The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat., 1920-06-21
Edward EbersoIe Completes Quartet
of Cadets Sent From Here to
West Point Military
Academy.
LEAVES HERE
He Will Take Up His Studies at the
School on the Hudson July |
and Goes This
Week

| Edward Ebersole, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. C. P. Ebersole of Nineteenth and
Grand avenue, will be the fourth rep
Iresentative from Keokuk in the
limited States military academy al
West Point Mr.. Ebersole will leave
in time to enter the academy July /.
THE others from keokuk were Daniel
Lane Howell, James Henry Reid and
John Paul Hobbs.
| Keokuk's fourth son to go into the
army is a graduate of the Keokuk
thigh school of fhiS years class, and
has been a popular student and ath-
ilete during his four years N hign
ischool. He was easily an all Iowa
lstar back in the football season last
tfall. 4 number Of schools would
Ihave liked to have enrolled Edible"
this year but he has cast his lot with
IUncle Sam and will enter the mill
Itary school on the Hudson.
| The first district has furnished a
number of, candidates TO West Point
and the following list taken from the
ladjutant generals Office is interest
ling:
| Franklin Gardner. Of Washington.
ID. c., admitted TO the academy IN
1889. and graduated in 1S43, the sew
enteenth in class OF thirty-nine.
washington P. Street, of the Sac
and Fox agency, admitted N 1845,
graduated in 1S47. thirty-frst in u
class of thirty-eight
Ira W. Clafin, of Indian Prairie,
admitted in 1858, and graduated IN
1857, the twenty-seyenth in class
Of thirty-nfne.
Leroy s. Ebert, of Lebanon, ad-
mitted in 1857. and graduated in 1867,
twenty in class OF thirty-fve-
J. Russ Winterbotflarn, of Fort Mad
| ison. admitted in 1S61-did not gradu-
| ate.
Henry H. c. Dunwoody, of Fair
field, admitted in 1862 and graduated
IN 1866, nineteenth in class Of forty
one.
William F. Birkheimer, Of Fairfield,
admitted in 1855 and graduated N
1870, nineteenth In class Of fifty.
mine.
James Henry Reid. OF Keoruk. an-
nitted in 1s70-did not graduate.
| Daniel Lane Howell, of Keokuk, al
nttted in 1874 and graduated in 1879,
jfifty-third in a class of sixty-sever.
! John Newton Behan, OF Burlington,
admitted in 1S79-did not graduate
Charles Pennington Imstot, of Mt.
Pleasant, was admitted in 1SS3-dfd
mot graduate.
John Paul Hobbs, Of Keokuk, al
u1itted IN 1S86-did not graduate.
! James Nelson Martin, Jr., OF Bur
llington, admitted in 1S3s-did not
graduate.
Edward Percy GIchrist, of Fort
Madison, admitted in 139N-did not
graduate.
Charles Trumbull Boyd, of Morn.
ing Sun, admitted in 1892 and gradu-
| ated n 1896, sixty-frst in class O,
Iseventy-three.
Ferney George Lane, Of Keosauqua,
admitted in 1355-did not graduate.
Everett Newton Bowman, Of Mt.
Pleasant, admitted in 1899 and graGu-
ated in 1903 eighty ninth In a class
/ of ninety-four.
Nathaniel Lamson Howard, Of FAIR
field, admitted in 1903 and graduated
in 1907, forteth in class of III.
| Philip Bracken Fleming, of Bur.
jlington, admitted in 1907 and gradu-
! ated in 1911, first in class Of eighty
| five.
! Carl Conrad Band of Primrose,
| ad United in 1911 and graduated in
1913, fifty-third IN a class Of 16S.
! Lee Burlington Conner. of Mt. Plea
SAINT, admitted in 1914 and graduated
| in 1917, seventy-sixth IN class 01
I154.
/ Charles Edward Hixon, Of Wapel1o,
admitted in 1916, graduated in 1913.
| eigh ty-fourth in a class of 23Z.
| Robert Louis Eykins, OF Fort MaCr-
! son, admitted in 1913-discharged N
1919.
| Robert Glen Harding, Of New Lon
don. admitted in 1918-Discharged in
1919.
| Harold T Miller, OF Burlington, ac
mftted in 1919, graduated in 1920.
standing in class not yet announced.