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class Of. thirty-three members. His mos,

class Of. thirty-three. members. His most
distinguished classmates were Profa Roswell
Park. Henry Clay. son q the orator and states
Hofatio, F Van Cieve. William il. Emory. brad.
I &hit /; S,a'8 Il s wiIl Be- o i; ep5,iS; thar ard tb ShsT ase
no great names among them. hut Emory and
Curtis We're solid and substantial men. while
In the various walks OF life. Lee and
Meade were contemporaries Of these men,
have been remembered rs long as they were
remembered at all for scholarship and scien-
the attachments rather than Tor military
Humphreys began his active. life. IN the
Second Artillery. and served at West
and at Cape Cod. He was an exceiie emit dr4ughts-
man. and bavinG n decided turn for surveying
s saS h'n %grF. Hs T Gack fr rsrq Ih tho Se' saSiud 5Ps
war and was engaged in the battles Of, olok-
" i,NsSS ns G mods aiiSh Sitlia ToS and e nimfT!' e sISxf.
ence and breadth OF view rather than glorv.
He Was q serious minded man. whose ten
ward engineering and science than TO the lifo
Of the camp and garrison. As there were
IN the country. and as cur system Of internal
!inproveme nts was lust being started. Hum
phreys. aftor serving I'VE years. resigned his
constructing lighthouses on the Delaware Bay.
authorized by Congress In 1888. and in July OF
that year Humphreys was offered and, &C
that time forth he led a most active. studious.
and laborious life. serving on the hartor works
an defences o. the great lakes; IN the bureau
bridge at Washineton. nEaln in the BUREAU Of
RANK OF Captain in 1913. and for the next
tws1vH ssa5s s nt the shs M'.sis Si 1h9 k s1fyG snd Hn rs
delta with u view to the Improvement Of its
IF from this in1 nraat Work in an aa' e .Hssi ly'a il
the prspsration OF his report It. upon SS5 TIE the
soldier Henry i. Abbott; The result 81 their
lion thTousRout the world. and is Justly, re-
E snid. as "a an ,s snfSrin&S b men an ,hIs e to sheiE
o %'' rss. Or His'' his EEsaith! and stSdyflns lie
to the additional duty in Washington Of super,
surveys Ms,Rs aR Which a,re Consies s"f had e's sashorized for
the purpose Of deciding upon the location.
feasibility. and relative ADVANTAGE OF the
railroads, to connect the Mississippi River
with the Pacific, Ocean.
strnetion q . Linz to the p az g fHin q; first Mss
desmed 10 be- by an ss eSent q at the inG DC hlite0 future %Ss
II not entirely impossible. But Humphreys.
scarcely yet recovered from the breakdoWn.
threw Mhn.Sn himself IuipS With his accustomed intensity
into the task Of bringing the results y s,i IF the the
friend. Lieut.. Abbott. worked like a beautiful
MACHINE, neGlecting nothing and iorgetttng
Pothinei% HIS psel ddiaaIys rsDG aaS vas so i1nifnsd
such conclusions and recommendations as
fully justified. at a later and more important
f RsstG linz se oi r lNia = to o1 The t Pacific ocean. ~
Humphreys was one Of those men who we're
more he worked the more the, Government
seemed to pile upon his willing shoulders. IN
}s3s he Bo Was IN mad Which e m se served 9t III iii t is5s.
About the same time he was made a member
Of a Board and later Of a Commission to revise
s cieli in,0 At tn The G MiIitarS Aead r"a ''n '. 40
or 1ns s' sln. d IN s%snt to SH Hit$ The III T iesai hss' asn:
and especially with the leading politicians. Of
day. He had some to s be an . snshSr1Iity on on
engineering. and wa consulted, freely on
nearly all the great public works contem.
During the decade preceding the rebel
lion no public character welded q greater
,nfSea as S Ssss carried sns SHo on by y tSs a nsnSeS1haia
Jefferson Davis. A mar OF extraordinary in
dpstry. perspicacity; and desision: he OF course
otlcial friendship sprung up between them
to a suspicion on the part OF
above him which was as unjust as It
was Injurious. 1t gave rise to the false re-
and would go South and cast in his lot
the nascent Coniederacy; That a
scientist and O savant OF his distinc. |
ton would ave been warmly welcomed
BY Davis to the standard which no had set
up there can be no doubt. but that Hum
or ever dreamed OF giving aid and COM
fort to the rebellion there IL not the slightest
DrNnnH fnr ennnARlnD Hta whOla life. h0tn
before and after tho commencement OF hostil-
gives the lie to the suggestion. ard 1t
may be dismissed as an idle and baseless ru-
NOR. Always an observant and reflective man.
doubtless noted with an anxious soul the
signs OF the co ming Storm. but that no ever
part in it than that Of n loyal and patriotic SOL
dier. no man who had the good fortune to know
him will ever believe.