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THE BATTALION
MEET
TEE
COLONEL
A Sketch of the Life of Lieu
tenant Colonel A. R. Emery
First Lieutenant, was transferred from Whin-
pie Barracks, near Prescott, Arizona, to Bay<g
Icr University at Waco, Texas. DurinK the la>r
year of his father’s three-year detail as profes
sor of military science and, tactics at Baylor,
young Emery entered the preparatory depart
ment as a freshman. During the few months
before his father was ordered to join his regi
ment at Mobile, Alalmma, young Emery was
drummer boy and bugler in “B” Company, In
fantry, and at the same time, W. ,B. Bizzeil,
who was later president of Texas A and M Col
lege, was first sergeant of “A” Company. Dean
T. D. Brooks also entered Baylor at -that time.
Upon his father’s transfer to Alabama. A.
R. Emery returned to Bloomfield, Illinois,
where he graduated from high school in 189th
The following year he entered Georgia Tech
and in 1904 he received his B.S. degree in Elec
trical Engineering from that college.
Lieutenant Colonel A. R. Emery succeeded Colonel
Charles J. Nelson as Professor of Military Science ami
Tactics and head of the Military Department at Texas
A and M College, Septeml>er 1932. Since his initiation
to Aggie life. Colonel Emery has brought aliout a num
ber of changes that have l>een greatly appreciated 1$
•the cadet corps. i
Outstanding among the changes instituted by Col
onel Emery is the abandonment of the frequent in
spections of the cadet corps and their quarters that
were so common a few' years ago. Colonel Emery’s pro
fessed interest in a good band has inspired that organ
ization to whip into shape. Now the Texas Aggie band
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is recognized as outstanding among college bands
throughout the country.^Their music lends enthusiasm
and coloj to the noon march to the mess hall and their
appearatice on the gridiron during football season is a
spectachi not soon to l>e forgotten.
In an interview with Lieutenant Colonel Emery
we learned the following facts al>out his very' active
and interesting life:
A. R. Emery was born in Bloomfield Illinois, on
July 26, 1883. His primary education came from schools
from Sacketts Harbor. New York, alb the way to Pres
cott, Arizona. In 1895 his father, J. A. Emery, then a
Emery took examinations from civil life for en
trance in the army in May, 1905, and on April 11, he
received his commission as Second Lieutenant, Infan-
try ‘ r
Emery’s promotions were as follows: First Lieu
tenant, March 11, 1911; Captain. July 1, 1916; tem
porary Major, August 1. 1917; permanent Major, July
H, 1920; and Lieutenant Colonel. January 22, 1929.
Colonel Emery’s military career has taken him
from Cuba, to the Philippine Islands, and to China. He
has served with the organized militia of Idaho. During
the World War, Emery was detailed with the Quarter
Master Corps in China. He was en route to the United
States when the Armistice was signed. In 1925 he was
graduated from the advanced course of the Infantry
School at Ft. Benning. Georgia. In 1906 he graduate^
from the Commanding General Staff School at Forr
I^eavenworth, Kansas, with Majors J. P. Wheeler and
J. E. Sloan. In 1932 Colonel Emery graduated from the
Army War College in Washington, D. C.* and from
there he was ordered to Texas A and M College where
he is now detailed as P M S & T.
In commenting on life on the Aggie campus, Col
onel Emery said that Texas A and M College was
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