Template:Did you know nominations/Henry Boynton Clitz


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The result was: promoted by HaEr48 (talk) 05:48, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

Henry Boynton Clitz

 * ... that Henry Boynton Clitz, twelfth Commandant of Cadets at West Point, disappeared?

Sources: 1. https://www.nytimes.com/1888/10/30/archives/gen-hb-clitz-missing-he-disappeared-from-his-home-in-detroit.html Gen. H. B. Clitz Missing: He Disappeared from His Home in Detroit Last Tuesday.] New York Times, October 30, 1888. Retrieved April 27, 2018. 2. "In October 1888 he disappeared..." Abbot, Jr., Charles W., Lieut. The Twelfth Regiment of Infantry p. 557 in Rodenbough, Theophilus F., and William L. Haskin. The Army of the United States: Historical Sketches of Staff and Line with Portraits of Generals-in-Chief. New York: Maynard, Merrill, and Co., 1896. . Retrieved April 28, 2018. p. 557. 3. "He disappeared on October 31, 1888, at Niagara Falls. It is assumed that he drowned, though his body was never recovered." Frank, Michael S. Elmwood Endures: History of a Detroit Cemetery. Wayne State University Press, 1996. ISBN 978-0-8143-2591-9. p. 166. 4. Other sources are in the article.
 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Ayşe Sinirlioğlu

Created by Donner60 (talk). Self-nominated at 09:01, 4 May 2018 (UTC).


 * which source and part of the article text say that he's the twelfth commandant? HaEr48 (talk) 03:36, 8 May 2018 (UTC)
 * It doesn't. I am not sure how I made that mistake (confused his command of 12th Infantry?) but he was the 16th and it is not in one of the cited sources as near as I can now tell. I could not access the source in the List of Commandants of Cadets of the United States Military Academy so I can not add that as a reference. I think that rather than looking for an extraneous source to insert for his place in the list of commandants, we should change the hook to remove the "12th" and add the years he was commandant, which are in the article in the section on his tenure as the commandant, as follows:
 * It doesn't. I am not sure how I made that mistake (confused his command of 12th Infantry?) but he was the 16th and it is not in one of the cited sources as near as I can now tell. I could not access the source in the List of Commandants of Cadets of the United States Military Academy so I can not add that as a reference. I think that rather than looking for an extraneous source to insert for his place in the list of commandants, we should change the hook to remove the "12th" and add the years he was commandant, which are in the article in the section on his tenure as the commandant, as follows:

Sources: For disappearance, see above. For commandant of cadets and years, existing citations to: 1. Cullum, p. 243 (online edition at footnote 5) "at the Military Academy, as Commandant of Cadets and Instructor of Artillery, Infantry, and Cavalry Tactics, Oct. 23, 1862, to July 4, 1864;" 2. Eicher, p. 177, "comdt. of cadets, USMA, 23 Oct. 1862 - 4 July 1864." Good catch. Sorry for the mistake. I hope this is an acceptable alternative. Donner60 (talk) 05:34, 8 May 2018 (UTC)
 * ALT1: ...that Henry Boynton Clitz, Commandant of Cadets at West Point, 1862–1864, disappeared in 1888?


 * Symbol confirmed.svg ALT1 sounds good to me. Restoring tick as per 's original review. HaEr48 (talk) 05:43, 8 May 2018 (UTC)
 * I added the disappearance year to the hook to make it clear that he wasn't the commandant during the disappearance. Hope that's okay. HaEr48 (talk) 05:47, 8 May 2018 (UTC)