Class of 1875

Vol. IV
p259 [Supplement, Vol. IV: 1890‑1900]

(Thomas Francis Davis)

Military History. — Served: As Regimental Quartermaster, 15th U. S. Infantry, Fort Buford, N. D., Jan. 1 to April 1, 1890. — Commanding Company H, 15th Infantry, Fort Randall, S. D., April to Aug., 1890. — Fort Sheridan, Ill., Aug., 1890 to Oct., 1896.

(Captain of Infantry, 15th Infantry, April 25, 1892)

— Assigned to Company H, 15th Infantry. — Fort Huachuca, Ariz., commanding company and battalion, Oct., 1896 to Oct., 1898. — Camp Albert G. Forse, Huntsville, Ala., commanding battalion, Oct. to Dec., 1898. — En route to and in camp at Nuevitas and Puerto Principe, Cuba (commanding battalion to Jan. 23, 1899), Dec., 1898 to Jan. 23, 1899. — En route to and on duty at Santiago de Cuba, as collector of customs, S. O. 298, A. G. O., Dec. 19, 1898, Jan. 31, 1899 to –––––

Vol. V
p234 [Supplement, Vol. V: 1900‑1910]

Military History. — En route to and on duty at Santiago de Cuba, as Collector of Customs, S. O. 298, A. G. O., Dec. 19, 1898, Jan. 31, 1899 to November 6, 1899; en route to and commanding Madison Barracks, N. Y., Nov. 6, 1899 to Dec. 5, 1899; General Recruiting Service, Dec. 8, 1899 to Nov. 11, 1901.

(Major, 12th Infantry, Dec. 7, 1900)

— Transferred to 15th Infantry, Feb. 28, 1901. — leave of absence, April 2 to May 2, 1901; en route to Philippine Islands, Nov. 11, 1901 to Jan. 26, 1902, commanding 750 recruits; duty with regiment at Sorsogon, Luzon, Samar, San Francisco and Monterey, California, March 2, 1902 to March 5, 1903; transferred to 28th Infantry, Feb. 7, 1903; leave of absence, March 5 to May 5, 1903; en route to and commanding regiment at Iligan, Mindanao, P. I., May 5 to Sept. 8, 1903.

(Lieut.‑Colonel, 30th Infantry, Aug. 14, 1903)

— En route to and on duty with regiment at Malahi Island, Laguna de Bay, P. I., San Francisco and Little Rock, Arkansas, Sept. 23, 1903 to March 16, 1905; Military Secretary by detail, March 15, 1905, and assigned to Denver, Colorado, Headquarters Department of the Colorado, March 16, 1905 to May 4, 1907; inspecting National Guard of Colorado, April 1 to 30, 1906.

(Colonel, 18th Infantry, April 11, 1907)

— At Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, commanding regiment, May 6, 1907 to Aug. 9, 1907; leave of absence, Aug. 10 to Sept. 8, 1907; en route with regiment to Philippine Islands, Sept. 29 to Nov. 3, 1907, and at Camp Keithley, Mindanao, P. I., commanding regiment and post, Nov. 8, 1907 to March 22, 1909; leave of absence, March 23, 1909 to June  p235 9, 1909; commanding regiment and post, Camp Keithley, Mindanao, P. I., June 9, 1909 to Oct. 3, 1909; Governor, District of Lanao, July 1, 1909 to Sept. 30, 1909; en route to San Francisco, Cal. with regiment, Oct. 4, 1909 to Nov. 12, 1909, and to Fort Mackenzie, Wyo., Nov. 14 to 19, 1909; commanding post and regiment to –––––

Vol. VI
p205 [Supplement, Vol. VI: 1910‑1920]

(Thomas Francis Davis, Born May 8, 1853.)

Military History. —

Colonel, 18th Infantry, April 11, 1907.

At Fort Mackenzie, Wyo., commanding regiment and post, Nov. 19, 1909, to June 30, 1910; at Pole Mountain, Iowa, Chief Umpire of Maneuvers, July 1 to Aug. 13, 1910; commanded regiment on •200‑mile march through Wyoming, Aug. 14‑26, 1910, and at Fort Mackenzie, Wyo., to Mar. 9, 1911; with regiment en route to and at Maneuver Camp, Provisional Division, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, March 9 to July 14, 1911; at Fort Mackenzie to Dec. 17, 1911; on leave of absence to Jan. 17, 1912; at Fort Mackenzie, commanding regiment and post, Jan. 17, 1912, to Feb. 26, 1913 (with regiment through Yellowstone National Park, Aug. 14 to Sept. 7, 1912); joined 6th Brigade, 2nd Division, with regiment, at Texas City, Texas, March 2, 1913, and commanded regiment in Brigade to

(Brigadier-General, U. S. A., May 16, 1913)

Aug. 27, 1913; at Galveston, Texas, commanding 5th Brigade, Sept. 1, 1913, to Jan. 31, 1914; commanding 6th Brigade, Feb. 1, 1914, to May 22, 1916 (at Texas City, Texas, Feb. 1 to April 16, 1815; with 2nd Division on march, Texas City to Houston and return, April 16‑22, 1914; at Naco, Arizona, commanding camp and Brigade, Dec. 20, 1914, to Feb.  p206 1, 1915; and at Douglas, Arizona, to May 22, 1916); commanding Arizona District, May 22, 1916, to May 8, 1917.

Brigadier-General, U. S. A., Retired, May 8, 1917,
By Operation of Law.

Vol. VII
p130 [Supplement, Vol. VII: 1920‑1930]

Military History: —

Brigadier-General, U. S. A., Retired, May 8, 1917,
By Operation of Law.

Civil History: — Administrator of Estate. Farming in Otero County, New Mexico.

Vol. VIII
p51 [Supplement, Vol. VIII: 1930‑1940]

Military History: —

Brig.‑Gen., Ret., May 8, 1917.

Died, Dec. 10, 1935, at El Paso, Tex.: Aged 82.

Portrait and obituary in Annual Report, Association of Graduates, for 1937.º