STANLEY WOODS, LT, USN
Stanley Woods '00
Lucky Bag
From the 1900 Lucky Bag:
Woods, Stanley
Chicago, Illinois
"She," "Weasy,"
Not so weasy as he looks; makes three marks as he walks: draws pictures for everything but the Lucky Bag; uses tobacco in all forms that his friends possess; Commanding Officer of the "Santee;" the only sixteen to one man in the class,—gives one cigarette and expects sixteen in return.
Woods, Stanley
Chicago, Illinois
"She," "Weasy,"
Not so weasy as he looks; makes three marks as he walks: draws pictures for everything but the Lucky Bag; uses tobacco in all forms that his friends possess; Commanding Officer of the "Santee;" the only sixteen to one man in the class,—gives one cigarette and expects sixteen in return.
Loss
From Find A Grave:
Lieutenant Woods died on board the training ship Baltimore while the ship was cruising in the Indian Ocean, death following a short illness with pneumonia. He was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Woods, and was born in this city, November 14, 1877, removing from here a few years ago to Ottawa, Ill. He was well known in this city having attended the schools here for some time. He was a graduate of the Annapolis Naval academy in 1900 and soon after his graduation, received an assignment and served in the navy for about seven years. At the time of his death he was returning to the United States, after a long cruise in eastern waters, and expected to reach his home the latter part of April. Lieutenant Woods' first assignment on waster was on a gunboat cruising off the coast of the Philippine islands and three years was spent in the water surrounding those islands. When death claimed the young officer, the remains were started on the homeward trip, the cruise taking about two months.
Other Information
From researcher Kathy Franz:
Stanley attended Calumet High School and the Chicago Manual Training school.
In July 1900, eleven graduates of the Naval Academy, Class of 1900, met at the Grand Pacific hotel. They left for San Francisco where they would take the ship Nippan Maru to Manila. However, because of the Chinese difficulty, they were expecting to receive orders at Yokohama directing them to report to Admiral Remey at Taku. According to The Inter Ocean newspaper of Chicago, “The men were dressed in civilian clothing of fashionable cut and color, they presented a fine appearance, showing plainly the result of their four years' training at the academy.” The men were: Stanley, Robert T. Menner, Lake E. Wright, George Steele, W. N. Jeffers, Hayne Ellis, C. S. Arnold, R. A. Abernathy, B. T. Bulmer, J. F. Hellweg, and C. R. Train.
Stanley's father went by Carl and was a railroad engineer.
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