Class of 1869

John Gregory Bourke: Born June 23, 1846, Philadelphia, PA.

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, Oct. 17, 1865, to June 15, 1869, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Second Lieut., 3d Cavalry, June 15, 1869.

Served: on frontier duty at Ft. Craig, N. M., Sep. 29, 1869, to Jan. 27, 1870, — Camp Grant, Ara., to Aug. 26, 1870, — Scouting in Arizona to Aug., 1871, being engaged in several Skirmishes, — and as Aide-de‑Camp to the Commanding Officer of the Department of Arizona, Aug. 30, 1871, to Aug., 1872; en route to San Francisco, Cal., Sep., 1872; on frontier duty as Aide-de‑Camp to Bvt. Major-General Crook, Sep., 1872, to Mar. 3, 1883, being engaged in the Actions of Dec. 17 and 28, 1872, and Jan. and Feb., 1873, — Acting Engineer Officer of Department of Arizona, July 1, 1873, to Mar., 1875, — Exploring Expedition to Black Hills, Dak., May to July, 1875, — Big Horn and Yellowstone Expedition, and in the field, to May, 1877, being engaged in the Capture of Crazy Horse Village, Mon., Mar. 17, 1876, and Fights on Tongue River, Mon., June 9, 1876, Rosebud, Mon., June 17, 1876, Slim Buttes, Dak., Sep. 9, 1876, and Willow Creek, Wy., Nov. 25, 1876, — with Thornburg's command pursuing Cheyennes across Sand Hills of Nebraska and Dakota, Sep., 1878, — on General Merrit's March to rescue the survivors of Thornburg's command, Sep.-Oct., 1879, — and Exploration of Yellowstone region, Aug. to Oct., 1880, — Recorder of the Poncas Indian Commission, Dec., 1880, to Feb., 1881, — investigating the Manners and Customs of

(Captain, 3d Cavalry, June 26, 1882)

p132 the Pueblos, Navajoes, and Apache Indians, Apr., 1881, to June, 1882; as Acting Asst. Adjutant-General of Crook's Expedition into the Sierra Madre, Mexico, in pursuit of Apaches, Apr. 6 to June 26, 1883; on sick leave of absence, July 9, 1883, to Jan. 9, 1884; as Acting Aide-de‑Camp and Asst. Adjutant-General to Commander of Department of Arizona, Mar. 24, 1884, to June 25, 1885; on frontier duty at Ft. Rice, Tex., to Sep. 18, 1885; on Special duty in connection with Indians in Arizona and New Mexico, Oct. 6, 1885, to Mar. 31, 1886, and was present at the surrender of Geronimo and his band to Gen. Crook, in the Cañon de los Embudos, Sonora, Mexico, Mar. 26, 1886; on Special duty, War Department, to , and under the orders of the Secretary of State, with the International American Conference, Sept. 28, 1889, to .