Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1860, Sept. 13 | Born, Laclede County, Mo. |
1876-1880 | Taught, Mound School, Prairie Mound, Mo. |
1880 | A.B., State Normal School, Kirksville, Mo. |
1886 | Graduated, United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y., as senior cadet captain, the highest honor conferred |
1886-1890 | Second lieutenant, 6th Cavalry; took part in New Mexico and Arizona Apache campaigns |
1890-1891 | Served in Sioux campaigns in South Dakota |
1891-1895 | Military instructor, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Neb.; promoted to first lieutenant |
1896 | In charge of roundup of Cree people who were deported to Canada |
1897-1898 | Instructor in tactics, United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y. |
1898 | Served with 10th Cavalry, Santiago, Cuba; appointed chief officer of volunteers |
1898-1899 | Organized Bureau of Insular Affairs and was its chief until August 1899 |
1899-1903 | Served in the Philippines |
1901 | Captain, 1st Cavalry; later transferred to 15th Cavalry in order to remain in the Philippines |
1903-1904 | Resumed staff duty in Washington, D.C., and studied at Army War College |
1903-1906 | Member, general staff of the army |
1905 | Married Helen F. Warren (died 1915) |
1905-1906 | Military attaché, Tokyo, Japan; with Tamemoto Kuroki's army in Manchuria, Mar.-Sept. 1905 |
1906 | Promoted from captain to brigadier general |
1906-1908 | Commander, Fort McKinley, Philippines |
1909-1913 | Governor, Moro Province, Philippines |
1913 | Took command of 8th Cavalry Brigade, Presidio, San Francisco, Calif.; ordered to El Paso, Tex. |
1915 | Death of wife and their three daughters when their home burned, Presidio, San Francisco, Calif. |
1916-1917 | Commanded troops sent to Mexico in pursuit of Pancho Villa |
1917-1919 | Commander-in-chief, American Expeditionary Forces |
1919 | Confirmed by Senate as general of the armies of the United States |
1921-1924 | Chief of staff, United States Army |
1931 | Published My Experiences in the World War. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co. |
1948, July 15 | Died, Washington, D.C. |