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 [decorative delimiter] Class of 1881

Vol. III
p355
2928

(Born R. I.)

Lyman W. V. Kennon

(Ap'd R. I.)

50

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, June 14, 1876, to June 11, 1881, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Add. Second Lieut., 1st Infantry, June 11, 1881.

Second Lieut., 6th Infantry, July 19, 1881.

Served: on frontier duty at Ft. Douglas, Utah, Sep. 30 to Oct., 1881, — Ft. Thornburg, Utah, to Mar. 24, 1883 (leave of absence, to May 23, 1883) — Ft. Douglas, Utah, to Aug. 3, 1883, — Ft. Thornburg, Utah, to Nov. 3, 1883, — and Ft. Douglas, Utah, to Apr. 1, 1886; on leave of absence, to June 2, 1886; in charge of Engineer Office at Omaha, Neb., to July 1, 1886; and as Aide-de‑Camp to General Indicates a West Point graduate and gives his Class.Crook, July 1, 1886 (temporarily Acting Engineer Officer of the Department of the Platte, Nov. 24, 1886, to July 16, 1887), to Jan. 10, 1890.

First Lieut., 6th Infantry, July 16, 1889.

Vol. IV
p352
[Supplement, Vol. IV: 1890‑1900]

Military History. — Served: as Aide-de‑Camp to Major-General George Crook to Feb., 1890. — Member of Board of Organization and Tactics, Navy Department, to Jan., 1891. — Assistant Engineer, Intercontinental Railway Commission, in Central America, April 20, 1891 to June 1, 1893, and in Washington, D. C., from June 1, 1893 to Oct. 15, 1896, — Detailed as military instructor for the Greater Republic of Central America, March, 1897 to March, 1898.

(Captain of Infantry, 6th Infantry, July 7, 1897)

— With regiment at Fort Thomas, Ky., March to April 29, 1898, and at Tampa, Fla., April 29 to June 7; expedition to Santiago de Cuba, June 14 to Aug. 8; engaged in assault on Fort San Juan, and in subsequent actions in front of Santiago. — Recommended to be Brevet Major U. S. Army for gallantry in action, Santiago de Cuba, July 1, 1898. — At Camp Wikoff, Montauk Point, L. I., and at Camp Wetherill, Ky., Aug. 14 to Oct. 12; Chief Mustering Officer for the State of Ohio, Oct. 12 to Dec. 17, 1898. — Assistant Adjutant-General, Division of Cuba, Havana.

(Major and Asst. Adjutant-General, U. S. Volunteers, Nov. 26, 1898)

— Secretary of Agriculture, Industry, and Commerce during Military Government of Cuba, from Jan. 1 to Jan. 12, 1899. — Assistant Adjutant-General of Volunteers, Nov. 26, 1898 to ––––

(Honorably discharged from Volunteer Service, July 19, 1899)

(Colonel, 34th U. S. Volunteer Infantry, July 5, 1899)

Vol. V
p329
[Supplement, Vol. V: 1900‑1910]

Military History. — Served: Assistant Adjutant-General, U. S. Volunteers, Nov. 26, 1898 to July 19, 1899.

(Colonel, 34th U. S. Volunteer Infantry, July 5, 1899)

— In Philippine Islands, from Oct. 9, 1899; in command 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 8th Army Corps, Oct., 1899; participated in General Lawton's Northern Expedition, in command of 3d Brigade, 1st Division, 8th Army Corps, Nov. 3 to Nov. 29, 1899; in command Sub‑District, No. 4, Luzon, 1900; expedition to Baler, 1900; action at Cabanatuan, July 9, 1900; Military Governor of Ilocos Norte, Nov., 1900 to March, 1901; President of Military Commission in Manila, March, 1901 to Aug., 1901.

(Honorably Discharged from Volunteer Service, April 17, 1901)

— With regiment in Negros Occidental, from Aug., 1901 to May, 1902; action at Haguimit, Negros, Sept. 6, 1901; in charge of field operations in Negros, Sept. to May, 1901.

(Major, 10th Infantry, May 28, 1902)

— On temporary duty, Presidio, San Francisco, July 1 to July 11, 1902, and from Oct. 16 to Dec. 1, 1902; with regiment, Jan. 9, 1903, at Iligan, Mindanao; in command battalion of 10th and 28th Infantry, at Camp No. 1, Iligan and Lake Lanao Road Construction, Jan. 17, 1903 to May 14, 1903; in command Camp Monucan, Mindanao, May 14, 1903 to May 25, 1903; Supervisor of Census of Moro tribes of Misamis Province, Mindanao, Feb. 3, 1903 to June 1, 1903; on detached service in charge of improvements in Benguet Province and of construction of Benguet Road, May 25, 1903 to Nov. 8, 1905; railway reconnaissance in Mindanao, April, 1905; with regiment at Fort Wright, Washington, Nov. 8, 1905 to Nov. 13, 1905; detached service in Office of Chief of Staff, March 9, 1906 to May 23, 1906; Military Attache to American Embassy,º June 26, 1906 to May 4, 1907; with regiment at Fort Wm. H. Seward, Alaska, and Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, May 14, 1908 to June 26, 1909.

(Transferred to 7th Infantry, June 8, 1909)

(Lieut.‑Colonel, 14th Infantry, June 26, 1909)

— In charge Northern and Army Rifle and Pistol Competitions, July 14, 1909 to Aug. 16, 1909; with National Match, Aug. 19, 1909 to Sept. –––, 1909; at War College, Washington, D. C., Sept., 1909 to –––––.

Vol. VI
p327
[Supplement, Vol. VI: 1910‑1920]

(Lyman Walter Vere Kennon, Born Sept. 2, 1858.)

Military History. —

Lieut.‑Colonel, 14th Infantry, June 26, 1909

At Army War College, Washington, D. C., September, 1909, to March 15, 1911; (at Gettysburg, Pa., on detached service, July 1 to 31, 1910); on leave of absence, March 16 to April 14, 1911; at Fort Missoula, Mont., commanding post, April, 1911, to

(Colonel of Infantry, March 28, 1912)

April 25, 1912; on leave of absence, April 26 to

(Assigned to 25th Infantry, May 21, 1912)

June 7, 1912; at Fort Lawton, Wash., commanding 25th Infantry, June 8 to Dec. 31, 1912; at Schofield Bks., Hawaii, commanding regiment, January, 1913, to Jan. 4, 1916; at Harlingen, Texas, commanding regiment, January to May 8, 1916; at Laredo, Texas, May 9 to Sept. 6, 1916; at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, commanding Texas National Guard Brigade, Sept. 7, 1916, to Mar. 14, 1917; on Militia duty, March 15 to April 30, 1917; on leave of absence, May 1 to 29, 1917; at Syracuse, N. Y., May 31 to

(Brigadier-General, National Army, Aug. 24, 1917)

Aug. 24, 1917; at Camp Grant, Ill., commanding 171st Depot Brigade, Aug. 25, 1917, to May 25, 1918;

(Honorably Discharged as Brigadier-General, N. A., Only, May 25, 1918)

at Camp Greene, N. C., commanding Camp, May 26 to Sept. 6, 1918.

Died, Sept. 9, 1918, at New York, N. Y.: Aged 60.

Portrait and obituary in Annual Report, Association of Graduates, for 1919.

Vol. VII
p184
[Supplement, Vol. VII: 1920‑1920]

Military History. —

Brigadier-General, U. S. A., (Posthumously) Sept. 9, 1918,
Act of June 21, 1930.

Cited posthumously "for gallantry in action against Spanish forces at the battle of Santiago, Cuba, July 1, 1898."

Buried, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA.


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