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It's strange reading the bare basics of Will's army career while knowing what's going on in his personal life.
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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 VI-A
1910-1920
EDITED BY
COLONEL WIRT ROBINSON
U.S.A.
SEEMANN & PETERS, PRINTERS
SAGINAW, MICH.
1920
Will's entry:
Number 3954. (Born O.)....WILLIAM P. STOKEY......(Ap'd O.)..Class Rank 15
(William Provines Stokey, Born Nov. 3, 1875)
Military History:--
CAPTAIN, CORPS OF ENGINEERS, NOV. 15, 1907
At San Francisco, Cal., Jan. 11 to Aug. 1, 1910; at Los Angeles, Cal., in charge of Engineer District, Aug. 2 to Dec. 2; at San Francisco, on engineer duty, Dec. 3, 1910 to March 19, 1913; at Washington Bks., D.C., with 1st Battalion of Engineers, April 8, 1913 to Feb. 28, 1915;
(MAJOR, CORPS OF ENGINEERS, FEB 28, 1915.)
at Savannah, Ga., on engineering duty, March 2, 1915, to July 2, 1916; at Cincinnati, Ohio, in District Engineer's office, July 6, 1916 to
(LIEUT.-COL., TEMPORARY, CORPS OF ENGINEERS, AUG. 5, 1917.)
(COLONEL, TEMPORARY, CORPS OF ENGINEERS, JAN. 4, 1918.)
April 27, 1918; at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Department Engineer, Southern Department, April 30 to Nov. 19, and in office of Zone Supply Officer, Nov. 20, 1918 to Feb. 14, 1919; at Cincinnati, Ohio, District Engineer, June 24, 1919 to --
(RETURNED TO GRADE OF MAJOR, JULY 14, 1919.)
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 VI-A
1910-1920
EDITED BY
COLONEL WIRT ROBINSON
U.S.A.
SEEMANN & PETERS, PRINTERS
SAGINAW, MICH.
1920
Will's entry:
Number 3954. (Born O.)....WILLIAM P. STOKEY......(Ap'd O.)..Class Rank 15
(William Provines Stokey, Born Nov. 3, 1875)
Military History:--
CAPTAIN, CORPS OF ENGINEERS, NOV. 15, 1907
At San Francisco, Cal., Jan. 11 to Aug. 1, 1910; at Los Angeles, Cal., in charge of Engineer District, Aug. 2 to Dec. 2; at San Francisco, on engineer duty, Dec. 3, 1910 to March 19, 1913; at Washington Bks., D.C., with 1st Battalion of Engineers, April 8, 1913 to Feb. 28, 1915;
(MAJOR, CORPS OF ENGINEERS, FEB 28, 1915.)
at Savannah, Ga., on engineering duty, March 2, 1915, to July 2, 1916; at Cincinnati, Ohio, in District Engineer's office, July 6, 1916 to
(LIEUT.-COL., TEMPORARY, CORPS OF ENGINEERS, AUG. 5, 1917.)
(COLONEL, TEMPORARY, CORPS OF ENGINEERS, JAN. 4, 1918.)
April 27, 1918; at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Department Engineer, Southern Department, April 30 to Nov. 19, and in office of Zone Supply Officer, Nov. 20, 1918 to Feb. 14, 1919; at Cincinnati, Ohio, District Engineer, June 24, 1919 to --
(RETURNED TO GRADE OF MAJOR, JULY 14, 1919.)
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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.
EDITED BY
COLONEL WIRT ROBINSON
Wikipedia says:
Colonel Wirt Robinson (16 October 1864 – 19 January 1929) was an American army officer, naturalist, and served as a professor of chemistry, mineralogy and geology at the U. S. Military Academy. He also served briefly as a professor of military science at Harvard University. A Venezuelan opossum species Marmosa robinsoni was described from his collections and named after him.
About the opossum, Wikipedia says:
Robinson's mouse opossums move along tree branches and vines with the help of a prehensile tail and may leap between gaps as they search for fruit and insects. The species is named after Wirt Robinson, the collector of the specimen from which it was first described.
3.
SEEMANN & PETERS, PRINTERS
As also noted for Will's pages in the 1910 Biographical Register: From
https://saginawcountyhalloffame4.org/charles-peters
I got:
Together in 1880, Charles Peters and Joseph Seemann started a printing firm, Seemann & Peters which published “The Saginaw Evening News” now “The Saginaw News.” The paper was published every day except Sunday.
I don't know how they were chosen to print this.
4.
This is the third of four Registers in which Will appears. The other three Registers 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.
EDITED BY
COLONEL WIRT ROBINSON
Wikipedia says:
Colonel Wirt Robinson (16 October 1864 – 19 January 1929) was an American army officer, naturalist, and served as a professor of chemistry, mineralogy and geology at the U. S. Military Academy. He also served briefly as a professor of military science at Harvard University. A Venezuelan opossum species Marmosa robinsoni was described from his collections and named after him.
About the opossum, Wikipedia says:
Robinson's mouse opossums move along tree branches and vines with the help of a prehensile tail and may leap between gaps as they search for fruit and insects. The species is named after Wirt Robinson, the collector of the specimen from which it was first described.
3.
SEEMANN & PETERS, PRINTERS
As also noted for Will's pages in the 1910 Biographical Register: From
https://saginawcountyhalloffame4.org/charles-peters
I got:
Together in 1880, Charles Peters and Joseph Seemann started a printing firm, Seemann & Peters which published “The Saginaw Evening News” now “The Saginaw News.” The paper was published every day except Sunday.
I don't know how they were chosen to print this.
4.
This is the third of four Registers in which Will appears. The other three Registers are:
- 1901 WEST POINT BIOGRAPHICAL REGISTER: WILL'S ENTRY
- 1910 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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