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 [decorative delimiter] Class of 1870

Vol. III
p152
2333

(Born Md.)

Charles A. H. McCauley

(Ap'd Pa.)

22

Charles Adam Hoke McCauley​a

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1866, to June 15, 1870, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Second Lieutenant, 3d Artillery, June 15, 1870.

Served: in garrison at Savannah, Ga., Sep. 30, 1870, to Aug. 3, 1872 (leave of absence, to Nov. 30, 1872), — and Ft. Wadsworth, N. Y., to Apr., 1875 (on leave and absent sick, Dec. 23, 1874, to Jan. 31, 1875, and on sick leave of absence, Apr. 24, 1875, to Nov. 3, 1876); on frontier duty at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., Nov. 3‑17, 1876; in the office of the Chief Engineer of the Department of Missouri, Nov. 22 to Dec. 6, 1876; in garrison at Washington Arsenal, D. C., Dec. 14, 1876, to Mar. 8, 1877; as Assistant to the Chief Engineer of the Department of the Missouri, Mar. 30, 1877, to Feb. 5, 1879; on frontier duty at Ft. Fred Steele, Wy.,

(Transferred to 3d Cavalry, Oct. 7, 1878)

(First Lieut., 3d Cavalry, May 5, 1879)

to Aug. 14, 1879 (on leave of absence, to Oct., 11, 1879), — in charge of Courier and Mail Transportation for Ute Expedition, to Feb. 10, 1880, — and Ft. Fred Steele, Wy., to Mar. 5, 1881; awaiting orders, to Aug. 13, 1881; and in charge of Supply Depot at Rawlins, Wy., to Feb. 10, 1882,

(Captain, Staff — Asst. Quartermaster, Feb. 18, 1881)

— Quartermaster's Depot at Ogden, Utah, to Sep. 15, 1883, — Asst. Quartermaster of the Department of the Platte, to Nov. 30, 1887, — and Asst. Quartermaster of the Division of the Missouri, and Disbursing Officer at its headquarters, to –––––.

Vol. IV
p197
[Supplement, Vol. IV: 1890‑1900]

Military History. — Served: As Disbursing Officer, Division of the Missouri, to Feb. 5, 1891; in charge of construction of buildings at Fort Sheridan, Ill., to Aug. 3, 1891; transferring property and on sick leave to Dec. 10, 1891; Purchasing and Disbursing Quartermaster, at Portland, Ore., Dec. 24, 1891

(Major, Staff — Quartermaster, Aug. 8, 1894)

to March 31, 1896; Assistant to Depot Quartermaster, at Philadelphia, Pa., April 17, 1896 to ––––

(Lieut.‑Colonel, Staff — Deputy Quartermaster-General,
July 13, 1899)

Vol. V
p169
[Supplement, Vol. V: 1900‑1910]

Military History. — Assistant to Depot Quartermaster at Philadelphia, Pa., April 17, 1896 to Aug. 21, 1897. — On leave of absence Aug. 21 to Sept. 20, 1897.

(Lieut.‑Colonel, Deputy Quartermaster-General, July 13, 1899)

— Left Philadelphia July 1, 1901; arrived Manila Aug. 12, 1901. — Assigned to duty as Chief Quartermaster, Department South Luzon, Aug. 16, 1901. — Chief Quartermaster, Department South Philippines, Station Cebu, Dec. 6, 1901. — Transferred to Iloilo, Oct. 28, 1902, as Chief Quartermaster of newly created Department of the Visayas.

(Colonel, Asst. Quartermaster-General, Feb. 28, 1903)

— Left P. I., Sept. 17, 1903; arrived New York City, Nov., 1903. — Assumed charge Depot, Jeffersonville, Ind., Dec. 19, 1903. — Relieved from Jeffersonville Depot June 24, 1904, and ordered to Denver, Col., as Chief Quartermaster. — Relieved as Chief Q. M., Dept. of the Colorado, and assigned to duty as Chief Quartermaster, Department of the East and ordered to Pittsburg Depot, Nov. 10, 1908. On two months' sick leave Dec. 17, 1908. — At Pittsburg Feb. 15, 1909 to July 1, 1909. — On four months' leave of absence, July 1 to Oct. 1, 1909.

Colonel, U. S. A., Retired Oct. 31, 1909.

— Residence, Highland Park, Ill.

Vol. VI
p150
[Supplement, Vol. VI: 1910‑1920]

(Charles Adam H. McCauley, Born July 13, 1847.)

Military History. —

Colonel Assistant Quartermaster-General, Feb. 24, 1903.

Colonel, U. S. A., Retired, Oct. 31, 1909,
At His Own Request, After Over 40 Years' Service.

After retirement, resided at Highland Park, Ill.

Died, Dec. 20, 1913, at Chicago, Ill.: Aged 66.

Portrait and obituary in Annual Report, Association of Graduates, for 1914.

Buried, Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, PA.


Thayer's Note:

a Col. McCauley's full name is from the Record of Burial Place, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, found at Find-a‑Grave.


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