginia at Charlottesville, VA, and graduated in June of 1907. He practiced law at Seattle, WA, becoming a member of the firm of West and Wright. In September 1917 he was recalled to active duty. He served at Ft. Douglas. He was then appointed Major and Judge Advocate, and served at Camp Lewis with the 91st Division. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in the Judge Advocate’s Department in 1918 and served in the Judge Advocate General’s Office until 1919 when he was placed on the retired list. Next, he served as a special attorney for the War Claims Division of the War Department, and then as assistant General Counsel of the U.S. Shipping Board. In 1921 he returned to the general practice of law in Washington, DC. He died in Silver Springs, MD, on 23 Nov 1969.

4022  Creed Fulton Cox was born on 12 Jun 1877, in Virginia and graduated 28th in his class at West Point. After graduation, he served in the 11th Cavalry at Ft. Myer, VA, and then at Ft. Ethan Allen, VT. In November 1901, he commanded and organized Troop F of the 11th Cavalry. His next duty in the 2d Squadron of the 11th Cavalry was as Squadron Quartermaster and Commissary. During his duty in the Philippines, he served as Squadron Quartermaster and Commissary with the 2d Squadron of the 11th Cavalry in the field in the Provinces of Batangas and Tayabas. He was on a march through Mt. Banaho from Tayabas to Tiaon with Troop G of the 11th Cavalry. He became Adjutant and was in charge of the prisoners of war at Tiaon, Tayabas, Philippines. At that time, he also was engaged in scouting expeditions. His next duty was as Post Quartermaster and Commissary at Lipa Batangas, Philippines, then at San Fernando, Union, Philippines. During 1903–05, he served as Aide-de-Camp to BG Francis Moore, with stations at Angeles, Pampanga, Philippines and Manila, Philippines. Upon his return to the U.S., he served at Ft. Riley, KS, and at Omaha, NE. In October of 1904, he served at the Department of California Headquarters at San Francisco until 1905. Next, he served with Troop H, 11th Cavalry, at Des Moines, IA, where he was promoted to first lieutenant of the 12th Cavalry. He transferred to Troop L, 11th Cavalry, then attended the Infantry and Cavalry School at Ft. Leavenworth, KS. He was a student at the U.S. Army Staff College, at Ft. Leavenworth, KS, before being serving in Cuba. While at Pinar del Rio, Cuba, he commanded Troop L, 11th Cavalry, then became an Intelligence Officer of that district. He returned to the U.S. and attended the U.S. Army Staff College at Ft. Leavenworth, KS, graduating in 1908.
        Next, he served at Camps of Instruction at Gettysburg, PA, Indianapolis, IN, and Dale Creek, WY. Next, he served at Ft. Ethan Allen, VT, and Ft. Oglethorpe, GA. He was a Professor of Military Science and Tactics at the Shattuck School at Faribault, MN, from September 1909 to June 1912. He returned to Ft. Oglethorpe, GA, until 1914, when he was on strike duty at Trinidad, CO. From October 1914 to August 1917, he was an Inspector-Instructor with the 4th Cavalry District of the Militia where he was promoted to captain of the Cavalry; was transferred to Field Artillery; and temporarily promoted to major, then lieutenant colonel. He commanded a Battery at Ft. Sill, OK. He was a student at the School of Fire for Field Artillery and, upon graduation, became an instructor there. In 1918, he served in France with the 13th Field Artillery. He was again promoted temporarily to colonel and served with his regiment during operations of the 4th Field Artillery Brigade with the 4th and 77th Divisions north of Chateau-Thierry. He saw action near Chery Charteure and commanded the 77th Field Artillery. He was next in command of barrage grouping which included the 77th and 16th Field Artillery and the 250th Regiment, A. C. (French), in the Meuse Argonne. He then commanded the Divisional Artillery Groupings with the 5th Division in attack on 14–16 Oct 1918. On 17–20 October he commanded the 101st Field Artillery. He served at Chaumont on the General Staff, A. E. F before returning to the U.S. at Washington, DC, with the General Staff, War Plans Division. He then was promoted to Major of Field Artillery in August of 1919 and served as Military Observer in South Russia, Turkey, and Bulgaria. He also served as a Military Observer and Military Attaché in Germany, then in Holland, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Upon his return to the U.S., he served in Washington, DC, then at Ft. Bragg, NC, on duty with the 17th Field Artillery. From August 1925 to February 1928, he was President of the Field Artillery Board, and on duty with the 5th Field Artillery. He was a student at the Army War College and, after graduating, served in Washington, DC, at the Bureau of Insular Affairs as Assistant to Chief of Bureau. He commanded the 8th Field Artillery at Schofield Barracks from 1932–33. As a brigadier general, he commanded the Bureau of Insular Affairs in Washington, DC. He retired on 30 Sep 1937 at his own request after 40 years of service. He became an adviser to the President of the Philippines from 1937–40. He died at Union, SC, on 15 Jan 1950 at the age of 72.

4023  Born on 9 May 1879 in Maryland, Robert McCandless Beck Jr., entered West Point as Robert Taylor Beck and officially changed his name by the authority of the Secretary of War on 14 March 1898. After graduating 30th in his class, he served with the 12th Cavalry at Ft. Sam Houston, TX, and Ft. McIntosh, TX. He commanded the post at Ft. Brown, TX, then served with the Troop at Ft. Clark, TX. He was the Aide de Camp to General Grant at San Antonio, TX, in November of 1902. Next, he went to the Philippines and served at Batangas, Philippines, and served on an exploring expedition in Mindoro. He also served at Camp McGrath, Philippines, and at Calamba and Manila. Upon returning to the U.S., he served at Ft. Oglethorpe, GA, in the 11th Cavalry. He transferred back to the 12th Cavalry at the National Rifle Competition, Sea Girt, NJ. Next, he served as Assistant to the Depot Quartermaster at Jeffersonville, IN. He was Quartermaster, U.S. Army Transport, Bergen, between the U.S. and Cuba in October and November of 1906. He served at Ft. Oglethorpe, GA, from 1907–09 then with the Squadron at Jamestown Exposition, VA. He was on detached service at Columbus, MS, before returning to Ft. William McKinley, Philippines, until January 1911. Upon his return to the U.S., he served at Ft. Robinson, NE. Next, he served at St. Paul, MN, as Professor of Military Science and Tactics at the College of St. Paul. He was assigned to the 2d Cavalry and served at the Camp of Instruction at Sparta, WI. Next, he served at Camp Logan, Iowa Falls, IA; at Ft. Bliss, TX; and at Ft. Ethan Allen, VT, with his regiment. In January 1916, he served in the 3rd Cavalry at Philadelphia, PA, as an Inspector Instructor and was promoted to captain. Later, in 1916, he served at Macon, GA, as Assistant Mustering Officer and Mustering Officer. With the mobilization of the National Guard he was promoted to lieutenant colonel of the 5th Infantry of the National Guard, of Georgia. He next served at El Paso, TX, and at Atlanta, GA, with the 5th Georgia Infantry until January 1917 when he resigned. He was a supply officer at Ft. Ethan Allen, VT, with the 2d Cavalry. Soon after a promotion to Major of the Infantry, in 1917, he served at Camp Dix, NJ, with the 78th Division, Assistant Mustering Officer, 311th Infantry, and commanded the 307th Machine Gun Battalion. He attended the American General Staff College at Langres, France, where he was promoted to lieutenant colonel before graduating in 1918. He served at Bar-sur-Aube in the sector near St. Die and at Arches, as Brigade Adjutant with the 9th Infantry Brigade, 5th Division. Next, he served in the sector, Haute Alsace, as Assistant Chief of Staff, G-3, 32d Division. He was Acting Chief of Staff, 32d Division, then Chief of Staff, 32d Division in the 10th French Army, Verberie near Soissons. He participated in the Aisne Marne Offensive with the 6th French Army then in the Oise Aisne Offensive with the 10th French Army. Promoted to colonel of the Cavalry, in 1920, he served with the 1st American Army in the Meuse Argonne Offensive, and as acting General Staff Officer with the A. E. F.  He was awarded the Officer of Legion of Honor and the Croix de Guerre with palm and the Distinguished Service Medal. He served in the march to the Rhine and the occupation of Coblenz Bridgehead. Next, he served at Camp Upton, NY; at Camp Custer, MI; as Executive Officer, and at Washington, DC, with the War Plans Division, General Staff. He was detailed to the General Staff Corps, from July 1919 to August 1920, and served as assistant executive officer and executive officer. During 30 Jun 1920 to 10 Jul 1920, he was returned to the grade of captain, promoted to Major of Cavalry and then to Lieutenant Colonel of Cavalry. In 1921, he served at Ft. Leavenworth, KS, in the School of the Line. After graduating as a distinguished student, he served at Ft. Ethan Allen, VT, as and Instructor with the Reserve Officers Training Corps camp. At Ft. Riley, KS, he was an Instructor of the Cavalry School until 1923. He served in the Office of the Chief of Cavalry during August 1923 to May 1925. After graduating from the Army War College, he served at Ft. Leavenworth as Instructor of the Command and General Staff School in the Chief Command Section and Director. Next, he served at Ft. Oglethorpe, GA, with the 6th Cavalry, Executive Office until August 1931. He was an Instructor Director at the Army War College from 1931 to 1935. During that time, he was promoted to colonel then served at Ft. Meade, SD, with the 4th Cavalry, and at Ft. Lewis, WA. He was promoted to brigadier general on 1 Oct 1936 and served at Ft. Bliss, TX, as commander of the 2d Cavalry Brigade. Then he served as Chief Umpire at the 4th Army Maneuvers at Camp Ripley, MN, and Ft. Riley, KS, until February 1938. He was promoted to major general while Assistant Chief of Staff Operations and Training Division, at the W.D.G.S. at Washington, DC. He retired as a major general on 31 Oct 1939, at his own request, after 42 years of service. He died at Park Rapids, MN, on 4 Jul 1970.

4024  Dennis Hadley Currie was born in Glen Rose, TX, on 22 Jul 1874. For a year, he went to a local college, and after that, another year was devoted to teaching school. Currie was assigned to the Artillery Corps upon graduation. He was first sent to Ft. McHenry for a short while, and then to Ft. Rodman. Next, he was sent to the Philippines and, early in 1903, joined Gatley’s battery and went to Mindanao, where he became a part of the “Jackass Battery.” Two years later, he returned to the U.S. and served in Vancouver Barracks. While there, he was promoted to first lieutenant and then was promptly assigned to the Coast Artillery at Ft. Banks, MA. Next, he went to Ft. Leavenworth, KS, as one of the first three Artillery officers sent to the School of the Line. Afterward, he served with the 4th Artillery at Ft. Sheridan.
        In 1911, he served in Ft. D.A. Russell, and Ft. Sam Houston with the Maneuver Division, where he was promoted to captain. Next, he served a year on militia duty in Colorado, Utah, California, and Oregon. He returned to Ft. Sam Houston in 1912 with the 3rd Field Artillery, and was then sent to Texas City to work with the Signal Corps. After a year and a half in the Signal Corps, he served with the Fifth Field Artillery at Ft. Sill where he commanded an instruction battery, and instructed in the School of Fire. Due to a bandit outbreak along the border, the school was closed so he took his battery to Brownsville. After a few months on the border, he was transferred to the First Field Artillery in the Hawaiian Islands. While there, he was promoted to major.
        Shortly after our entrance into the war, he was again sent to Ft. Sill as an instructor in the School of Fire. He was detailed to the General Staff, spent six months in France to learn at Langres, and returned again to Washington, DC. He moved to Camp Jackson to organize and train a brigade of Field Artillery. When the war ended, he was sent to Ft. Sill as commandant of the school and post. He eventually was sent to the Seventh Corps Area with headquarters in Omaha, where he retired on 31 Dec 1922.
        He died in California on 26 Mar 1928, the day he was  promoted to brigadier general. He was only 53 years old.

4025  Beverly Fielding Browne received his commission in the Artillery Corps five weeks before his 21st birthday.
     LT Browne spent most of his early service days in the Field Artillery at Ft. Riley, but also had three tours in the Coast Artillery at Ft. McHenry, MD; Ft. Morgan, AL; and Ft. Moultrie, SC, before the separation of the Coast and Field Artilleries. After the split, he was sent to the 19th Battery, 6th Field Artillery.
        In 1907, he became interested in polo and was tireless in training his ponies and his men. He became something of a legend as he won numerous polo championships with the squads he formed wherever he went.
        In 1911, as a captain, he was transferred to the 5th Field Artillery at Ft. Sill and then was one of three Army officers selected for a six-month detail with the French Field Artillery. He spent two preparatory months living with French people and working to perfect his knowledge of the language. That study proved of great value when he was in France for two years in WWI.
        Next, in 1913, he went to Camp Stotsenburg, Philippines, to command a mountain battery. While there, he traveled to China, and also took part in an expedition into the interior of Mindanao. He returned to the U.S. two years later to the Remount Depot at Front Royal, VA. He was relieved from the Quartermaster Corps in May 1917, with orders for service in France, and sailed as commander of a battalion of the 5th Field Artillery assigned to the 1st Field Artillery Brigade at Le Valdahon in July 1917. In October 1917, he was assigned to GEN Peyton C. March’s staff and made Chief of Artillery, Information Service.
        Promoted to brigadier general in August 1918, he commanded the 166th Field Artillery Brigade and was commanding Corps Artillery, First Army, at the time of the armistice. The 166th Brigade was part of the American forces in Germany until February 1919. In August 1919, he returned to the grade of major and was stationed at Ft. Myer. That summer, GEN March had taken him as one of his aides on an inspection of the forces stationed in Germany and, later, he had the opportunity of personally conducting the general on a tour of the Western Front.
        In January 1921, on promotion to lieutenant colonel, he was ordered to Schofield Barracks, Territory of Hawaii, to command the 11th Field Artillery. That was his first experience with motorized Artillery. Later, he was Executive Officer of the 11th Field Artillery Brigade until January 1925. He was next detailed to the Inspector General’s Dept. and assigned to the Headquarters, 3rd Corps area. He remained there until his retirement in May 1928. He was recommissioned Brigadier General, United States Army, Retired, in June 1930. He received the Distinguished Service Medal and Officer of the French Legion of Honor. He was the youngest man in the Class of 1901 and was its last survivor. He died in Front Royal, VA, on 22 Apr 1974 at the age of 94.

4026  George Moor Russell was born 28 Apr 1878, in Plymouth, NH, entered West Point in June 1897, and graduated 33rd in the class in February 1901.
       As a second lieutenant in the 14th Cavalry, he was assigned at Ft. Leavenworth, KS, and in April was transferred to another squadron of the same regiment at Ft. Riley, KS. In February 1902, the regiment moved to Ft. Huachuca, AZ, and he was at that station until the 14th Cavalry was transferred to the Philippines in September 1903. He remained with the regiment at Malabang from October 1903 until April 1905, then served with troops operating against Datu Ali. He also was in command of Camp Vicars for a short time, and surveyed a wagon road from Malabang to Camp Vicars and a pack trail from Camp Vicars to Lake Kanao. He was on temporary duty in the office of the Chief Engineer, Manila, September and October 1905, then returned to the U.S. in November.
        He was with the 15th Cavalry at Ft. Ethan Allen, VT, in 1906. At the Atlantic Division Rifle Competition during that summer, he was awarded a silver medal for his marksmanship. He returned to USMA in August 1906 as instructor in the Department of Modern Languages and was Assistant Professor from 1908–10. He participated in the Rifle Competitions of 1908–09, was awarded a bronze medal, as a member of the Cavalry Team, National Matches, and a gold medal for winning a place on the Army Cavalry Team. He was with the 15th Cavalry at Ft. Myer, VA, from 1910–13, and was a member of the Cavalry Rifle Team of 1911.
        He served with the 15th Cavalry at Ft. Bliss and at other Texas stations until February 1915, when he was ordered back to West Point in the Department of Modern Languages. He was sent to Plattsburgh as an instructor at the Citizens’ Training Camp. He was appointed Division Inspector of the 37th Division at Camp Sheridan, AL, in August 1917, and, in September, was transferred to the 32d Division at Camp McArthur, TX, in the same capacity.
        He sailed for Europe with his division on 13 Jan 1918. In France, the 32d Division was designated as a replacement division, and he was assigned as Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2, 1st Army Corps. Next, he was transferred to the same duties with the 5th Corps and served in that capacity until 1919. He participated in the St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensives. He earned the Distinguished Service Medal, the French Legion of Honor in the grade of chevalier; and the Panamanian medal, La Solidaridad [Second Class].
        Throughout March and April 1919, he was Assistant Chief of Staff, First Army. He was transferred to Coblenz in charge of the Visitors’ Bureau, Third Army. In July, he was placed on duty with an American Mission, Allied General Headquarters, with station at Le Morlaye, France, and later at Wiesbaden, Germany, until 4 Apr 1920.
        After a month, in the Office of the Director of Military Intelligence in Washington, he served as Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2, of the Southern Department and 8th Corps Area at Ft. Sam Houston, TX, until October 1923. He then was appointed Military Attaché to Mexico. He was sent to Walter Reed Hospital in March 1926. He went to the Cavalry School as a student at the refresher course, and in November 1926, was sent to the 8th Cavalry at Ft. Bliss, TX, serving as executive officer of the regiment until September 1928.
        He was Assistant Chief of Staff, G-3, 7th Corps Area, Ft. Omaha, NE, to 8 May 1931, and was Chief of the Historical and Information Section, Office Chief of Cavalry, until 1935. He also was editor of the Cavalry Journal from July 1931 to May 1935.
        He died in Washington, DC, on 17 Aug 1938, at the age of 60.

4027  Edward Marsh Shinkle was born on 9 Jan 1878, on a farm in Brown County, OH. He studied a year at Wesleyan University before entering West Point in 1897.
     LT Shinkle reported for duty at the Presidio of San Francisco, CA, after graduation and, although an Artillery officer, was given command of an Infantry company. Shinkle and his men then sailed for the island of Maraneduque, Philippines. Following a year in the islands, he returned to the Presidio for five years. During the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, he provided aid to the city.
        Early in 1906, LT Shinkle took the Ordnance Examination, and after the earthquake he was detailed to the Ordnance Department for four years with a promotion in grade. He spent his branch detail at Sandy Hook Proving Ground, Benicia Arsenal, CA, and Frankford Arsenal in Philadelphia, PA. After four years, he reverted to the Artillery and commanded a company at Ft. H.G. Wright for one year. He then was permanently transferred to the Ordnance Department. He spent the next three years at Watertown Arsenal and the following year at Frankford Arsenal.
        When war was declared in 1918, he was called to Washington, where he was placed in charge of the design of small arms ammunition. He served in that position until he was sent to France to be on BG John Rice’s staff. In France, he was placed in charge of all Ordnance materiel.
        After the war, he attended the War College and later served three years on the General Staff. Following a year at the Presidio as Staff Ordnance Officer, he served as Ordnance Officer for the Hawaiian Department for three years and commanded the Hawaiian Ordnance Depot. After a short stay in Washington, he commanded Aberdeen Proving Ground for five years.
        Shinkle then moved back to Washington as Assistant to the Chief of Ordnance. He retired from Picatinny Arsenal and was on terminal leave when war was declared in 1941. He immediately returned to duty and remained on active duty for six months. His efforts landed him a job as general manager of the civilian operated Iowa Ordnance Plant—a position he held until the termination of the war.
        Edward was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for WWI and during WWII, was awarded the Legion of Merit. BG Shinkle died on 8 Nov 1966 and is buried in Arlington, VA.

4028  Lewis Brown, Jr., was born in Newport, RI, on 11 Feb 1876, and graduated from Rogers High School there.
      Early in his cadet days, his classmates gave him the nickname “Vif,” by which he was known throughout his life. At midterm, he was deficient in mathematics and forced to leave the Academy. He earned a second appointment into West Point, however, and graduated in 1901 well above the middle of his class. He excelled in baseball and exhibited the qualities of a leader on and off the diamond.
        After the early graduation of the class, he joined the 7th Cavalry, then stationed in Cuba. Returning with his regiment in 1902 to Chickamauga Park, he served in the Philippines from 1905–07, when his regiment returned to the U.S. and took station at Ft. Riley, KS. During this tour in the Philippines, he was promoted to first lieutenant and assigned to the 13th Cavalry, but arranged a mutual transfer with a classmate and remained with the 78th. While at Ft. Riley, he attended the Mounted Service School from September 1909 to graduation in June 1910; was Assistant to the Chief Quartermaster, Ft. Riley Maneuver Camp, July to October 1908; and was Depot Quartermaster at the Ft. Riley Maneuver Camp, June to October 1910. March 1911 found him again going to the Philippines with the 7th Cavalry, where he remained until January 1914.
        He transferred to the 1st Cavalry on 26 Jan 1914, then with troops in California, from Monterey, south to the Mexican border, and along the border eastward to Douglas and Slaughter’s Ranch, AZ. This period included the trouble along our southwestern border, with Pancho Villa and other enterprising bandits. From January 1914 to May 1917, he had many stations in the course of border patrol duty. On 22 Jun 1916, he was promoted to captain.
        Next, he moved to Ft. Riley, KS, training where he was detailed to the 164th Depot Brigade with the rank of major, where he served until the Third Officers’ Training Camp was initiated at Camp Funston, KS. In 1918, he served as Commandant, then commanded Detention Camp No. 2, and then went to Ft. D.A. Russell, WY, with the 315th Cavalry. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel, and moved to Camp Dix, NJ. Next, he was assigned to Camp Funston but was put on detached service, organizing the 19th Infantry Brigade and briefly commanding the 70th Infantry.
        On 5 Oct 1918, he left for Washington, DC, to attend the Army War College, completing it in November. He returned to Camp Funston to resume duty with the 164th Depot Brigade until 11 Jan 1919. Next, he was assigned to Ft. Sam Houston, TX, as Commandant of the Cavalry Officers’ School. Afterward, he reported to West Point where he was Senior Assistant Instructor of Cavalry Tactics to 6 Jan 1923. He was honorably discharged as a lieutenant colonel on 20 Aug 1919, and reverted to Captain of Cavalry, being promoted to major on 1 Jul 1920, and lieutenant colonel on 19 Jul 1920.
        In September of 1923, after 10 months with the Army polo team, he reported to Ft. Leavenworth, KS, for the Command and General Staff School, graduating in June 1924. He was detailed in the office of the Chief of Cavalry and remained as Assistant Plans and Training Officer until 20 Aug 1926. While on that duty, Brown was placed on detached service as Army representative with the Executive Council of the United States Polo Association.
        He entered the Army War College as a student on 20 Aug 1926, but was diagnosed with tuberculosis. He was ordered to Ft. Huachuca, AZ, with the 10th Cavalry, where he stayed until 23 May 1931.
        On 1 Jul 1931, he arrived at Headquarters, Fourth Corps Area, Ft. McPherson, GA, was assigned as Assistant Chief of Staff, G-1, and was promoted to colonel on 13 Nov 1931. He was transferred to duty as Assistant Chief of Staff, G-3, at the Fourth Corps Area on 30 Jun 1933, was made Chief of Staff on 18 Aug 1933, but soon was forced to take sick report on 4 Oct 1933. Brown retired on 30 Sep 1934 and settled in San Antonio, TX. On 16 Oct 1936, he died and was buried in the National Cemetery at Ft. Sam Houston, TX.

4029  Born in Kentucky on 19 Apr 1876, William Reese Bettison was appointed to West Point from that state. He was the class president and graduated 36th in the class. As a second lieutenant, he served in the Artillery Corps with Company D, 30th Infantry at the Presidio of San Francisco, CA, then served in the Philippines before returning to the U.S. Upon his return, he served with the 5th Battery Field Artillery at the Presidio of San Francisco, CA, until 1903. During 1903–07 he was an instructor in the Department of Chemistry, Mineralogy, and Geology. He was assigned to the Coast Artillery Corps in the reorganization of 1907 and was assigned with the 125th Company at Ft. Monroe, VA. He was a student at the Coast Artillery School, where he was promoted to captain in 1909. He was a distinguished graduate in 1910. Next, he served as an Artillery Engineer with the Coast Defenses of Long Island Sound until 1912. He commanded his company at Ft. Greble, RI, until 1915, then served as Adjutant at the Coast Defenses of Sandy Hook at Ft. Hancock, NJ. Next, he served as Secretary at the Coast Artillery School at Ft. Monroe, VA. He was temporarily promoted to Major of the Coast Artillery Corps in 1917, then in 1918 was promoted to lieutenant colonel. In 1918, he served at Washington, DC, with the Embarkation Service, Purchase, Storage, and Traffic Division. During that time, he was promoted to colonel. Next, he served on detached service in France. He was on sick leave later in 1918, then returned to the grade of captain in 1920. He retired on 18 Jun 1920 for a disability contracted in the line of duty. On 1 Jul 1920, he retired as a major. Then, on 21 Jun 1930, he retired as a colonel. He died in Rosemont, PA, on 26 Jun 1967.

4030  Raymond Silas Pratt was born in Stillwater, MN, on 16 Aug 1877. He graduated 37th in his class and served in the Artillery Corps at Ft. Flagler, WA; Ft. D.A. Russell, WY; and Ft. DeSoto, FL. In 1905, he was promoted to second lieutenant. He was assigned to the 2d Field Artillery in 1907, then transferred to the 1st Field Artillery at Ft. McKinley, ME, then Ft. Sill, OK, until 1910. In April 1910, he served at Ft. William McKinley, Philippines, where he was promoted to captain in March of 1911. Later, in 1911, he served at Schofield Barracks, Territory of Hawaii, with the 1st Field Artillery. He spent three months in the School of Fire for Field Artillery at Ft. Sill, OK, before returning to Hawaii. At Ft. Reno, OK, he served as Paymaster by detail, then Quartermaster by detail. From 1912–15 he served at Ft. Reno, OK, on remount service. In November of 1915, he was relieved from detail as Quartermaster. He rejoined the 1st Artillery at Schofield Barracks, in February of 1916, then in June transferred to the 9th Field Artillery. In May of 1917, he was promoted to Major of Field Artillery, then in August was temporarily promoted to lieutenant colonel. Moving with his regiment to Ft. Sill, OK, he was promoted to Colonel of Field Artillery in May of 1918. He was assigned to the 346th Field Artillery and joined the regiment at Camp Lewis, WA.
    On 14 Jul 1918, he sailed to France where he was billeted near Bordeaux. He commanded the Field Artillery Replacement Regiment at Le Courneau until September. In December 1918, he commanded the 18th Field Artillery, 3rd Division at Sobrens, Germany, then at Polch, Germany, until July 1919. He was returned to the grade of major on 31 Aug 1919. Upon his return to the U.S., he was a student at the School of the Line at Ft. Leavenworth, KS, until 1920. In July of 1920, he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel of Field Artillery. After graduation, he attended the General Staff School where he graduated in 1921, then served as instructor at the General Service Schools. He graduated from the Army War College at Washington, DC, in 1926, then attended the Naval War College, graduating in 1927. He served on the War Department General Staff from 1927–31. Next, he commanded the 13th Field Artillery at Schofield Barracks until 1935. At the Presidio of San Francisco, CA, he served additional duty as C. of S., 9th C.A., until July of 1936, then C. of S., 4th Army and 9th C.A. He served at Ft. Mason, CA, until he retired as a colonel on 31 Aug 1941. He returned to active duty and served at Ft. Douglas, UT, as Post Commander from 1942–43. He died in Pacific Grove, CA, on 24 Jun 1959.

4031  Alfred Allen Maybach was born near Dundee, OH, on 7 Dec 1875. In 1897, he successfully passed a competitive examination and was given an appointment to West Point by the Honorable John McDowell.
     Upon graduation, Maybach was assigned as a Second Lieutenant, Artillery Corps, promoted to first lieutenant on 16 Sep 1905; to Captain, Coast Artillery Corps, on 18 Jul 1909; to Major Field Artillery, National Army, on 5 Aug 1917; lieutenant colonel on 3 May 1918; emergency colonel on 4 Sep 1918; and was honorably discharged as an emergency officer only, on 18 Jan 1920; to Permanent Major, Coast Artillery Corps, on 1 Jul 1920; and lieutenant colonel on 17 Jul 1920.
        Assigned to duty with the Coast Artillery, Army, he served at various coast defense stations in the United States, the Canal Zone, and the Philippines. While in the Philippines, he was Inspector of Harbor Defenses at Manila and Subic Bays. After the entry of the United States into the WWI, he was sent to join the American Expeditionary Forces in France and was detailed as Assistant Chief of Staff, 26th Division, and as a student at the Army War College, Langres. He saw duty at the front, at Chemin Des Dames and in Toul Sector.
        Among the special duties assigned were: Commander of the Army Mine Planter “Henry J. Hunt;” duty in the Office of the Chief of Staff and in the Office of the Chief of Coast Artillery, Washington, DC; Assistant Instructor of Tactics, USMA; Professor of Military Science and Tactics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Director, Department of Engineering, Coast Artillery School, Ft. Monroe, VA; and Executive, Coast Artillery Training Center.
        He was an honor graduate of the Coast Artillery School, 1913; of the Army War College in 1928, and was selected as a member of the General Staff Corps Eligible List. Maybach died at San Francisco, CA, on 26 May 1930. He was 54.

4032  Jerome Gray Pillow, son of Jerome B. and Jennie H. Pillow, was born in Columbia, TN, on 7 Aug 1875. He was appointed from Arkansas as a member of the Class of 1899, later as part of the Class of 1900, and, on account of illness, finally graduated with the Class of 1901.
        He was commissioned in the Cavalry, where he helped organize the 14th Cavalry, and later served in the 7th, 13th, 4th, and 11th Cavalry regiments. He served with the 14th Cavalry in the Philippines in 1903–05. He was in the field three times against the Moros, including the Taraca expedition under BG Wood.
        The 13th Cavalry became his favorite regiment and he went with it to the Philippines in 1909 and served as Aide-de-Camp to MG William H. Carter, Commander of the Department of Luzon. In 1913, he again served as Aide to MG Carter, who was organizing a division at Galveston, TX. COL Pillow accompanied MG Carter to Honolulu and served with him in the Hawaiian Department. Pillow spent the greater part of his career on duty with troops, serving as Squadron Adjutant, Regimental Adjutant, Post Adjutant, and, Division Adjutant of the 89th Division.
        During WWI, he served on the staff of the 32d Division under MG William G. Haan. Pillow was chiefly responsible for the planning of the operations of the 32d Division in the Aisne-Marne Offensive, the Oise-Aisne Offensive, and the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. For this excellent service, Pillow was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal.
        He earned the distinction of being named on the Initial General Staff Eligible List. After the Armistice, he served on the staff of the III Army Corps, A.E.F., and upon return to the U.S., served on the War Department General Staff in Washington, DC. He also served as Officer in Charge of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps at the Ninth Corps Area Headquarters in San Francisco and, later, as Chief of Staff of the 79th Division, Organized Reserves, in Philadelphia, PA.
        His next duty, in 1933, came as Military Attaché with the American Embassy in Rome. His duties in Rome brought him in close contact with Benito Mussolini. The King of Italy awarded Pillow the Order of the Crown of Italy for his outstanding service. He also was awarded the French Chevalier of the Legion of Honor and campaign medals for the Spanish-American War and the Philippine Insurrection, plus the WWI medal with four battle clasps.
        He graduated from the General Staff College, A.E.F.; the School of the Line; and the General Staff School at Ft. Leavenworth. He was an instructor at the School of the Line, and the General Staff School at Ft. Leavenworth where he also served as Executive Officer. He graduated from the Army War College in 1927, then served two years in the Office of the Chief of Cavalry.
        Retiring in 1938, COL Pillow died quietly at his home on 7 Apr 1956, and was buried in Atchison, KS. He was 80 years old.

4033  Ralph Noble Hayden was born on 22 Mar 1879, in Hempstead, NY. After graduation, he was assigned to the 7th Cavalry and served with that regiment until 1906. This service included stations at Chickamauga Park, Ft. Oglethorpe, and Camp McGrath, Philippines. In 1906, he was transferred to the 3rd Cavalry at Camp Stotsenburg. After returning to the U.S., he was stationed at various posts across Texas.
        During the WWI, Hayden, as a Major and Lieutenant Colonel of the National Army, was with the 345th and 355th Infantry at Camp Funston, KS, and with the 153rd Depot Brigade at Camp Dix, NJ. He was also Assistant Chief of Staff, G-3, 102d Division.
        After the war, he served as Demobilization Officer at Camp Dix, and as Assistant General Superintendent in Charge of Vessel Operation at the Port of Embarkation, Hoboken, NJ. He transferred to the Quartermaster Corps on 15 Aug 1920, serving as Post and Division Quartermaster at Schofield Barracks, Territory of Hawaii, and Commanding Officer, Hawaiian Branch Depot, at Honolulu. He was retired, at his own request, as a lieutenant colonel on 15 Dec 1922, and settled in Palo Alto, CA. He died on 20 Aug 1940 in Pacific Grove, CA.

4034  Alden Farley Brewster, the eldest son of Virginia Alden and William Farley Brewster, was born in Chicago, IL, on 30 Jul 1887.
       He received his earlier education in the public schools of Chicago and New York and graduated from St. John’s Military Academy in Delafield, WI, in June 1896. After graduating from West Point, he was assigned to the Artillery Corps at Ft. Stevens, OR, with the 93rd Company of Coast Artillery. He also served as post and district adjutant.
        In 1904–05, during the Philippine Insurrection, he served with the 18th and 28th Batteries. After he returned to the U.S. in 1905, he was promoted to first lieutenant and was stationed at the Presidio of San Francisco, CA; Ft. Riley, KS; and Ft. Hamilton, NY. In 1907, he was assigned to the 2d Field Artillery at Ft. D. A. Russell, WY. While there, he was detached for temporary duty to Ft. Sheridan, IL; Columbus Barracks, OH; and for recruiting duty to Milwaukee, WI, and Jefferson Barracks, MO. He returned to his regiment to deploy to the Philippines in 1910. In 1911, he was promoted to captain.
        He returned to the States in 1912 and was assigned to the 4th Field Artillery at Ft. D.A. Russell, WY (now Ft. F. E. Warren). The regiment deployed to the Mexican border in 1913, and in 1914, he went to Vera Cruz, Mexico, as Regimental Quartermaster. While in El Paso in 1916, he was sent to Panama with the Second Battalion as a battery commander and later was Adjutant at Corozal. When promoted to major, he assumed command of the battalion.
        At the outbreak of hostilities in 1917, he received the temporary rank of lieutenant colonel and took command of the Post of Corozal until ordered back to the U.S. to join the 12th Field Artillery. In January 1918, the regiment went to Europe as part of the 2d Division. While the regiment was in the Verdun Sector, he was promoted to colonel and sent to Tours at Headquarters S.O.S as Artillery Liaison Officer and supervised the Artillery units in training. Later, he was assistant to the Chief of Artillery at Chaumont.
        After WWI, he was Executive Officer at Ft. Sill, OK, and on three occasions, served with and commanded the 76th Field Artillery at Ft. Francis E. Warren, WY. He was detailed in the Adjutant General’s Department from 1919–20.
        After leaving Ft. Sill, OK, in 1921, he attended the School of the Line at Ft. Leavenworth, KS, and graduated in 1922. He graduated from the Army War College in 1929 and returned to Ft. Sill for the refresher course in 1935. Before attending the War College, he served for nearly four years in the Office of the Chief of Field Artillery under MG William J. Snow and MG Fred T. Austin.
        After promotion to colonel in 1931, he continued in command of the 76th Field Artillery until ordered to the Presidio of San Francisco to take charge of the Organized Reserve Affairs of the 9th Corps Area. He died at Ft. Francis E. Warren, WY, on 17 Sep 1936 at the age of 59.

4035  John Anderson Berry was born in Hackensack, NJ, on 29 Feb 1880. He entered West Point when he was 17 years of age. He spent 11 months overseas in WWI with the 85th Division, being detached from the Coast Artillery Corps to duty with the Quartermaster Corps. He rose to the rank of full colonel during this time, reverting to his permanent rank of major on 1 Jul 1920 and being promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel on 16 Jul 1920. He was transferred to the Adjutant General’s Department in May 1922 and promoted to full colonel in 1931. He served at Ft. Sam Houston from 1930–37 as Assistant Adjutant General and Adjutant General of the 8th Corps Area. He had retired from active duty in October 1938, while stationed at Ft. Shafter, in the headquarters of the Hawaiian Department. He completed two tours of duty in the Philippines, one in Panama, and one in Hawaii, in addition to two tours in Washington, DC; Ft. Wadsworth, NY; Ft. Hancock, NJ; Ft. McPherson, GA; Puget Sound; and Ft. Douglas, UT. After a long battle with illness that lasted several years, he died on 21 Sep 1945 at Brooke General Hospital, Ft. Sam Houston, TX. He was 65 years old.

4036  Leonard William Prunty was born on 21 Aug 1875, at Laclede, KS, and was appointed to the Military Academy from the same state. Upon graduation, he was appointed a Second Lieutenant of the Cavalry and served as an officer for 17 years with the 4th Cavalry. In that regiment, he served as a second lieu-tenant and a colonel. Before WWI, he was transferred to the 7th Cavalry but soon was made a Major of Infantry, National Army, and then rapidly earned the emergency promotions to Lieutenant Colonel of Infantry and Colonel of Cavalry. He was called to Washington for service on the General Staff, where he served in the War Plans Division and the Operations Division. His general staff service lasted until 1 Jul 1920. He was selected as a student at the Mounted Service School in 1913. In preparation for his war duties, he graduated from the School of Fire for Field Artillery. Later, he attended the General Staff School, from which he graduated in 1922, then completed study at the Army War College. He served with the National Guard, and his superior job there took him to Washington for duty in the Office of the Chief of the Militia Bureau, where he assisted greatly in fostering good relations between the Regular Army and the National Guard. His retirement for disability in 1929 was only short-term, as the Army requested his services again, two years later.  He died at Ft. Riley, KS, on 24 Sep 1939, at 64 years of age.

4037  Gordon Robinson was born in New Orleans, LA, 8 Sep 1876. He entered the Military Academy in 1897 and, on graduation, was commissioned in the Artillery. He remained with that branch of the service in this country and in the Philippines up through the grade of captain. In 1912, he was detailed to the Quartermaster Corps and served for a time in the office of The Quartermaster General in Washington, DC.
         In the summer of 1917, he went to France by way of England, and from then on specialized in motor transport. He served with the French Army in its offensive at Chemin des Dames, and with the British Army in both the Chambray and the Somme actions. In April 1918, he was assigned to the office of the Director of Motor Transport at Tours, and in August of that year, was put in charge of the Motor Transport Corps School. On 7 Oct 1918, he was made Colonel of the Motor Transport Corps, commanding the American Mission Reserve, Mallet, in charge of motor transport training and schools. He served in active operations of the 6th French Army on the Aisne River and received the Meritorious Service citation from France.
      After the war, he returned to the U.S. for duty in the office of the Chief of Staff in Washington, DC. Later, he took command of Ft. Miley, CA, and in 1921, was a student in the School of the Line at Ft. Leavenworth, KS. Later, he was detailed as instructor with the National Guard of the State of Missouri. While on this duty, he was taken sick and ordered to Walter Reed General Hospital, where he died on 30 Sep 1925.

4038  Henry Michael Dougherty was born in Pennsylvania on 2 Feb 1877. At the age of 19, he became a member of the National Guard, serving as a private in Company A, 1st Regiment. He entered the Academy on 19 Jun 1897, and graduated on 18 Feb 1901, ranking 45th in his class. His first assignment was with the Coast Artillery. He served with the 57th and 84th Companies at Ft. Wadsworth, NY, until October 1901, when he transferred to the 27th Field Artillery at Ft. Ethan Allen, VT. When mandamus proceedings were brought by a group of graduates of the Academy to compel the Secretary of War and the Adjutant General to appoint recent graduates from the Academy to vacancies then existing in the grade of first lieutenant, he had the suit brought in his name. When the suit was lost, he had the disagreeable experience of having two very inexperienced and junior civil appointments promoted ahead of himself. He resigned on 20 May 1903. He took up engineering work in Philadelphia, PA, then in Charleston, SC. He also did engineering work in Idaho, Florida, California, Hawaii and Chile. He died in Washington, DC, on 29 Mar 1936, at the age of 59.

4039  Louis Soleliac, Jr., the son of Louis and Eleanor Soleliac, was born at Paterson, NJ, on 15 May 1877. His early education was obtained in the public schools both in New Jersey and also in New York City. He was appointed from New York. Graduating 46th in his class, he was unable to successfully complete the final physical fitness exam. He was offered another chance in June of 1901 and, after failing again, was honorably discharged from military service. One year later, he was able to pass the required physical exam and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Infantry. He was assigned to the 16th Infantry and reported for temporary duty at the Recruit Depot at Ft. Slocum, NY, in August 1902. Two months later, he proceeded under orders to join his regiment doing garrison duty at Ft. McPherson, GA, where he served until May 1905. Accompanying his regiment to the Philippines, Lieutenant Soleliac participated in the campaign against the Pulajanes in Leyte during 1906–07. Returning to the U.S., he served with his regiment at Ft. Crook, NE, from September 1907 until July 1908. On 13 Feb 1908, he was promoted to first lieutenant and was assigned to the 17th Infantry. Next, he was transferred to the 12th Infantry in April of 1909 and joined his new regiment at Ft. McPherson, GA. Soon after he accompanied it to the Philippines, where he was stationed at Ft. William McKinley. During this tour, he served as Battalion Adjutant and on company duty. Returning to the U.S. in January 1912, he was stationed at the Presidio of Monterey, CA, for a year, and at the Presidio of San Francisco, CA, until April 1914 when his regiment was ordered to the Mexican Border. He served at Nogales, AZ, until autumn of 1916 and on 1 Jul 1916, he was promoted captain. He was then assigned to the 12th Infantry. His health began to fail and he died on 22 Aug 1928. He is buried in Allentown, PA.

4040  Edward Harrison DeArmond was born in Missouri and was also appointed from that state. He served in the 2d Regiment of the Missouri National Guard, Company B, before entering West Point. He graduated 47th in his class and was promoted to second lieutenant in the Artillery Corps. He served with the 17th Company of the Coast Artillery in Havana, Cuba, until June 1901. He joined the 17th Battery of the Field Artillery and served at San Antonio, TX. They left for the Philippines in January 1903. He served in Mindanao and Jolo on the Moro expeditions under GEN Pershing, BG Wood, and MAJ Bullord, until June 1904. When he returned to the U.S. he served at the Presidio of San Francisco, CA, until August of 1904. On 24 Jan 1906, he was promoted to first lieutenant of the Artillery Corps and was attached to the 24th Battery, Field Artillery, for American Lake maneuvers until October 1906. His next assignment was with the 25th Battery at Ft. Riley, KS, then upon reorganization was assigned to the 6th Field Artillery, until June of 1907. Next, he was a student in the Mounted Service School until 1909. Next, he became an instructor at West Point in the Department of Tactics. While there he was promoted to Captain of the Field Artillery and assigned to the 5th Field Artillery. He commanded the battery at Ft. Sill OK, from 1912–15. He attended the School of Fire for Field Artillery; became Battalion Adjutant and transferred to the 2d Field Artillery. He served as Regimental Adjutant of the 2d Field Artillery, at Camp Stotsenburg, Philippines, then became Quartermaster by Detail. He was also Quartermaster at Jolo, Philippines; and promoted to Major of Field Artillery. When he was relieved from detail as Quartermaster he attended the Army War College at Washington, DC. He was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel of the Field Artillery, National Army in August of 1917. Next, he served at Camp MacArthur, TX; in France as Chief of Staff of the 32d Division; in the office of Chief of Artillery, A.E.F.; and as Chief of the Field Artillery Section. On 8 Aug 1918, he was temporarily promoted to brigadier general and served at Washington, DC, in the office of the Chief of Field Artillery. He was returned to the grade of major in 1919. Next, he was detailed in the General Staff Corps, General Staff with troops, then served as Chief of Staff of the South Eastern Department at Charleston, SC. In 1919, he was temporarily promoted to Colonel of Field Artillery, then returned to the grade of major. In August of 1920, as a Lieutenant Colonel of Field Artillery he served at Ft. McPherson, GA, G-1, 4th Corps Area. He was relieved from the General Staff and entered the Army War College. Upon graduation he was assigned to the duty office, Chief of Field Artillery from 1924–28. In 1930, he was assigned to the Hawaiian Department at Schofield Barracks with the 8th Field Artillery. He served at Governor’s Island, NY, on general staff duty with troops, in the 2d Corps Area. Next, he commanded the 18th Field Artillery and School Troops Division, at Ft. Sill, OK. He served in Manila, Philippines as Chief of Staff of the Philippine Department, until 1941. He served as an Artillery Officer in the 2d Army from 1941–42 before retiring as a brigadier general. He died in Lexington, VA, on 21 Oct 1948, at the age of 70.

4041  Edmund Kearsley Sterling was born in Toledo, OH, on 28 Sep 1875, the son of COL James T. Sterling and Sarah M. Webster Sterling. He was raised in Detroit, MI, where he attended public schools. Before entering USMA, he spent two years at Trinity College in Hartford, CT.
      Upon graduation, Sterling was assigned to the 3rd Cavalry, which, at that time, was serving in the Philippines. Before joining his regiment, however, he, and with ten other members of his class were ordered to Ft. Leavenworth, KS, to assist in organizing the 14th Cavalry. He served as commanding officer of Troop L of that regiment.
        In June 1901, he joined his regiment, the 3rd Cavalry, stationed in Laoag, Ilocos Morte, Philippines. He returned with his squadron in August 1902 and was stationed at Ft. Assiniboine, MT, until January 1906, when again he deployed with his regiment to the Philippines and was stationed at Camp Stotsenburg, Pampanga, Philippines. In February of 1908, he went with his squadron to Ft. Sam Houston, TX. Then in December, while with I and M Troops of the 3rd Cavalry, he was sent to Ft. Wingate, NM. In 1911, both these troops were ordered to the Mexican border.
        In May 1911, he was ordered to Ft. Leavenworth, KS, for a course at the Command & General Staff School. On completion of this course, he was detailed as Cavalry Inspector-Instructor of the National Guard of Colorado and Arizona, with station at Denver, CO. In August 1913, at his own request, he was relieved. After serving as Assistant Statistical Officer at the National and International Rifle Matches at Camp Perry, OH, he joined his troop in the vicinity of Laredo, TX. From then until our entrance into WWI, he served at various points along the Mexican border and at Ft. Sam Houston, TX. During this time, he was promoted to captain.
         In May of 1917, he became an instructor in the First Training Camp, at Ft. Sheridan, IL, where he was on duty with the Michigan-Wisconsin Regiment. He was promoted to Major, National Army, in August 1917. In September, he joined the 90th Division at Camp Travis, TX, and then was assigned to the 360th Infantry. Later, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and made the Division Machine Gun Officer. He accompanied the division to France in June 1918, and, during the battle of St. Mihiel, was given command of the 359th Infantry, which he commanded to the end of the war and was awarded the Silver Star. On 18 Oct 1918, he was promoted to Colonel, National Army. He commanded his regiment in Germany in the Army of Occupation and returned with it to the United States in June 1919.
        Demoted to his prewar rank of Captain of Cavalry, he was assigned to the 14th Cavalry at Ft. Sam Houston, TX, but shortly thereafter was transferred to the 16th Cavalry, where he was appointed Intelligence Officer on the staff of General Francis C. Marshall. He rejoined his regiment and marched with it to Ft. Sam Houston in 1920.
        In August of that year, he was ordered to the Command and General School at Ft. Leavenworth, KS, in June 1921 and was designated as a “Distinguished Graduate.” The next year, he took the Staff School Course, from which he graduated in June 1922. He was promoted to Major of Cavalry on 1 Jul 1920 and then to Lieutenant Colonel of Cavalry.
        He was retained at the Command & General Staff School as an instructor until August 1924, when he was ordered to the Army War College, where he was graduated in June 1925. He was then ordered to the Naval War College at Newport, RI. Upon graduation, he was ordered to the 5th Corps Area Headquarters at Ft. Hayes, OH, where he was detailed as Assistant Chief of Staff, G-3, until 30 Jun 1930, when he was ordered to the Command & General Staff School as Assistant to the Director of the 2d Year Class. In June 1931, he was appointed Director of the 2d Year Class and served until June 1934. He was promoted to Colonel of Cavalry on 1 Dec 1931.
        He then was ordered to the Philippines to command the 26th Cavalry (P.S.) at Ft. Stotsenburg, until July of 1936. He then was ordered to Governors Island on the Staff of the Commanding General, Second Corps Area. On 1 Dec 1936, he was assigned as Officer in Charge of National Guard Affairs.
        After his retirement, he moved to Clearwater, FL, where he died on 28 Sep 1939. He was 71 years old.

4042  Wiley Mangum, Jr. was born in Sherman, TX, on 3 Jun 1878. His early education was in the public schools of his native city. He was appointed to West Point by Senator Bailey, and entered the Academy 18 Jun 1897. Graduating 49th in his class, he was assigned as a second lieutenant to the 15th Cavalry, in the Philippines. In one of the numerous actions on the Island of Mindinao, he was wounded by the Moros. In 1903, he returned to the U.S. and was stationed at Ft. Ethan Allen, VT. He became a first lieutenant in the 6th Cavalry in 1905 and, in 1907, was detailed for duty with the Signal Corps. In June 1907, he was transferred to the 8th Cavalry at Ft. Yellowstone, WY. Shortly, before his regiment went to the Philippines, LT Magnum was stricken with aphasia. He retired on 3 Aug 1908 for a disability and died in Wills Point, TX, on 21 Nov 1908.

4043  Charles Jacob Naylor was born in Philadelphia, PA, on  3 Oct 1875, the son of John Samuel and Julia Steelman Naylor. He attended the William Penn Charter School for Boys in Philadelphia and was appointed from that state to the Academy. He graduated 50th in his class and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the 4th Cavalry at Ft. Myer, VA. He temporarily served with the 11th Cavalry organizing Troop H. Next, he served at Jefferson Barracks, MO, and then at Monterey, CA, where he was promoted to First Lieutenant of the 12th Cavalry. He returned to the 4th Cavalry and served at Jolo, Philippines, and at Moro Fair at Zamboanga. He returned to the U.S. and served at Ft. Meade, MD, then at Columbus Barracks. From December 1910 to September 1911, he served in Newark, NJ, on recruiting duty; Ft. Snelling, MN; Old Ft. Bliss, TX; and Pelea, NM, where he was present at the Battle of Juarez. Next, he served at Cloudcroft, NM; Ft. Huachuca; Naco and Hereford, AZ; and Jefferson Barracks, MO. He also served on recruiting duty in Oklahoma City, OK. In 1916, he was promoted to Captain of the 4th Cavalry while at Schofield Barracks, HI. He was on sick leave in 1917, before serving on recruiting duty in San Francisco. He was promoted to Major of Infantry, then served at Camp Lewis, WA, with the 364th Infantry, the 91st Division and the 166th Depot Brigade. Next, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and served as Senior Instructor of Infantry with the 4th Officers’ Training School. He was detailed in the Inspector General’s Department and retired as a captain on 25 Sep 1918 for a disability contracted in the line of duty. He continued on active duty with the temporary rank of lieutenant colonel in Washington, DC, in the office of the Inspector General. He was placed on the retired list in July 1920 as a major and transferred to duty in the office of the Adjutant General of the Army. He was relieved from active duty in July of 1921 as a lieutenant colonel.
        He worked as a merchandise broker for a short time before attending Columbia University from 1922–24. He then, spent his time writing and traveling in Europe until 1927. He wrote and published occasional short stories until 1930. He died on 14 Nov 1931, in New York, at the age of 56, and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery, VA.

4044  Kerr Tunis Riggs was born on 30 May 1880 in Cynthiana, KY. He attended public schools, then changed to a private school.
      After graduating 51st in his class at West Point, he reported to Ft. Leavenworth, KS, with the 14th Cavalry. In July   of 1901, he was made Squadron Quartermaster and went with his outfit to old Ft. Grant, AZ, where he served until he left for the Philippines as Second Lieutenant of Troop L, Fourteenth Cavalry. He remained two years in the southern islands, principally on the island of Jolo, where he participated in considerable fighting against the Moros. For the part he took in the fight at Cotta Pang Pang, he was awarded the Silver Star Citation for gallantry in action.
        Returning to the U.S., he graduated from the Infantry-Cavalry School as a distinguished graduate in 1906, and from the Army Staff College in 1907. Next, he served with the 14th Cavalry at Boise Barracks, ID. During 1907–10, he served as an instructor at West Point, first in history and then in law. Then, he served with the troops of the 10th Cavalry during 1913–16, at Ft. Ethan Allen, VT, and Ft. Apache, AZ. He served as Regimental Adjutant with the 4th Cavalry in Hawaii at the outbreak of WWI.  In June 1917, while in Hawaii, he received orders to proceed to France and report to the Commanding General, A.E.F. Upon his arrival in France, he was placed on the general staff, where he served at the headquarters as Chief of a Subsection of G-2 under BG Dennis E. Nolan.
        He served as G-2 of the 2d Corps when the Corps was demobilized. During WWI, he served in the temporary grades of major, lieutenant colonel, and colonel. For his work with the 2d Corps, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal.
        Upon his return to the U.S., he served on the War Department General Staff until July 1919, when he went to Ft. Leavenworth, KS, to assist in the reorganization of the General Service School. While there, he served as an instructor in the Line and Staff Classes, and remained until January 1921. He was placed on the Initial General Staff Corps Eligible List in December 1920.
        In January 1921, he became Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2, of the 2d Division, at Camp Travis, TX, until he was called to Washington, DC, for duty with the War Department General Staff. His next assignment was at Ft. Riley, KS, with the 9th Cavalry and as Director of the Department of General Instruction and of the Troop Officers’ Class. In June of 1927, he was detailed as Chief of Staff, 1st Cavalry Division, at Ft. Bliss, TX, until June 1931.
        From Ft. Bliss, he went to the Army War College as a student, 1931–32. He was given the academic rating of superior in “Theoretical Training for War Department General Staff.” After graduation, he continued on duty there as Executive Officer of the Army War College, 1932–33, and as Director of the G-3 division of the faculty, 1933–35. He was placed on the eligible list for brigadier general in January 1932.
        His next duty was at Ft. Brown, TX, in command of the 12th Cavalry and Post, from September 1935 to July 1937. His next duty was as Chief of Staff of the Panama Canal Department. Afterwards he accepted a detail as PMS&T of the University of Georgia at Athens, where he remained until his retirement on 30 June 1942. While there, he was immediately returned to active duty on 1 Jul 1942, and served there until his retirement for physical disability on 1 Feb 1944.
        Upon his retirement, he devoted his time to the study of political problems and to his children and grandchildren. He died on 24 Sep 1949 after a week’s illness and was buried in the National Cemetery at Marietta, GA. He was 69.

4045  Graduating 52d in his class, Carl Henry Muller, was known to his friends as “Heine.” The son of Henry Muller and Mina Hope Muller, he was born on 31 Mar 1879, in Brenham, TX.
        Upon graduation, Muller was appointed a Second Lieutenant of Cavalry. His first assignment was with the 10th Cavalry, where he remained for the next eleven and a half years. While with the 10th Cavalry, he served in Cuba, the United States, and the Philippines, and was a member of the famous polo team of Muller, Graham, Cook, and Palmer, which never lost in tournament play.
        In the latter part of 1912, he was appointed professor of Military Science and Tactics at the Pennsylvania Military Academy. From 1914–16, he was assigned to the 11th Cavalry; in the strike district in Colorado; at Ft. Oglethorpe, GA; and with the punitive expedition in Mexico. After the campaign in the field in Mexico terminated, he was made professor of Military Science and Tactics at Texas A&M in September 1916 and remained there until June 1917. On 5 Aug 1917, he was made a Major of Infantry in the National Army; then, on 11 May 1918, he was appointed Lieutenant Colonel of Infantry, serving with the 322d.
        In June 1918, he sailed with the 322d Infantry to France, where he remained until October 1918. He was promoted to a Colonel of Infantry and returned to the U.S. and the 100th Division at Camp Bowie, TX. He became the Executive Officer of the camp and remained there until 18 Jan 1919, when he again was made professor of Military Science and Tactics at Texas A&M. He remained there until August 1920 when he was assigned to duty with the Officers Reserve Corps. Until his death, he alternated between services with the Organized Reserve; the Field Artillery; command of the 8th Cavalry at Ft. Bliss, TX; student at the Command and Staff School from which he graduated in June 1926; and, because he spoke German fluently, representative of the Historical Section of the Army War College in Berlin, Germany, 1927–31. During this time in Germany, he had the unique experience of free access to all the archives of the German War Office, with special reports upon the Battle of Tannenberg and the Mazurian Lakes. Many of the details of this campaign were furnished for him personally by the President of the Reich, Von Hindenburg.
        After the war, he was promoted to Major, Lieutenant Colonel, and finally Colonel of Cavalry in the Regular Army, on 1 Jan 1932.
        He died on 26 Sep 1942, in St. Louis, MO, at the age of 63.

4046  Allen Collins Keyes was born in Quincy, IL, on 6 May 1878. While he small child, his family moved to Minneapolis. In 1896 while living there, he won his cadetship by competitive examination, was admitted to the Military Academy in 1897, and graduated 53rd in his class. His first duty was at Ft. Leavenworth, KS, where he assisted in the organization of the 14th Cavalry. After a few weeks’ service at Ft. Leavenworth, he was transferred to Ft. Riley, and in February 1902, went with the 1st Squadron of his regiment to Ft. Huachuca.
        In the fall of 1903, he sailed with the regiment for the Philippines and took part in all the military operations under GEN Wood in the Islands of Mindanao and Jolo.
        The regiment returned to the U.S. in the fall of 1905, and he went to Ft. Walla Walla, WA, with his troop. He was immediately promoted and assigned to the 10th Cavalry, stationed at Ft. Washakie. He remained there until the departure of the regiment for the Philippines in 1907. He remained with the regiment, performing troop and staff duty, until its return in May 1909.
        After a short service at Ft. Ethan Allen, he was detached and went on recruiting duty at Lexington, KY.  After a short leave, he was assigned to the 14th Cavalry. He joined the regiment at Ft. Clark in the early fall of 1912, where he served in the field doing patrol duty on the Mexican border. He remained with the regiment until his death at Ft. Clark on 4 Mar 1913, at the age of 35.

4047  John Alonzo Pearson was born in Tennessee, graduated 54th in his class, and served with the 11th Cavalry at Ft. Meyer, VA, and Ft. Ethan Allen, VT, before going to the Philippines. He served at Batangas with the 2d Squadron, 11th Cavalry until April of 1902 and remained in the Philippines until February 1904. After returning to the U.S. he served with the regiment at Ft. Des Moines, IA, until 1906. During this time he was promoted to First Lieutenant of the 7th Cavalry. Later in 1906, he returned to the Philippines with the 7th Cavalry. During 1907–09 he served at the Recruit Depots at Ft. Slocum, NY, and at Angel Island, CA. Still with the 7th Cavalry, his next ten months were spent at Ft. Riley, KS. Next, he served with the 11th Cavalry at the Ft. Oglethorpe, GA, before returning to Ft. Riley, KS, as a student officer at the Mounted Service School. He was an Instructor of Equitation at the Artillery School in 1913. During 1913–16, he served with the Cavalry Rifle Team at Ft. Oglethorpe, GA, the 11th Cavalry at the Strike Zone, CO, and the Punitive Expedition into Mexico. He was promoted to Captain of the Cavalry on 1 Jul 1916. He saw action at La Hoya, Mexico, the Conchas River, at Ojos Azules, and near the Santa Clara Ranch. Next, he served at Boston, MA, on recruiting duty, where he was temporarily promoted to major in 1917. Then, in 1918, he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, National Army, and Colonel of Cavalry. He served in Washington, DC, with the Real Estate Section, Purchase, Storage and Traffic Division, General Staff and then was returned to the grade of captain. Next, he served at Camp Meade, MD, as Captain of the Cavalry with the Overseas Replacement Depot, then as a Recorder of the Board of Officers and as the Assistant Camp Inspector until 1919. As a captain he retired for a disability contracted in the line of duty on 30 Sep 1919. He was on active duty at New Bedford, MA, until 1922, when he retired as a major. As a lieutenant colonel he retired in 1922, then in 1930 as a colonel. He received his law degree from Yale and went into practice with his brother. On 29 Jun 1963 he died in Norman, OK.

4048  Prince Albert Oliver was born on 2 Aug 1876 in Pennsylvania. He was assigned to the 5th Cavalry upon graduation from West Point and sent to the Philippines. He served in the field from April 1901 to May 1903, then at Manila, Philippines until September 1903. He returned to the U.S. and served with his regiment at Ft. Apache, AZ, until he resigned on 10 Oct 1905. He later was commissioned as a major in the Air Service on 18 Jan 1918 and served in the school of Military Aeronauts, at Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. Next, he served at Carlstrom Field, Arcadia, FL, as Executive Officer of the Air Service Flying School. In March 1918, he served as Executive Officer at the School for Aerial Observers. He served as Executive Officer at Wilbur Wright Field in Fairfield, OH, until October 1920 when he was honorably discharged.
        He died in San Jose, CA, on 20 May 1956. He was 79.

4049  Charles Burnett was born in Concord, TN, in 1877. While at West Point, he participated in athletics and was an end on the football team.
     Burnett was assigned to the 15th Cavalry in   the Philippines and was involved in the engagement with the Moros at Mindanao. He then served at Ft. Myer and Ft. Ethan Allen with the same regiment. Burnett returned to the Philippines in 1906 with the 4th Cavalry and was an aide to GEN Pershing. He then returned to the U.S., where he remained until 1911.  His next assignment was as a Japanese language student and military attaché in Tokyo. Upon the completion of that duty, he was assigned to the 1st Cavalry and was Division Inspector General at Camp Grant, IL. After graduating from the General Staff College, he was G-3 of the 30th Division, also known as “Old Hickory,” after which he received a first star was promoted to brigadier general.
        BG Burnett again was sent to Japan as a military attaché and was there during the Earthquake of 1923.  He was paramount in the relief effort to Americans and arranged for the Red Cross to assist the Japanese.  He spent several years in Japan before returning to the U.S. as commander of the 3rd Cavalry at Ethan Allen. Burnett then served as Chief of the Military Attaché and Foreign Liaison Section, War Department General Staff; Commander of the 6th Cavalry at Ft. Oglethorpe, GA; and Chief of the Bureau of Insular Affairs until 1939.
        Burnett received many awards during his military career, including the Philippine Campaign Medal, the Spanish-American War Medal, the Mexican Border Medal, the Victory Medal with four bars (indicating participation in four major battles), and the Distinguished Service Medal. From foreign countries, he received the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun, the Swedish Order of the Sword, the French Order of Officer of the Legion of Honor, the Mexican Order of Military Merit, the Equador Order of Abdon Calderon, the Italian Order of the Crown, and the Czechoslovak Order of the White Lion.
        Burnett died at Walter Reed Army Hospital in 1939 at age 62 following a short illness. His family received condolences from all over the world, including the Minister of the Imperial Household of Japan. GEN Pershing and the Secretary of State also sent letters to Mrs. Burnett expressing their sorrow on her loss.

4050  Born in Cold Spring, NY, on 30 Oct 1875, Arthur James Lynch had admired West Point as a child. He entered West Point on 19 Jun 1897 after taking a competitive examination and winning his appointment. Upon graduation as a second lieutenant, he served in the15th Cavalry at the Presidio, CA. Still in the 15th, he served in CPT Pershing’s troop during the Philippine Insurrection. After returning to the U.S., he served at Ft. Ethan Allen, VT;  in Cuba; and at Santa Clara and Soledad. In 1907, as a first lieutenant in the 14th Cavalry, he was again at the Presidio, CA. After duty at Yosemite National Park, CA, he returned to the Presidio, CA, before doing a second tour in the Philippines. Upon his return to the U.S. in 1912, he served as Squadron Adjutant at Ft. Clark, TX, and commanded the Machine Gun Troop in Eagle Pass, TX. He was at Del Rio, TX, when he was promoted to Captain of the 14th Cavalry in July of 1916. A month later, he was promoted to Major of Infantry at Camp Travis, TX, where he served as Adjutant of the 175th Infantry Brigade and then went to serve at Camp Dodge, IA, with the 349th Infantry in September of 1917. In May of 1918, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and served with the 347th Infantry at Camp Pike, AR. He went to France with the 347th Infantry for a short time in 1918, after which he went to Camp Dix, NJ, as Camp Inspector. In February 1919, he became an Inspector General for a short time during which he served in Hoboken, NJ, as a member of the Board of Officers in Maritime Affairs. In August 1919, he was returned to the grade of captain. In 1920, he transferred to the Quartermaster Corps where he served as Assistant Quartermaster of the 2d Service Command and received his promotion to lieutenant colonel in November. In May of 1921, he served at Governor’s Island, NY, as Assistant to the Quartermaster, II Corps Area. He then graduated from the Army Industrial College, Washington, DC, and served in the Quartermaster General’s Office in the War Planning & Training Division. His last military service was in Brooklyn, NY, where he was in charge of the War Planning and Training Division in the Quartermaster section. He died on 4 Apr 1950 in New York City at the age of 74, and is buried at West Point.

4051  Claude Ernest Brigham, born in Indiana on 14 Apr 1878, graduated 58th in his class. He joined the Artillery at the Presidio of San Francisco, CA, and organized Company B of the 20th U.S. Infantry. They sailed for the Philippines, where he served at Boac, Muntinlupa, and Manila, until June of 1902. He served as Quartermaster on the U.S.C. (inter-island) Transport Hai-Mun from June 1902 to February 1903. Upon his return to the U.S., he served at the Presidio of San Francisco, CA, during 1903–05; then at Ft. Miley, CA until 1907. While at Ft. Monroe, VA, he was promoted to First Lieutenant of the Artillery. He was an honor graduate from the Coast Artillery School, was promoted to Captain of the Coast Artillery on 10 Sep 1909, then graduated from the advanced course in 1910. He served at Ft. Totten, NY, as District Artillery Engineer and Ordnance Officer, Adjutant and Mine Commander, and Company Commander until 1913. After leave, he reported to Ft. Monroe, VA, where he was Director and Instructor in the Department of Engineering and Mine Defense, Coast Artillery School, until 1917. Next, he served as Adjutant in the First Coast Artillery Training Camp and was temporarily promoted to Major, Coast Artillery. His next assignment was at Washington, DC, as Assistant to the Chief of Coast Artillery. In March of 1918, he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, Coast Artillery, then temporarily as Colonel, Coast Artillery. In June of 1919 he was a student officer at the Army Center of Artillery Studies at Treves, Germany. After graduating he served with the Quartermaster at London, England, until December 1919. Upon his return to the U.S., he was commander of Ft. Monroe, VA. He was returned to the grade of captain on 30 Jun 1920, then promoted to Major, Coast Artillery, on 1 Jul 1920, and Lieutenant Colonel, Coast Artillery, on 1 Sep 1920. He served in Washington, DC, as Executive Officer in the Office of the Chief of Chemical Warfare Service, then transferred to the Chemical Warfare Service. Next, he commanded the Edgewood Arsenal, MD, 1929–33. On 24 May 1924 he was promoted to major general. He retired at his request on 20 Sep 1937 after forty years of service. He died in Monterey, CA on 15 Jul 1968.

4052  On 23 Feb 1878, Richard Furnival was born in Philadelphia, PA. He was appointed to West Point from Auburn, NY, in 1897, graduated in February 1901, 59th in his class, and then was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Coast Artillery Corps. He was promoted in less than a year to first lieutenant and then again, four years later, to captain. In 1913, he graduated from the Coast Artillery School and served in the Quartermaster Corps for a year. In 1918, he went to France as a lieutenant colonel of the 56th Coast Artillery Corps as part of the American Expeditionary Force. In 1920 he was at Ft. Constitution, NH, and due to physical disability, was placed on the retired list. He died on 2 May 1935 at Portsmouth, NH, at the age of 57 and is buried at West Point.

4053  Daniel Dixon Gregory was born in Sheldon’s Grove, IL on 2 Sep 1875. He taught school several years before entering USMA and graduating 60th in his class in February of 1901. He was commissioned a second lieutenant and served in the 5th Cavalry. He also served in the Cavalry in the Philippines and Arizona. At Ft. Wingate, NM, he served as the Adjutant of the 3d Squadron. After attending the Army Signal School at Ft. Leavenworth, KS, he was promoted to major. He then served as Signal Officer of the 34th National Guard Division at Camp Cody, NM. At Langres, France, he attended the General Staff School after which he was promoted to lieutenant colonel. His next appointment was as Signal Officer of the 3d Infantry Division. He saw active service at the front in the Battle of Marne, during the Aisne Offensive. The Republic of France awarded him the Croix de Guerre avec Palme. He also saw action in the St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensives. He was wounded in action at Montfaucon and received the Purple Heart. In Germany, he was reassigned to the 2d Infantry Division on the Rhine as Signal Officer of the Army of Occupation. On July 1920, he retired due to a physical disability but was recalled the very next day and served until 1927 as Professor of Military Science and Tactics at North Carolina State College, Raleigh, NC, and at Porter Military Academy, Charleston, SC. He also improved training and discipline in the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps. He died at the age of 68 on 25 Sep 1943 in Springfield, MO, and was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Gainesville, TX with full military honors. 

4054  The grandson and namesake of an 1815 West Point graduate, John Symington, was born in Santa Fe, NM, on 5 Dec 1876. After graduating 61st in his class, he served as a second lieutenant in the 11th Cavalry in Vermont, the Philippines, and Kansas. A promotion to first lieutenant found him serving in the 1st Cavalry in Texas, the Philippines, Idaho, and California. He served on recruiting duty in Atlanta, GA, until rejoining his regiment at Boise Barracks and at the Presidio, Monterey, CA. He died at the young age of 37 on 28 Jun 1914 in Monterey, CA.

4055  Walter Herbert Smith, 62d in his class, was born on 4 Sep 1879 at Thomasville, GA. After graduation he served in the Cavalry for 16 years and in the Field Artillery for his last nine years. He attended the Infantry-Cavalry School and, later, was a student at the Staff College, Ft. Leavenworth, KS.  He was assigned to the Signal Corps, the Quartermaster Corps, and then the Field Artillery Corps. He served in the Field Artillery at Ft. Bliss, TX, before joining the American Expeditionary Force in France. Later in his career, he served as Commanding Officer of the 14th Field Artillery, and Executive Officer of the 152d Field Artillery Brigade Headquarters in New York. His next assignment was at Ft. Sill, OK, as a student in the Field Artillery Advanced Course. He then served as a Regimental Executive Officer at Ft. Bragg, NC, before attending the Field Officers’ Course at the Chemical Warfare School, Edgewood Arsenal, MD. He then served as Unit Instructor of the 862d Field Artillery (horse) at Baltimore, MD. Until his retirement, his assigned duty was as Chief of the Historical Section, Army War College, Washington, DC. He died at the age of 66 on 11 Jun 1946 in Washington, DC.

4056  Born in Virginia on 18 Dec 1875, William Tidball was 63rd in his class and the fourth generation of his family to graduate  from West Point. After graduation, he served at Ft. Slocum, NY, as a second lieutenant of the Artillery Corps and organized the 87th Company, Coast Artillery. He became a Captain in the Coast Artillery Corps in 1909. He was temporarily promoted to Colonel of the Field Artillery in September 1918 but returned to the rank of captain in April 1919. He commanded a company at Ft. MacArthur, CA, in 1920; later that year he was promoted to major and then commanded the Coast Defenses of Los Angeles, CA. By September of 1920, he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel of the Coast Artillery Corps. He served as Adjutant, Coast Defenses of Los Angeles, CA, and then at Ft. Monroe, VA. He was a student officer at the Coast Artillery School in 1921. He also served at Ft. DuPont, DE, and Camp Eustis, VA. At his own request, after more than 21 years of service, he retired on 15 Dec 1922. He then served as Assistant to the Dean at the University of Pennsylvania. He died on 26 Sep 1960 at the age of 84 in Phoenixville, PA, and is interred at West Point.

4057  George Hathaway Baird was born into an Army family at Ft. Leavenworth, KS. His father was BG George W. Baird, a Medal of Honor recipient who served in the Civil War and on the Western Frontier in Texas and Montana.
      Baird spent most of his childhood at old Indian border posts. These experiences were the impetus for his seeking an appointment to West Point. After graduation, Baird commanded a troop of the 11th Cavalry stationed at Ft. Myer, VA. He then was sent to Cuba and participated in the Cuban Pacification Expedition. In 1912, Baird was assigned as an instructor in the Department of Tactics at West Point for three years. Baird then went to Mexico with GEN Pershing in search of Pancho Villa.
        In the early stages of WWI, he served on the War Department General Staff in the War Plans, Training, and Executive branches. He was an aide to the Secretary of War and accompanied him on inspection trips. He then went to France and attended the General Staff College in Langres before serving as Division Inspector of the 77th Division and in the Office of the Inspector General of the S.O.S.
        Baird also served with the 8th, 11th, 13th, and 14th Cavalry Regiments and was Chief of Staff for the 64th Cavalry Division, Organized Reserved. He graduated from many service schools, including the School of Application for Cavalry and Artillery, the Field Officers Course at The Cavalry School at Ft. Riley, KS; the School of the Line and the Command and General Staff School at Ft. Leavenworth, KS.
        COL Baird retired in 1940 but was recalled to active duty in 1941 due to WWII.  He retired again in 1942 to Vermont, where he was active in the community. He died in Bennington, VT, in 1951 at the age of 74.

4058  William Manley Cooley was born in Michigan on 28 Jul 1975. After graduating 65th in his Class, he served with the 5th Cavalry in the Philippines at Maraquina, Poseg and Camp Stotsenburg. He returned to the U.S. in 1903 to duty at Ft. Wingate, NM; Whipple Barracks, AZ; and Ft. Logan, CO. In 1906, he was promoted to First Lieutenant, 6th Cavalry, and served at Ft. Keogh, MT, until 1907. Then he returned to the Philippines, serving at Jolo, and Malabang until November 1909. Back in the U.S., he was Squadron Adjutant at Ft. Huachuca, AZ, until January 1912, when he returned to Ft. Des Moines, IA. From March of 1913 to July of 1916, he served in Texas City; at Harlingen, TX; Landrum’s Ranch, TX, and various points on the Mexican border. He was promoted to Captain, 17th Cavalry, on 1 July 1916. Next, he served at Fort Bliss, TX, until March of 1917. In April of 1917 he was arrested and underwent a trial by General Court Martial and was reprimanded and confined to the limits of the post for three months. In May 1917, he served at Ft. Hancock, TX, then moved on to Douglas, AZ. He served on strike duty with the Troop at Globe, AZ, where he was promoted to Major of Infantry, National Army. In August 1917 he served with the 347th Infantry at Ft. Logan H. Roots, AK, and then was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel of Infantry. Next, he served with the Infantry Replacement Troops at Camp Pike, AK, where he was returned to the grade of captain, then assigned to the 4th Cavalry. In May 1919 he served in the office of the Constructing Quartermaster in Washington, DC, for a short time before returning to Camp Pike, AK, as a Camp Utilities Officer. While at Camp Pike, he was promoted to Major of Infantry, and then Lieutenant Colonel of Infantry. He served as the Executive Officer at the Recruit Educational Center and, after a leave of absence, served at Ft. Brown, TX, as an Education and Recreation Officer with the 4th Cavalry. In August of 1920, he commanded the post and the 2d Squadron, 12th Cavalry, at Ft. Ringgold, TX. From January to June in 1923 he attended the Cavalry School Advanced Course at Ft. Riley, KS. After graduating he served as Training Officer and Summary Court with the 12th Cavalry, then again commanded the post and the 2d Squadron, 12th Cavalry. After a leave he served at St. Paul, MN, as Professor of Military Science and Tactics at Cretin High School. At Decatur, IL, he served with the Organized Reserves of the 6th Corps Area until retirement. He retired at his own request, after 30 years of service, as a lieutenant colonel. He died at Ann Arbor, MI, on 9 Feb 1964.

4059  William Nafew Haskell graduated 66th in his Class and joined the 9th Cavalry serving at the recruiting rendezvous at Columbus Barracks. At Ft. Sheridan, IL, he commanded Company E. 29th Infantry, and was with the 21st Battery, Field Artillery.  He joined Troop 3, 9th Cavalry, at Camalig, Albay Province, Philippines in August 1901. He served in the field and the garrison in Southern Luzon, in the Batangas and Laguna Provinces. Next, he served as Depot Quartermaster, and Depot Commissary at Laguna Bay, PI. He returned to the U.S. in October 1902 for duty at Ft. Walla Walla, WA. From September 1903 to July 1904, he attended the Army School of the Line at Ft. Leavenworth, KS, where he was a distinguished graduate. Next, he attended the Army Staff College, 1904–05, then served with Troop E, 9th Cavalry at Ft. Leavenworth as Squadron Quartermaster and Commissary. On 26 Apr 1906, he was promoted to First Lieutenant, 4th Cavalry. He returned to the Philippines and served in Jolo with the 4th Cavalry; then as Squadron Adjutant, 3d Squadron, 4th Cavalry, 1906–07. Returning to the U.S., he was detailed to fill a vacancy in the Signal Corps as Assistant to the Chief Signal Officer for the Department of California. Next, he served as the Secretary of the Signal Corps School, then with Company H of the Signal Corps, 1907–11. He then was assigned to the 14th Cavalry and served as Secretary, Signal Corps School for Enlisted Specialists; Post Adjutant; Company Commander; and Commandant of Cadets, Omaha High School. In January 1912, he returned to the Philippines with the 14th Cavalry but was transferred to the 3d Cavalry in June 1912.  He joined the Troop at Batangas and marched with them to Ft. William McKinley. While there he served as Post Adjutant and with his Troop. His next transfer was to the 7th Cavalry on 20 Jun 1913. He served at Camp Stotsenburg as Adjutant, Provisional Brigade, testing new Cavalry Drill Regulations. In November 1914 he reported to New York City as Inspector-instructor for Cavalry of New York and Vermont. He was promoted to Captain of Cavalry on 1 Jul 1916. In August 1916 he was detailed by the War Department to the National Guard of New York, where he was promoted to Colonel of the 69th Infantry, National Guard, NY. He then, commanded the Regiment on the Mexican border from August 1916 to March 1917, when he was honorably mustered out, N. G. Service. He then resumed his duties as Inspector-instructor in New York City. Later, he served as Aide-de-Camp to MG J. Franklin Bell at Governor’s Island, NY. With his promotion to Major of Field Artillery, he served at Camp Upton, NY, as Acting Chief of Staff, 77th Division. In 1918 he was sent to France to attend the Army General Staff College at Langres. While there, he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, National Army. After graduating he served as Assistant Chief of Staff, G-3, with the 77th Division on the British front. Next, he was transferred to the 4th American Corps Headquarters as Chief of Operations, Assistant Chief of Staff, G-3. He participated in the St. Mihiel Offensive as Chief of Operations, Assistant Chief of Staff, G-3, Second American Army, at Toul, France. He was temporarily promoted to Colonel of Field Artillery in October 1918. While in France he assisted in organizing the Headquarters, 2d American Army, then participated in the offensive operations south of the Metz. He remained with the 2d Army after the Armistice, when he was detailed as Director of the American Relief Mission to Romania, in charge of all relief work under the U.S. Food Administration. He was appointed by Resolution of the Supreme Council as Allied High Commissioner to Armenia and Director General of all Relief in the Caucasus, representing Great Britain, France, Italy, and the United States. He was returned to the grade of captain on 20 Apr 1920, then promoted to Major of Cavalry on 1 Jul 1920 and promoted again on 17 Sep 1920 to Lieutenant Colonel of Cavalry. He returned to the U.S. in August 1921 and served as Acting Director of Sales of Surplus War Stock at Washington, DC. Next, he was in charge of the American Relief Administration at Moscow, Russia, where he organized a Russian Relief Corps. During this time, he also served at Athens, Greece, in charge of the American Red Cross Relief until his resignation on 27 Jan 1926. As a major general, he commanded the National Guard of New York at New York City from 26 Jan 1926 until 1941. He resigned from the National Guard as a lieutenant general in 1943. He died in Greenwich, CT, on 13 Aug 1952.

4060  Born in Leroy, NY, in 1874, James Prentice was a cousin of GEN George M. Randall and GEN Emory Upton, both having participated in the Civil War. He also was a descendant of CPT Thomas Prentice who was born in England and immigrated to Massachusetts. Several members of his family served during the Revolutionary War.
         Prentice was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Artillery Corps in 1901 and served in the Philippines; the Army Balloon Camp in San Antonio, TX; Ft. Sam Houston, TX; Coast Defenses of Portland, ME; Sound Range Board; and Ft. Story, VA. He graduated from the Coast Artillery School.
        COL Prentice was medically retired in 1926 after receiving injuries in a balloon crash in 1918 when he commanded the Army Balloon Camp at San Antonio, TX. He was injured trying to save several student officers.
        After retiring, Prentice moved to Miami and began experimenting with tropical plants. He was also active in the Greater Miami Airport Association. He died in Washington, DC, on 11 Mar 1934 at 59 years of age.

4061  Henry A. Meyer, Jr. was born on 15 Jul 1877 in Van Buren, AK. He served with the Cavalry at Ft. Leavenworth, KS; Ft. Assinniboine, MT; Ft. Yellowstone, WY; and Ft. Meade, MD. He was stationed in the Philippines, and at Ft. Walla Walla, WA, until 1911. He was on temporary duty on the Mexican border in 1913 and, from there, he went to Camp Dodge, IA with the 352d Infantry. LTC Meyer then sailed to France in 1918 and served with the 127th and 128th Infantry of the AEF. He participated in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive and the Occupation of the First Army Defensive Sector. He then returned to the U.S. and was assigned to the 13th Cavalry at Ft. D.A. Russell, WY, until his retirement in 1922.
          COL Meyer returned to New Mexico after retiring. Then moved to California in 1935 where he was able to cultivate his two passions: reading and gardening. He died as a result of heart trouble in Burbank, CA, on 26 Dec 1940, at the age of 64.

4062  Born in Anna, IL, in 1878, Frank Keller graduated 69th in the Class of 1901. He was an outstanding athlete, and his name appears on a plaque on the gymnasium wall. Upon graduation, he was commissioned a second lieutenant and assigned to the 8th Cavalry. He served in Cuba until 1902 and then went to Jefferson Barracks, MO, and Ft. William McKinley in the Philippines. When he returned to the U.S., Keller served at Ft. Clark and Leon Springs, TX. He again went to the Philippines as a first lieutenant. When he returned to the U.S., he served at Ft. Walla Walla, WA, and graduated from the Mounted Service School at Ft. Riley, KS in 1911. After serving two years at Ft. Yellowstone, WY, he transferred to the 6th Cavalry and served at Texas City. As a captain, he commanded Troop C of the 6th Cavalry at Terlingen, Big Ben District, TX. During WWI, Keller entered as a Captain of Cavalry and was commissioned a Major of Infantry before becoming a Lieutenant Colonel of the National Army. He was assigned to the 354th Infantry, 89th Division, at Camp Funston, KS, and was Provost Marshal, Camp Adjutant, and Camp Executive Officer at the 161st Depot Brigade at Camp Grant, IL. He also served as Commandant of the 4th Officers Training School and Director of the Central Officers Training School for Cavalry. He commanded the 16th Cavalry at Ft. Brown, TX, and was Executive Officer of The Infantry School at Ft. Benning, GA. After serving as Commanding Officer of the War Prison Barracks, Ft. Oglethorpe, GA, he attended the School for Farriers and Horseshoers at Ft. Riley. He was an instructor for the School for Musketry and also for the Infantry School of Arms at Ft. Sill, OK. He then attended the School of the Line and the General Staff School at Ft. Leavenworth, KS. Next he was an instructor at The Cavalry School, and graduated from The Cavalry Advanced Course. He was an instructor and director at the Command and General Staff School after graduating from the Army War College in 1926. For a short time in 1930, he served with the 7th Cavalry at Ft. Bliss, TX, before serving as Executive Officer and Secretary of the Command and General Staff School. He then commanded the 8th Cavalry before his last assignment as Chief of Staff of the 1st Cavalry Division, Ft. Bliss, TX, retiring in May of 1938 for a disability. He died at the age of 69 at El Paso, TX on 31 Jan 1948.

4063  Fred Linden Deen was born in Texas. After graduating 71st in his class, he served with the 13th Cavalry in Montana. After leave he served in the Philippines in the Province of Laguna, at Calumpit and at Camp Stotsenburg, as Squadron Quartermaster and Commissary. He then was sent on detached service to Manila in August 1904. On 17 Oct 1904 he died at Camp Stotensburg, Philippines, from the effects of a gunshot wound received in the line of duty. He was 26 years old.

4064  Guy Kent, born in Wyoming on 15 Oct 1877, graduated 71st in his Class. As a Second Lieutenant in the 1st Cavalry, he served at the recruit rendezvous at Columbus Barracks, OH. He then joined the regiment in the Philippines as an aide-de-camp at the Headquarters of the 2d Separate Brigade. He returned to the U.S. with his regiment in July 1905 and served on detached service in the vicinity of Laredo, TX, mapping the Rio Grande Valley, until November 1905. Then he served with his regiment until February 1907. During this time he was promoted to First Lieutenant, 11th Cavalry. From February 1907 to June 1909 he was an instructor in the Department of Tactics at USMA. During this time he transferred to the 1st Cavalry.  During 1909–11 he served as Assistant to the Quartermaster at USMA before returning to his regiment at Ft. Yellowstone, WY, and the Presidio of Monterey, CA. He was transferred to the 9th Cavalry prior to returning to the Philippines at Camp Stotsenburg. In 1916 he was promoted to Captain of the 9th Cavalry. Returning to the U.S. later in 1916, he was temporarily promoted to Major of Cavalry, then Major of Field Artillery, National Army. He served at Camp Meade, MD, as Adjutant of the 154th Depot Brigade; then at Washington, DC, as a member of the General Staff. In 1918 he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel of Infantry, National Army, and commanded Headquarters Troop, American Forces in Germany. He was returned to the grade of captain in 1920, then promoted to Major of Cavalry.  At Ft. Leavenworth, KS, he attended the Army School of the Line from August 1920 to June 1921 and was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel of Cavalry. After graduating, he attended the Staff School and became an instructor at the General Service School after graduation. Next, he was selected to attend the Army War College in Washington, DC, and after then joined the War Department General Staff. He took a refresher course at Ft. Riley, KS, graduated and went to Ft. Oglethorpe, GA with the 6th Cavalry. He was detailed to the Inspector General’s Department on 15 Jan 1929. He served with the 8th C.A. at Ft. Sam Houston, TX, and while there was promoted to Colonel of Cavalry. At Ft. Brown, TX, he commanded the 12th Cavalry and Post. After leave in 1935, he served at Washington, DC, in the Office of the Chief of Cavalry. He was in Boston, MA, during 1939–41, until he retired. He died at the Walter Reed Army Hospital on 9 Nov 1959.

4065  Copley Enos graduated 72d in his class in 1901. “Cope” was born in 1876 in Chaumont, NY, and at West Point was a tackle on the football team.
     Assigned to the 1st Cavalry upon graduation, Cope was sent to the Philippines and fought the Insurrectors in 1901. In 1902, he was with the same division at Ft. Clark and Ft. Sam Houston, TX. In 1907, he again went to the Philippines and remained there for the next two years. He returned to the U.S. in 1909 and was assigned to Ft. Des Moines, IA; Ft. Huachuca, AZ; and Ft. Wingate, NM. After the U.S. entered WWI, he commanded the 21st Machine Gun Battalion and the 79th and 304th Regiments of Field Artillery.
        Cope graduated from the Cavalry School Advanced Course and the Command and General Staff School. He then spent four years as an instructor at the Cavalry School before he retired because of a physical disability in 1934. He returned to his childhood home in New York and died suddenly in 1939 at the age of 63.

4066  Graduating 73rd in the Class of 1901, Emory Jenison Pike served with the 2d Cavalry in Cuba and the U. S. He spent two years at Ft. Meyer before sailing to the Philippines. Other assignments included Ft. Assinniboine, MN; Cuba; Ft. Ethan Allen; and Ft. Leavenworth, KS. In 1914, he was a Distinguished Service Graduate from the Army School of the Line and, in 1915, he completed the Army Staff College. Pike quickly rose from captain to major and was assigned as an instructor in the School of the Line at Ft. Leavenworth, KS. In April 1918, Pike went to England with his division, and then was sent to France for training. In September of that year, COL Pike went to the front line and was severely injured when he went to the aid of one of his men who had been wounded by a mortar. He died the next morning on 16 Sep 1918, in Vandieres, France, at the age of 41. For his heroism, he posthumously received the Congressional Medal of Honor.

4067  The last to graduate in the Class of 1901 was Albert Hecker Mueller. Born in Peoria, IL, in 1875, “Nosey” entered the Academy in 1897. He excelled as a gymnast and tumbler and competed while at West Point. His friends found him charming and friendly as well as bold.
        Mueller chose the Cavalry after graduation for which he was well qualified. He was first assigned to the 8th Cavalry and remained with them until 1915. He served at Ft. Riley, KS; the Philippines; Ft. Robinson, NE. In 1916, he was transferred to the 10th Cavalry at Ft. Huachuca, AZ, and Naco, AZ. He then was assigned as Adjutant at Ft. Logan, CO, and to the 7th Cavalry at Ft. Bliss, TX. In 1918, he was assigned to the 17th Division at Camp Beauregard, LA. While there, he was selected to attend the Army War College in Washington, DC. Davidson College in North Carolina was his next assignment, but he was professor of Military Science and Tactics for only a short time. During 1921–25, Mueller was a Cavalry Instructor with the Colorado National Guard in Denver, CO. The Cavalry School at Ft. Riley, KS, was his next assignment, and he then attended the Command and General Staff School at Ft. Leavenworth, KS. Mueller next was an instructor of Organized Reserves at Milwaukee, WS, during 1927–34. He again served as a senior instructor with the New Mexico National Guard at Santa Fe, NM, until 1939, when he retired for a physical disability in the line of duty.
        After retirement, he moved to Santa Fe, NM, then to Southern California. He died there on 14 Dec 1940, at the age of 65.