Memories of long ago; prominent persons encountered and noticeable incidents recalled, before and during the civil war, 1855-65; while stationed on the western frontier, in the early seventies and eighties; while at West Point, as assistant instructor of tactics, 1874-79; when military attache´ to the U. S. legation at Vienna, Austria, 1889-94; when commandant of cadets, at the U. S. Military academy, at West Point, 1897-1901, and afterwards in the Philippine Islands, etc.