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 [decorative delimiter] Class of 1874

Vol. III
p223
2511

(Born N. Y.)

Henry M. Andrews

(Ap'd N. Y.)

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Born New York, NY.​a

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1870, to June 17, 1874, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Second Lieut., 1st Artillery, June 17, 1874.

Served: at the Military Academy, as Assistant Instructor of Artillery Tactics, July 6 to Aug. 31, 1874, — and Assistant Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy, July 31 to Aug. 31, 1874; and in garrison at Summerville, S. C., Nov. 30 to Dec. 15, 1874, — St. Augustine, Fla., Dec. 17, 1874, to Apr. 5, 1875, — Ft. Monroe, Va. (Artillery School for Practice), May 1, 1875, to May 1, 1876, — Ft. Preble, Me., June 1 to Sep. 29, 1876, — Ft. Adams, R. I., Oct. 1, 1876, to Jan. 18, 1880, — Ft.

(First Lieut., 1st Artillery, July 6, 1878)

Columbus, N. Y., to Nov. 10, 1881, — Alcatraz Island, Cal., to Sep. 30, 1886, — and Presidio of San Francisco, Cal., to –––––.

Vol. IV
p241
[Supplement, Vol. IV: 1890‑1900]

Military History. — Served: At Presidio of San Francisco, Cal., from Jan. 1 to May 8, 1890; at Fort Columbus, N. Y. H., from May 16, 1890 to Sept. 30, 1894; at Fort Slocum, N. Y. H., from Oct. 1, 1894 to Oct. 15, 1896; at Fort Barrancas, Fla., from Oct. 17, 1896 to April 19, 1898; at Fort Pickens, Fla., from April 19 to Aug. 25, 1898.

(Captain of Artillery, 1st Artillery, March 8, 1898)

— On mustering‑out duty with volunteer troops (Louisiana and Illinois), from Aug. 26 to Oct. 14, 1898; at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., Oct. 15, 1898 to April, 1899. — En route with battery, from Jefferson Barracks, Mo., to Manila, P. I., April 4 to May 11, 1899. — On duty with battery in the field, operating against insurgent forces at Angeles, P. I., to ––––

Vol. V
p214
[Supplement, Vol. V: 1900‑1910]

Military History. — Served: On duty with battery in the field, operating against insurgent forces at Angeles, P. I., to June 20, 1901, when the battery embarked for the U. S.; assigned to station at Presidio of San Francisco, California.

(Major, Artillery Corps, Sept. 23, 1901)

— Assigned to duty with Field Artillery and to command of Provisional Battalion, Field Artillery, at Fort Leavenworth, Kan.; on duty at latter post, March, 1902 to May, 1906; on duty as Instructor, Law Department of Infantry and Cavalry School at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., 1902 and 1903.

(Lieut.‑Colonel, Artillery Corps, March 3, 1906)

— Assigned to command of Fort McKinley, Me.; on duty with provisional regiments, Field Artillery, at Fort Riley, Kan., during summer of 1905, as Major, and during summer of 1906, as Lieutenant-Colonel.

(Colonel, Jan. 25, 1907)

— Assigned to command of 5th Field Artillery, June 6, and transferred to 1st Field Artillery, June 28, 1907, with station at Fort Sill, Okla.; organized the regiment which is now on a good footing; at Fort Sill, Okla., July 8, 1907 to –––––.

Vol. VI
p189
[Supplement, Vol. VI: 1910‑1920]

(Henry Merritt Andrews, Born Nov. 13, 1850.)

Military History. —

Colonel, Coast Artillery Corps, Jan. 25, 1907.

Transferred to 1st Field Artillery, June 28, 1907.

At Fort Sill, Oklahoma, in command of regiment, July 8, 1907, to May 2, 1911.

Colonel, U. S. A., Retired, May 2, 1911,
At His Own Request, After Over 40 Years' Service.

Since retirement, resided at Stamford, Conn.

Vol. VII
p120
[Supplement, Vol. VII: 1920‑1930]

Military History: —

Colonel, Coast Artillery Corps, Jan. 25, 1907.

Colonel, U. S. A., Retired, May 2, 1911,
At His Own Request, After Over 40 Years' Service.

Died, Aug. 18, 1928, at New York, N. Y.: Aged 77.

Portrait and obituary in Annual Report, Association of Graduates, for 1930.


Thayer's Note:

a Col. Andrews birthplace is from his AOG obituary.


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