TEXAS AGGIES, AND THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR compiled by Bill Page In response to an order, the two new 3 inch cannon at the State Agricultural and Mechanical College were today shipped north. Galveston Daily News, Apr. 26, 1898, p. 4. College Volunteers: Last night nine members of the first class at the A. and M. College whose names are given below telegraphed Gov. CULBERSON tendering their services in any capacity: D. A. NEWTON, 2nd Lieut. and Adjt., 3rd reg., T.V.G.; W. C. MARTIN, 1st Lieut. and Adjt., 5th reg. T.V.G.; C. G. ROBSON, sergeant major 2nd reg., T.V.G.; H. E. RAWLINS, sergeant major 5th reg., T.V.G.; W. BRETSCHNEIDER, H. H. TRACEY, G. L. SNEED, T. D. ROUNDTREE, W. A. SCHERER. Bryan Daily Eagle, Apr. 27, 1898, p. 4. After taps last night the students at the A. and M. College indulged in a patriotic demonstration. Martial music, cheers and war songs were heard and WEYLER, BLANCO and ALFONZO were burned in effigy. Dallas Morning News, Apr. 27, 1898, p. 6. Presidio of San Francisco, Cal. May 28, 1898 To Whom it May Concern: This is to certify that for three years Mr. W. C. MARTIN was under my instruction in the military department of the A. & M. College of Texas. During the second year he was a first sergeant and during the third year a captain in command of a company and in sole charge of one of the barrack buildings. He is a young man of sterling character and free from bad habits. With his training, ability, tact and sound judgment I believe him well qualified for the office of lieutenant of volunteer infantry. (signed) Geo. T. BARTLETT, 1st Lt. 3rd U.S. Infantry. Cofer, David Brooks, Early History of Texas A. and M. College Through Letters and Papers, 1952, pp. 72?73. Prof. C. C. TODD of College, who was lately appointed second lieutenant in the United States regular army, has gone to Leavenworth, Kan., to stand an examination. Bryan (weekly) Eagle, June 30, 1898, p. 6. Lieutenant [C. C.] ROBERTS was for several years senior captain at the Agricultural and Mechanical College ... Houston Daily Post, July 4, 1898, p. 6. Lieutenant Colonel G. W. HARDY was educated at the Agricultural and Mechanical College and is one of the few military men who have the distinction of having never been a private. He was one of the Agricultural and Mechanical College's first students, being present on the day the institution was opened ... [article continues at length]. Houston Daily Post, July 14, 1898, p. 8. Company C's first lieutenant, Hugh F. McDONALD, is a native Texan, having been born in McKinney, April 28, 1875, in the family's present residence in that city. Lieutenant McDONALD graduated from the Bryan Agricultural and Mechanical school in 1895, taking a degree in mechanical engineering. Later he took a special course at Cornell University. He is an apt student of military affairs and tactics, and was the unanimous choice of his company for first lieutenant. Lieutenant McDONALD is a Red Man and one of the brightest young Masons in the state. His brother Z. R. McDONALD, is also a soldier in Uncle Sam's service, at the present time being an officer in Company F, Third Texas Regiment. Houston Daily Post, July 26, 1898, p. 6. Lieut. TODD, who is at College, has received word from his father at Jefferson of the arrival of his commission as second lieutenant in the United States regular army. He has received orders to join the third regiment at Atlanta. Bryan Morning Eagle, Aug. 4, 1898, p. 3. Lieut. Charles C. TODD and Miss Mary B. BITTLE will be married at College this morning and will leave on the noon train for Atlanta, Ga. ... [article continues at length] Bryan Morning Eagle, Aug. 5, 1898, p. 3. Lieut. HUTSON, eldest son of Prof. and Mrs. HUTSON of College, was here yesterday. He is a second lieutenant in the First Texas volunteer cavalry, stationed at San Antonio, and is at home on a furlough visiting his parents. Bryan Morning Eagle, Aug. 9, 1898, p. 3. Friends of Lieut. Geo. C. BARTLETT, commandant at the College until the late war broke out, will be pleased to learn that he is comfortably situated at Ft. Presidio, San Francisco, Cal., where he has been appointed quartermaster with the rank of major. Bryan Morning Eagle, Aug. 17, 1898, p. 3. Alumni ... McCOLLOCH, C. C., 1886, Surgeon U.S. Army SWAIN, M. S., 1888, Captain 2d U.S.V.I., Santiago, Cuba TODD, C. C., 1897, Lieutenant, U.S.A., Manilla, P.I. WELLS, D. D., 1895, Ass't Surgeon, U.S.A., Washington, D.C. Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. Annual Catalogue, Session 1899?1900. Austin: Von Boeckmann, Schutze & Co., 1899. Pages 85?86. The following is a list of those graduates who entered the United States Volunteer Army for the war with Spain, with the rank of each: Major: R. A. ROGERS, `78. Captains: Geo. McCORMICK, Jr., `91; E. G. R. FOWLER, `94; Joseph F. NICHOLS, `89; J. R. HOLMAN, `95; W. F. ROSE, `94; W. D. ANDERSON, `90; M. S. SWAIN, `88. First Lieutenants: E. G. ABBOTT, `94; W. F. McDONALD, `95; W. F. HUTSON, `95; W. E. PERLITZ, `93; E. A. COOK, `92. Regimental Sergeant Major: C. G. ROBSON, `98. Sergeants: W. P. COTTINGHAM, `92; A. W. BLOOR, `95; R. M. MIDDLEBROOK, `91; Hal HENDERSON, `91; H. M. ROLLINS, `97. Corporals: Dan CUSHING, `91; E. M. MOURSUND, `97; H. L. HUTSON, `96. Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. Annual Catalogue, Session 1899-1900. Austin: Von Boeckmann, Schutze & Co., 1899. Page 87. H. E. RAWLINS, `98, formerly chief clerk to the commissary department of the United States Army, in Havana, is now with the Engineering department of the army. He is inspector of masonry and is at present engaged in securing stone to be used in paving the streets of Havana. Battalion, Jan./Feb. 1900, p. 9. The Report of the Adjutant-General of the State of Texas for 1901-1902 lists officers in the Texas Volunteer Guards and includes information on where they attended college and what military service they had. The following attended Texas A & M: Jos. F. NICHOLS, Captain, Company C, 3rd Texas Volunteer Infantry, May 7, 1898 to February 1899 Godfrey R. FOWLER, Captain, Company G, 2nd Texas Volunteer Infantry, May 10, 1898 to Nov. 9, 1898 Deck DAVIS, 1st Lieutenant, Company M, 4th Texas Volunteer Infantry, July 13, 1898, to March 7, 1899 The Report of the Adjutant?General of the State of Texas for 1903 and 1904 lists officers in the Texas Volunteer Guards and includes information on what military service they had. The following additional Aggies are listed: Alfred W. BLOOR, sergeant, Company L, 1st Texas Volunteer Infantry, May 11; sergeant, June 4, 1898 Wesley P. COTTINGHAM, 1st sergeant, Company A, 1st Texas Volunteer Infantry, May 12, 1898 to April 15, 1899 In his Centennial History of Texas A&M University, 1876- 1976, Henry Dethloff notes that 89 Aggies served in the war, but he only lists the following names: Robert Allen ROGERS, C. Guy ROBSON, George McCORMICK, Jr., E. G. Rees FOWLER, Joseph F. NICHOLS, James Richard HOLMAN, Wilton F. ROSE, William D. ANDERSON, Mark Sims SWAIN, Elisha G. ABBOTT, Hugh F. McDONALD, William Ferguson HUTSON, Willie E. PERLITZ, Edgar A. COOK, Wesley P. COTTINGHAM, Alfred Wainneright BLOOR, Robert Moore MIDDLEBROOK, Henry M. ROLLINS, E. M. MOURSAND, H. L. HUTSON, Dan CUSHING, Charles C. TODD, Alex M. FERGUSON.