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 [decorative delimiter] Class of 1881

Vol. III
p345
2888

(Born N. H.)

George T. Bartlett

(Ap'd Kan.)

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Born Wolfeboro, NH.​a

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1877, to June 11, 1881, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Second Lieut., 3d Artillery, June 11, 1881.

Served: in garrison at Ft. Hamilton, N. Y., Oct. 1 to Nov. 5, 1881, — St. Augustine, Fla., to Dec. 20, 1882, — San Antonio, Tex., to Sep. 18, 1884 (on leave of absence, to Nov. 18, 1884), — Mount Vernon Barracks, Ala., to June 5, 1885, — and Ft. McHenry, Md., to July 11, 1885; as Professor of Military Science and Tactics at the Pennsylvania Military Academy, Chester, Pa., to Sep. 1, 1888; and in garrison at the Artillery School for Practice, Ft. Monroe, Va., to –––––.

First Lieut., 3d Artillery, Dec. 10, 1889.

Vol. IV
p341
[Supplement, Vol. IV: 1890‑1900]

Military History. — Served: At Fort Monroe, Va., to Sept. 1, 1890 (graduate of the Artillery School, 1890). — On leave to Oct. 1, 1891. — With Light Battery at Fort Sam Houston, Tex., to Oct. 3, 1893; garrison duty at Key West Barracks, Fla., to Feb. 21, 1894; at Fort McPherson, Ga., to Aug. 28, 1894; Professor of Military Science and Tactics at the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, College Station, Tex., Sept. 1, 1894 to April, 1898; with battery at Presidio, San Francisco, Cal., and at Angel Island, Cal., to June, 1898.

(Major and Commissary of Subsistence, U. S. Volunteers, June 3, 1898)

— Assailant to Purchasing Commissary at San Francisco, June 21 to Sept., 1898; Chief Commissary, Department of Santiago de Cuba, Sept. 19 to Dec. 21, 1898; Assistant to Chief Commissary, Department of Havana, Cuba, Dec. 26, 1898 to June 10, 1899.

(Captain of Artillery, 3d Artillery, March 2, 1899)

(Honorably discharged from Volunteer Service, June 13, 1899)

— Garrison duty at Angel Island, Cal., June 22 to Sept. 3, 1899; at Alcatraz Island, Cal., to ––––

Vol. V
p318
[Supplement, Vol. V: 1900‑1910]

Military History. — Served: Commanding Battery V, 3d Artillery, Sept. 3 to 9, 1899, at Angel Island, Cal.; commanding Battery V, 3d Artillery and post of Alcatraz Island, Sept. 10, 1899 to June 19, 1900; commanding Battery V, 3d Artillery and 35th company, Coast Artillery, at Fort Monroe, Va., June 25, 1900 to Sept. 5, 1903; Adjutant Artillery School, Fort Monroe, Va., Aug. 17, 1903  p319 to May 14, 1906; Adjutant Artillery, District of the Chesapeake, Aug. 17, 1903 to May 14, 1906; member of Board of Officers to revise the drill Regulations for Coast Artillery, Nov. 5, 1902 to May 14, 1906.

(Major, March 26, 1906)

— On special duty at Fort Monroe, Va., May 15, 1906 to Sept. 26, 1906, locating searchlights; commanding Fort Flagler, Wash., Oct. 5, 1906 to Dec. 17, 1908; commanding Artillery, District of the Columbia, and post of Fort Stevens, Ore., Feb. 15, 1909 to Dec. 10, 1909.

(Lieut.‑Colonel, C. A. C., Dec. 4, 1909)

— Member of the General Staff Corps, Dec. 10, 1909 to –––––; and assigned as Chief of Staff, Department of the Gulf, Atlanta, Ga.

Vol. VI
p311
[Supplement, Vol. VI: 1910‑1920]

(George True Bartlett, Born April 29, 1856.)

Military History. —

Lieut.‑Colonel, Coast Artillery Corps, Dec. 4, 1909.

Member of General Staff Corps, Dec. 10, 1909; at Atlanta, Ga., Chief of Staff, Department of the Gulf, Jan. 4, 1910, to March 8, 1911; at Galveston, Texas, Chief of Staff of Independent Brigade, March 9 to June 22, 1911; at Chicago, Ill., Chief of Staff, Central Division, July 6 to

(Colonel, Coast Artillery Corps, Dec. 5, 1911)

Dec. 20, 1911; at Fort Hancock, N. J., commanding post, Jan. 26 to Sept. 12, 1912; at Fort Williams, Me., commanding post and Coast Defenses of Portland, Sept. 13, 1912, to Dec. 23, 1914; commanding Coast Defenses of San Francisco, Cal., Jan. 19 to March 23, 1915; at Fort Winfield Scott, Cal., commanding Fort, March 24 to April 4, 1915; commanding Coast Defenses of Puget Sound, April 9, 1915, to July 13, 1916; member of General Staff Corps, July 10, 1916, to June 22, 1917; Chief of Staff, Eastern Department, July 18, 1916, to

(Brigadier-General, U. S. A., May 15, 1917)

June 25, 1917; commanding Brigade of Coast Artillery, American Expeditionary Forces, July 8 to

(Major-General, National Army, Aug. 5, 1917)

 p312  Sept. 8, 1917; at Hdqrs. American Expeditionary Forces, France, Sept. 12 to Oct. 5, 1917; commanding Base Section No. 3, Oct. 7, 1917, to March 22, 1918; Military Attaché at Athens, Greece, March 22 to

(Honorably Discharged as Major-General, N. A., Only, March 26, 1918)

Oct. 21, 1918; member of Interallied Military Commission in Greece, April 21 to Nov. 8, 1918;

Brigadier-General, U. S. A., Retired, Sept. 25, 1918,
At His Own Request, After Over 40 Years' Service.

Vol. VII
p176
[Supplement, Vol. VII: 1920‑1920]

Military History. —

Brigadier-General, U. S. A., Retired, Sept. 25, 1918,
At His Own Request, After Over 40 Years' Service.

Major-General, U. S. A., Retired, June 21, 1930,
Act of June 21, 1930.

Vol. VIII
p61
[Supplement, Vol. VIII: 1930‑1940]

Military History: —

Brig.‑Gen., Ret., Sept. 25, 1918.

Maj.‑Gen., Ret., June 21, 1930.

Vol. IX
p44
[Supplement, Vol. IX: 1940‑1950]

Military History: —

Brig Gen Ret 25 Sep 18;

Maj Gen Ret 21 Jun 30.

Died Mar. 11, 1949, at San Antonio, Tex.: Aged 92.

Portrait and obituary at West Point Association of Graduates.º

Buried, Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, TX.


Thayer's Note:

a Gen. Bartlett's birthplace is from the memorial article and biographical sketch at West Point Association of Graduates.


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