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VOL. 1870 the Association of the Graduates of the United States Military Academy, Annual Reunion, June 17Th, 1870 OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACAEDEMY, A>NNU ALJ EEUNI 0N, JUNE 17th, i870. -~.-. _ -.......... ........- _ ~,-~---~.~mw~_ - - Bvt. Lt. Col. C. C. PARsoNS, U. S. A., having been discharged the service, at his own request, has requested First Lt. E. H. TOTTEN, 1st U. S. Artillery, to act as Secretary of the "Association of Graduates," until that appointment can be filled at the next regular meeting of the Alumni. All Communications relative to the business of the Association may therefore be addressed to the latter officer, at West Point, N. Y. Please acknowledge the receipt of the enclosed. ANNUAL REUNION, JUNE 17, 1870. 3MINUTES OF THE BUSINESS MEETING. WEST POINT, N. Y., June 17, 18.0. The Association was called to order in the chapel of the United States Military Academy, at two o'clock, P. M., by Professor D. H. .MAHAN, LL.D., class of 1824, the senior member of the Executive Committee. Prayer was offered by the Reverend N. SAYRE HARRIS, class of 1825. The Roll being called, the following Graduates answered to their names: Class. Class. 1815 SIMON WILLARD. 1833 GEORGE W. CULLUM. 0 -CHARLESDAVIES. 1834 THOMAS A. MORRIS. 1819 JdSHUA BAKER.. 1821 SETH M. CAPRON. 1835I EHENRYG ET L.' KENDRICK. 1822 WILLIAM C. Y G. THOMAS B. ARDEN. BENJAMIN H. WRIGHT 1836 PETER V. IIAGNER. 1823 GEORGE S. CGREEN. 1841 RICHARD P. HAMMOND. GEORGE H. CROSMAN. 1842 JOHN NEWTON. 1824 RODE P. PARAOTT. 1844 WILLIAM G. PECK. 1825 *N. SAYRE HARRIS. 1845 THOMAS G. PITCHER. WILLIAM H. C. BARTLETT. 1847 EGBERT L. VIELE. 1826SILAS CASEY. 14 .¶WILLIAM ]. TROWBRIDGE. 1827 NATHANIEL J. EATON. THOMAS D. JOHNS. 8 2 ALBERT E. CHURCH. 1851 ALEXANDER PIPER. 1 CRAFTS J. WRIGHT. 1855 ALEXANDER S. WEBB. 1829 \ ALBERMARLE CADY. 1856 FRANCIS L. VIN'TON. 19 CALEB C. SIBLEE. 1 JOHN olcL.HILDT. 1830 FRANCIS VINTON. 1861 (June) CHARLES C. PARSONS. 1831i HENRY E. PRENTISS. 1863 JAMES W. REILLY. WILLIAM A. NORTON. ROBERT CATLIN. 1832 JAMES H. SIMPSON. 1865 J. HARRISON HALL. Mr. SIMON WILLARD, class of 1815, being the senior graduate present, was called to the chair, but, at his own request, was excused on account of ill health. Professor CHARLES DAVIES, LL.D,, being next, was called to the chair. Mr. SETH M. CAPRON, class of 1821, and Mr. WILLIAM C. YOUNG, class of 1822, were appointed a Committee to conduct Professor DAVIES to the chair. ADDRESS OF PROFESSOR DAVIES. "Fellow Graduates: The duty of presiding at our social gatherings has been as- signed, by regulation, to the senior graduate present. In consequence of his declin- ing, it devolves on me, in behalf of each for all and of all for each, to give you a hearty welcome to this, the first annual meeting of the associated Alumni of the Mili- tary Academy. We meet to revive cherished memories, to strengthen friendship which can never die, and to renew, together, vows of perpetual allegiance to our coun- try, which has educated us, and whose children we are. The place and the occasion are alike full of interest. Here, nature has bestowed her choicest gifts. Here, the grand and beautiful inspire youth with nobility, and age with reverence. Here, his- tory teaches lessons of patriotism, and science unfolds the laws of the universe. Here are the battlements of Revolutionary memory, constructed by Washington; here are the places, with their outlines yet distinctly preserved, which he hallowed by his presence; and here, his memory and his example are sacredly cherished. Here are deposited the trophies of the sanguinary struggles of the Revolution, of the battles of the war of 1812, of the conquest of Mexico in 1847, and of the more recent and more terrible conflict, whose fruits must be peace, fraternity, and national unity. To give interpretation and effect to these memorials of the past, there have been engraved on the faces of the granite rocks-Bunker Hill, Yorktown, Vera Cruz, Buena Vista, and other names of significance-so that passers-by may read national history and catch inspiration from national renown. Amid such surroundings we meet here to-day- But we come not either to recite or to write history. If the Military Academy have a history, it must be made, not written, by its graduates. We come together under the old flag, dear to every American heart, to recall and to contemplate that spring- time of life when hope and joy ruled the hour-when the reveille in the freshness of the morning awoke us to honorable labor, and the tattoo after a day of toillulled us to pleasant rest. We come together as the scattered members of a household after a long separation-some full of years, some full of honors. We bring with us the gar- lands of affectionate memories for the honored dead who went to their rest from the battle-field, and whose places are vacant here to-day. We tender our warmest sym- pathies to all those who walk cheerfully through life maimed and disabled, that the nation might live. The graduates are bound together, the living and the dead, by the tender sympathies of ingenuous youth, by the strong ties of a noble profession, by the undying love of a common country, and by these annual gatherings at the place we so much honor and love. Here the pulses of personal ambition cease to throb, for the fame of each is the common treasure of us all. May this sentiment fill the heart and guide the life of every graduate." Upon the conclusion of the Address, the Secretary presented the Necrology of Graduates for the year ending July 16, 1870, as follows: 1. Rev. ROSWELL PARK, D. D., Rector of Emmanuel Hall, class of 1831, at Lake View, near Chicago, Ill., July 16, 1869, aged 61 years. The Church Register (Protestant Episcopal), for August, 1869, contains an obituary of DR, PARK which is preserved in the Records of the Association, and from which the following extracts are made; cannot give this record of the departre of one who for seventeen years had " We cannot give this record of the departure of one who for seventeen years had been prominently connected with parochial and educational labor in the Northwest, without some fuller particulars of a life and work which so many remember with love and gratitude. He was born at Lebanon, Conn., in the year 1807, and at the early age of sixteen was employed by the United States authorities in making plans, &c., for the armory at Springfield. Shortly after this, his parents having already removed to the State of New York, he studied during the summers at Oxford and Hamilton Academies, while in the winters he taught school. Having prepared himself in this way by mingled study and teaching, he entered the Sophomore class at Hamilton College in the year 1826. In the following year he received an appointment as a Cadet of West Point, and after passing through the course there, graduated with great honor as head of his class. It was in accordance with the persevering industry which was ever a mark of his character, that within a month of his graduation at the Mili- tary Academy he passed the necessary examinations and received the degree of A. B at Union College. Being now a lieutenant in the Engineer Corps of the Army, in the year 1833 he assisted in the construction of Fort Warren, and three years later he took charge of the construction of the Delaware Breakwater. The same year he was elected Professor of Philosophy and Chemistry in the University of Pennsyl- vania, and resigned his position in the Army. On the 10th of September, 1843, he was admitted to the Diaconate. In the following year he was advanced to the Priest- hood. About this time he removed to Pomfret, Conn., where, until his removal to the West, he conducted a select school. It was in the year 1852 that he determined to remove to Racine, and there began what he felt was greatly needed in that portion of the Northwest, a Church College. For seven years he continued to labor most earnestly as President of this institution, and in 1859 he resigned the Presidency only to accept the more dignified office of Chancellor, and to fill the place of Professor of Natural Science. To these duties he added the laborious care of the large and grow- ing parish of St. Luke in the city of Racine. For the last six years of his life he was engaged in building up Emmanuel Hall, at Lake View, near Chicago, Quietly and earnestly, and with full measure of suc- cess. he devoted himself to his work and met with his reward. There was some- thing in accordance with tie steady, well-ordered dutifulness and exactness which were especially a mark of his character, that he should have been permitted to finish his school year, complete his examinations, and send his scholars to their homes with his parting benediction, before the summons came which was to call him unto God. The spot chosen for his resting place is a beautiful and appropriate one. Those who have visited Racine College will, no doubt, remember the quiet place at the east end of the chapel. In sight of the lake, beneath the shadow of the trees, with the altar of God so near at hand, it was meet to lay one down to rest whose life had shown forth so happy a blending of educational and priestly labor," 2. Lieut.-Colonel ANDREW W. BOWMAN, U. S. Infantry, unassigned, class of 1841, at Omaha, Neb., July 17, 1869; The particulars of Colonel BowMrN's death have not been furnished the Association, but his etat de service is preserved in Cullum's Biographical Register of Graduates, and shows that after graduating, he was successively promoted to be Brevet 2d Lieut, of the 1st Infantry; 2d Liet, 3d Infantry; 1st Lieut.
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