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Class of 1868

Vol. III
p110 2228

(Born Eng.)

Frank Heath

(Ap'd N. Y.)

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, Sep. 1, 1864, to June 15, 1868, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Second Lieut., 3d Artillery, June 15, 1868.

Served: in garrison at Atlanta, Ga., Sep. 30, 1868, to Mar., 1869, — Ft. Brooke, Fla., Mar. 28 to June 24, 1869, — Ft. Marion, Fla., to Aug., 1869, — Ft. Pulaski, Ga., Aug. 7, 1869, to Aug., 1870, — and at Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 22 to Dec. 16, 1870; at the Military Academy, as Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Aug. 31, 1871, to Aug. 30, 1876, — and as

(Transferred to Ordnance, Nov. 1, 1874)

(First Lieut., Ordnance, Nov. 1, 1874)

Assistant Instructor of Infantry Tactics, Oct. 9 to Nov. 6, 1873; and as Assistant Ordnance Officer at Frankford Arsenal, Pa., Sep. 5, 1876, to Aug. 19, 1878, — and at Rock Island Arsenal, Ill., Sep. 3, 1878, to Nov. 24, 1879; in command of Cheyenne Ordnance Depot, Wy., to

(Captain, Ordnance, Dec. 18, 1880)

Nov. 19, 1883; and as Assistant Ordnance Officer at the Springfield p111 Armory, Mas., Nov. 26, 1883, to Sep. 2, 1886, — and at Watervliet Arsenal, N. Y., Sep. 4, 1886, to –––––.

Vol. IV
p178 [Supplement, Vol. IV: 1890‑1900]

Military History. — Assistant at Watervliet Arsenal to June 17, 1891. — Commanding the Sandy Hook Proving Ground from June 17, 1891 to –––––; Member of the Ordnance Board from Feb. 8, 1892 to –––––; and of the Board for Testing Rifled Cannon from June 17, 1891 to –––––

(Major, Ordnance, July 7, 1898)

Vol. V
p150 [Supplement, Vol. V: 1900‑1910]

Military History. — Commanding the Sandy Hook Proving Ground from June 17, 1891 to March 27, 1900. — Member of the Ordnance Board from Feb. 8, 1892 to March 27, 1900, and of the Board for Testing Rifled Cannon from June 17, 1891 to –––––.º In command of Frankford Arsenal, Pa., from March 27, 1900 to –––––.º

(Lieut.‑Colonel, Ordnance, Aug. 16, 1903)

(Colonel, Ordnance, June 25, 1906)

Colonel, U. S. A., Retired June 13, 1909, by operation of law.

Vol. VI
p133 [Supplement, Vol. VI: 1910‑1920]

(Born June 13, 1845.)

Military History. —

Captain, Ordnance Department, Dec. 18, 1880.

Member of Board for Testing Rifled Cannon, June 17, 1891 to March 27, 1900; in command of Frankford Arsenal, Pa., March 27, 1900 to

(Lieut.‑Colonel, Ordnance Department, Aug. 16, 1903)

(Colonel, Ordnance Department, June 25, 1906)

June 13, 1909.

Colonel, U. S. A., Retired, June 13, 1909,
By Operation of Law.

Vol. VII
p91 [Supplement, Vol. VII: 1920‑1930]

Military History: —

Colonel, U. S. A., Retired, June 13, 1909,
By Operation of Law.

Died, Apr. 23, 1925, at Edgewater, N. J.: Aged 79.

Portrait and obituary in Annual Report, Association of Graduates, for 1929.

Buried, West Point Cemetery, West Point, NY.

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