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.
