File #3785: "1898-1899 Catalog, Military Department, Volunteers, Call to Arms Response for the Spanish-American War."

1898-1899 Catalog, Military Department, Volunteers, Call to Arms Response for the Spanish-American War.

Indiana--History; Vincennes (Ind.)--History; College Publications

Pg. 38-39. MILITARY DEPARTMENT. Left page: COMPANY l. 159TH INDIANA VOLUNTEERS: PRIVATES, cont.: Smiley Johnson, Andrew Roseman, Albert E. Albright, William Alton, Frank Alton, James E. Bailey, Louis R. Bailey, Seth J. Ballow, Judy K. Barnes, Clarence Bicknell, Edward E. Blackwell, Clark Bledsoe, Louis W. Bouchie, John J. Breen, Isaac S. Bryant, John C. Burke, Benjamin Carter, Howard Carter, Don H. Cassell, Charles C. Castor, William L. Crum, Walter l. Daugherty, Thomas Dunn, William C. Emison, Thomas F. Fields, George B. Fleming, Karl T. Foreman, Charles L. Gardner, Erwin L. Reel, James McCrisakin, Florence McCarty, Louis A. Organ, Owen M. O'Rourke, Harry H. Hwehne, Roland L. Perry, Charles W. Pickerell, Herman F. Piel, Emery M. Reedy, Erwin E. Robeson, Louis H. Roberts. Earnest Ruddy, Edgar Z. Ryan, James O. Sickles, Paul W. Simpson, Ammon E. Smith, Joseph Smith, Oath H. Smith, Edward T. Thuis, Harry B. Treudley, Harry Turner, William H. Vaughn, Edward C. Vieke, Charles Weger, Anton J. Wirth, Burford McOuat, Maurice Demeree, Walter Shirts. CALL TO ARMS RESPONSE: Describes the V.U. Cadets being the first body of volunteers called by the Governor after the militia, 86 Cadets responding and being mustered into the service on May 12, 1898, nearly 100 years after the benefactions of Congress. Describes the appointment of one cadet scholarship from each county of the state. Right page: Describes cadet scholarships, 25 scholarships granted, advantages of military training in addition to a free, first-class education, importance of military training to future teachers; influence of teachers on children's information, habits, and consideration for the general good; example set by respected teachers of being self-contained and well-disciplined.

Vincennes University, Byron R. Lewis Historical Library

1898-1899

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