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Class of 1880

Vol. III
p333 2847

(Born Pa.)

Warren H. Cowles

(Ap'd Dak.)

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, June 14, 1876, to June 12, 1880, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Second Lieut., 16th Infantry, June 12, 1880.

Served: on frontier duty at Ft. Reno, I. T., Sep. 30, 1880, to Dec. 5, 1880, — Ft. Stockton, Tex., to Feb. 24, 1881, — Ft. McKavett, Tex., to May 2, 1882, — Ft. Davis, Tex., to July 8, 1883, — and Peña Colorada, Tex., to Jan. 8, 1884 (leave of absence, to May 8, 1884), — Ft. Davis, Tex., to May 15, 1885, — Ft. Stockton, Tex., to June 27, 1886, — Ft.

(First Lieut., 16th Infantry, Sep. 6, 1886)

Davis, Tex., to Sep. 28, 1886, — Ft. Concho, Tex., to Feb. 6, 1887, — Ft. p334 Bliss, Tex., to July 6, 1888, — Ft. Douglas, Utah, to Dec. 5, 1888, — Depot Quartermaster at Ogden, Utah, to Feb. 19, 1889, — and Ft. Douglas, Utah, to Apr., 1899; and as Professor of Military Science and Tactics at State Agricultural College at Fort Collins, Col., to –––––.

Vol. IV
p329 [Supplement, Vol. IV: 1890‑1900]

(Warren Hayden Cowles)

Military History. — Served: (Regimental Quartermaster, 16th Infantry, Jan. 1, 1891 to Jan., 1895) At Fort Douglas, Utah, July, 1888 to Oct., 1896. — At Fort Spokane, Wash., to Dec., 1897. — At Fort Sherman, Ida., to April, 1898.

(Captain of Infantry, 4th Infantry, April 26, 1898)

— At Chickamauga, Ga., and Tampa, Fla., to June 30, 1898. — In charge of recruit for regular regiments, 5th Corps, at Tampa. — In trenches before Santiago de Cuba, July 9 to Aug. 7, 1898. — In camp at Montauk Point, N. Y., Aug. 15 to Sept. 22, 1898. — At Camp Wheeler, Huntsville, Ala., to Sept. 29, 1898. — At Tallahassee, Fla. (Chief Mustering Officer, State of Florida), Oct. 1, 1898 to Jan. 4, 1899. — En route, Fort Sheridan, Ill., to Manila, P. I., on the transport Grant, Jan. 15 to March 10, 1899. — Served in the war against Filipino insurgents to –––––

Vol. V
p307 [Supplement, Vol. V: 1900‑1910]

Military History. — Served: In the war against Filipino insurgents, to Feb., 1900; Quartermaster and Commissary on Transport Athenian, to May, 1900; sick in hospital, San Francisco, Cal., May 5 to June 20, 1900; on sick leave, June 21 to Nov. 20, 1900; en route to Philippine Islands, commanding battalion and regiment in Philippines, from Jan., 1901 to Dec., 1901; en route to U. S., and with regiment at Fort Sam Houston, Texas,

(Transferred to 24th Infantry, April 17, 1902)

to June 10, 1902; on leave, to Oct. 7, 1902; with regiment at Fort Assinniboine, Montana,

(Major, 24th Infantry, July 30, 1903)

to July 25, 1904; on leave, to Aug. 24, 1904; with regiment at Fort Harrison, Montana, to Nov. 5, 1904.

Major, U. S. A., Retired Nov. 5, 1904, disability in line of duty.

Died Oct. 19, 1908, in New York City: Aged 50.

Buried, West Point Cemetery, West Point, NY.

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