Name/Title
President-elect Wm. McKinley and Officers of the Eighth Infantry, Ohio National Guard, His Escort to WashingtonEntry/Object ID
2010.1.2073Description
Cabinet photo of President-elect McKinley and his escort to Washington, the Ohio National Guard's Eighth Infantry. The caption reads "President-elect Wm. McKinley and Officers of the Eighth Infantry, Ohio National Guard, his Escort to Washington, at his home in Canton, Ohio December 4th, 1896." Names are printed below the photo but above the caption. Name listed are: Dr. George H. Wochter, Ass't Surgeon; Dr. A.V. Smith, Ass't Surgeon; Lt. Col. C.V. Hard; Captain A.B. Critchfield; Capt. Harry Frens; 1st Lt. J.S. McClure; 1st Lt. H.L. Willis; 1st. Lt. M.A. Fisher; 1st Lt. W.W. Moore; Capt. F.C. Lee; Capt. Wm. M. Hill; Capt. H.O.S. Hiestand, U.S.A.; Major Edwd. Vollrath; 2nd Lt. M.S. Robinson; Rev. J.C. Kauffman, Chaplain; Capt. C.C. Weybrecht; 2nd Lt. W.R. Worley; 2nd Lt. T.H. Jones; Dr. E.C. Farquhar, Surgeon; Capt. H.L. Kuhns, I.R.P; Capt. F.S. Marquis; 2nd Lt. W.O. Rutherford; 1st Lt. S.M. Swartz; 2nd Lt. F.C. Gerlack; 1st Lt. J.W. Birk; 2nd Lt. W.T. Reid; Col. Geo. R. Gyger; Major Wm. McKinley; Q.M. A.A. Bartlett; Capt. A.B. Peckinpaugh; 1st Lt. H.J. Blackburn; Capt. M.A. Charlton; Major F.C. Bryan; 1st Lt. F. Beverstock; Bat. Adjt. C.F. Schaber; Capt. J.M. Lessley.
The back is marked with two stamps showing Mr. Bechtel's name and address. Handwritten is the McKinley Library number and "loaned by Geo. Bechtel".Collection
BechtelAcquisition
Accession
2010.1Source or Donor
Mr. BechtelAcquisition Method
Gift/PurchaseCredit Line
BECHTEL