Class of 1882

Vol. IV
p360 [Supplement, Vol. IV: 1890‑1900]

Military History. — Served: At Fort McIntosh, Tex., to Aug. 16, 1890; at Fort Davis, Tex.,

(First Lieut. of Infantry, 23d Infantry, Jan. 15, 1891)

to April 9, 1891; at Fort Sam Houston, Tex., to Aug. 13, 1892. — Professor of Military Science and Tactics at the Central University of Kentucky, Richmond, Ky., Aug. 29, 1892 to Sept. 20, 1893; garrison duty at Fort Sam Houston, Tex., to June 10, 1894; at Fort Clark, Tex. (on leave, June 8 to Dec. 8, 1896), to April 17, 1898;

(Captain of Infantry, 14th Infantry, April 26, 1898)

with regiment at New Orleans, La., to May, 1898. — En route to and in Philippines to Aug. 27, 1898; Aide-de‑camp to General Ovenshine (in Philippines) to Oct. 25, 1899;

(Transferred to 23d Infantry, Nov. 19, 1898)

Acting Assistant Adjutant-General, 2d Brigade, 1st Division, 8th Corps, to Dec. 5, 1899; with regiment in Philippines to –––––; (Regimental Adjutant, Jan. 7, 1900 to –––––)

Vol. V
p336 [Supplement, Vol. V: 1900‑1910]

Military History. — Served: With 23d Infantry at New Orleans, San Francisco and Philippine Islands until Aug. 27, 1898.

(Transferred to 23d Infantry, Nov. 19, 1898)

— Quartermaster, 23d Infantry, May 21, 1898, until notified of promotion, in Aug., 1898; Quartermaster of Transport Indiana, June 19, 1898 to July 31, 1898; Aide-de‑Camp to General Ovenshine, Aug. 27, 1898 to Sept. 11, 1898; Adjutant-General, 1st Brigade, 2d Division, 8th Army Corps, Sept. 11, 1898 to Oct. 25, 1898; Adjutant-General, 2d Brigade, 1st Division, 8th Army Corps, Oct. 25, 1898 to Sept. 3, 1899;

Medal of Honor

for action at Zapote River, June 13, 1899;

duty at Jolo Jolo, P. I., Dec. 5, 1899 to Sept. 26, 1901; Regimental Adjutant, 23d Infantry, Jan. 7, 1900 to Sept. 10, 1903; Adjutant-General, 3d District, Mindanao and Jolo, May 1, 1900 to Sept. 26, 1901; duty at Plattsburg Barracks, Dec. 3, 1901 to April 18, 1903; duty at Malabang, P. I., June 4, 1903 to Sept. 13, 1903; recruiting service, Providence, R. I., and Fort Slocum, N. Y., Nov. 23, 1903 to Nov. 1, 1905; duty at Madison Barracks, N. Y., Nov. 10, 1905 to May 11, 1906.

(Major, 7th Infantry, March 23, 1906)

— Duty at Missoula, Montana, May 16, 1906 to Sept. 19, 1906; duty at War College, Washington, D. C., Nov. 1, 1906 to June 26, 1907; detailed in Adjutant-General's Department, May 31, 1907 and assigned to Department of the Columbia, June 8, 1907; duty, as Adjutant-General, Department of the Columbia, July 7, 1907 –––––.

Vol. VI
p340 [Supplement, Vol. VI: 1910‑1920]

(William Hampden Sage, Born April 6, 1859.)

Military History. —

Medal of Honor.

Major, 7th Infantry, March 23, 1906,
Adjutant-General, by Detail, May 31, 1907

Adjutant-General, Department of the Columbia, July 7, 1907, to March 23, 1910; on leave of absence and en route to Philippines, March 24 to May 7, 1910; at Manila, Adjutant-General, Department of Luzon, May 8 to Aug. 2, 1910; at Fort William McKinley, P. I., Post Adjutant to March 1, 1911; at Manila, Adjutant-General, Department of Luzon, March 2 to

(Assigned to 11th Infantry, May 31, 1911)

June 14, 1911; en route to U. S., June 15 to

(Lieut.‑Colonel, 30th Infantry, June 30, 1911)

July 15, 1911; at Presidio of San Francisco, Cal., with regiment, July 17, 1911, to May 30, 1912; at Fort W. H. Seward, Alaska, with regiment, June 12, 1912, to January, 1913; at Albany, N. Y., on general recruiting service, Feb. 5, 1913, to Aug. 31, 1914;

(Assigned to 23rd Infantry, Sept. 1, 1914)

on leave of absence to Oct. 31, 1914; at Texas City, Texas, with regiment, Nov. 10, 1914, to

(Colonel, 12th Infantry, Feb. 7, 1915)

March 28, 1918; at Nogales, Arizona, with regiment, March 30, 1915, to April, 1917; at Fort Snelling, Minn., commanding Officers' Training Camp, April 28, 1917, to

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

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

August, 1917; at Camp Shelby, Miss., commanding 38th Division and Camp, Aug. 25 to September, 1917; en route to France, Sept. 26 to October, 1917; on special duty in France to November, 1917; en route to U. S. to December, 1917; at Camp Shelby, Miss., commanding 38th Division and Camp, December, 1917, to

(Honorably Discharged as Major-General, N. A., Only,
March 14, 1918)

April, 1918; at Camp Gordon, Ga., commanding Camp, April 19, 1918, to March 10, 1919; at Camp Funston, Kans., commanding Camp, March 13 to Sept. 1, 1919; at Camp Meade, Md., commanding Provisional Infantry Brigade, Sept. 4 to Oct. 8, 1919; en route to France with Provisional Infantry Brigade, Oct. 9, 1919, to –––––

Vol. VII
p192 [Supplement, Vol. VII: 1920‑1930]

Military History: —

Medal of Honor.

Brigadier-General, May 15, 1917.

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

Returned to Grade of Brigadier-General, Mar. 14, 1918.

En route to Germany and in command of 2nd Brigade, American Forces in Germany, Oct. 9, 1919, to Nov. 19, 1920; en route to U. S. and at Camp Grant, Ill., commanding 12th Infantry Brigade, Nov. 20, 1920, to Sept. 21, 1921; at Fort D. A. Russell, Wyo., commanding post, Oct. 2, 1921, to Feb. 21, 1922; at Denver, Colo., sick in Fitzsimons General Hospital, Feb. 24 to Apr. 15; at Fort D. A. Russell, commanding post, Apr. 16 to May 8; at Denver, Colo., sick in Fitzsimons General Hospital, May 9 to 15; on leave of absence to May 28, 1922.

Died, June 4, 1922, at Omaha, Nebr.: Aged 63.

Portrait and obituary in Annual Report, Association of Graduates, for 1923.

Cited posthumously "for gallantry in action against Spanish forces at Manila, Philippine Islands, Aug. 13, 1898."