In 1798 he proposed the idea of a national military school, with a comprehensive curriculum, to Secretary of War James McHenry. He helped convert the West Point garrison into that academy in 1800. He then began instruction to the first twelve cadets in the first Class at the academy on 1800.
His regiment was disbanded in 1802 and he returned to France via Santo Domingo in 1802. French Vice-Consul in Philadelphia in 1805. Served as the French Consul ad interim in New Orleans 1811-1816 (when he wrote the letter about the Hurricane of 1812). Supported the work of General Jackson during the War of 1812.
Returned to Paris in 1816. Made a Knight of the Royal Military Order of St. Louis in 1799 Wrote "American Artillerists Companion" in 1809. Married Maria Francisca Joubert in 1788 and then Anna Maria Geddes in 1795.
A grandson of his, Lt. -Col. Anthony Eugene Stocker MD (1819-1897), a grandson, succeeded him in the Society of the Cincinnati, being admitted as a Heriditary Member in 1888. He was a medical doctor during the Civil War, most of the time in a position of leadership in the medical corps.
--Brock-Perry
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