328 HENRY HILL GOODELL 



Transferred at his own request November 4, 1891, to 

 the Seventeenth Regiment U. S. Infantry, he remained 

 in this new branch of the service only a brief nine months, 

 and was then detailed as military instructor to the Massa- 

 chusetts Agricultural College. Why should I dwell upon 

 his work here? Is it not known to you all? The pains he 

 took in bringing up the battalion to the highest pitch of ex- 

 cellence, eliciting from the Army Inspector the comment, 

 "The youngster has done well"; the interest he took in 

 every man of his command; the solid conscientious work he 

 put into his duty. Who of you that ever saw him walk 

 across the parade ground as if he owned the very ground he 

 trod upon, but recognized that he was a leader among men? 

 Who that ever saw him handle the cadets, and watched the 

 animation and the force with which he drilled them, but 

 recognized the born soldier? Obedience, implicit obedience, 

 he demanded. Unstinted praise he gave when merited; 

 sharp, stinging rebuke when deserved. But with all this 

 the boys liked him — nay, more, they loved him while they 

 feared him. That same nameless charm of personality which 

 led his brother officers to call him "Dickie," charmed them, 

 and their admiration for the man blossomed into affection 

 for the friend. 



How completely he won their hearts this extract from 

 a letter written by one of the graduates, speaks eloquently : 

 "I am grateful for the opportunity to help in this me- 

 morial. The deep personal interest he took in each of us 

 who came under his instruction and discipline, his complete 

 devotion to duty, to the battalion, to the whole college; 

 his sorrow at our shortcomings and his pride in our successes, 

 made us regard him with more than ordinary feelings as our 



