YALE ALUMNI WEEKLY
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E. A. VanderVeer, ’95S., was ap-
pointed May 6, 1898, Acting Assistant
Surgeon of the United States Army.
Assigned to General Hospital, Fort
McPherson, Ga., May 10. Resigned
his position about Sept. 15, in order
to go abroad.
While in College he was a member of
the Yale Senior Shetfield School Mili-
tary Company.
Halsey A. Weaver, ’95S., enlisted
July 7, 1898, in Company M, First Regi-
ment, United States Volunteer Engi-
neers. Mustered into service at Camp
Townsend, Peekskill, N. Y., as First-
class private July 16. Promoted to
Second Corporal July 27. Left Peeks-
kill Aug. 5, for Porto Rico, on board
the transport Chester, arriving at Port
of Ponce, Aug. 15. Went immediately
into a temporary camp between the port
and city of Ponce. Moved camp nearer
to Ponce, Aug. 20. Sept 1, Companies
M and L were sent to Guanica, the first
landing place of General Miles, and re-
mained there until return to the United
States Nov. 18. Companies M and L
built a road to the top of the mountain
at entrance to Guanica Bay and there
built. a fort, mounting four 714-inch
mortars. Also made hydrographic sur-
vey of harbor of Guanica and survey of
the town, which is now in the hands of
the director of the U. S. Geological
Survey and is to be printed. These two
companies also did garrison duty and
provided a Provost guard for the city
of Yauco. The rest of the regiment
built a dock at Ponce port, and made
a survey of about thirty miles of road
toward the interior of the island. Mr.
Weaver had charge of nearly all the
surveys at Guanica. :
Ninety-Five L. S.
Frederick L. Averill, ’95 L.S.; was as-
signed to duty as Assistant Paymaster
in the United States Navy, July 18, 1808.
Served on the U. S. S. Minnesota and
the U. S. S. monitor Manhattan during
the war. - |
Previous to the war he enlisted in the
First Division, Naval Militia, C. N. G.,
June 30, 1894; Ensign, First Division, :
C. N. G., April 16, 1896; Lieutenant
(J. G.) and Paymaster Naval Battalion,
C. N. G., July 28, 1897.
Ninety-Six.
Alexander Brown, ’96, was appointed
Assistant Paymaster on the U. S. S.
Gloucester. Sailed for Cuba, May 21,
1898. The Gloucester acted as despatch
boat to Admiral Sampson’s blockading
squadron, operating along the coast of
Cuba and Porto Rico, and took part in
the destruction of Cervera’s fleet off
Santiago, July 4. In Lieutenant-Com-
mander Wainwright's official report on
the Gloucester’s part in the destruction
of Cervera’s fleet, Mr. Brown was
prominently mentioned for bravery,
coolness and the skill with which he
handled the Colt automatic guns.
George L. Buist, Jr., ’96, and 1900
M.S., enlisted May 4, 1808, in Light
Battery A, First Regiment Artillery,
Connecticut Volunteers. Went to Camp
Haven, Niantic, Conn., May 7, 18608.
Was appointed Acting Hospital Steward
with rank of Lance Sergeant May 18,
1898. Transferred Aug. 31, to Hospi-
tal Corps as private, and went on duty
at Camp Wikoff, Montauk, L. I. Hon-
orably discharged from service Oct. 10,
1808.
Ward Cheney, ’96, enlisted in Com-
pany G, First Regiment, Connecticut
Volunteers.
tic, Conn. Appointed by President
McKinley a Second Lieutenant in the
Regular Army, June, 1898. Went to
Fort McPherson as Lieutenant in the
Fourth United States Infantry.. Taken
ill early in August and sent to Fort
Sheridan. Recovered and sailed with
regiment for Manila in early Winter.
A. F. Commiskey, ’96, enlisted May 18,
1898, in Troop C, New York Volun-
teer Cavalry, at Camp Black, Hemp-
stead, L. I. Moved to Camp Alger,
Falls Church, Va., May 24, and from
there to Newport News, July: 24. Sailed
July 27, on transport Massachusetts, ar-
riving at Ponce, Porto Rico, Aug. 2.
Attached to General Wilson’s head-
quarters. In action at Coamo and
Aibonito Pass, Aug. 7. Formed the ad-
vance guard for the army on the south
of the island from the battle of Coamo
until the protocol was signed, six miles
in advance of the other troops. Sailed
from Ponce on transport Mississippi,
Went into camp at Nian-.
Sept. 2, arriving in New York, Sept.
10. Furloughed by general order for
sixty days Sept II.
Clarence S. Day, Jr., ’96, served dur-
ing the war on the United States moni-
tor Nahant. Ordered down to Phila-
delphia April 11, to report on board for
duty as seaman. Later promoted to
Chief Yeoman. The Nahant was -put
into commission April 12, at League
Island, Pa, and proceeded to New York
Harbor April 15. The crew were en-
listed into the United States Navy on
April 30. Assigned to guard duty, and
spent Summer lying off Tompkinsville,
Staten Island, with occasional trips to
Sandy Hook. On Aug. 30, returned to
League Island to put ship out of com-
mission. Honorably discharged from
the naval service Sept. 2, 1808.
Previous to the war had been a mem-
ber of the New York Naval Militia for
about a year and a half.
H. J. Fisher, ’96, enlisted July 27,
1898, in Troop A, New York Volunteer
Cavalry. Sailed for Porto Rico on the
transport Massachusetts, arriving at
Ponce Aug. 3. Attached to the head-
quarters of the army and acted as es-
cort to General Miles with Troop B of
the Second United States Cavalry, the
squadron being under command of
Captain Hoppin of the latter troop.
Detailed as Orderly to Surgeon-Major
Daly of General Miles’ staff, to con-
duct hospital supplies across the moun-
tains to the west coast, to General
Schwan’s headquarters. Sailed from
Ponce on the transport Mississippi,
Sept. 3, arriving in New York Sept. Io.
Furloughed for sixty days from Sept.
11. Mustered out of the United States
service Nov. 28, 1808.
William W. Heaton, ’96, enlisted
June 8, 1808, in Troop A, New York
Volunteer Cavalry. Went into camp at
Camp Alger, Falls Church, Va., June
9. Moved to Newport News, Va., July
24. Sailed on the transport Massachu-
setts for Porto Rico July 28, 1898, ar-
riving at Ponce, Porto Rico, Aug. 3.
The troop was assigned to General Nel-
son A. Miles’ headquarters. Aug. 12,
went on detail to Coamo to establish
General Miles’ headquarters.
Troop A’s
Returned
to Ponce, headquarters,
Piper (me EOYs. go so
Aug. 20. Sailed for New York on
transport Mississippi Sept. 3, 1898, ar-
riving there Sept. 10. Furloughed for
sixty days, beginning Sept. 11. Mus-
tered out Nov. 28, 1808.
F. W. Hoeninghaus, Jr., ’96, enlisted
May 19, 1898, in Troop A, New York
\-olnnteer;,.. Cayalry,.. at ..Camp < Black,
Hempstead, L. I. Went into camp at
Camp Black, May 2. Moved to Camp
Alger, Falls Church, Va., about May 26.
Sailed on the transport Massachusetts
July 28, for Porto Rico, arriving at
Ponce, Aug. 3. Troop A was attached
to the headquarters of the army and
acted as escort to General Miles.
Sailed from Ponce on the Mississippi
Sept. 3, arriving in New York Sept Io.
Furloughed for thirty days, beginning
Sept. 11. Mustered out of the service
of the United States Nov. 28, 1808.
Gerard Merrick Ives, ’96, although a
member of Squadron A, New York
Cavalry, volunteered in Troop K of the
Rough Riders when the war broke out,
thinking they would be more likely to
see active service. Was one of the de-
tachment left at Tampa to take charge
ottempstead, Li. Jk
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of the horses. Appointed Lance Cor-
‘poral, July 23, but shortly afterward
was stricken with typhoid fever. He ob-
tained a furlough and started for home
unattended, Aug. 4, 1898. Arrived in
New York two days later completely
exhausted and died at his home, Aug. 9.
The burial was in Trinity Cemetery,
a detail from Squadron A attending.
(A more detailed account of his service
and death was printed in the WEEKLY
of Oct. 6, 1808.)
Robert -Kelly, Jr., ’96; enlisted May
II, 1898, in Company I, Third Wiscon-
sin Volunteers, in» which he held the
position of Corporal and then of Ser-
geant. Camped at Milwaukee, Wis.;
Chickamauga Park, Ga., and Charles-
ton, S. C. Ill from June 14 till date of
discharge. Honorably discharged from
the service of the United States for
physical disability at Charleston, S. C.,
July 20, 1808. ,
Hi. S.- Kip,- ‘06;- was: commissioned
May 24, 18908, a First Lieutenant and
Battalion Adjutant in the Ninth Regi-
ment, New York Volunteers. Went at
once to Chickamauga, Ga., and re-
mained there’about four months. Lieu-
tenant Kip was elected Regimental
Treasurer by the Board of Officers
about: July 20. On Sept. 13, the Regi-
ment returned to New York and was
furloughed until Oct. 20, 1808. .
Previous to the war, Mr. Kip had
been for six years at St. John’s Military
School at Sing Sing, N. Y., and for one
year had been a private in Squadron A,
ANS Ge Ney i He *is Silla memper ol
Squadron A, having been granted a
leave of absence during his service with
the Ninth Regiment.
John M. Longrace,’96, enlisted June
14, 1898, in Battery A, Pennsylvania
Light Artillery. Went into camp at
Gretna, Pa. Went to Newport News,
Va., to Porto Rico. Sailed from Porto
Rico Sept. 3. Furloughed for sixty
days.
McKee Dunn McKee, ’96, was mus-
tered into the service of the United
States May- 20, 1898, at Camp Black,
Troop A, in which
he was a private, moved to Camp Alger,
Balls Ghurch,: Va, May 23. ..He was
honorably discharged from the Troop
June 11, when commissioned Second
Lieutenant of United States Volunteer
Signal Corps. He was assigned as
Aide-de-camp to Brigadier-General
Wallace F. Randolph, commanding the
Light Artillery Brigade, Port Tampa,
Fla., June 16, and reported. for duty
June 19. Left Port Tampa, Fla., July
3, 1898, and arrived at Daiquiri, Cuba,
July 9. Disembarked four light bat-
teries. Two of them went to the
front, and took up positions in the lines
before the formal surrender of San-
tiago, July 17. Sailed from Cuba and
arrived at Camp Wikoff, Montauk, L.
I., Aug. 23. Furloughed for sixty days,
and honorably discharged from the ser-
vice Dec. 8, 1808.
Alfred Day Pardee, ’96, enlisted June
13, 1898, in the First Troop, Philadel-
phia-City Cavalry, United States Volun-
teers, commonly spoken of as the City
Troop of Philadelphia. Was stationed
at Mt. Gretna, Pa., from June 13 to
July 7; at Camp Alger, Va., July 8 to
July 24; at Newport News, Va., July
24 to July 28. Sailed for Porto Rico
on the transport Massachusetts July 28,
arriving at Ponce Aug. 2. Stationed at
Ponce until Aug. 7, when they con-
voyed wagon-train from General Miles
at Ponce to General Brooke at Ar-
royo. On Aug. 13, moved against the
Spanish forces intrenched in the hills
back of Guayama. Just as the engage-
ment was about to begin, orders came
to cease at once all active operations
and return to camp. Marched back to
Ponce, Aug. 23. Sailed on the trans-
port Mississippi Sept. 3, landing at Jer-
sey City Sept. Io.
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Griswold Smith, ’96, enlisted in Bat-
tery A, Missouri Volunteers, at the first
call for troops. Mustered into the ser-
vice of the United States on May Io,
1898, at Jefferson Barracks, Mo. Went
into camp at Chickamauga, Ga., May
18, and remained there until ordered
to Newport News, to take transport for
Porto Rico. Sailed from Newport
News July 25, on the transport Rou-
mania, reaching Guanica, Porto Rico,
six days later. Aug. I, sailed for Ponce,
where the Battery was ordered the next
_ appointed Lance Corporal
1897, and Corporal Sept, 21, 100/+
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day to Arroyo to assist:General Brooke,
who needed field artillery in his opera-
tions against intrenched Spanish troops
at Guayama. Landed at Arroyo, went
into camp for a short while, when or-
ders came to prepare for action. The
Battery marched several miles until a
halt was ordered within easy range of
a blockhouse and trenches. The guns
were unlimbered, loaded and trained,
when orders came to General Brooke
to cease all hostile operations. The
Battery then marched back to the camp
at Guayama. After a march of forty-
two miles to Ponce and several days
wait there for the transport, the Battery
was finally shipped on the Concho, and
reached New York on Sept. 16, 1808.
Mustered out of service of the United
States Dec. 2, 1808.
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William Judd Starkweather, Jr., ’06,
was mustered into service May 9, 1808,
as Sergeant in Troop C, First Regi-
ment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry. Regi-—
ment arrived at Camp George H.
Thomas, Chickamauga Park, Ga., on
May 15; arrived at Lakeland, Fla., July
15. Taken ill with typhoid fever and -
sent to the hospital at Lakeland Aug.
19. Left the hospital Sept 3, with thirty
days furlough. Mustered out at Cleve-
land Oct. 22.
Previous to the outbreak of the war
had been a member of Troop A, Ohio
National Guard. i
James B. Tailer,’96, enlisted May, 1808,
in Roosevelt’s Rough Riders, which
was organized at San Antonio, Tex.
Left San Antonio, May 27, and went
into camp at Tampa, Fla. Sailed from .
Tampa, June 5; landed at Siboney June
22... in action..at . Las,,Guasimas.. June
24, San Juan July 1, in trenches be-
fore Santiago. Sailed from Santiago in
August, for Montauk Point. Mustered
out of the service of the United States
at Camp Wikoff, Sept. 27, 1808.
Ninety-Six =
Percy W. Arnold, ’96S., served dur-
ing the war-as a member of Troop F,
First Regiment, United States Cavalry.
Left Fort Riley, Kan., April 21, 1898,
and proceeded to Chickamauga Park,
Ga.; left Chickamauga Park May 9,
from there going to Lakeland, Fla.
Was ordered to report to General Miles
as Orderly at Tampa, and reported June
14. Appointed Second Lieutenant,
Seventh Artillery June 23, and assigned
to Light Battery C. Left Tampa with
Schwan’s Division for Porto Rico, July
22. Permanent camp _ established at
Ponce, Porto Rico, Aug 8 After one
other change of station he was trans-
ferred to Fifth Cavalry at Manati, April
I, 1899. |
Previous to the war his war record
was as follows: Enlisted Aug. 31, 1896;
May 12,
A. F. Brown, ’96S., enlisted May 2,
1898, in Troop A, New York Volunteer
Cavalry, at Camp Black, Hempstead,
L. I. Moved. to Camp Alger, Falls
Church, Va., May 26; to Newport News
July 29. Sailed for Porto Rico on
board the Massachusetts Aug. 3. He
was made Commissary Corporal during
the voyage to Porto Rico and served
in that office during the campaign in
Porto Rico. -Stationed at Ponce, Porto
Rico. Was in the mountains for six-
teen days on detail under Lieutenant
Preston, United States Army, escorting
paymasters and flag of truce parties.
Passed through Adjuntas, Utuado,
Ciales, Lares, Las Manas, Miaguay and
San Isabel. The detail was surrounded
by Spaniards at Ciales and Lares, but
the flag of truce pulled them through.
Troop A was with Troop B of the Sec-
ond Cavalry and acted as General Miles’
personal body guard. Sailed from Porto
Rico on board Mississippi Sept. 3. Fur-
loughed for sixty days Sept 11. Mus-
tered out of the United States service
Nov. 28, 1808.
F. G. Darte, ’96S., enlisted May 11,
1898, as a Corporal in Company. D,
Ninth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volun-
teer Infantry. Encamped at Mt. Gretna,
Pa., April 27 to May 17; at Chicka-
mauga, Ga, May 20 to Aug. 25; at
Lexington, Ky., Aug. 27 to Sept. 18.
Furloughed for forty days Sept. 19,
1898. Mustered out of service of United
States Oct. 31, 1808.
Previous to the war he had been a
private in Company D, Ninth Regt-
ment, N. G. P., from Jan. 20, 1897, to
May It, 18608.
