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Vol. III
p213 2484

(Born Ill.)

George H. Paddock

(Ap'd Ill.)

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George Hussey Paddock: Born Princeton, IL.​a

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1869, to June 13, 1873, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Second Lieut., 4th Artillery, June 13, 1873.

Served: in garrison at Sitka, Alas., Oct. 27, 1873, to Aug. 18, 1874, — Presidio of San Francisco, Cal., Aug. 31 to Sep. 29, 1874, and Dec. 28, 1874, to July 15, 1875, — Alcatraz Island, Cal., Sep. 29 to Dec. 28, 1874, — Camp Gaston, Cal., July 21 to Dec. 4, 1875, — and Alcatraz Island, Cal., Dec. 15, 1875, to July 5, 1876 (leave of absence, to Oct. 10, 1876); on frontier duty at Ft. Canby, Wash., Oct. 10, 1876, to July 18, 1877, —

(First Lieut., 4th Artillery, Apr. 19, 1877)

Ft. Lapwai, Ida., July 19 to Sep., 1877, — and Ft. Stevens, Or., Sep. 28, 1877, to Mar. 31, 1878; in garrison at Ft. Monroe, Va. (Artillery School for Practice), May 1, 1878, to May 1, 1880, — Ft. Stevens, Or., to Dec. 4, 1880, — Presidio of San Francisco, Cal., to Oct. 15, 1881, — Ft. Adams, R. I., to Oct. 1, 1882, — and Ft. Trumbull, Ct., to May 16, 1884; on

(Transferred to 5th Cavalry, June 12, 1884)

leave of absence, to Sep. 9, 1884; and on frontier duty at Ft. McKinney, Wy., to May 20, 1885, — Scouting, to Oct. 26, 1885, — Ft. Riley, Kan., to Apr. 9, 1886, — Scouting, to Nov. 19, 1886, — Ft. Riley, Kan., and Nez Percés Expedition, to July 25, 1887, being engaged in the Battle on the Clearwater, Ida., July 11‑12, 1887, — Ft. Elliott, Tex. (Scouting, in

(Captain, 5th Cavalry, Jan. 16, 1889)

Sep., 1887), to Feb. 28, 1889, — and Ft. Supply, I. T., to –––––.

Vol. IV
p235 [Supplement, Vol. IV: 1890‑1900]

Military History. — Served: At Fort Supply, I. T., to June 17, 1893; at camp at Eagle Pass, Tex., to May 21, 1894; at Fort Clark, Tex., to Dec. 13, 1895; at Fort Sam Houston, Tex., to July 31, 1897; on recruiting service at Milwaukee, Wis., Sept. 21, 1897 to July, 1898; with regiment at Tampa, Fla., to Aug., 1898; at Huntsville, Ala., to Jan., 1899; en route to and at Bayamón, P. R., to July 30, 1899. — Sick leave to Nov. 8, 1899. — With regiment at San Juan, P. R., to Feb., 1899; at Humacao, to –––––; Collector of customs at Humacao, P. R., Feb. 8, 1899 to –––––

Vol. V
p204 [Supplement, Vol. V: 1900‑1910]

Military History. — Served: In command, as Captain 5th Cavalry, at Bayamon, P. R., from Feb. 10, 1899 to Aug. 1, 1899. — Sick in U. S. (typhoid fever) from Aug. 1, 1899 to Nov. 4, 1899. — On duty commanding troop F, 5th Cavalry, at San Juan, P. R., from Nov. 16, 1899 to Feb. 9, 1900. — In command and collector of port at Humacao, P. R., from Feb. 9, 1900 to Sept. 6, 1900. — Returned to U. S. with 5th Cavalry and on duty at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., from Dec. 24, 1900 to Feb. 23, 1901.

(Major, 10th Cavalry, Feb. 2, 1901)

— Transferred to 5th Cavalry Feb. 25, 1901. — To the Philippines with 5th Cavalry March 20, 1901. — Commanding 2d Squadron, stationed at various points in the province of Pampanga, with headquarters at Angeles, Guaquas and San Fernando successively. — In command and on duty at the above stations, from April 20, 1901 to Nov. 1, 1902. — Sick in the U. S. from Nov. 29, 1902 to Oct. 15, 1903.

(Lieut.‑Colonel, 4th Cavalry, Aug. 16, 1903)

— Transferred to 5th Cavalry, Aug. 28, 1903. — On duty with 5th Cavalry, at Lieut.‑Colonel in command at Fort Huachuca, Ariz., from Oct. 15, 1903 to April 22, 1904. — In command at Fort Apache, Ariz., from April 25, 1904 to July 26, 1904. — In command at Fort Wingate, N. M.,  p205 from July 26, 1904 to Sept. 11, 1904. — Recruiting duty at Chicago, Ill., from Sept. 11, 1904 to March 11, 1905. — In command at Fort Wingate, N. M., from March 29, 1905 to June 30, 1906.

Lieut.‑Colonel, U. S. A., Retired June 30, 1906,
disability in the line of duty.

Civil History. — Occupation, Stock raising. — Residence, Princeton, Ills.

Vol. VI
p183 [Supplement, Vol. VI: 1910‑1920]

(George Hussey Paddock, Born Jan. 14, 1852.)

Military History. —

Lieut.‑Colonel, 4th Cavalry, Aug. 16, 1903.

Lieut.‑Colonel, U. S. A., Retired, June 30, 1906,
For Disability Contracted in Line of Duty.

Civil History. — At Princeton, Ill., engaged in stock raising.

Military History. — Recalled to active service, April 14, 1917; at Baltimore, Md., on general recruiting service to May 29, 1917; at New York City, Assistant Recruiting Officer, May 29, 1917, to –––––

(Colonel, U. S. A., on Retired List, Feb. 8, 1919)

Vol. VII
p115 [Supplement, Vol. VII: 1920‑1930]

Military History. —

Lieutenant-Colonel, U. S. A., Retired, June 30, 1906,
For Disability Contracted in Line of Duty.

Recalled to active service, Apr. 14, 1917; at Baltimore, Md., on general recruiting service to Apr. 24, 1917; at New York City, Assistant Recruiting Officer, Apr. 24, 1917, to Mar. 15, 1920.

(Colonel, U. S. A., on Retired List, Feb. 8, 1919)

Civil History. — At Princeton, Ill., engaged in stock raising.

Vol. VIII
p48 [Supplement, Vol. VIII: 1930‑1940]

Military History: —

Col., Ret., Feb. 8, 1919.

Died, Dec. 29, 1934, at St. Augustine, Fla.: Aged 81.

Portrait and obituary in Annual Report, Association of Graduates, for 1936.º

Buried, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA.

Thayer's Note:

a Col. Paddock's birthplace is from his AOG obituary; his middle name is from Heitman's Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army.

From History of Bureau County, Illinois (H. C. Bradsby, ed., Chicago, 1885), p611‑612, it is reasonable to infer that Col. Paddock was a grandson of another George Hussey Paddock, whose son Stephen Gorham Paddock was the father of Lt. Indicates a West Point graduate and gives his Class.J. V. S. Paddock; the two West Pointers must have been first cousins.

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