Show COLONEL IS DEAD DL West Point Professor Expires at Age At of 5 V VS S West Point N Y T Feb F 16 Colonel Peter S professor of the de do department department of natural and experimental philosophy at the United States mili military tary academy died today after a short sho illness of He was 75 years of age and had bad been on duty as QS professor since 1851 He graduated from the military academy in 1862 1362 and stood stO second in his class tie fie entered the time corps of engineers and M served in the operations against Charleston in 1863 and 1864 He is sur SUI survived survived by his widow and a daughter One son the late Lieutenant Dennis Dennie Mahan MIchie was killed in the th battle tl of San Juan hill and in less than a year afterwards his only remaining son tion died from pneumonia |