Class of 1885

Vol. IV
p411 [Supplement, Vol. IV: 1890‑1900]

(James Watson Benton)

Military History. — Served: At Fort McKinney, Wyo., to Nov., 1890. — In the field operating against hostile Sioux Indians at and near Pine Ridge Agency, S. D., to Feb., 1891, being engaged in the actions near Pine Ridge Agency, Dec. 30, and at the Drexel or Catholic Mission, Dec. 31, 1891. — On frontier duty at Fort Robinson, Neb., Feb. to June, 1891.

(First Lieut., 7th Cavalry, March 22, 1892)

(Transferred to 9th Cavalry, April 12, 1892)

— Garrison duty at Fort Myer, Va., to Oct., 1894; at Fort Robinson, Neb., to Sept. 1, 1896 (Regimental Quartermaster, April 12, 1895 to Sept. 2, 1896). — He left Fort Robinson, Neb., Sept. 1, 1896, on leave for two days, and was swimming at Hot Springs, S. D., Sept. 2, 1896, with others, when he was discovered in the water, dead.

Died, Sept. 2, 1896, at Hot Springs, S. D.: Aged 33.

See Annual Association of Graduates, U. S. M. A., 1897, for an obituary notice, with a portrait.