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Vol. III |
(Born N. Y.) |
Thomas F. Davis |
(Ap'd at Large) |
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Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1871, to June 16, 1875, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to Second Lieut., 15th Infantry, June 16, 1875. Served: on frontier duty at Ft. Wingate, N. M., Oct. 6 to Nov. 1, 1875, — constructing Military Telegraph Line, Nov. 1, 1875, to Aug. 14, 1876, — Ft. Craig, N. M., Sep., 1876, to Aug. 15, 1877, — Ft. Selden, N. M., Aug. 15, 1877 to Feb. 4, 1878, — Ft. Craig, N. M., to Aug. 5, 1878, — Ft. Bliss, Tex., Aug. 13, 1878, to Apr. 7, 1879, — Ft. Garland, Col., to (First Lieut., 15th Infantry, Mar. 5, 1879) July, 1879, — Ft. Lewis, Col., to Nov. 3, 1879, — Acting Assistant Adjutant-General of New Mexico Column of the Ute Expedition, to Feb. 14, 1880, — Regimental Adjutant, Nov. 3, 1879, to Nov. 1, 1880, — Ft. Wingate, N. M., to July, 1880, — en route to and in command of Ft. Cummings, N. M., to Sep. 20, 1880, — Acting Assistant Adjutant-General of New Mexico Column against Apaches into Old Mexico, to Oct. 14, p251 1880, — Ft. Bliss, Tex., to Jan. 2, 1882, — Ft. Lewis, Col., to Oct. 5, 1882 (on leave of absence, to Apr. 4, 1883), — Ft. Randall, Dak., to Apr. 26, 1887, — Regimental Quartermaster, Mar. 31, 1887, to –––––, — and Ft. Buford, Dak., May 20, 1887, to –––––. Vol. IV (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 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 (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,
Vol. VII Military History: —
Brigadier-General, U. S. A., Retired, May 8, 1917,
Civil History: — Administrator of Estate. Farming in Otero County, New Mexico. Vol. VIII 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 Buried, Evergreen Alameda Cemetery, El Paso, TX. |
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