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Vol. III
p250
2585

(Born N. Y.)

Thomas F. Davis

(Ap'd at Large)

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

Second Lieut., 15th Infantry, June 16, 1875.

Served: on frontier duty at Ft. Wingate, N. M., Oct. 6 to Nov. 1, 1875, — constructing Military Telegraph Line, Nov. 1, 1875, to Aug. 14, 1876, — Ft. Craig, N. M., Sep., 1876, to Aug. 15, 1877, — Ft. Selden, N. M., Aug. 15, 1877 to Feb. 4, 1878, — Ft. Craig, N. M., to Aug. 5, 1878, — Ft. Bliss, Tex., Aug. 13, 1878, to Apr. 7, 1879, — Ft. Garland, Col., to

(First Lieut., 15th Infantry, Mar. 5, 1879)

July, 1879, — Ft. Lewis, Col., to Nov. 3, 1879, — Acting Assistant Adjutant-General of New Mexico Column of the Ute Expedition, to Feb. 14, 1880, — Regimental Adjutant, Nov. 3, 1879, to Nov. 1, 1880, — Ft. Wingate, N. M., to July, 1880, — en route to and in command of Ft. Cummings, N. M., to Sep. 20, 1880, — Acting Assistant Adjutant-General of New Mexico Column against Apaches into Old Mexico, to Oct. 14,  p251 1880, — Ft. Bliss, Tex., to Jan. 2, 1882, — Ft. Lewis, Col., to Oct. 5, 1882 (on leave of absence, to Apr. 4, 1883), — Ft. Randall, Dak., to Apr. 26, 1887, — Regimental Quartermaster, Mar. 31, 1887, to –––––, — and Ft. Buford, Dak., May 20, 1887, to –––––.

Vol. IV
p259
[Supplement, Vol. IV: 1890‑1900]

(Thomas Francis Davis)

Military History. — Served: As Regimental Quartermaster, 15th U. S. Infantry, Fort Buford, N. D., Jan. 1 to April 1, 1890. — Commanding Company H, 15th Infantry, Fort Randall, S. D., April to Aug., 1890. — Fort Sheridan, Ill., Aug., 1890 to Oct., 1896.

(Captain of Infantry, 15th Infantry, April 25, 1892)

— Assigned to Company H, 15th Infantry. — Fort Huachuca, Ariz., commanding company and battalion, Oct., 1896 to Oct., 1898. — Camp Albert G. Forse, Huntsville, Ala., commanding battalion, Oct. to Dec., 1898. — En route to and in camp at Nuevitas and Puerto Principe, Cuba (commanding battalion to Jan. 23, 1899), Dec., 1898 to Jan. 23, 1899. — En route to and on duty at Santiago de Cuba, as collector of customs, S. O. 298, A. G. O., Dec. 19, 1898, Jan. 31, 1899 to ––––

Vol. V
p234
[Supplement, Vol. V: 1900‑1910]

Military History.En route to and on duty at Santiago de Cuba, as Collector of Customs, S. O. 298, A. G. O., Dec. 19, 1898, Jan. 31, 1899 to November 6, 1899; en route to and commanding Madison Barracks, N. Y., Nov. 6, 1899 to Dec. 5, 1899; General Recruiting Service, Dec. 8, 1899 to Nov. 11, 1901.

(Major, 12th Infantry, Dec. 7, 1900)

— Transferred to 15th Infantry, Feb. 28, 1901. — leave of absence, April 2 to May 2, 1901; en route to Philippine Islands, Nov. 11, 1901 to Jan. 26, 1902, commanding 750 recruits; duty with regiment at Sorsogon, Luzon, Samar, San Francisco and Monterey, California, March 2, 1902 to March 5, 1903; transferred to 28th Infantry, Feb. 7, 1903; leave of absence, March 5 to May 5, 1903; en route to and commanding regiment at Iligan, Mindanao, P. I., May 5 to Sept. 8, 1903.

(Lieut.‑Colonel, 30th Infantry, Aug. 14, 1903)

— En route to and on duty with regiment at Malahi Island, Laguna de Bay, P. I., San Francisco and Little Rock, Arkansas, Sept. 23, 1903 to March 16, 1905; Military Secretary by detail, March 15, 1905, and assigned to Denver, Colorado, Headquarters Department of the Colorado, March 16, 1905 to May 4, 1907; inspecting National Guard of Colorado, April 1 to 30, 1906.

(Colonel, 18th Infantry, April 11, 1907)

— At Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, commanding regiment, May 6, 1907 to Aug. 9, 1907; leave of absence, Aug. 10 to Sept. 8, 1907; en route with regiment to Philippine Islands, Sept. 29 to Nov. 3, 1907, and at Camp Keithley, Mindanao, P. I., commanding regiment and post, Nov. 8, 1907 to March 22, 1909; leave of absence, March 23, 1909 to June  p235 9, 1909; commanding regiment and post, Camp Keithley, Mindanao, P. I., June 9, 1909 to Oct. 3, 1909; Governor, District of Lanao, July 1, 1909 to Sept. 30, 1909; en route to San Francisco, Cal. with regiment, Oct. 4, 1909 to Nov. 12, 1909, and to Fort Mackenzie, Wyo., Nov. 14 to 19, 1909; commanding post and regiment to ––––

Vol. VI
p205
[Supplement, Vol. VI: 1910‑1920]

(Thomas Francis Davis, Born May 8, 1853.)

Military History. —

Colonel, 18th Infantry, April 11, 1907.

At Fort Mackenzie, Wyo., commanding regiment and post, Nov. 19, 1909, to June 30, 1910; at Pole Mountain, Iowa, Chief Umpire of Maneuvers, July 1 to Aug. 13, 1910; commanded regiment on 200‑mile march through Wyoming, Aug. 14‑26, 1910, and at Fort Mackenzie, Wyo., to Mar. 9, 1911; with regiment en route to and at Maneuver Camp, Provisional Division, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, March 9 to July 14, 1911; at Fort Mackenzie to Dec. 17, 1911; on leave of absence to Jan. 17, 1912; at Fort Mackenzie, commanding regiment and post, Jan. 17, 1912, to Feb. 26, 1913 (with regiment through Yellowstone National Park, Aug. 14 to Sept. 7, 1912); joined 6th Brigade, 2nd Division, with regiment, at Texas City, Texas, March 2, 1913, and commanded regiment in Brigade to

(Brigadier-General, U. S. A., May 16, 1913)

Aug. 27, 1913; at Galveston, Texas, commanding 5th Brigade, Sept. 1, 1913, to Jan. 31, 1914; commanding 6th Brigade, Feb. 1, 1914, to May 22, 1916 (at Texas City, Texas, Feb. 1 to April 16, 1815; with 2nd Division on march, Texas City to Houston and return, April 16‑22, 1914; at Naco, Arizona, commanding camp and Brigade, Dec. 20, 1914, to Feb.  p206 1, 1915; and at Douglas, Arizona, to May 22, 1916); commanding Arizona District, May 22, 1916, to May 8, 1917.

Brigadier-General, U. S. A., Retired, May 8, 1917,
By Operation of Law.

Vol. VII
p130
[Supplement, Vol. VII: 1920‑1930]

Military History: —

Brigadier-General, U. S. A., Retired, May 8, 1917,
By Operation of Law.

Civil History: — Administrator of Estate. Farming in Otero County, New Mexico.

Vol. VIII
p51
[Supplement, Vol. VIII: 1930‑1940]

Military History: —

Brig.‑Gen., Ret., May 8, 1917.

Died, Dec. 10, 1935, at El Paso, Tex.: Aged 82.

Portrait and obituary in Annual Report, Association of Graduates, for 1937.º

Buried, Evergreen Alameda Cemetery, El Paso, TX.


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