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 [decorative delimiter] Class of 1888

Vol. III
p418
3248

(Born O.)

Eugene T.º Wilson

(Ap'd O.)

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Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, June 15, 1884, to June 11, 1888, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Add. Second Lieut., 5th Artillery, June 11, 1888.

Served: in garrison at Fort Schuyler, N. Y., Sep. 30, 1888, to Mar. 2,

(Second Lieut., 1st Artillery, Dec. 4, 1888.)

1889, — and Ft. Mason, Cal., Mar., 1889, to –––––.

Vol. IV
p462
[Supplement, Vol. IV: 1890‑1900]

Military History. —

Served: At Fort Mason, Cal., to May, 1890; at Fort Wadsworth, N. Y., to Sept. 23, 1890; with light battery at Fort Riley, Kan., Oct. 1, 1890 (on recruiting service, November 9, 1890 to Jan. 28, 1891) to July 23, 1891; Professor of Military Science and Tactics at the Ohio State University, Columbus, O., July 27, 1891

(First Lieut. of Artillery, 3d Artillery, Feb. 12, 1895)

to July 27, 1895; garrison duty at St. Francis Barracks, Fla., Aug. 1, 1895 to Oct. 6, 1896; on leave to Dec. 5, 1896; garrison duty at Angel Island, Cal., to Jan. 12, 1897; at Fort Mason, Cal., to April 16, 1898; Chief Signal Officer, Department of California, April 16

(Captain, Signal Corps, U. S. Volunteers, May 20, 1898)

to Oct. 18, 1898, also Acting Engineer Officer, Department of California, April 19 to Oct. 18, 1898;

(Commission as Captain, U. S. Volunteers, vacated Oct. 4, 1898)

(Major and Commissary of Subsistence, U. S. Volunteers, Sept. 24, 1898)

Depot and Purchasing Commissary at Santiago, Cuba, Nov. 20, 1898 to May 18, 1899, being also Chief Commissary, Department of Santiago, from Dec. 21, 1898 to May 18, 1899;

(Lieut.-Colonel and Commissary of Subsistence, by Assignment, Oct. 24, 1898 to March 2, 1899)

(Honorably discharged from Volunteer Service, June 13, 1899)

on leave, June 1 to Sept. 6, 1899; Aide-de‑camp to General Shafter, Sept. 6, 1899 to –––––; and Inspector of Small-Arms Practice, Department of California, Sept. 15, 1899 to ––––

Vol. V
p418
[Supplement, Vol. V: 1900‑1910]

Military History. — Unknown, no information having been received.

(Captain, Artillery Corps, Feb. 2, 1901)

(Major, Artillery Corps, Jan. 25, 1907)

— Graduate, School of Submarine Defense, 1906; Army War College, 1907.

Vol. VI
p492
[Supplement, Vol. VI: 1910‑1920]

(Eugene Trimble Wilson, Born May 28, 1867.)

Military History. —

First Lieut., 3d Artillery, Feb. 12, 1895.

Lieut.-Colonel, Commissary of Subsistence, U. S. Vols., Oct. 24, 1898.

Honorably Discharged from Volunteer Service, June 13, 1899.

Inspector of Small Arms Practice, Department of California, Sept. 6, 1899; Aide-de‑Camp to General Shafter, Sept. 6, 1899, to

(Captain, Artillery Corps, Feb. 2, 1901)

June 24, 1901; on leave of absence, June 26 to Sept. 26, 1901; at Fort Flagler, Wash., commanding Company, Sept. 26, 1901, to May 17, 1902; (commanding Artillery District of Puget Sound, Oct. 10, 1901, to Jan. 9, 1902); on leave of absence and en route to Alaska, to June 16, 1902; at Fort Liscum, Alaska, commanding Company, June 16, 1902, to May 21, 1903; (in charge of Trans-Alaska Military Road, June 26 to Sept. 23, 1902); at Fort Baker, Cal., commanding post, June 2, 1903, to Dec. 16, 1904; (umpire at Maneuvers, Department of California, Aug. 2‑29, 1904); on leave of absence, Dec. 16, 1904, to Feb. 15, 1905; at Fort Hunt, Va., commanding post, Feb. 15 to Aug. 25, 1905; at Fort Totten, N. Y., student officer at School of Submarine Defense, Sept. 1, 1905, to Aug. 17, 1906; at Washington, D. C., Assistant to Chief of Coast Artillery, Aug. 18 to Oct. 5, 1906; at Army War College, student officer, Oct. 6, 1906, to

(Major, Artillery Corps, Jan. 25, 1907)

Oct. 31, 1907; on leave of absence to Dec. 26, 1907; at Fort Totten, N. Y., on duty at School of Submarine Defense, Dec. 27, 1907, to June 23, 1908; in Canal Zone, Panama, Subsistence Officer, Isthmian Canal Commission, June 24, 1908, to

(Lieut.-Colonel, Coast Artillery Corps, Dec. 5, 1911)

Feb. 24, 1914; at Washington, D. C., sick in Walter Reed Hospital, March 2 to July 24, 1914;

Lieut.-Colonel, U. S. A., Retired, July 24, 1914,
For Disability Contracted in Line of Duty.

Colonel, U. S. A., on Retired List, March 4, 1915,
Act of March 4, 1915.

Vol. VII
p271
[Supplement, Vol. VII: 1920‑1930]

Military History: —

Lieutenant-Colonel, U. S. A., Retired, July 24, 1914,
For Disability Contracted in Line of Duty.

Colonel, U. S. A., on Retired List, March 4, 1915,
Act of Mar. 4, 1915.

Died, Feb. 15, 1923, at London, Ohio: Aged 55.

Buried, Deer Creek Township Cemetery, La­fayette, OH.


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