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 [decorative delimiter] Class of 1883

Vol. III
p369
2986

(Born O.)

Chase W. Kennedy

(Ap'd O.)

18

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1879, to June 13, 1883, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Second Lieut., 3d Infantry, June 13, 1883.

Served: on frontier duty at Ft. Missoula, Mon., Sep. 30, 1883 (on detached service at Tobacco Plains, June 13 to Sep. 10, 1887), to May 21, 1888, — and Ft. Meade, Dak., to –––––.

First Lieut., 3d Infantry, Nov. 13, 1889.

Vol. IV
p371
[Supplement, Vol. IV: 1890‑1900]

Military History. — Served: At Fort Meade, S. D., to April, 1894. — (Regimental Adjutant, 3d Infantry, from March 13, 1891 to March 13, 1895.) — Fort Snelling, Min., to Jan., 1891; Fort Sully, S. D., to March 17, 1891; Fort Snelling, Min., to April 19, 1898;

(Captain of Infantry, 8th Infantry, April 26, 1898)

at Mobile, Ala., to June 4, 1898. — En route to Cuba and on Santiago expedition, June 14 to Aug. 26, 1898; with regiment at Havana, Cuba, Dec. 14, 1898 to ––––

Vol. V
p343
[Supplement, Vol. V: 1900‑1910]

Military History. — Served: With regiment at Havana, Cuba, Dec. 14, 1898 to July 19, 1900; en route to and in Philippine Islands, and returning therefrom, to Sept. 6, 1902; at Fort Lawton, Wash., Fort Jay, N. Y.

(Regimental Adjutant, 8th Infantry, June 13, 1900 to Jan. 24, 1904)

(Major, 16th Infantry, Jan. 24, 1904)

— Fort Slocum, N. Y., Fort McPherson, Ga., to May 20, 1905; en route to, in and returning from Philippine Islands, to Aug. 12, 1907; detailed in Adjutant-General's Department, July 13, 1906; Adjutant-General, Department Mindanao, P. I., Aug. 9, 1906 to June 26, 1907; at Fort D. A. Russell, Wyo., Aug. 22, 1907 to –––––.

Vol. VI
p353
[Supplement, Vol. VI: 1910‑1920]

(Chase Wilmot Kennedy, Born Jan. 4, 1859.)

Military History. —

Major, 16th Infantry, Jan. 24, 1904.

Military Secretary, by Detail, July 13, 1906.

At Fort D. A. Russell, Wyo., Aug. 22, 1907, to April 8, 1908; at Omaha, Neb., Adjutant General, Department of the Missouri, April 9, 1908, to July 13, 1910, when he was relieved from detail in Adjutant General's Department;

(Assigned to 16th Infantry, July 13, 1910)

en route to and from, and in Alaska, to

(Lieut.‑Colonel, 16th Infantry, March 11, 1911)

 p354  July 22, 1912; at Presidio of San Francisco, Cal., July 22, 1912, to Jan. 8, 1913; at Fort Leavenworth, Kans., Texas City, Texas, and Presidio of San Francisco, to July 2, 1913; at Army War College, Washington, D. C., Aug. 15, 1913, to

(Colonel of Infantry, Jan. 11, 1914)

April 25, 1914;

(Assigned to 23d Infantry, April 25, 1914)

at Texas City, Texas, with 23rd Infantry, to July 6, 1914; detailed to General Staff, July 7, 1914; at Texas City, Chief of Staff, 2nd Division, July 7, 1914, to Oct. 15, 1915; at Washington, D. C., to

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

July 15, 1917; at Gettysburg, Pa., commanding Camp, July 15 to

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

Aug. 23, 1917; assigned to 78th Division; at Camp Dix, N. J., Aug. 23 to Nov. 20, 1917; en route to France to Dec. 22, 1917; with American Expeditionary Force in France and return to U. S., to Feb. 13, 1918; assigned to 85th Division; at Camp Custer, Mich., commanding Camp and Division, Feb. 28 to July 11, 1918; en route to France with Division, to Aug. 10, 1918; with American Expeditionary Force in France, commanding 85th Division, Aug. 10, 1918, to March 22, 1919; commanding Panama Canal Department, April 28, 1919, to ––––

Vol. VII
p199
[Supplement, Vol. VII: 1920‑1920]

Military History. —

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

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

In Canal Zone, commanding Panama Canal Department, Apr. 28, 1919, to

Returned to Grade of Brigadier-General, June 30, 1920.

May 23, 1921; at Presidio of San Francisco, Calif., commanding 9th Coast Artillery District, Nov. 1, 1921, to Nov. 30, 1922.

Brigadier-General, U. S. A., Retired, Nov. 30, 1922,
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
p65
[Supplement, Vol. VIII: 1930‑1940]

Military History: —

Brig.‑Gen., Ret., Nov. 30, 1922.

Maj.‑Gen., Ret., June 21, 1930.

Died Nov. 23, 1936, at Washington, D. C.: Aged 77.

Portrait and obituary in Annual Report, Association of Graduates, for 1937.º

Buried, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA.


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