General:
The following is a list of students from Stanford University, Stanford
California, who enlisted to serve in the Spanish American War. They were
mustered into the 1st California Volunteer Infantry, Co. I.
Interestingly, the average height among the men is 5'-10 1/4". The
average age is 22.6 years of age.
The List:
The list, which included pertinent details about each, is as follows:
| Name |
Age |
Height |
Origin |
Notes |
| Alcott, Robert
Kerr |
22 |
5
feet 7 inches |
Ohio |
Served
in
NGI |
| Beedy,
Louis
Samuel |
24 |
5
feet 10 inches |
B.C.,
Canada |
|
| Bigelow,
David
Carlton Orvis |
22 |
6
feet, 2 inches |
California |
Law
student |
| Burnett, WIlliam
Wesley |
26 |
6
feet |
California | |
| Corbusier,
Francis Addison |
21 |
6
feet 2-1/2 inches |
North
Carolina |
Son
of
Surgeon, William H. Corbusier, U.S. Army |
| Dodd,
Robert
William |
19 |
5
feet 8-3/4 inches |
San
Francisco,
CA |
Served
in
"Boys Brigade" |
| Emmett, Elmer
White |
29 |
Oregon |
||
| Growe, Edward
Eugene |
29 |
Oregon | ||
| Guidery, Robert
Earle |
18 |
5
feet, 11 inches |
California | Served
in
NG |
| Hartwell,
Robert
William |
22 |
6
feet 1/2 inches |
Illinois |
Served
in
NGC |
| Hicks,
James
Ewing |
21 |
5
feet 6-3/4 inches |
Texas |
|
| Leavitt,
Granville
Ernst |
26 |
5
feet, 10 inches |
California | Served
in
NGC |
| Mainnis, Willaim
Carr |
20 |
5
feet, 11 inches |
San Francisco, CA | |
| Potter, William
Dunning |
21 |
5
feet 8-1/2 inches |
Colorado |
|
| Rees,
George
Llewellyn |
22 |
6
feet 1-1/2inces |
Pennsylvania |
|
| Schauck, Robert
Rader |
22 |
6
feet 3 inches |
||
| Stewart, John
Henry |
22 |
5
feet, 10 inches |
Kansas |
Served in NG |
| Stowe, John
Reynolds |
21 |
5
feet 6-1/2 inches |
Michgan |
|
| Switzeer, John
Marvin |
28 |
5
feet, 7 inches |
Indiana |
|
| Thmas, Chester
Ashleigh |
24 |
Los
Angeles,CA |
||
| Thomas,
John
Sheppard |
25 |
6
feet |
New
Orleans,
LA |
Served
in
Co., 1st NGC |
| Townsend,
Ernest
F. |
19 |
5
feet, 5 inches |
CA |
|
| Trumbower,Warren
Percival |
20 |
5
feet, 7 inches |
MO |
|
| Turpin, Jere |
26 |
5
feet, 10 inches |
MO |
|
| Westcott,,
Robert |
5
feet 9-1/2" |
PA |
||
| White, Will
Rainwater |
19 |
6
feet |
WA |
Military
experience
in Portland |
| Whitlock,
Henry
J |
22 |
6
feet |
Illinois |
|
| Wrigley, William
Alfred |
20 |
5
feet, 11 inches |
Canada |
"Stanford Students Enlist for War," San Francisco Examiner. April 29, 1898.