2 20 31 https://www.vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/df0f4a6912ec84ee2a9be25b00012799.jpg ed04eba829752d3290fb0096df51d3cd https://www.vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/0a2bcdec5d62a30031219ad84157388b.jpg a583823e1a207a08d03dd07be1586093 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1876 - 1899 Person An individual. Last Name Begg First and Middle Name Robert Burns Haldane VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? VPI Class of 1899 Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Army (Reserve Officers) Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Engineers Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Captain Military Events What significant military events occurred in this individual's life? Entered military training at Camp Lee, Virginia in May 1917 Bibliography <ul> <li>Photograph of Officers of Engineering Department outside of Golden House, London (Begg is the 5th man from the left) from the National Archives: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/86698847 <ul> <li> <table class="table table-condensed"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="text-right"><span class="text-right bold-martinique">National Archives Identifier:</span></td> <td><span class="text-left">86698847</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="text-right"><span class="text-right bold">Local Identifier:</span></td> <td><span class="text-left">111-SC-46336</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="text-right"><span class="text-right bold">Creator(s):</span></td> <td><span class="text-left"><a href="https://catalog.archives.gov/id/10459659">Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. U.S. Army Audiovisual Center. ca. 1974-5/15/1984</a><span> </span></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Begg, Robert Burns Haldane Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1876 - 1899 Person An individual. Last Name Beverley First and Middle Name E. P. VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? VPI Class of 1899 Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Army (Reserve Officers) Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Medical Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Major Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Beverley, E. P. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1876 - 1899 Person An individual. Last Name Hubbard First and Middle Name Archibald Blair VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? VPI Class of 1899 Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Army (Reserve Officers) Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Ordnance Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Lieutenant Colonel Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Hubbard, Archibald Blair Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1876 - 1899 Person An individual. Last Name Hutchinson First and Middle Name George W. VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? VPI Class of 1899 Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Virginia National Guard Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Ordnance Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Captain Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Hutchinson, George W. https://www.vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/54f9eaa320b231859226ff958c38b631.jpg 237808f34667bb2de49d5cee96414651 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1876 - 1899 Person An individual. Last Name Jones First and Middle Name William Catesby VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? VPI Class of 1899 (or 1900) Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? <ul> <li>Virginia National Guard</li> <li>Gas Dispense Service</li> </ul> Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Troop "B" Rank What military rank did this individual hold? <ul> <li>Sergeant</li> <li>Captain in the Gas Dispense Service</li> </ul> Hometown Richmond, Virginia Military Events What significant military events occurred in this individual's life? William Jones was injured in March 1918 in Washington DC in an explosion of chemicals in a laboratory. <em>The Virginia Tech </em>reported that most of his injuries were burns to the face. At first it was feared that he would lose sight in one eye, but this danger apparently passed. Bibliography <ul> <li><em>The Virginia Tech</em>, Blacksburg, Virginia, 21 March 1918</li> </ul> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Jones, William Catesby Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1876 - 1899 Person An individual. Last Name Rorebeck First and Middle Name Curtis Grant VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? VPI Class of 1899 Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Army (Coast Artillery) Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Major Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rorebeck, Curtis Grant Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1876 - 1899 Person An individual. Last Name Weisinger First and Middle Name Kendall VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? VPI Class of 1899 Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Army Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Personnel Division Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Weisinger, Kendall https://www.vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/068e5564ebdc1d7512b38dab5cefca54.jpg da8427520900866db403162b8b09be34 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1876 - 1899 Person An individual. Last Name Spiller First and Middle Name Robert Kent Hometown Roanoke, Virginia Birth Date June 30, 1881 Birthplace Elk Garden, Virginia Spouse(s) Kathleen Sexton (married December 28, 1909) VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1898 Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Army Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Judge Advocate Department Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Lieutenant Colonel Military Events What significant military events occurred in this individual's life? Sent to the Philippine Islands with the 42nd US Volunteers and spent to years in active service there. He also served in Cuba and the Hawaiian Islands. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Spiller, R. Kent Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1876 - 1899 Person An individual. Last Name Hileman First and Middle Name Joseph L. VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1898 Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Navy Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Lieutenant Commander Retired Rank What military rank did this individual hold upon retirement? Commander Postwar Life What did this individual do after the war? Head of the Marine Engineering and Naval Construction Department at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Hileman, J. L. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1876 - 1899 Person An individual. Last Name Crockett First and Middle Name D. Boyd VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1898 Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Army Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Infantry Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Major Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Crockett, D. Boyd https://www.vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/be71c055849c02e4b77b6da323867802.jpg 0f06f70a580a5fc0c436aa76b7ff9923 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1876 - 1899 Person An individual. Last Name Covington First and Middle Name L. C. VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1898 Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? Yes Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Army Reserve Officers Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Medical Corps Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Major Hometown Crewe, Virginia County and/or State Nottoway County, Virginia Undergraduate Major What did this individual major in while at VPI? Applied Chemistry Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Covington, Lewis Clyde