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 [decorative delimiter] Class of 1877

Vol. III
p275
2653

(Born Mis.)

John V. White

(Ap'd Mis.)

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

Additional Second Lieut., 4th Artillery, June 15, 1877.

Served: on leave of absence and awaiting orders, June 15 to Dec. 28,

(Second Lieut., 1st Artillery, Nov. 22, 1877)

1877; in garrison at Ft. Preble, Me., Dec. 28, 1877, to Apr. 24, 1880, — Ft. Monroe, Va. (Artillery School for Practice), to Apr. 28, 1882, — Ft.

(First Lieut., 1st Artillery, Sep. 20, 1883)

Winfield Scott, Cal., — Alcatraz Island, Cal., to Sep. 24, 1884, — Vancouver Barracks, Wash., to Oct. 1, 1886, — Alcatraz Island, Cal., to May 24, 1888, — and Presidio of San Francisco, Cal., to May 23, 1889; and as Professor of Military Science and Tactics, Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College, July 1, 1889, to –––––.

Vol. IV
p278
[Supplement, Vol. IV: 1890‑1900]

Military History. — Served: As Professor of Military Science and Tactics, Agricultural and Mechanical College, Mis., May 1, 1889 to Nov. 26, 1891; at Fort Wadsworth, N. Y. H., Dec. 1, 1891 to June 10, 1895; Fort Hamilton, N. Y. H., June 10 to Oct. 15, 1896; St. Francis Barracks, Fla., Oct. 17, 1896

(Captain of Artillery, 7th Artillery, March 8, 1898)

to March 25, 1898; Sullivan's Island, S. C., March 26 to April 16, 1898; Fort Slocum, N. Y. H., April 18 to May 14, 1898; Willets Point, N. Y. H., May 14 to Sept. 11, 1898; Fort Slocum, N. Y. H., to ––––

Vol. V
p255
[Supplement, Vol. V: 1900‑1910]

Military History. — Served: Fort Slocum, N. Y. H., to Sept. 18, 1901; Presidio of San Francisco, Cal., Sept. 26, 1901

(Major, Artillery Corps, Aug. 3, 1903)

to Oct. 1, 1903 (in command 24th Field Battery); Assistant Adjutant General (by detail) Aug. 14, 1903; Adjutant General, 3d Separate Brigade, Batangas, Luzon, P. I., Nov. 8, 1903 to Feb. 20, 1904; on temporary duty at Headquarters, Philippine Division, Manila, Feb. 22, 1904 to April 9, 1904; Adjutant General (and Military Secretary) Department Mindanao, at Zamboanga, Mindanao, April 11, 1904 to Sept. 28, 1905; Military Secretary (and Adjutant General), Southwestern Division, headquarters at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Territory, Jan. 3, 1906 to Nov. 12, 1906; at St. Louis, Mo., from Nov. 13, 1906

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

to June 30, 1907; Adjutant General (by detail) April 11, 1907 to June 30, 1907; commanding Artillery District of the Columbia and Post of Fort Stevens, Oregon, from Aug. 1, 1907 to May 23, 1908; commanding Artillery District of Portland, Me., May 23, 1908 to Jan. 17, 1910;

(Colonel, Coast Artillery Corps, Mar. 31, 1909)

— Commanding Southern Artillery District of New York, Feb. 25, 1910, to –––––.

Vol. VI
p227
[Supplement, Vol. VI: 1910‑1920]

(John Vasser White, Born March 16, 1854.)

Military History. —

Colonel, Coast Artillery Corps, March 31, 1909.

Commanding Southern Artillery District of New York, Feb. 25, 1910, to Jan. 17, 1913 (at Galveston, Texas, commanding 3rd Provisional Regiment of Coast Artillery Corps, March 10 to June 18, 1911); at Fort Totten, N. Y., commanding North Atlantic Coast Artillery District, Feb. 21 to Dec. 16, 1913; at Hot Springs, Ark., sick, Dec. 16, 1913, to March 28, 1914; at Charleston, S. C., commanding South Atlantic Coast Artillery Corps District, March 28 to Sept. 29, 1914; at Fort Totten, N. Y., commanding North Atlantic Coast Artillery Corps District, Oct. 1, 1914, to April 9, 1915; at Fort Hamilton, N. Y. H., commanding Coast Defenses of Southern New York, April 9 to Aug. 24, 1915.

Died, Aug. 24, 1915, at Fort Hamilton, N. Y.: Aged 61.

Obituary notice in Annual Report, Association of Graduates, for 1916.

Buried, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA.


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