He was a delightful companion, cheerful, resourceful, and thoughtful of the interests and wishes of others.

His reports of the game were valuable and among the best and most accurate.
"The Plattsburg movement took a very strong hold of him.

He saw in this a great instrument for building up a sound knowledge concerning our military history and policy, also a very practical way of training men for the duties of junior officers.

He realized fully that we should need in case of war tens of thousands of officers with our newly raised troops, and that it would be utterly impossible to prepare them in the hurry and confusion of the onrush of modern war.

His heart was filled with a desire to serve his country to the best of his ability.
His recent experience in Europe pointed out to him the absolute madness of longer disregarding the need of doing those things which reasonable preparedness dictates, the things which cannot be accomplished after trouble is upon us.