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Class of 1870

Vol. III
p150 2329

(Born Pa.)

Ira Mac Nutt

(Ap'd Pa.)

Born Philadelphia, PA.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 Ft. Barrancas, Fla., Sep. 30, 1870, to Oct. 28, 1872, — New Orleans, La., to Nov. 27, 1872, — Ft. Hamilton, N. Y., Dec. 6, 1872, to Apr. 20, 1874, — Ft. Monroe, Va. (Artillery School for Practice), May, 1874, to May 1, 1875, — and Ft. Wadsworth, N. Y., May 30, 1875, to July 17, 1876; on frontier duty at Ft. Reno, I. T., to Aug. 6, 1876; at the Military Academy as Assistant Instructor of Infantry Tactics, Aug. 30, 1876, to Oct. 2, 1878; on delay, to Dec. 5, 1878;

(First Lieut., Ordnance, June 13, 1878)

as Assistant Ordnance Officer at Rock Island Arsenal, Ill., Dec. 5, 1878, to Dec. 1, 1880; as Chief Ordnance Officer of the Department of the South, Dec. 3, 1880, to Nov. 18, 1882; as Assistant at Frankford Arsenal, Pa., Nov. 20, 1882, to July 13, 1887, — at Watertown Arsenal, Mas., to

(Captain, Ordnance, June 14, 1886)

July 8, 1889, — and at Watervliet Arsenal, N. Y., to –––––.

Vol. IV
p196 [Supplement, Vol. IV: 1890‑1900]

Military History. — Served: Assistant at Watervliet Arsenal to Jan. 4, 1892. — Inspector of Ordnance, South Bethlehem, Pa., to –––––

Vol. V
p167 [Supplement, Vol. V: 1900‑1910]

Military History. — Served: Inspector of Ordnance at Bethlehem Steel Works, Pa., Jan. 4, 1892 to Jan., 1900.

(Major of Ordnance, Oct. 15, 1901)

— Command of Sandy Hook Proving Ground, Jan., 1900 to Jan., 1901. — Inspector of Ordnance in Military Department of Porto Rico, Jan., 1901 to April, 1901. — Inspector of Ordnance, New York City, April, 1901 to Aug., 1903. — Leave of absence, Aug. to Sept., 1903. — Command of Benicia Arsenal, Sept., 1903 to March, 1904. — Command of Watertown Arsenal, March, 1904 to April, 1905. — Command of Watervliet Arsenal, April, 1905 to Oct. 31, 1907.

(Lieut.‑Colonel of Ordnance, June 25, 1906)

— Sick leave, Oct. 31, 1907 to March 17, 1908.

(Colonel of Ordnance, Feb. 29, 1908)

Colonel, U. S. A., Retired March 17, 1908,
at his own request, over 40 Years' Service.

— Residence, in Europe since retirement.

Vol. VI
p149 [Supplement, Vol. VI: 1910‑1920]

(Born July 25, 1850.)

Military History. —

Colonel, Ordnance Department, Feb. 29, 1908.

Colonel, U. S. A., Retired, March 17, 1908,
At His Own Request, After Over 40 Years' Service.

Vol. VII
p99 [Supplement, Vol. VII: 1920‑1930]

Military History: —

Colonel, Ordnance Department, Feb. 29, 1908.

Colonel, U. S. A., Retired, Mar. 17, 1908,
At His Own Request, After Over 40 Years' Service.

Died, Aug. 24, 1930, at San Francisco, Calif.: Aged 80.

See Annual Association of Graduates, U. S. M. A., 1931, for an obituary notice, with a portrait.º

Buried, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA.

Thayer's Note:

a Col. Mac Nutt's birthplace is from his AOG obituary.

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