Class of 1886

Vol. IV
p413 [Supplement, Vol. IV: 1890‑1900]

(Mason Mathews Patrick)

Military History. — Served: at Wilmington, N. C., river and harbor work, Jan. 1, 1890 to April 21, 1892; at West Point, N. Y., on duty with Company E, Battalion of Engineers, and Assistant Instructor of Practical Military Engineering, U. S. Military Academy, till Sept. 11, 1895. — Cincinnati, Ohio, river and harbor work till May 16, 1897. — Memphis, Ten., in charge of 1st and 2d Districts, improving Mississippi River,

(Captain, Corps of Engineers, May 18, 1898)

till Dec. 5, 1898. — St. Louis, Mo., Secretary and Disbursing Officer, Mississippi River Commission, in charge of surveys, dredges, and dredging Mississippi River, from Dec., 1898 to –––––

Vol. V
p379 [Supplement, Vol. V: 1900‑1910]

Military History. — Served: At St. Louis, Mo., Secretary and Disbursing Officer, Mississippi River Commission, in charge of surveys, dredges, and dredging Mississippi River, from Dec., 1898 to Aug., 1901; Washington, D. C., Assistant in Office of Chief of Engineers, Aug., 1901 to Aug. 31, 1903; West Point, N. Y., Instructor Practical Military Engineering, Sept. 1, 1903 till July 12, 1904; commanding U. S. Military Academy

(Major, Corps of Engineers, April 23, 1904)

Detachment of Engineers and in charge of Water Supply, West Point, N. Y., till Oct. 1, 1906; commanding 2d Battalion of Engineers, en route to and in Cuba, Oct. 2, 1906 to –––––; Chief Engineer, Army of Cuban Pacification, June 25, 1907 to –––––.

Vol. VI
p410 [Supplement, Vol. VI: 1910‑1920]

(Mason Mathews Patrick, Born Dec. 13, 1863.)

Military History. —

Major, Corps of Engineers, April 23, 1904.

Commanding 2nd Battalion of Engineers, en route to and in Cuba, Oct. 2, 1906, to April 4, 1909; Chief Engineer, Army of Cuban Pacification, in charge of road construction and military mapping of the Island of Cuba, and of all other engineering matters, June 25, 1907, to April 4, 1909; in charge of Norfolk, Va. Engineer District and River and Harbor Work, and of fortifications at Fort Monroe and at Cape Henry, Va., June 30, 1909, to

(Lieut.‑Colonel, Corps of Engineers, June 13, 1910)

July 12, 1912; (member of Board of Officers charged with raising the wreck of Battle­ship Maine in Harbor of Havana, Cuba, November, 1910, to March, 1912); at Detroit, Mich., in charge of Engineer District, including construction and maintenance of canal and locks at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., July 13, 1912, to

(Colonel, Corps of Engineers, March 24, 1916)

 p411  June 16, 1916; at San Antonio and at Brownsville, Texas, commanding 1st Regiment of Engineers and Engineer Officer on the Staff of the Commanding General, Brownsville District, July 1 to Sept. 20, 1916; at Washington Bks., D. C., Colonel 1st Engineers and Commandant of Engineer School, Sept. 24, 1916, to

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

Aug. 6, 1917; en route to France in command of 1st Engineers, Aug. 7 to 20, 1917; in charge of Engineering Instruction, American Expeditionary Force, Aug. 24 to Sept. 19, 1917; Chief Engineer, Lines of Communication (title later changed to Director of Construction and Forestry), in charge of all construction work in France, including railways, storage depots, hospitals, docks, etc., September, 1917, to May 16, 1918; Chief of Air Service, American Expeditionary Force, May 29, 1918, to . . . . . . . . . ;º Member of Inter-Allied Aviation Committee, June 9, 1918, to

(Major-General, National Army, June 26, 1918)

July 13, 1919; en route to U. S., to July 20; on leave of absence to

(Returned to Grade of Colonel, July 31, 1919)

Sept. 20; at New Orleans, La., Division Engineer, Gulf Division, to Dec. 31, 1919; at Washington, D. C., Assistant to Chief of Engineers, Jan. 2, 1920, to –––––

Awarded

Distinguished Service Medal.

"For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services. He displayed much ability and devotion to duty as director of construction and forestry, and later, as chief of the Air Service of the American Expeditionary Forces, he perfected and ably administered the organization of this important department."

Vol. VII
p229 [Supplement, Vol. VII: 1920‑1930]

Military History: —

Distinguished Service Medal.

Colonel, Corps of Engineers, Mar. 24, 1916.

Major-General, National Army, June 26, 1918.

Returned to Grade of Colonel, July 31, 1919.

At New Orleans, La., Division Engineer, Gulf Division, Sept. 1 to Dec. 31, 1919; at Washington, D. C., Assistant to Chief of Engineers, Jan. 2, 1920, to June, 1921; at Camp Humphreys, Va., Commandant of Engineer School, June, 1921, to Oct. 5, 1921;

Major-General, Chief of Air Service, Oct. 5, 1921.

at Washington, D. C., Chief of Air Service, Oct. 5, 1921, to

Reappointed Chief of Air Service, Oct. 5, 1925.

Dec. 13, 1927.

Major-General, U. S. A., Retired, Dec. 13, 1927,
By Operation of Law.

Decorations: Commander of the Legion of Honor; Commander of the Order of Sts. Maurice and Lazarus; Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire; Commander of the Crown of Belgium; Grand Officer Order Crown of Italy.

 p230  Service Medals: Spanish-American War; Cuban Pacification; Mexican Border; Victory.

Civil History: — Chairman, Public Utilities Commission, District of Columbia, June, 1929 to –––––

Vol. VIII
p70 [Supplement, Vol. VIII: 1930‑1940]

Military History: —

Maj.‑Gen., Ret., Dec. 13, 1927.

Civil History: — Chairman, Public Utilities Commission, District of Columbia, June, 1929 to Sept. 30, 1933. Author of "The United States in the Air."

Decorations: Gold Medalist, Society of American Military Engineers, 1934; Distinguished Service Medal, State of West Va.; Service Cross bestowed by the Daughters of the Confederacy.

Vol. IX
p49 [Supplement, Vol. IX: 1940‑1950]

Military History: —

Maj Gen Ret 13 Dec 27

Died Washington DC, 29 Jan 42: Aged 78.