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YALE ALUMNI WEEKLY U. S. S. Minnesota June 15. July 15, was detailed to the Huntress as machin- ist, second-class; The Huntress did patrol duty from Sandy Hook to Tomp- kinsville, going out of commission on Aug. 29. Was honorably discharged from the Navy on Aug. 31. Thomas Denny, Jr., ’92S., at the out- break of the war was Captain of Com- pany I, Twelfth Regiment, N. G. N. Y. May 4, when the Twelfth Regiment was ordered out, he was detailed at the home station by order of the Commander-in- Chief as Recruiting Officer for the Hundred and Twelfth Regiment, N. GN. ¥Y. -June.: 6,.: the Hundred and Twelfth Regiment was mustered in and he was appointed Colonel and assigned to the Twelfth Regiment Ar- mory, New York City, to await further orders. The regiment was not called into active service. Previous to the Spanish War, he had served through LIEUT. H, T. WESTON, ’98S. eight years of military duty at Berke- ley School, New York City, in all posi-- tions from private to colonel, and for three years at the Sheffield Scientific School. From 1889 to 1892 was Cadet Captain. After leaving College he was commis- sioned Second Lieutenant, Company F, Twelfth Regiment, N. G. N. Y., Jan. 20, 1893; promoted First Lieutenant June 5, 1893; transferred with rank to Company H, July 18, 1893; promoted Captain Company I, Aug. Io, 1893, which position he had held continu- ously. Richard F. Manning, ’92 S.,: enlisted May 20, 1808, in Troop A, New York Volunteer Cavalry, at Camp Black, Hempstead, L. I. The Troop was en- camped at Hempstead from May 2 to May 22. Moved to Camp Alger, Falls Church, Va., arriving there on May 23. Was taken ill with typhoid fever July 17. July 23, Troop was moved to New- port News. There, on the 27th, they embarked on Transport No. 22, Q. M. D., otherwise known as the Massachu- setts, and sailed for Porto Rico. In Porto Rico, Troop A camped close to Ponce and acted as Major-General Miles’ body guard. Sept. 2, Troop left Ponce on the Mississippi and reached New York Sept. 10. After a sixty days ere they were mustered out Nov. 28. Previous to the outbreak of the war fie been in Troop A for.a year and a half. Arthur J. Slade, ’92S., though not selected by lot to go with Troop A, New York Volunteer Cavalry, succeeded in exchanging with another trooper and went to Camp Black, Hempstead, L. I. From there he went with the troop to Camp Alger, and later to Porto Rico. Charles Weiser, ’92S., served on the General Staff, United States Volunteers. Subsistence Corps, United States Army. Commissioned as Captain, July 16, 1808. Assigned to United States Army Hos- pital ship Missouri, Aug. 6, as Com- missary and Acting Assistant Quarter- master. The Missouri was engaged in carrying sick and wounded from San- tiago to the United States and the sick from various Porto Rican ports and Havana, Cuba. Served on the ship un- til mustered out, May 12, 1899. Walter A. Wood, Jr., ’92S., enlisted May 2, 1808, in the Second Regiment, New York Volunteers. Commissioned a First Lieutenant the same day, and served as such all through the war. At the breaking out of the war, he went to Camp Black, Hempstead, L. I. where the different companies were or- ganized into the. Secon New York Volunteers. While at Tampa, Lieuten- ant Wood was Acting Commissary. The Second Regiment went from Camp Black to Chickamauga; to Tampa; to Fernandina; to Camp Hardin, just out of Troy, where it was given a thirty days furlough, pending muster out. Before the war Lieutenant Wood was a member of the New York National Guard. John D. Cheney, ex-’92 S., enlisted in Company G, First Regiment, Connecti- cut Volunteers. Went intocamp at Camp Haven, Niantic, Conn. Ap- pointed Captain. Stationed first at Fort Knox, Maine, on garrison duty. Went with the regiment to Camp Alger, Falls Church, Va. Returned with his regi- ment at Hartford, Conn. and mustered out in October, 1898. Ninety-Three. Charles R. Hickox, Jr., ’93, went in- to camp May 2, 1808, with Troop A, New York Volunteer Cavalry, at Camp Black, Hempstead, L. I. Mustered in- to the service of the United States May 21. Left Hempstead for Camp Alger, Falls Church, Va., May 23. From June 29 to July 7 was examined at Fort Mon- roe for commission as Second Lieuten- ant in the Regular Army. July 16, was commissioned a Second Lieutenant of Infantry with rank as such from July 9, and was assigned to the Second In- fantry, which was stationed at Santiago. Sailed from New York on the Olivette for Santiago, July 26, and joined his regiment there Aug. 2. Aug. 10, the Second Regiment was ordered north and Aug. 11 sailed from Guantanamo on the St. Paul, reaching Montauk, Aug. 15. Went into detention camp and Aug. 19 moved to permanent camp. Resignation, which had been sent in about that time, was accepted, Aug. 26, 18908. Lieutenant Hickox was taken ill with malaria and typhoid fever Aug. 23, and Aug. 30, went to Roosevelt Hospi- tal, where he stayed until Oct. 8. Previous to the war had been a mem- ber of Troop A for about a year. Frederick A. Hill, ’93, and ’95.L.S., was commissioned May 9, 18908, as Judge Advocate, United States Volun- teers, with rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Assigned to duty temporarily in the of- fice of the Judge Advocate General of the Army, then to the staff of Major- General James H. Wilson, commanding the Sixth Corps, as Judge Advocate of that .corps. Pending the organization of the Sixth Corps, General Wilson was in command of the First Division of the First Corps at Chickamauga, Ga. Re- ported there for duty, June 13. When General Wilson went in charge of the Porto Rican expedition, Lieutenant- Colonel Hill went on his staff, and was assigned by General Wilson as Military Collector of Customs at Poncé. Was recommended for retention as Collector during the military occupation of the island, when General Wilson was or- dered home. Was appointed Collector of Customs at Ponce, Porto Rico, July 28, 1808, and remained there until the exchange of ratifications of the treaty of peace in April, 1899. Previous to the outbreak of the war he had served for three years in the Connecticut Naval Reserves. Commis- sioned in Sept., 1807, as- Captain of Company-D, Fourth Regiment, C. N. G.,which commission was resigned to accept the present commission in the army. Gerald L. Rathbone, ’93, was assigned to duty in June, 1898, on the staff of General Francis V. Greene. Sailed for Manila on the United States transport China in June. Was in action at Ma- late, June. 31,:-and at the taking of Manila, Aug. 4. Did not return to this country with General Greene, but re- mained for six weeks longer at Manila, returning home by way of China and Japan, visiting Siberia, and arriving in San Francisco in Feb., 1899. Was men- tioned in General Greene’s official: re- port for efficient work during campaign and during attack on the city, for carry- ing orders under fire, etc. Wn ae te ae te ae Ue ae tn ae ta Ae te Ae toe Oa ta te ee ee ee ies s Va cal Ser 6 VY A/V aA ° 7‘ A NEW SERIAL To Begin in the June Atlantic By the Author of ‘‘ Prisoners of Hope”’ MARY JOHNSTON [As MARY JOHNSTON, the author of “ Prisoners of Hope,” a story To Have and To Hold a a ti Ow Vi aw TC av Un av Ca, 4VU™4 Zn \ ‘5 A/V he WV Nx. 9 yr y which was one of the marked successes of the year, has written a still more exciting romance of colonial Virginia life of an early period— the period of Master John Rolfe, who appears in a very attractive way in the story. It will be published as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly, beginning with the number for June. The freshness and vigor of Miss Johnston’s new story and its wholesomely exciting scenes will give it a permanent high place among historical romances, Primarily as a story, but incidentally as a delicate and truthful description of life at the time, it holds the reader’s close attention from the first chapter. Other Features of This Issue will be Japan and the Philippines, Politics and the Judiciary, The Greaser, . : The Tenement House Blight, Oy See ees ARTHUR MAY KNAPP FRANK GAYLORD COOK WILLIAM R. LIGHTON JACOB A. RIIS Improvement in City Life. III, CHARLES MULFORD ROBINSON The Man at the Wheel, Notes on Glass Decoration, Robert and Elizabeth Browning, The Outlook in Cuba, - Bereavement of the Fields, Bobolinks after Sunset, - Brooklyn Bridge, - - Road-Hymn for the Start, The Autobiography of a Revolutionist. VIII, - The Contributors’ Club. 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