CLASS OF 1878

The following military order, issued from Headquarters Department of the Visayas (Philippine Islands), relates to a son of Walter V. Hayt of this class: "Iloilo, Panay, P. I. Oct. 11, 1905.

"The camp established on the site selected near Oras, Samar, for headquarters and one battalion of Philippine Scouts, will be known hereafter as 'Camp Hayt,' in honor of Second Lieutenant Stephen K. Hayt, Philippine Scouts, who, with a detachment of 37 men of the 38th Company, Philippine Scouts, was killed in action December 16, 1904, near the place above mentioned on the Dolores river, Samar.

"By command of Brigadier General Carter.

"J. L. Dewitt, First Lieut. 20th Infantry, A. D. C., Acting Military Secretary."

Mr. Hayt's other son, Walter D., now in the U. S. Postal Service, is also a veteran of the same insurrection and of both the Spanish and World Wars.

Secretary, 321 Highland Ave., Fitchburg, Mass.