Charles Annesley Romeyn (December 14, 1874 – January 31, 1950) was an American football player and United States Army officer.
[1] Shortly before the 1898 football season got underway, Romeyn was stripped of his captain's stripes due to an "unmilitary order" he gave to cadets under his command.
[3] Romeyn next served in Montana on detached service at the Tongue River Agency charged with "quieting" the Cheyenne Indians in January 1902 and then on guard duty there until November 1902.
He participated in the Army's November and December 1907 expedition to Thunder Butte, South Dakota, with the mission of "quieting" Ute Indians.
[3] From August 1917 to June 1918, he was stationed at Camp Devens, a temporary cantonment in Massachusetts for training soldiers during World War I, with the 302nd Infantry.
In July 1918, he was promoted to colonel of the infantry and became a member of the Army General Staff in Washington, D.C.[3] Romeyn retired from the military in December 1938 at age 64.