TWENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL REUNION OF THE ASSOCIATION X GRADUATES OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY, AT WEST POINT, NEW YORK. 7fune Ioth/, I895. SAGINAW, MICH. SEEMANN & PETERS, PRINTERS AND BINDERS. 1895. Annual Reunion, June Ioth, 1895. MINUTES OF THE BUSINESS MEETING. WEST POINT, N. Y., JUNE 10th, 1895. The Association milet in room 102 of the Academy Build- ing, at 3.00 o'clock, P. M., and was called to order by Colonel 0. H. Ernst, Corps of Engineers, of the Executive Committee. The roll was next called. ROLL OF MEMBERS. Those present are indicated by a ~. 1823. 1838. *GEORGE S. GREENE. JOHN T. METCALFE. WILLIAM AUSTINE. 1829. JOSEPH SMITH BRYCE. 1839. THOMAS A. DAVIES. ALEXANDER R. LAWTON. 1832. 1840. ERASMUS D. KEYES. STEWART VAN VLIET. GEORGE W. GETTY. 1833. HENRY WALLER. 1841. ZEALOUS B. TOWER. 1834. HORATIO G. WRIGHT. THOMAS A. MORRIS. SCHUYLER HAMILTON. 1835. 1842. JOSEPH H. EATON. GEORGE W. RAINS. THOMAS B. ARDEN. WILLIAM S. ROSECRANS. GUSTAVUS W. SMITH. JOHN S. MCCALMONT. 1837. EUGENE E. MCLEAN. JOSHUA H. BATES. JAMES LONGSTREET. ROBERT B. MCLANE. JAMES W. ABERT, 4 ANNUAL REUNION, JUNE o1th, 1895. 1843. FRANCIS H. BATES. WILLIAM B. FRANKLIN. ROBERT JOHNSTON. GEORGE DESHON. WILLIAM L. CABELL. JOSEPH J. REYNOLDS. CHRISTOPER C. AUGUR. 1851. GEORGE L. ANDREWS. 1844. ALEXANDER PIPER. CALEB HUSE. DANIEL M. FROST. ALEXANDER J. PERRY. ALFRED PLEASANTON. WILLIAM H. MORRIS. SIMON B. BUCKNER. ROBERT E. PATTERSON. 1845. WILLIAM D. WHIPPLE. EDWARD A. PALFREY. WILLIAM F. SMITH. *JOSEPH G. TILFORD. *THOM[AS J. WOOD. FITZ-JOHN PORTER. THOMAS G. PITCHER. 1852. THOMAS L. CASEY. 1846. JAMES VAN VOAST. *DAVID S. STANLEY. C. SEAFORTH STEWART. JAMES W. ROBINSON. EDMUND F. L. HARDCASTLE. MILO S. HASCALL. FRANCIS T. BRYAN. JOHN MULLAN. DARIUS N. COUCH. PETER T. SWAINE. CHARLES C. GILBERT. ANDREW W. EVANS. MARCUS D. L. SIMPSON. *ALEXANDER McD. McCooK. JAMES OAKES. AUGUST V. KAUTZ. INNIS N. PALMFR. JOHN P. HAWKINS. PARMENAS T. TURNLEY. DELANCY FLOYD-JONES. 1853. JOHN D. WILKINS. SAMUEL B. MAXEY. WILLIAM P. CRAIGHILL. WILLIAM R. BOGGS. 1847. WILLIAM S. SMITH. JOHN M. SCHOFIELD. JOHN HAMILTON. THOMAS W. VINCENT. ORLANDO B. WILLCOX. HENRY C. SYMONDS. HORATIO G. GIBSON. GEORGE BELL. JOHN GIBBON. LA RHETT L. LIVINGSTON. CLERMONT L. BEST. N. BOWMAN SWEITZER. EDWARD F. ABBOTT. WILLIAM W. LOWE. EGBERT L. YIELE. HENRY HETH. 1854. 1848. G. W. CUSTIS LEE. HENRY L. ABBOT. JoSEPH C. CLARK. THOMAS H. RUGER. RICHARD I. DODGE. OLIVER 0. HOWARD. *MICHAEL R. MORGAN. 1849. LOOMIS L. LANGDON. JOHN G. PARKE. OLIVER D. GREENE. ABSOLOM BAIRD. E. FRANKLIN TOWNSEND. CHAUNCEY MCKEEVER. *CHARLES G. SAWTELLE, RUFUS SAXTON. ZENAS R. BLISS. BEVERLY H. ROBERTSON. RICHARD W. JOHNSON. 1855. SAMUEL B. HOLABIRD. *CYRUS B. COMSTOCK. *GEORGE H. ELLIOT. 1850. *SAMUEL BRECK. FREDERICK E. PRIME, *FRANCIS R. T. NICHOLS. *EUGENE A. CARR. *ALEXANDER S. WEBB. ANNUAL REUNION, JUNE o1th, 1895. 5 JOHN M. TURNER. GUY V. HENRY. *GEORGE D. RUGGLES. EUGENE B. BEAUMONT. *LEWIS MERRILL. HENRY B. NOBLE. *CLARENCE E. BENNETT. CHARLES H. GIBSON. *WILLIAM W. AVERILL. HENRY M. LAZELLE. 1861., June. DANIEL W. FLAGLER. 1856. *WILLIAM H. HARRIS. ORLANDO M. POE. ALFRED MORDECAI. JOHN W. BARRIGER. LAWRENCE S. BABBITT. RICHARD LODOR. PETER C. HAINS. JEREMIAH H. GILMAN. FRANCIS H. PARKER. JOHN K. MIZNER. JOSEPH B. FARLEY. JAMES MCMILLAN. WILLIAM B. HUGHES. FITZHUGI- LEE. 1862. GEORGE L. GILLESPIE. 1857. JARED A. SMITH. SAMUEL M. MANSFIELD. JOHN C. PALFREY. ALEXANDER. MORRIS SCHAFF. E. PORTER A. MARYE. WILLIAM SINCLAIR. WILLIAM JAMES H. ROLLINS. MANNING M. KIMMEL. JA-MES H. LORD. GEORGE H. WEEKS. 1858. 1863. ROYAL T. FRANK. *PETER S. MICIIIE. ASA B. CAREY. WILLIAM H. H. BENYAURD. JOHN R. McGINNESS. 1859. FRANK H. PHIPPS. JAMES W. REILLY. FRANCIS L. GUENTHER. WILLIAM S. BEEBE. MARTIN D. HARDIN. *THOMAS WARD. FRANCIS J. CRILLY. JOHN G. BUTLER. CALEB H. CARLTON. ROBERT CATLIN. *JOSEPH WHEELER. CHARLES H, LESTER. JOHN J. UPHAM. JAMES AM.J. SANNO. ABRAHAM K. ARNOLD. *JAMES R. REID. 1860. 1864. *HORACE PORTER. *JAMES H. WILSON. GARRETT J. LYDECKER. *JAMES M. WHITTEMORE. ALEXANDER MACKENZIE. JOHN M. WILSON. *OSWALD 1H.ERNST. *EDWARD R. HOPKINS. DAVID P. HEAP. WESLEY MERRITT. VANDERBILT ALLEN. WADE H. GIBBES. CHARLES J. ALLEN. *SAMUEL T. CUSHING. CULLAN BRYANT. ROBERT H. HALL. ISAAC W. MACLAY. EDWARD B. D. RILEY. 1865. 1861, May. CHARLES W. RAYMOND. HENRY A. DUPONT. A. MACOMB MILLER. ADELBERT AMES. MILTON B. ADAMS. ADELBERT R. BUFFINGTON. WILLIAM R. LIVERMORE. NATHANIEL R. CHAMBLISS. DAVID W. PAYNE. JOHN W. BARLOW. WILLIAM H. HEUER. CHARLES McK. LEOSER. WILLIAM S. STANTON. HENRY C. HASBROUCK. THOMAS H. HANDBURY. 6 ANNUAL REUNION, JUNE o1th, 1895. JAMES C. POST. ROBERT FLETCHER. JAMES F. GREGORY. DAVID D. JOHNSON. ALFRED E. BATES. EUGENE 0. FECHkET. HENRY B. LEDYARD. CHARLES W. WHIPPLE. JOHN P. STORY. DAVID S. DENISON. WILLIAM A. RAFFERTY. ALEXANDER L. MORTON. APPLETON D. PALMER. JOSHUA L. FOWLER. WILLIAM H. McLAUGHLIN. WILLIAM J. VOLKMAR. JAMES M. MARSHALL. JAMES H. JONES. EDWARD HUNTER. JOHN B. RODMAN. ALEXANDER W. HOFFMAN. WILLIAM C. FORBUSH. EDGAR C. BOWEN. JOHN D. C. HOSKINS. 5 SAMUEL M. MILLS. JAMES W. POPE. WILLIAM D. O'TOOLE. CHANCELLOR MARTIN. GEORGE G. GREENOUGH. FRANK W. RUSSELL. WARREN C BEACH. THOMAS J. MARCH. ARCHIBALD H. GOODLOE. *LOYAL FARRAGUT. CASS DURHAM. CHARLES F. ROE. P. ELMENDORF SLOAN. DELANCEY A. KANE. 1866. *JAMES MERCUR. 1869. CHARLES E. L. B. DAVIS. ERIC BERGLAND. BENJAMIN D. GREENE. *SAMUEL E. TILLMAN. FRANK SOUIE. DANIEL M. TAYLOR. JAMES O'HARA. WILLIAM P. DUVALL. ABNER H. MERRILL. HENRY L. HARRIS. CHARLES KING. ARTHUR S. HARDY. WILLIAM H. UPHAM. WORTH OSGOOD. ELBRIDGE R. HILLS. REMEMBRANCE H. LINDSEY. *FRANCIS L. HILLS. *CHARLES BRADEN. JOHN F. STRETCH. CHARLES MORTON. WILLIAM F. SMITH. 1867. MARTIN B. HUGHES. WILLIAM GERHARD. JOHN C. MALLERY. CLINTON B. SEARS. *WILLIAM E. ROGERS. 1870. JOHN E. GREER. *JOHN PITMAN. *FRANCIS V. GREENE. FReDERICK A. MAHAN. WINFIELD S. CHAPLIN. FREDERICK A. HINMAN. CARL F. PALFREY. CROSBY P. MILLER. *JAMES ROCKWELL. THOMAS H. BARBER. WILLIAM R. QUINAN. JOHN MCCLELLAN. *JAMES A. DENNISON. EUGENE '. MURPHY. EDWARD G. STEVENS. EDWIN S. CURTIS. CLARENCE A. POSTLEY GEORGE A. GARRETSON. EDGAR S. DUDLEY. LEANDER T. HOWES. *CHARLES W. BURROWS. STANISLAUS REMAK. BENJAMIN H. RANDOLPH. EDWARD S. GODFREY. *ALEXANDER 0. BRODIE. WILLIAM J. ROE. *CHARLES W. LARNED. SAMUEL W. FOUNTAIN. EDWARD J. MCCLERNAND. 1868. DEXTER W. PARKER. ALBERT H. PAYSON. *SEBREE SMITH. *EDGAR W. BASS. WINFIELD S. EDGERLY. RICHARD H. SAVAGE. CLARENCE A. STEDMAN. JOSEPH H. WILLARD. ISAIAH H. MCDONALD. HENRY METCALFE. JOHN CONLINE. ANNUAL REUNION, JUNE loth, 1895. 7 1871. WILLIS WITTICHI. EDGAR L. STEEVER. LOUIS A. CRAIG. *JAMES C. AYRES. EDWARD E. HARDIN. ANDREW H. RUSSELL. MARION P. MAUS. GEORGE S. ANDERSON. CHARLES F. LLOYD. *FRANK H. EDMUNDS. THEODORE H. ECKERSON. WALTER S. WYATT. WALLACE MOTT. 1875. THOMAS M. WOODRUFF. *SMITH S. LEACH. RICHARD H. POILLON. EUGENE GRIFFIN. JAMES N. ALLISON. *WILLARD YOUNG. JAMES B. HICKEY. *LOTUS NILES. GEORGE F. CHASE, *JOHN P. JEFFERSON. DANIEL H. BRUSH. JOHN M. BALDWIN. FREDERICK D. GRANT. *ELBERT WHEELER. WILLIAM N. DYKMAN. 1872. *WILLIAM A. MANN. ROGERS BIRNIE. WILLIAM BAIRD. STANHOPE E. BLUNT. ALEXANDER RODGERS. OBADIAH F. BRIGGS. *FRANCIS E. ELTONHEAD. WILLIAM ABBOT. THOMAS F. DAVIS. HENRY R. LEMLY. JOHN G. BALLANCE. CHARLES D. PARKHURST. *EDWIN B. BOLTON. GEORGE RUHLEN. *TIIOMAS S. MCCALEB. FRANK WEST. RICHARD T. YEATMAN. 1876. JACOB R. RIBLETT. JOHN R. WILLIAMS. GEORGE E. POND. HEMAN DOWD. THOMAS C. WOODBURY. *ALEXANDER S. BACON. WILLIAM B. WETMORE. WILLIAM CROZrER. CHARLES A. WORDEN. HENRY H. LUDLOW. RALPH W. HOYT. JOHN T. FRENCH. THOMAS B. NICHOLS. LEONARD A. LOVERING. HERBERT E. TUTHERLY. EDWARD E. DRAVO. WILLIAM H. W. JAMES. HERBERT S. FOSTER. HENRY H. LANDON. CARVER HOWLAND. OSCAR F. LONG. 1873. HARRY L. BAILEY. WILLIAM H. BIXBY. CHARLES L. HAMMOND. JOHN A. LUNDEEN. HAMILTON ROWAN. JACOB E. BLOOM. JOSEPH GARRARD. 1877. EZRA B. FULLER. WILLIAM M. BLACK. FREDERICK A. SMITH. ALBERT TODD. *EDWIN T. HOWARD. WILLIAM W. GALBRAITH. CALVIN D. COWLES. *FRANCIS P. BLAIR. AUGUSTUS C. TYLER. CALVIN ESTERLY. QUINCY 0. M. GILLMORE. JOHN. J. HADEN. HENRY J. GOLDMAN. 1874. JOHN BIGELOW, JR. MONTGOMERY M. MACOMB. ALEXANDER M. PATCH. FRANK S. RICE. GEORGE L. ANDERSON. 1878. *JOHN P. WISSER. *JAMES L. LUSK. WRIGHT P. EDGERTON. EDWIN MCNEILL. EDMUND K. WEBSTER. JOHN T. BARNETT. RUSSELL THAYER. FRANK DEL. CARRINGTON. GEORGE R. CECIL. BALDWIN D. SPILMAN. CHARLES E. S. WOOD. WILLIAM J. ELLIOTT. 8 ANNUAL REUNION, JUNE loth, 1895. 1879. 1885. FREDERICK V. ABBOT. *JOHN M. CARSON, JR. JAMES E. RUNCIE. LORENZO L. C. BROOKS. 1886. *HENRY A. GREENE. FRANK L. DODDS. AVERY D. ANDREWS. ALFRED McC. OGLE. CHARLES C. WALCUTT, JR. *CHARLES R. NOYES. MALVERN H. BARNUM. HENRY DEH. H. WAITE. WALTER H. GORDON. WILLIAM B. REYNOLDS. CHARLES G. DWYER. JOHN S. MALLORY. WILLIAM G. ETLLIOT. SAMUEL W. MILLER. PERCY PARKER. 1887. NATHANIEL J. WHITEHEAD. PIERREPONT ISHAM. (GUY R. BEARDSLEE. SAMUEL SEAY, JR. MICHAEL J. LENIHAN. 1880. SAMUEL A. SMOKE. OBERLIN M. CARTER. CHARLES S. BURT. 1888. SAMUEL W. DUNNING. PETER C. HARRIS. CHARLES E. HEWITT. *WILLIAM H. WILHELM. GEORGE H. MORGAN. WILLIAM R. DASHIEL. *JAMES S. ROGERS. CHARLES B. VOGDES. JAMES W. WATSON. 1889. CLEMENT A. J. FLAGLER. 1881. WILLIAM A. PHILLIPS. EDWIN ST. J. GREBLE. *SAMUEL E. ALLEN. 1890. CHARLES H. BARTH. FRANK B. KEECH. ANDREW G. HAMMOND. CHARLES C. CRAWFORD. JAMES T. KERR. WALTER R. STOLL. LYMAN W. V. KENNON. 1891. CHARLES P. ECHOLS. 1882. RICHARD L. LIVERMORE. HOLLIS C. CLARK. EDWARD BURR. GUY H. B. SMITH. OSCAR T. CROSBY. GRAHAM D. FITCH. ORMOND M. LISSAK. 1892. JOHN T. THOMPSON. JULIUS T. CONRAD. CHARLES P. ELLIOTT. *.DENNIS M. MICHIE. CHARLES J. STEVENS. 1893. 1883. ANDREW J. CASSATT. ALFRED B. JACKSON. EDWARD TAYLOR. EDWIN C. BULLOCK. WILLIAM H. SMITH. 1894. ALFRED HASBROUCK. BUTLER AMES. CLARENCE R. EDWARDS. 1895. 1884. JOSEPH WHEELER, JR. DAVID DUB. GAILLARD. MORTON F. SMITH. WILLIAM L. SIBERT. DAVID S. STANLEY. *JOHN B.