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Idle question: if you're still a cadet at West Point at the time the Register comes out - say, Class of 1902 - do you get included?
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Cover page:
BIOGRAPHICAL REGISTER
OF THE
OFFICERS AND GRADUATES
OF THE
U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY
AT WEST POINT, NEW YORK
SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT IN 1802
BY
BREVET-MAJOR-GENERAL GEORGE W. CULLUM
COLONEL OF ENGINEERS, U.S. ARMY, RETIRED
SUPPLEMENT, VOLUME IV
1890-1900
EDITED BY
EDWARD S. HOLDEN, M.A., Sc.D., LL.D.
CAMBRIDGE
Printed at The Riverside Press
1901
Will's entry:
Number 3954. (Born O.)....WILLIAM P. STOKEY......(Ap'd O.)..Class Rank 15
Military History:--Cadet at the U.S.M.A. from June 18, 1896 to June 13, 1900, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to
(SECOND LIEUT. OF ARTILLERY, 2D ARTILLERY, JUNE 13, 1900)
BIOGRAPHICAL REGISTER
OF THE
OFFICERS AND GRADUATES
OF THE
U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY
AT WEST POINT, NEW YORK
SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT IN 1802
BY
BREVET-MAJOR-GENERAL GEORGE W. CULLUM
COLONEL OF ENGINEERS, U.S. ARMY, RETIRED
SUPPLEMENT, VOLUME IV
1890-1900
EDITED BY
EDWARD S. HOLDEN, M.A., Sc.D., LL.D.
CAMBRIDGE
Printed at The Riverside Press
1901
Will's entry:
Number 3954. (Born O.)....WILLIAM P. STOKEY......(Ap'd O.)..Class Rank 15
Military History:--Cadet at the U.S.M.A. from June 18, 1896 to June 13, 1900, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to
(SECOND LIEUT. OF ARTILLERY, 2D ARTILLERY, JUNE 13, 1900)
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1.
BREVET-MAJOR-GENERAL GEORGE W. CULLUM
As noted in the pages for the other Biographical Register pages, Wikipedia says:
George Washington Cullum (25 February 1809 – 28 February 1892) was an American soldier, engineer and writer. He worked as the supervising engineer on the building and repair of many fortifications across the country. Cullum served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War, primarily in the Western Theater and served as the 16th WiSuperintendent of the United States Military Academy.
2.
EDWARD S. HOLDEN, M.A., Sc.D., LL.D.
Wikipedia says:
Edward Singleton Holden (November 5, 1846 – March 16, 1914)[1] was an American astronomer and the fifth president of the University of California.
and:
In 1901, Holden became the librarian of the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he remained until his death. He was buried at the West Point Cemetery on March 18, 1914.
3.
CAMBRIDGE
Printed at The Riverside Press
1901
There's a nice little history of The Riverside Press here:
https://historycambridge.org/industry/riversidepress.html
As for the 1901, the supplements for the next two decades were published in 1910 and 1920, and I don't know what the hold-up was in 1900.
4.
Class Rank 15
I count 58 class members in the West Point yearbook. I was looking at page 14, which I included in:
WILL'S COLLEGE YEARBOOK
So Will was about a quarter of the way down. Not bad!
5.
Cadet at the U.S.M.A. from June 18, 1896 to June 13, 1900
Will's letter of appointment
1896-03-28 LETTER OF APPOINTMENT OF WILL TO WEST POINT
says:
Should you desire the appointment, you will report in person to the Superintendent of the Academy on the 13th day of June 1896, before 4 o’clock P.M. for examination.
So he was to arrive at West Point on June 13, 1896, but he didn't become official until June 18. Maybe the examinations of all the candidates took a few days?
6.
This is the first of four entries for Will in the West Point Biographical Registers. The others are:
Also, there's a page with a summary of Will's Army Career:
BREVET-MAJOR-GENERAL GEORGE W. CULLUM
As noted in the pages for the other Biographical Register pages, Wikipedia says:
George Washington Cullum (25 February 1809 – 28 February 1892) was an American soldier, engineer and writer. He worked as the supervising engineer on the building and repair of many fortifications across the country. Cullum served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War, primarily in the Western Theater and served as the 16th WiSuperintendent of the United States Military Academy.
2.
EDWARD S. HOLDEN, M.A., Sc.D., LL.D.
Wikipedia says:
Edward Singleton Holden (November 5, 1846 – March 16, 1914)[1] was an American astronomer and the fifth president of the University of California.
and:
In 1901, Holden became the librarian of the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he remained until his death. He was buried at the West Point Cemetery on March 18, 1914.
3.
CAMBRIDGE
Printed at The Riverside Press
1901
There's a nice little history of The Riverside Press here:
https://historycambridge.org/industry/riversidepress.html
As for the 1901, the supplements for the next two decades were published in 1910 and 1920, and I don't know what the hold-up was in 1900.
4.
Class Rank 15
I count 58 class members in the West Point yearbook. I was looking at page 14, which I included in:
WILL'S COLLEGE YEARBOOK
So Will was about a quarter of the way down. Not bad!
5.
Cadet at the U.S.M.A. from June 18, 1896 to June 13, 1900
Will's letter of appointment
1896-03-28 LETTER OF APPOINTMENT OF WILL TO WEST POINT
says:
Should you desire the appointment, you will report in person to the Superintendent of the Academy on the 13th day of June 1896, before 4 o’clock P.M. for examination.
So he was to arrive at West Point on June 13, 1896, but he didn't become official until June 18. Maybe the examinations of all the candidates took a few days?
6.
This is the first of four entries for Will in the West Point Biographical Registers. The others are:
- 1910 WEST POINT BIOGRAPHICAL REGISTER: WILL'S ENTRY
- 1920 WEST POINT BIOGRAPHICAL REGISTER: WILL'S ENTRY
- 1930 WEST POINT BIOGRAPHICAL REGISTER: WILL'S ENTRY
Also, there's a page with a summary of Will's Army Career:
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