Class of 1888

Vol. IV
p460 [Supplement, Vol. IV: 1890‑1900]

(William Voorhees Judson)

Military History. — Served: At U. S. Engineer School, and with Battalion of Engineers, until March, 1891; on duty under the immediate orders of Major L. C. Overman and Lieutenant-Colonel J. A. Smith, on Lake Erie, March, 1891 to Feb., 1893; on duty under orders of Lieutenant-Colonel A. Mackenzie, on upper Mississippi River improvement, Feb., 1893

(First Lieut., Corps of Engineers, Oct. 11, 1892)

to Nov., 1894; on duty under orders of Major A. M. Miller, improvement of Galveston Harbor, etc., Tex., Nov., 1894 to Feb., 1897; (Adjutant, Battalion of Engineers) and Post of Willets Point, N. Y., Feb., 1897 to July, 1898; Recorder, Board of Engineers, from July, 1898 to –––––

(Captain, Corps of Engineers, July 5, 1898)

Vol. V
p416 [Supplement, Vol. V: 1900‑1910]

Military History. — Served: Recorder, Board of Engineers, from July, 1898 to July, 1899; Chief Engineer, Department of Porto Rico, and President of Public Works, Porto Rico, July, 1899 to Aug., 1900; in charge of river and harbor improvements and fortification construction, gulf coast and Alabama and Georgia, Aug., 1900 to Nov., 1901; Instructor U. S. Engineer School, member of River and Harbor Board, Chief Engineer, Department of the East, Assistant to the Chief of Engineers, etc., Nov., 1901 to March, 1904; Military Attache, U. S. Embassy, Russia, and with Russian Army in Russo-Japanese War, March, 1904 to July, 1905; in charge of harbor improvements, west shore of Lake Michigan, etc., Lighthouse Engineer, Lake Michigan, and member of various Boards, July, 1905 to –––––.

(Major, Corps of Engineers, Mar. 2, 1906)

Vol. VI
p487 [Supplement, Vol. VI: 1910‑1920]

(William Voorhees Judson, Born Feb. 16, 1865.)

Military History. —

Captain, Corps of Engineers, July 5, 1898.

 p488  In charge of harbor improvements, west shore of Lake Michigan; Lighthouse Engineer of Lake Michigan, and member of various Boards, July, 1905, to

(Major, Corps of Engineers, March 2, 1906)

1909; Engineer Commissioner, District of Columbia, 1909, to

(Lieut.‑Colonel, Corps of Engineers, March 2, 1912)

1913; Assistant Division Engineer, Panama Canal, 1913‑1914; at Chicago, Ill., in charge of harbor improvements, 1914‑16; Division Engineer, Eastern Division, River and Harbor and Fortification work, 1916 to

(Colonel, Corps of Engineers, May 15, 1917)

1917; Chief of Military Mission to Russia, 1917 to

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

1918; at Camp Shelby, Miss.,º in command of 38th Division for four months, 1918; Executive Assistant to General Goethals, one month, 1918; commanding Port of Embarkation, New York, Sept. 3, 1918, to –––––

Awarded

Distinguished Service Medal

Vol. VII
p268 [Supplement, Vol. VII: 1920‑1930]

Military History: —

Colonel, Corps of Engineers, May 15, 1917.

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

At New York City, commanding Port of Embarkation, Sept. 3, 1918, to Dec. 6, 1918, when he was relieved on account of sickness;

Returned to Grade of Colonel, Feb. 5, 1919.

with occasional intervals of rest, he was able to perform duties of Colonel of Engineers, to Aug. 31, 1922.

 p269  Colonel, U. S. A., Retired, Aug. 31, 1922,
For Disability Contracted in Line of Duty.

Awarded

Distinguished Service Medal

"For specially meritorious and distinguished service while serving as Chief of the American Military Mission to Russia and Military Attaché to the American Embassy at Petrograd, Russia."

He patented and gave to the U. S. rights to use flotable, reinforced concrete caissons much used, and with great saving of expenditure, in breakwater construction, especially on the Great Lakes.

Died Mar. 29, 1923, at Winter Park, Fla.: Aged 58.

Portrait and obituary in Annual Report, Association of Graduates, for 1924.

Brigadier-General, U. S. A., (Posthumously), Mar. 29, 1923.
Act of June 21, 1930.