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Class of 1876

Vol. III
p268 2636

(Born Cal.)

James A. Hutton

(Ap'd Cal.)

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, Sep. 1, 1872, to June 14, 1876, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Second Lieut., 8th Infantry, June 15,º 1876.

Served: on frontier duty at Ft. Yuma, Cal., Sep. 30, 1876, to July 9, 1877 (leave of absence, Dec. 29, 1876, to Jan. 23, 1877), — Nez Percés p269 Expedition, July, 14 to Nov., 1877, — San Diego Barracks, Cal., Nov. 18, 1877, to June, 1878, — and in the field, to Oct. 8, 1878; in garrison at Benicia Barracks, Cal., Oct. 8‑10, 1878 (leave of absence October 10 to Dec. 10, 1878), and Dec. 10, 1878, to Sep. 11, 1879; on frontier duty at Ft. McDermitt, Nev., to Aug. 12, 1881, — Ft. Bidwell, Cal., to Sep. 27, 1882 (leave of absence, to Dec. 4, 1882), — and Ft. Yuma, Cal., to May, 1883; as Professor of Military Science and Tactics, University of California,

(First Lieut., 8th Infantry, May 23, 1884)

to Sep. 23, 1886; on frontier duty at Ft. Grant, Ara., to Nov. 25, 1886, — and Ft. Niobrara, Neb., to Sep. 1, 1887; on Recruiting Service, Oct. 6, 1887, to Oct. 3, 1889; and on frontier duty at Ft. Niobrara, Neb., to –––––.

Vol. IV
p273 [Supplement, Vol. IV: 1890‑1900]

Military History. — Served: At Fort Niobrara, Neb., to Sept. 26, 1890; at Fort McKinney, Wyo.,

(Captain of Infantry, 8th Infantry, July 10, 1891)

to Aug., 1891; at Fort Robinson, Neb. (in arrest and undergoing sentence of General Court-Martial, Oct. 28, 1892 to April 2, 1893), to Feb. 27, 1894. — In arrest at same post until

Dismissed by sentence of General Court-Martial, July 31, 1894.

Civil History. — Unknown.

Military History. — Appointed

(Second Lieutenant, 1st California Volunteer Infantry, May 4, 1898)

— Sailed with regiment for Manila, P. I., June 15, 1898; arrived there July 16, 1898; participated in the siege and capture of Manila, Aug. 1‑ p274 13, 1898; served in the Philippines to May, 1899, when on account of ill health he returned to the United States, and was

(Honorably Discharged from Volunteer Service, July 2, 1899)

Civil History. — Unknown.

Vol. V
p249 [Supplement, Vol. V: 1900‑1910]

Military History. — Appointed Captain, 26th Infantry, Mar. 21, 1901; joined regiment at Fort McPherson, Ga., Mar. 30, 1901; transferred to 27th Infantry, May 18, 1901; in command of Company A, 27th Infantry; left Fort McPherson en route to Philippine Islands, Dec. 8, 1901; left San Francisco, Jan. 1, 1902; arrived Manila, via Honolulu and Guam, Jan. 29, 1902; left Manila, Feb. 8, 1902, with regiment Feb. 8, 1902; arrived Zamboanga, Mindanao, P. I., Feb. 11, 1902, taking station with Company A; left Zamboanga with 50 men of Company A, April 10, 1902, arrived Parang, Mindanao, P. I., April 12; left Parang, April 15, arrived at Malabang, April 16, 1902; participated in the Lake Lanas Exception, Mindanao, 1902; stationed with company at Mataling River, Mindanao, from June 9 to Aug. 10, 1902, building roads and guarding trail; stationed at Malabang, Mindanao from Aug. 11, 1902 to June 5, 1903; left Malabang with regiment June 5, 1903 for Manila; stationed in Manila, P. I., until Jan., 1904, when regiment returned to the U. S.; appointed Regimental Quartermaster, Aug. 29, 1903; p250 stationed at Fort Sheridan, Ill., until Mar. 18, 1908; resigned as Regimental Quartermaster, Oct. 2, 1906; commanding Company L, 27th Infantry, from that date to Nov. 18, 1907; leave of absence for four months from Nov. 18, 1907.

Captain, U. S. A., Retired, Mar. 18, 1908,
at his own request; over 30 Years' Service.

Civil History. — Engaged in writing life insurance and in managing a canal property; in 1896‑7 and part of 1898, in mining to time of entering the volunteer service; from Oct., 1899 to April, 1901, was a clerk in the Transport Service at San Francisco.

Vol. VI
p222 [Supplement, Vol. VI: 1910‑1920]

(James Alexander Hutton, Born Jan. 10, 1853.)

Military History. —

Captain, 26th Infantry, March 21, 1901.

Transferred to 27th Infantry, May 18, 1901.

Captain, U. S. A., Retired, March 18, 1908,
At His Own Request, After Over 30 Years' Service.

Died July 1, 1911, at Berkeley, Cal.: Aged 58.

Obituary in Annual Report, Association of Graduates, for 1912.

Buried, San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, CA.

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