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 [decorative delimiter] Class of 1877

Vol. III
p272
2645

(Born R. I.)

Albert Todd

(Ap'd Kan.)

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Born Woonsocket, RI.​a

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1873, to June 14, 1877, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Second Lieut., 1st Artillery, June 15, 1877.

Served: on leave of absence and awaiting orders, June 15 to Dec. 5, 1877; in garrison at Ft. Adams, R. I., Dec. 5, 1877, to Apr. 24, 1880, — and Ft. Monroe, Va. (Artillery School for Practice), to Aug. 4, 1881; as Professor of Military Science and Tactics at Kansas State Agricultural College, Aug. 18, 1881, to July 1, 1884; and in garrison at Ft. Monroe,

(First Lieut., 1st Artillery, Apr. 19, 1882)

Va. (Artillery School for Practice), to Sep. 1, 1886, — Vancouver Barracks, Wash., to Oct. 25, 1888, — and Presidio of San Francisco, Cal. (leave of absence, Dec. 1, 1888, to Jan. 26, 1889), to –––––.

Vol. IV
p276
[Supplement, Vol. IV: 1890‑1900]

Military History. — Served: At Presidio, San Francisco, Cal., Jan.‑May, 1890. — Fort Hamilton, N. Y., May‑Oct., 1890. — Fort Riley, Kan., Oct., 1890-Sept., 1891 (being in field at Pine Ridge, S. D., Indian outbreak, Nov., 1890-Jan., 1891.) — At Fort Sheridan, Ill., Oct., 1891-Oct., 1893. — At Fort Hamilton, N. Y., Oct., 1893-Oct., 1896. — At St. Francis Barracks, Fla., Nov., 1896 to March, 1898. — (Regimental Quartermaster,  p277 May, 1895-March, 1898.) — At Fort Monroe, Va., April, 1898 to Sept., 1898.

(Captain of Artillery, 6th Artillery, March 8, 1898)

— On detached service mustering duty in North Carolina, Sept.‑Dec., 1898. — On sick leave of absence from Jan., 1899 to ––––

Vol. V
p253
[Supplement, Vol. V: 1900‑1910]

Military History. — On sick leave of absence from Jan., 1899 to Mar., 1899; with regiment and corps, Fort Monroe, Va., and en route to and in Philippine Islands, Mar., 1899 to Oct., 1901; (Regimental Quartermaster, Sept. 1899 to Feb. 2, 1901)

(Captain, Artillery Corps, Feb. 2, 1901)

— En route to United States and at Presidio of San Francisco, Cal., Oct., 1901 to April, 1904.

(Major, Artillery Corps, Nov. 6, 1902)

(Major and Adjutant General or Military Secretary, by detail,
April 1, 1904 to Jan. 25, 1907)

— On duty in Office of the Adjutant General of the Army, April to July, 1904; as Adjutant General (or Military Secretary) Department of the East, Governor's Island, N. Y., July, 1904 to Mar., 1905; as Military Secretary, Department of Dakota, April, 1905 to Mar., 1907.

(Lieut.‑Colonel, Coast Artillery Corps, Jan. 25, 1907)

(Lieut.‑Colonel, General Staff Corps, by detail, Mar. 15, 1907)

— On duty at War Department, April, 1907 to Oct. 10, 1908; (Chief First Division, General Staff Corps, from Aug. 15, 1907); Leave of absence in Europe, May 22 to Sept. 21, 1908; waiting orders in Washington, D. C., and en route to new station, Oct. 10, 1908 to Nov. 10, 1908.

(Colonel, Coast Artillery Corps, Oct. 10, 1908)

— Commanding Eastern Artillery District of New York and post of Fort Totten, N. Y., Nov. 11, 1908, to –––––.

Vol. VI
p226
[Supplement, Vol. VI: 1910‑1920]

(Born Oct. 21, 1854.)

Military History. —

Colonel, Coast Artillery Corps, Oct. 10, 1908.

At Fort Totten, N. Y., commanding post and Eastern Artillery District of New York, Nov. 11, 1908, to Nov. 6, 1910; on leave of absence, Nov. 7, 1910, to Feb. 1, 1911.

Colonel, U. S. A., Retired, Feb. 1, 1911,
At His Own Request, After Over 30 Years' Service.

Died April 27, 1913, at Washington, D. C.: Aged 58.

Portrait and obituary in Annual Report, Association of Graduates, for 1914.


Thayer's Note:

a Col. Todd's birthplace is from his AOG obituary.


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