Class of 1881

Vol. IV
p344 [Supplement, Vol. IV: 1890‑1900]

Military History. —

(First Lieut. of Infantry, 20th Infantry, July 15, 1890)

On duty as Range Officer at Forts Snelling and Douglas during the army rifle competition in the fall of 1890. — In the field with most of his regiment and part of the 1st Cavalry in the Wounded Knee campaign, Dec., 1890 to Jan., 1891. — On recruiting duty at Davids Island, N. Y. Harbor, Sept., 1891, to March, 1892. — On duty with the Intercontinental Railway Commission from March, 1892 to July, 1894, serving from March 10, 1892 to July, 1893 in the field in Central America, where he surveyed a line for the proposed railway from Guatemala City through Guatemala, Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua to Puntarenas, Costa Rica. — Returned to the United States of America, and was on duty in the office of the Commission in Washington, D. C., until July, 1894, when he was relieved at his own request. — On leave in Europe, July to Nov., 1894. — On duty with regiment, Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., Nov., 1894 to June, 1897. — Published essay on "The Bicycle as a Military Machine" in the Journal of the Military Service Institution for Sept., 1896. — Received first honorable mention for the prize essay of the same institution for 1896. — On duty in Washington with Bureau of Information, June to Sept., 1897. — On sick leave in England, Nov., 1897 to Feb., 1898. — On duty with regiment at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., Feb. to April, 1898; on duty in the field, April to May 2, 1898, at Mobile, Ala. — Published English-Spanish Manual for use of troops in the field, April, 1898.

(Captain of Infantry, July 14, 1898,
to date from April 26, 1898)

Died, May 2, 1898, in Camp near Mobile, Ala.: Aged 41.