Class of 1871

Born Fort Brown, TX.​a

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, Sep. 1, 1867, to June 12, 1871, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Second Lieut., 9th Cavalry, June 12, 1871.

Served: on frontier duty at Ft. Griffin, Tex., Nov. 20, 1871, to Feb. 23, 1872, — Ft. Clark, Tex., Mar. 23 to May 30, 1872, — commanding Indian Scouts, and on Signal Duty, June to Sep. 1872, — Ft. Fred Steele,

(Transferred to 13th Infantry, June 13, 1872)

Wy., Nov. 14, 1872, to Feb. 19, 1873, — Camp Douglas, Utah, Mar. 5,

(First Lieut., 13th Infantry, Jan. 8, 1873)

1873, to Aug. 9, 1874; as Adjutant on Big Horn Expedition, Aug. 13 to Oct. 6, 1874; in garrison at Jackson Barracks, La., Oct. 17 to Nov. 28, 1874, — New Orleans, La., to July 10, 1875, — Holly Springs, Mis., to Nov. 16, 1875 (leave of absence, Dec. 21, 1874, to Jan. 21, 1875, and July 11 to Oct. 12, 1875), — New Orleans, La., to July 17, 1876, — Lewisburg, La., July 17 to Oct. 17, 1876, — New Orleans, La., to May 21, 1877 (leave of absence, Oct. 17 to Nov. 26, 1876), — Lake Charles, La., May 26 to Sep. 2, 1877, — and Jackson Barracks, La., Sep. 7, 1877, to July 1, 1878; on leave of absence, July 1 to Nov. 1, 1878; in garrison at Jackson Barracks, La., Nov. 1, 1878, to June, 1879, — Atlanta, Ga., to Nov., 1879, — and Jackson Barracks, La., to Apr. 13, 1880; on sick leave of absence, to May 13, 1881; on frontier duty at Ft. Lewis, Col., May 20 to Nov. 1, 1881, — Ft. Cummings, N. M., to Mar. 1, 1882, — Regimental Quartermaster, Mar. 1, 1882, to Sep. 1, 1886, — Ft. Wingate, N. M., to June 20, 1884, — and Santa Fé, N. M., to Sep. 1, 1886; on General Recruiting Service, St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 1, 1886, to Oct. 1, 1887, and Baltimore, Md., to Oct. 1, 1888; and on frontier duty at Ft. Elliott, Tex., to Apr. 18, 1889, — Oklahoma, I. T., Apr. 20, 1889, to –––––.