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 [decorative delimiter] Class of 1875

Vol. III
p241
2558

(Born Mas.)

Charles H. Clark

(Ap'd Mas.)

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Born Hubbardston, MA.​a

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, Sep. 1, 1871, to June 16, 1875, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Second Lieut., 1st Artillery, June 16, 1875.

Served: in garrison at Key West, Fla., Oct. 7 to Dec. 21, 1875, — Ft. Warren, Mas., Dec. 29, 1875, to Jan. 4, 1876, — Ft. Adams, R. I., Jan. 5 to Oct. 20, 1876, — Summerville and Charleston, S. C., Oct. 22, 1876 to Feb. 3, 1877, — Washington Arsenal, D. C., Feb. 5 to Apr. 5, 1877, — and Ft. Adams, R. I., Apr. 7 to July 24, 1877; in suppressing Railroad Disturbances in Pennsylvania, July 24 to Oct. 24, 1877; in garrison at Ft. Adams, R. I., Oct. 24, 1877, to Apr. 20, 1878, — and Ft. Monroe, Va. (Artillery School for Practice), May 1, 1878, to Apr. 29, 1880, — Ft. Adams, R. I., to June 16, 1880; at the Military Academy as Assistant

(First Lieut., Ordnance, June 16, 1880)

Instructor of Ordnance and Gunnery, July 15, 1880, to Aug. 28, 1884; as Assistant at the Springfield Armory, Mas., Sep. 1, 1884, to Apr. 11, 1889; and as Chief Ordnance Officer of the Department of the Columbia, and in command of Vancouver Barracks Ordnance Depot, Wash., May 14, 1889, to –––––.

Vol. IV
p253
[Supplement, Vol. IV: 1890‑1900]

Military History. — Served: Chief Ordnance Officer, Department  p254 of the Columbia, and commanding Vancouver Barracks Ordnance Depot, March 14, 1889

(Captain, Ordnance, June 15, 1890)

to July 6, 1893; Assistant Ordnance Officer, Frankford Arsenal, Pa., Aug. 5, 1893 to Sept. 16, 1895; Assistant in the Ordnance Bureau, Washington, D. C., Sept. 16, 1895 to Aug. 26, 1898; Assistant Ordnance Officer, Benicia Arsenal, Cal., Sept. 13, 1898 to ––––

Vol. V
p228
[Supplement, Vol. V: 1900‑1910]

Military History.Assistant Ordnance Officer, Benicia Arsenal, Cal., Sept. 13, 1898 to Feb. 20, 1903; Assistant Ordnance Officer, Rock Island Arsenal, Ill., Feb. 28, 1903 to July 31, 1903.

(Major, Ordnance, Aug. 1, 1903)

— Assistant Ordnance Officer, Springfield Armory, Mass., Aug. 7, 1903 to Nov. 12, 1907.

 p229  (Lieut.‑Colonel, Ordnance, Aug.º 12, 1906)

— Commanding San Antonio Arsenal, and Chief Ordnance Officer, Department of Texas, Nov. 26, 1907 to –––––.

Vol. VI
p200
[Supplement, Vol. VI: 1910‑1920]

(Charles Hobart Clark, Born April 29, 1851.)

Military History. —

Lieut.‑Colonel, Ordnance Department, Nov.º 12, 1906.

At San Antonio, Texas, commanding Arsenal, and Chief Ordnance Officer, Department of Texas, Nov. 26, 1907, to

(Colonel, Ordnance Department, Oct. 23, 1910)

Dec. 20, 1912; on leave of absence to Feb. 19, 1913.

Colonel, U. S. A., Retired, Feb. 19, 1913,
At His Own Request, After Over 40 Years' Service.

Died, Jan. 15, 1915, at Springfield, Mass.: Aged 63.

Portrait and obituary in Annual Report, Association of Graduates, for 1915.

Buried, West Point Cemetery, West Point, NY.


Thayer's Note:

a Col. Clark's birthplace is from his AOG obituary.


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