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See also:CROZIER, See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
WILLIAM (1855– ) , See also:American artillerist and inventor, See also:born at Carrollton, See also:Carroll See also:county, See also:Ohio, on the 19th of See also:February 1855, was the son of See also:Robert Crozier (1827–1895), See also:chief See also:justice of See also:Kansas in 1863–1866, and a See also:United States senator from that See also:state from See also:December 1873 to February 1874, He graduated at See also:West Point in 1876, was appointed a 2nd See also:lieutenant in the 4th See also:Artillery, and served on the Western frontier for three years against the See also:Sioux and See also:Bannock See also:Indians. From 1879 to 1884 he was instructor in See also:mathematics at West Point, and was See also:superintendent of the See also:Watertown (See also:Massachusetts) See also:Arsenal from 1884 to 1887. In 1888 he was sent by the See also:war See also:department to study See also:recent developments in artillery in See also:Europe, and upon his return he was placed in full See also:charge of the construction of See also:gun carriages for the See also:army, and with See also:General Adelbert R. Buffington
(1837– ), the chief of See also:ordnance, he invented the Buffington-Crozier disappearing gun See also:carriage (1896). He also invented a See also:wire-See also:wound gun, and perfected many appliances connected with heavy and See also:- FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
- FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
- FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
- FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
- FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
- FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
- FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
- FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
- FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
- FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
- FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)
field ordnance. In 1890 he attained the See also:rank of See also:captain. During the See also:Spanish-American War he was inspector-general for the See also:Atlantic and Gulf See also:coast defences. In 1899 he was one of the American delegates to the See also:Peace See also:Conference at the See also:Hague. He later served in the Philippine Islands on the staffs of Generals See also:John C. See also:Bates and See also:Theodore Schwan, and in 190o was chief of ordnance on the See also:staff of General A. R. See also:Chaffee during the See also:Pekin See also:Relief Expedition. In See also:November 1901 he was appointed brigadier-general and succeeded General Buffing-ton as chief of ordnance of the United States army. His Notes on the Construction of Ordnance, published by the war department, are used as See also:text-books in the See also:schools for See also:officers, and he is also the author of other important publications on military subjects.
End of Article: CROZIER, WILLIAM (1855– )
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