Class of 1879

Vol. IV
p323 [Supplement, Vol. IV: 1890‑1900]

(Walter Alonzo Thurston)

Military History. — Served: Reshipping Quartermaster, Ogden, Utah, March, 1890 to Oct., 1891. — In Department of the Platte till July 23, 1893. — At Infantry and Cavalry School, Fort Leavenworth, Kan., Sept., 1893 to Sept. 24, 1893.º — In Department of the Platte to Jan. 25, 1894. — Professor of Military Science, etc., at Agricultural College, Fla. (Lake City), Feb., 1894 till Feb., 1895. — Professor of Military Science, etc., at University of Missouri (Columbia, Mo.), Feb., 1895 till Feb., 1898. — On duty with regiment (16th Infantry), Nov. 22º to Feb. 10, 1898; in the field, Huntsville, Ala.

(Captain of Infantry, 16th Infantry, April 26, 1898)

(Lieut.‑Colonel, 2d Alabama Volunteer Infantry, May 27, 1898)

Served: At Mobile, Ala., May and June, 1898. — Miami, Fla., July, 1898. — Jacksonville, Fla., Aug., 1898. — Montgomery, Ala., to Oct. 31, 1898.

(Honorably mustered out of Volunteer Service, Oct. 31, 1898)

(All volunteer service in 2d Brigade, 1st Division, 7th Army Corps.) — On leave to Nov. 22. — On duty at Huntsville, Ala., to Feb. 12, 1899. — At Jefferson Barracks, Mo., to May 23. — En route to Manila, to July 1. — In the field at Caloocan, P. I., July 5 to Aug. 4. — At Lolomboy Convent, P. I., to –––––.

Vol. V
p302 [Supplement, Vol. V: 1900‑1910]

Military History. — At Jefferson Barracks, Mo., to May 23, 1899; en route to Manila, to July 1; in field at Caloocan, P. I., July 5 to Aug. 4; at Lolomboy Convent, P. I., to Nov. 25, 1899; at Bulacan, P. I., to Dec. 20, 1899; (in field with Hood Expedition, between Baliuag and San Ildefonso, and the latter and Biadrubatts,º P. I., Dec. 2 to Dec. 16, 1899); en route to Aparri, Cagayan Province, on the Cagayan River and across country to Bayambang, Nueva Vizcaya Province, Dec. 23 to Jan. 21, 1900; stationed at Cordon, Isabela Province, Feb. 1 to May 31, en route to U. S.; sick, to Aug. 31; absent, sick in U. S., to Jan. 18, 1901; on recruiting duty at New Orleans, La., to July 31; on recruiting duty at Glenwood Springs, Col., to Nov. 10; en route to and at Aparri, P. I., Nov. 16 to Dec. 7, and at Echague, Luzon, Province of Isabela, to Dec. 27, 1901; at Tuguegarao, Luzon (on the Cagayan River), to June, 1902; en route to the U. S., July 11, 1902 to Aug. 27, sailing on the Transport Lawton from Aparri; at Fort Slocum, N. Y., to March 3, 1903; on leave, to June 1, 1903.

(Major, 29th Infantry, Dec. 29, 1902)

— En route to the Philippine Islands, June 1 to July 16, 1903; at Camp Jossman, Island of Guimaras, to April 15, 1904; en route to the U. S., and at Fort Douglas, Utah, to July 5, 1904; on sick leave, to July 31, 1905; detailed on duty with the Organized Militia of Alabama, Aug. 4, 1905 to –––––

Major, U. S. A., Retired July 31, 1905,
at his own request, over 30 Years' Service.

Vol. VI
p286 [Supplement, Vol. VI: 1910‑1920]

(Walter Alonzo Thurston, Born Feb. 13, 1859.)

Military History. —

Major, 29th Infantry, Dec. 29, 1902.

Major, U. S. A., Retired, July 31, 1905,
At His Own Request, After Over 30 Years' Service.

Died, March 13, 1911, at New York, N. Y.: Aged 52.

Obituary notice in Annual Report, Association of Graduates, for 1911.