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VOL. 1873 Fourth Annual Reunion of the Association of the Graduates of the United States Military Academy, at West Point, New Yo FOURTH ANNUAL REUNION OF THE OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY, AT WEST SOIVT, JNEW YO(K, JUNE 1, 1873. NEW YORK: D. VAN NOSTRAND, PUBLISHER, 23 MURRAY AND 27 WARREN STREET. 1873. ANNUAL REUNION JUNE 12, 1873. MINUTES OF THE BUSINESS MEETING. WEST POINT, N. Y., June 12th, 1873. The Association met in the Chapel of the United States Military Academy, and was called to order by Judge R. P. Parrott, Class of 1824, Chairman of the Executive Committee. Prayer was offered by the Rev. C. C. Parsons, Class of 1861 (June). The roll of the Members of the Association was then called by the Secretary. ROLL OF MEMBERS. Those present are indicated by a *, and those deceased in italics. Class. Class. 1808 Sylvanus Thayer. (Dennis H. Mahan. 1824 \ *ROBERT P. PARROTT. *SIMON WILLARD. (JOHN M. FESSENDEN. James Munroe. 1815 THOMAS J. LESLIE. 1825 N. SAYRE HARRIS. CHARLES DAVIES. *WILLIAM H. C. BARTLETT. Horace Webster. *SAMUEL P. HEINTZELMAN. 1818 HARVEY BROWN. 1826 AUGUSTUS J. PLEASONTON. Hacrtman Bache. *NATHANIELX C. MACRAE. EDWIN B. BABBIT. EDWARD D. MANSFIELD. l *SILAS CASEY. HENRY BREWERTON. 1819 HENRY A. THOMPSON. ALEXANDER J. CENTER. *DANIEL TYLER. 1827 NATHANIEL J. EATON. WILLIAM H. SWIFT. Abraham Van Buren. 1820 RAWLINS LOWNDES. *ALBERT E. CHURCH. 1828 GUSTAVE S. ROUSSEAU. 1821 *SETH M. CAPRON. CRAFTS J. WRIGHT. *WILLIAM C. YOUNG. f CATH. P. BUCKINGHAM. David H. Vinton. SIDNEY BURBANK. 18 *BENJAMIN H. WRIGHT. WILLIAM HOFFMAN. DAVID HUNTER. THOMAS SWORDS. 1829 ALBEMARLE CADY. GEORGE S. GREENE. *THOMAS A. DAVIES. *HANNIBAL DAY. *CALEB C. SIBLEY. 8 GEORGE H. CROSMAN. JAMES CLARK. EDMUND B. ALEXANDER. GGEORGE R. J. BOWDOIN. 4 ANNUAL REUNION, JUNE 12, 1873. Class. Class. ( *WILLIAM T. SHERMAN. 1830 Francis Vinton. 1840 STEWART VAN VLIET. George IS. Thomas. HENRY E. PRENTISS. **PINCKNEY LUGENBEEL. WILLIAM A. NORTON. 1831 [ ANDREW A. HUMPHREYS. *Z. B. TOWER WILLIAM H. EMORY. *JOHN LOVE. WILLIAM CHAPMAN. SEWALL L. FREMONT. CHARLES WHITTLESEY. SIMON S. FAHNESTOCK. RICHARD P. HAMMOND. BENJAMIN S. EWELL. l JOHN M. BRANNAN. *GEORGE W. CASS. JOHN N. MACOMB. r JOHN NEWTON. 1832 WARD B. BURNETT. WILLIAM S. ROSECRANS. JAMES H. SIMPSON. *JOHN HILLHOUSE. Alfred Brush. ABNER DOUBLEDAY. RANDOLPH B. MARCY. 1842 ' *JOHN S. MCCALMONT. ALBERT G. EDWARDS. GEORGE SYKES. *EUGENE E. MCLEAN. f JOHN G. BARNARD. CHARLES T. BAKER. | GEORGE W. CULLUM. [ JAMES LONGSTREET. RUFUS KING. 1i833 WILLIAM H. SIDELL. *WILLIAM B. FRANKLIN. HENRY WALLER. *GEORGE DESHON. HENRY DU PONT. JOHN J. PECK. BENJAMIN ALVORD. 1843 JOSEPH J. REYNOLDS. HENRY L. SCOTT. *IULYSSES S. GRANT. *RuFUS INGALLS. 1834 THOMAS A. MORRIS. CAVE J. COUTS. ( *GEORGE W. MORELL. WILLIAM G. PECK. *HENRY L. KENDRICK. 1844 SAMUEL GILL. ALEXANDER S. MACOMB. ALFRED PLEASONTON. 1835 ISAAC V. D. REEVE. I MARSENA R. PATRICK.. THOMAS J. WOOD. THOMAS B. ARDEN. CHARLES P. STONE. l *WILLIAM N. GRIER. j FITZ-JOHN PORTER. 1845 FRANCIS COLLINS. JOSEPH R. ANDERSON. 1 GEORGE P. ANDREWS. MARLBOROUGH CHURCHILL. DELOS B. SACKETT. JAMES L. DONALDSON. HENRY B. CLITZ. *1836THOMAS W. SHERMAN. *THOMAS G. PITCIIER. Alexander P. Critte),den. PETER V. HAGNER. f GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN. GEORGE C. THOMAS. JOHN G. FOSTER. ARTHUR B. LANSING. EDWARD C. BOYNTON. CHARLES C. GILBERT. JOHN BRATT. 1846 * AINNISN. PALMER. 1837 EDWARD D. TOWNSEND. PARMENAS T. TURNLEY. BENNETT H. HILL. I GEORGE H. GORDON. JOSHUA H. BATES DE LANCEY FLOYD-JONES. JOHN T. METCALFE. f JOSEPH J. WOODS. 1838 j WILLIAM F. BARRY. ORLANDO B. WILCOX. I IRVIN MCDOWELL. J*HORATIO G. GIBSON. WILLIAM J. HARDEE. 1847 *JOHN GIBBON. AMBROSE E. BURNSIDE. 1839 0 JAMES B. RICKETTS. *WILLIAM W. BURNS. 18 THOMAS HUNTON. *EGBERT L. VIELE. ANNUAL REUNION, JUNE 12, 1873. 5 Class Class. *WILLIAM P. TROWBRIDGE. HENRY A. DUPONT. 1848 NATHANIEL MICHLER. *ORVILLE E. BABCOCK. RICHARD I. DODGE. ADEL. R. BUFFINGTON. *THOMAS D. JOHNS. 1861 *EMORY UPTON. May. [ NATH. R. CHAMBLISS. r *QUINCEY A. GILLMORE. SAMUEL N. BENJAMIN. JOHN G. PARKE. FRANKLIN HARWOOD. [ ILTON COGSWELL. GEORGE W. DRESSER. 1849 CHAUNCEY MCKEEVER. L CHARLES MCK. LEOSER. SAMUEL B. HOLABIRD. L *JAMES P. ROY. ( WILLIAM H HARRIS. 1861 *CHARLES C. PARSONS. r FREDERICK E. PRIME. June. JOSEPH C. AUDENREID. GOUVERNEUR K. WARREN. PHILIP H. REMINGTON. S- ILAS' CRISPIN. ' JAMES P. DRUILLARD. 1850 *OSCAR A. MACK. I *FRANCIS H. BATES. 1862 SAMUEL N. MANSFIELD. ZETUS S. SEARLE. "FR ANK B. HAMILTON. r *PETER S. MICHIE. 8 *G1LE E L. ADREWS. 863 *JOHN R. MCGINNISS. 1851 ALEXA1NDER PIPER. *JAMES W. REILLY. - *WILLIAM D. WHIPPLE. L *ROBERT CATLIN. r THOMAS L. CASEY. (GARRETT J. LYDECKER. I George W. Rose. 184 *OSWALD H. ERNST. 1852 \ JOHN MULLAN. 4 CHARLES B. PHILLIPS. Sylvester Mowry. L EDWARD D. WHEELER. I ALEX. McD. McCooK. , WILLIAM MYERS. F *CHARLES W. RAYMOND. *A. MACOMB MILLER. ( HENRY C. SYMONDS. *DAVID W. PAYNE. 1853 j GEORGE BELL. *JAMES C. POST. LA RHETT L. LIVINGSTON. *ALFRED E. BATES. *IROBERT 0. TYLER. *JOHN P. STORY. J. HARRISON HALL. 1854 *THOMAS H. RUGER. 1885 - EDWARD H. TOTTEN. *JAMES M. MARSHALL. *WILLrAM S. STARRING. ( UNIUS B. WHEELER. *EDWARD HUNTER. I JOHN V. D. DU BOIS. ALEX. W. HOFFMAN. 1855 *ALEXANDER S. WEBB. *SAMUEL M. MILLS. I LEwIS MERRILL. WILLIAM D. H. O'TOOLE. t ALFRED T. A. TORBERT. ARCHIBALD GOODLOE. L *P. ELMENDORF SLOAN. HERBERT A. HASCALL. FRANCIS L. VINTON. r RICHARD C. CHURCHILL. 1856 \ *GEORGE JACKSON. 1866 CHARLES KING. LORENZO LORAIN. | FRANCIS L. HILLS. L JOHN McL. HILDT. *JOHN F. STRETCH. 1857 *JOSEPH S. CONRAD. ( JOHN C. MALLERY. CLINTON B. SEARS. 1858 WILLIAM J. L. NICODEMUS. *WILLIAM E. ROGERS. 1867 FREDERICK A. MAHAN. ( *HORACE PORTER. WILLIAM F. REYNOLDS. 1860 ' EDWARD R. HOPKINS. *THOMAS H. BARBER. *SAMUEL T. CUSHING. EDWIN S. CURTIS. *ROBERT H. HALL. *LEANDER T. HOWES. 6 ANNUAL REUNION, JUNE 12, 1873. Class. Class. *JOSEPH H. WILLARD. [ WINFIELD S. CHAPLIN. *HENRY METCALFE. 70 EDWARD G. STEVENS. ROBERT FLETCHER. SAMUEL W. FOUNTAIN. |DAVID* S. DENISON. *DEXTER W. PARKER. WILLIAM J. VOLKMAR. JOHN D.C. HOSKINS. *LOYALL FARRAGUT. 1871 JAMES B. HICKEY. DELANCEY A. KANE. PHILIP M. PRICE. 1872 WILLIAM B. WETMORE. 1869 *WILLIAM P. DUVALL. WILLIAM F. SMITH. WILLIAM GERHARD. NOTE-At the date of the Meeting there were 265 members upon the rolls, of those 90 were pres- ent and 14 had died. ANNUAL RIEUNIO, JUNE 12, 1813. 1 Mr. SIMON WILLARD, class of 1815, the senior graduate present, and President of the Association, was called upon to preside, but declined in favor of Professor CHARLES 'DAVIES, class of 1815, who was conducted to the chair by General DANIEL TYLER, class of 1819, and Mr. SETH M. CAPRON, class of 1821. ADDRESS OF PROFESSOR DAVIES. FELLOW-GRADUATES: Another anniversary of our Association has brought us again together. Children of this national school, the cradle of our youth, we gather around the old homestead with the mingled feelings of reverence and love. Some of us, cadets of yesterday, full of youth and full of hope, are about to enter on the active duties of a noble profession; some, full of honors, and bearing on their person the marks of many battles, behold with joy the old Academic Hall and those who ministered there, the guides of their early life; while others, look- ing back through the long vista of more than half a century, welcome here to-day for you all, and in the name of you all, the graduates of fifty classes. To the re- turned graduate, a day spent here is a volume of history read in the freshness of personal recollections. Time disappears, and the scenes of youth spring up as by magic. The reveilles, as in days of yore, welcome the morning's light as it comes to tint mountain, and hill, and valley with its roseate hues. All nature greets us with her smiles, and amid so much freshness and beauty age readily mistakes the morning of day for the morning of life. But we come together not alone to dwell upon the present. Our meetings are connecting links between the past and the future; and while we bring cordial welcomes to each other, we bring also garlands of affectionate remembrance, and place them reverently on the graves of the dead. Every year adds illustrious names to this roll of honor. Within the past year General Sylvanus Thayer, our late President, and for many years Superintendent of the Academy, has gone to his final rest, and taken his place in history. His life and a full account of his connection with the Academy have been written by Gen- eral Cullum, his friend and pupil; and these will be among the most valuable an- nals of our Association. But he has a more enduring and a more precious record. He lives in the institution itself, and his labors will ever form an important part of its history. He lives also in the profound respect and affectionate remem- brance of the many graduates who grew up under his care, and love and duty will transmit these impressions to future classes. It is not too much for those who knew him long and well to say that here his memory will be as permanent as the granite hills which surround us, and as fresh as the May flowers which border the rivulets of the mountains. May peace and honor rest upon it, and may the twi- light of this life be but the morning rays of another. LIBRARYA U.S.M.A. 8 ANNUAL REUNION, JUNE 12, 1873. NECROLO GY. The Secretary being called upon for the Necrology of Graduates for the year ending June 12, 1873, presented the following: WILLIAM J. REESE. No. 22 9 6 -CLASS OF 1869. Died at Nashville, Tenn., June 20, 1872, aged 24. In a few words the Army Register chronicles the death of one who was truly and thoroughly a soldier.
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