TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL REUNION OF THE ASSOCIATION I GRADUATES OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY, AT WEST POINT, NEW YORK, Yune I2th, 1894. SAGINAW, MICH. SEEMANN &PETERS, PRINTERS AND BINDERS.+ 1894. Annual Reunion, June 12th, 1894. MINUTES OF THE BUSINESS MEETING. WEST POINT, N. Y., JUNE 12th, 1894. The Association met in the Chapel of the United States Military Academy, at 2.30 o'clock, P. M., and was called to order by Colonel 0. H. Ernst, Corps of Engineers, of the Executive Committee. The Chaplain of the Military Academy offered the customary prayer. The roll call was omitted. ROLL OF MEMBERS. Those present are indicated by a *. 1823. 1835. GEORGE S. GREENE. JOSEPH H. EATON. THOMAS B. ARDEN. 1826. AUGUSTUS J. PLEASANTON. 1837. JOSHUA H. BATES. 1829. ROBERT B. McLANE. JOSEPH SMITH BRYCE. A. DAVIES. THOMAS 1838. 1832. JOHN T. METCALFE. WILLIAM AUSTINE. ERASMUS D. KEYES. ALBERT G. EDWARDS. 1839. 1833. ALEXANDER R. LAWTON. HENRY WTALLER. 1840. 1834. STEWART VAN VLIET, THOMAS A. MORRIS. GEORGE W. GETTY. 4 ANNUAL REUNION, JUNE 12th, 1894. 1841. EGBERT L. VIELE. HENRY HETH. ZEALOUS B. TOWER. HORATIO G. WRIGHT. SCHUYLER HAMILTON. 1848. JOSEPH C. CLARK. 1842. RICHARD I. DODGE. JOHN NEWTON. *GEORGE W. RAINS. 1849. WILLIAM S. ROSECRANS. JOHN G. PARKE. GUSTAVUS W. SMITH. STEPHEN V. BENET. JOHN S. MCCALMONT. CHAUNCEY MCKEEVER. EUGENE E. MCLEAN. RUFUS SAXTON. B. HAYMAN. SAMUEL BEVERLY H. ROBERTSON. JAMES LONGSTREET. RICHARD W. JOHNSON. JAMES W. ABERT. SAMUEL B. HOLABIRD. 1843. 1850. WILLIAM B. FRANKLIN. E. PRIME. DESHON. FREDERICK GEORGE A. CARR. WILLIAM F. RAYNOLDS. EUGENE JOSEPH J. REYNOLDS. FRANCIS H. BATES. JOHNSTON. CHRISTOPER C. AUGUR. ROBERT WILLIAM L. CABELL. 1844. DANIEL M. FROST. 1851. ALFRED PLEASANTON. GEORGE L. ANDREWS. SIMON B. BUCKNER. ALEXANDER PIPER. CALEB HUSE. 1845. ALEXANDER J. PERRY. WILLIAM H. MORRIS. WILLIAM F. SMITH. ROBERT E. PATTERSON. THOMAS J. WOOD. *WILLIAM D. WHIPPLE. PORTER. FITZ-JOHN EDWARD A. PALFREY. HENRY COPPEE. JOSEPH G. TILFORD. THOMAS G. PITCHER. 1846. 1852. EDMUND F. L. HARDCASTLE. THOMAS L. CASEY. FRANCIS T. BRYAN. JAMES VAN VOAST. DARIUS N. COUCH. *DAVID S. STANLEY. CHARLES C. GILBERT. *JAMES W. ROBINSON. MARCUS D. L. SIMPSON. MILO S. HASCALL. JAMES OAKES. JOHN MULLAN. INNIS N. PALMER. PETER T. SWAINE. PARMENAS T. TURNLEY. ANDREW W. EVANS. *DELANCY FLOYD-JONES. ALEXANDER McD. McCooK. JOHN D. WILKINS. AUGUST V. KAUTZ. SAMUEL B. MAXEY. JOHN P. HAWKINS. 1847. 1853. JOHN HAMILTON. WILLIAM P. CRAIGHILL. ORLANDO B. WILCOX. WILLIAM R. BOGGS. JAMES B. FRY. WILLIAM S. SMITH. HORATIO G. GIBSON. JOHN M. SCHOFIELD. JOHN GIBBON. THOMAS W. VINCENT. CLERMONT L. BEST. HENRY C. SYMONDS. EDWARD F, ABBOTT. GEORGE BELL. ANNUAL REUNION, JUNE 12th, 1894. 5 LA RHETT L. LIVINGSTON. JAMES N. WHITTEMORE. N. BOWMAN SWEITZER. JOHN M. WILSON. WILLIAM W. LOWE. EDWARD R. HOPKINS. WESLEY MERRITT. 1854. JAMES P. MARTIN. G. W. CUSTIS LEE. WADE H. GIBBES. HENRY L. ABBOT. SAMUEL T. CUSHING. ROBERT H. HALL. THOMAS H. RUGER. B. D. RILEY. OLIVER 0. HOWARD. EDWARD MICHAEL E. MORGAN. LOOMIS L. LANGDON. 1861, May. OLIVER D. GREENE. HENRY A. DUPONT. E. FRANKLIN TOWNSEND. ADELBERT AMES. CHARLES G. SAWTELLE. ADELBERT R. BUFFINGTON. ZENAS R. BLISS. NATHANIEL R. CHAMBLISS. JOHN W. BARLOW. 1855. CHARLES McK. LEOSER. *HENRY C. HASBROUCK. *CYRUS B. COMSTOCK. GUY V. HENRY. GEORGE H. ELLIOTT. EUGENE B. BEAUMONT. FRANCIS R, T. NICHOLS. WEBB. HENRY B. NOBLE. ALEXANDER S. CHARLES H. GIBSON. JOHN M. TURNER. *GEORGE D. RUGGLES. 1861, June. LEWIS MERRILL. HENRY M. LAZELLE. *DANIEL W. FLAGLER. *WILLIAM H. HARRIS. 1856. ALFRED MORDECAI. LAWRENCE S. BABBITT. ORLANDO M. POE. PETER C. HATNS. RICHARD LODOR. FRANCIS H. PARKER. JEREMIAH H. GILMAN. JOSEPH B. FARLEY. *JOHN K. MIZNER. JAMES MCMILLAN. 1862. WILLIAM B. HUGHES. FITZHUGH LEE. GEORGE L. GILLESPIE. JARED A. SMITH. 1857. SAMUEL M. MANSFIELD. MORRIS SCHAFF. JOHN C. PALFREY. WILLIAM A. MARYE. E. PORTER ALEXANDER. J AMES H. ROLLINS. WILLIAM SINCLAIR. JAMES H. LORD. MANNING M. KIMMEL. GEORGE 1-. WEEKS. 1863. 1858. *PETER S. MICIIIE. WILLIAM H. H. BENYAURD. ROYAL T. FRANK. JOIIN R. MCGINNESS. ASA B. CAREY. FRANK H. PIIPPS. JAMES W. REILLY. 1859. WILLIAM S. BEEBE. FRANCIS L. GUENTHER. THOMAS WARD. MARTIN B. HARDIN. JOHN C. BUTLER. FRANCIS J. CRILLY. ROBERT CATLIN. CALEB H. CARLTON. *CHARLES H. LESTER. JOSEPH WHEELER. JAMES M. J. SANNO. JOHN J. UPHAM. *JAMES R. REID. 1860. 1864. HORACE PORTER. GARRETT J. LYDECKER. *JAMES H. WILSON, ALEXANDER MACKENZIE. 6 ANNUAL REUNION, JUNE 12th, 1894. *OSWALD H. ERNST. THOMAS H. BARBER. DAVID P. HEAP. JOHN MCCLELLAN. VANDERBILT ALLEN. EUGENE P. MURPHY. CHARLES J. ALLEN. EDWIN S. CURTIS. CULLAN BRYANT. GEORGE A. GARRETSON. ISAAC W. MACLAY. *LEANDER T. HOWES. STANISLAUS REMAK. 1865. EDWARD S. GODFREY. CHARLES W. RAYMOND. WILLIAM J. ROE. A. MACOMB MILLER. 1868. MILTON B. ADAMS. WILLIAM R. LIVERMORE. ALBERT H. PAYSON. DAVID W. PAYNE. *EDGAR W. BASS. WILLIAM H. HEUER. RICHARD H. SAVAGE. WILLIAM S. STANTON. JOSEPH H. WILLARD. THOMAS H. HANDBURY. *HENRY METCALFE. JAMES C. POST. ROBERT FLETCHER. JAMES F. GREGORY. DAVID D. JOHNSON. ALFRED E. BATES. EUGENE 0. FECHET. 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. VOLEMAR. JAMES M. MARSHALL. JAMES H. JONES. EDWARD HUNTER. JOHN B. RODMAN. ALEXANDER W. HOFFMAN. WILLIAM C. FORBUSH. EDGAR C. BOWEN. JOHN D. C. HOSKINS. *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. 1869. *JAMES MERCUR. *ERIC BERGLAND. *CHARLES E. L. B. DAVIS. *SAMUEL E. TILLMAN. BENJAMIN D. GREENE. *PHILIP M. PRICE. *FRANK SOULE. *DANIEL M. TAYLOR. JAMES O'HARA. WILLIAM P. DUVALL. ABNER II. 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. JOHN C. MALLERY. *WILLIAM GERHARD. CLINTON B. SEARS. THOMAS TURTLE. 1870. *WILLIAM E. ROGERS. FRANCIS V. GREENE. JOHN E. GREER. WINFIELD S. CHAPLIN. JOHN PITMAN. CARL F. PALFREY. FREDERICK A. MAHAN. WILLIAM R. QUINAN. FREDERICK A. HINMAN. JAMES A. DENNISON. CROSBY P. MILLER. EDWARD G. STEVENS. ANNUAL REUNION, JUNE 12th, 1894. EDGAR S. DUDLEY. 1874. CLARENCE A. POSTLEY. MONTGOMERY M. MACOMB. BENJAMIN H. RANDOLPH. FRANK S. RICE. ALEXANDER 0. BRODIE. GEORGE L. ANDERSON. CHARLES W. LARNED. *JOHN P. WISSER. SAMUEL W. FOUNTAIN. *WRIGHT P. EDGERTON. EDWARD J. MCCLERNAND. EDMUND K. WEBSTER. DEXTER W. PARKER. RUSSELL THAYER. SEBREE SMITH. GEORGE R. CECIL. WINFIELD S. EDGERLY. CHARLES E. S. WOOD. CLARENCE A. STEDMAN. WILLIS WITTICH. ISAIAH H. McDONALD. *LoUIS A. CRAIG. JOHN CONLINE. EDWARD E. HARDIN. 1871. MARION P. MAUS. CHARLES F. LLOYD. EDGAR L. STEEVER. THEODORE H. ECKERSON. JAMES C. AYRES. ANDREW H. RUSSELL. GEORGE S. ANDERSON. 1875. *FRANK H. EDMUNDS. EUGENE GRIFFIN. WALTER S. WYATT. WILLARD YOUNG. WALLACE MOTT. *LOTUS NILES. THOMAS M. WOODRUFF. JOHN P. JEFFERSON. RICHARD H. POILLON. JOHN M. BALDWIN. JAMES N. ALLISON. ELBERT WHEELER. JAMES B. HICKEY. WILLIAM N. DYKMAN. GEORGE F. CHASE. WILLIAM BAIRD. DANIEL H. BRUSH. ALEXANDER RODGERS. FREDERICK D. GRANT. FRANCIS E. ELTONHEAD. THOMAS F. DAVIS. 1872. JOHN G. BALLANCE. ROGERS BIRNIE. EDWIN B. BOLTON. STANHOPE E. BLUNT. *THOMAS S. McCALEB. OBADIAH F. BRIGGS. *WILLIAM ABBOT. 1876. CHARLES D. PARKHURST. JOHN R. WILLIAMS. GEORGE RUHLEN. HEMAN DOWD. FRANK WEST. *ALEXANDER S. BACON. RICHARD T. YEATMAN. WILLIAM CROZIER. JACOB R. RIBLETT. HENRY H. LUDLOW. *GEORGE E. POND. JOHN T. FRENCH. THOMAS C. WOODBURY. LEONARD A. LOVERING. WILLIAM B. WETMORE. EDWARD E. DRAVO. *CHARLES A. WORDEN. HERBERT S. FOSTER. RALPH W. HOYT. CARVER HOWLAND. ThOMAS B. NICHOLS. OSCAR F. LONG. HERBERT E. TUTHERLY. HARRY L. BAILEY. WILLIAM H. W. JAMES. CHARLES L. HAMMOND. HENRY H. LANDON. HAMILTON ROWAN. 1873. 1877. WILLIAM H. BIXBY. JOHN A. LUNDEEN. WILLIAM M. BLACK. JACOB E. BLOOM. ALBERT TODD. JOSEPH GARRARD. WILLIAM W. GALBRAITH. EZRA B. FULLER. CALVIN ESTERLY. FREDERICK A. SMITH. JOHN J. HADEN. CALVIN D. COWLES. HENRY J. GOLDMAN. AUGUSTUS C. TYLER. JOHN BIGELOW, JR. QUINCY 0. M. GILLMORE. ALEXANDER M. PATCH. 8 ANNUAL REUNION, JUNE 12th, 1894. 1878. 1883. JAMES L. LUSK. ALFRED B. JACKSON. EDWIN MCNEILL. EDWIN C. BULLOCK. JOHN T. BARNETT. ALFRED HASBROUCK. FRANK DEL. CARRINGTON. CLARENCE R. EDWARDS. BALDWIN D. SPILMAN. WILLIAM J. ELLIOTT. 1884. DAVID DUB. GAILLARD. 1879. WILLIAM L. SIBERT. JOHN B. BELLINGER. FREDERICK V. ABBOT. ROBERT H. NOBLE. *JAMES E. RUNCIE. LORENZO L. C. BROOKS. 1885. FRANK L. DODDS. JOHN M. CAISSON, JR. ALFRED MCC. OGLE. CHARLES R. NOYES. 1886. HENRY DE-H. H. WAITE. AVERY D. ANDREWS. JOHN S. MALLORY. CHARLES C. WALCUTT, JR. SAMUEL W. MILLER. MALVERN H. BARNUM. PERCY PARKER. CHARLES G. DWYER. NATHANIEL J. WHITEHEAD. WILLIAM G. ELLIOTT. GUY R. BEARDSLEE. 1887. 1880. PIERREPONT ISHAM. OBERLIN M. CARTER. SAMUEL SEAY, JR. CHARLES S. BURT. MICHAEL J. LENIHAN. CHARLES E. HEWITT. SAMUEL A. SMOKE. MORGAN. GEORGE H. 1888. JAMES S. ROGERS. ! CHARLES B. VOGDES. PETER C. HARRIS. JAMES W. WATSON. WILLIAM H. WILHELM. WILLIAM R. DASHIEL. 1881. 1889. EDWIN ST. J. GREBLE. CLEMENT A. J. FLAGLER. *SAMUEL E. ALLEN. CHARLES H. BARTH. 1890. ANDREW G. HAMMOND. FRANK B. KEECH. JAMES T. KERR. CHARLES C. CRAWFORD. WALTER R. STOLL. LYMAN W. V. KENNON. 1891. RICHARD L. LIVERMORE. 1882. GUY H. B. SMITH. EDWARD BURR. 1892. OSCAR T. CROSBY. GRAHAM D. FITCH. JULIUS T. CONRAD. ORMOND M. LISSAK. DENNIS M. MICHIE. JOHN T. THOMPSON. 1893. CHARLES P. ELLIOTT. CHARLES J. STEVENS. ANDREW J. CASSATT. EDWARD TAYLOR. Professor Geo. W. Rains, Class of 1842, being the senior graduate present, declined to preside on account of defective eye- sight, and Colonel DeLancey Floyd-Jones, Class of 1846, was called upon to preside.