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Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2, Chapter 64: superintendent of the United States military Academy; commanding Department of the Platte, Omaha, Neb. (search)
ing touching their food was unsatisfactory to them. I recommended that the veteran purveyor of the mess be retired, and properly paid, and that an officer, William F. Spurgin, be detailed in his place, and have the whole charge of the cadets' commissary, garden, and mess hall. I had had a long experience with Spurgin in the WestSpurgin in the West and knew what he could do. He came and took hold of the work as nobody had ever done before. His efforts were so productive of good results that the cadets very soon called him General Spurgin. His theory was to give them the best possible of everything, and while he improved their table extraordinarily, he managed to diminish aGeneral Spurgin. His theory was to give them the best possible of everything, and while he improved their table extraordinarily, he managed to diminish and not increase the expenses. I found again that the windows of what we used to call The New Barracks, having small diamond panes of glass, brought so little light into the cadets' rooms, that it was positively injurious to their eyes. It was not long before I had those properly replaced by good windows with large panes. Wh
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2, Index (search)
mith, William Sooy, I, 49. Smyrna Campground, Battle of, I, 589. Smyth, T. A., I, 436. Smyth, William, I, 31, 33, 39 Sollers, Mr., I, 179. Soul6, Mr., II, 128. South Mountain, Battle of, I, 271-285. Spanish War, II, 566-573. Sparling, Fred. W., I, 460. Spaulding, Ira, I, 318, 319. Spence, J. F., II, 586. Sprague, J. T., II, 336. Sprague, J. W., II, 7, 13, 14, 215, 218, 250, 251, 290, 335. Sprague, William, I, 138. Spurgeon, Chas. H., II, 542. Spurgin, W. F., II, 488. Stanchfield, Thomas, I, 13. Standish, Miles, I, 7. Stanley, David S., I, 478, 500, 504, 506, 514, 521, 555, 568, 581, 582, 584, 591, 594, 596, 597, 606-611; II, 16, 43, 51. Stannard, George J., I, 438; 11, 580-583. Stanton, Edwin M., I, 201,256, 313, 379, 389; II, 181, 189-191, 205, 207-209, 214, 221, 227, 236, 240, 241, 257, 258, 263, 284, 390. Staples, Henry G., I, 120, 143. Starke, W. E., I, 293. Stearns, D. H., II, 473. Steedman, James B., 1, 601;