Class of 1894

Vol. V
p523 [Supplement, Vol. V: 1900‑1910]

Military History. — Served: On sick leave at Fort Snelling, Min., to

(Transferred to 10th Infantry, Dec. 28, 1899)

Nov. 2, 1899; at Fort Wood, New York Harbor, on general recruiting service, to Aug. 1, 1901.

(Captain, 28th Infantry, Feb. 2, 1901)

— At Boise Barracks, Idaho, to Nov. 15, 1901; en route to and in Philippines, to June 16, 1902; en route from Philippines and on sick leave in the U. S. to Sept. 15, 1902; Professor of Military Science and Tactics at the South Dakota Agricultural College, to July 15, 1904;  p524 with regiment, San Francisco, Cal., to Nov. 7, 1904; at Fort Snelling, Minn., to Oct. 2, 1906; en route to and in Cuba, to Oct. 10, 1906; Regimental Commissary, Oct. 16, 1906; Intelligence Officer and Coordinating Reconnaissance Officer for Matanzas Province, March 15, 1907; at Matanzas in these capacities, to Jan. 1, 1909, when regiment returned to U. S.; at Fort Snelling, Minn., as Regimental and Post Commissary, and Post Treasurer, from Jan. 8, 1909 to –––––.

Vol. VI
p700 [Supplement, Vol. VI: 1910‑1920]

(John Campbell McArthur, Born Aug. 20, 1869.)

Military History. —

Captain, 28th Infantry, Feb. 2, 1901.

At Fort Snelling, Minn., Regimental and post Commissary, Jan. 8, 1909, to Oct. 15, 1910;

(Captain and Quartermaster, By Detail, March 1, 1911)

in office of Quartermaster General, Washington, D. C., and Transport Quartermaster, to June 15, 1911; at Fort Slocum, N. Y., Quartermaster of Recruit Depot, to

(Assigned to 10th Infantry, Dec. 16, 1912)

March 1, 1913; (relieved from detail as Quartermaster, Dec. 2, 1912); at Camp E. S. Otis, Panama Canal Zone, to

(Major, 37th Infantry, July 1, 1916)

July 5, 1916; at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, with 37th Infantry, to Sept. 15, 1916;

(Major, Quartermaster Corps, By Detail, Sept. 8, 1916)

at Fort Jay, Governor's Island, N. Y., Quartermaster to

(Colonel of Infantry, National Army, Aug. 5, 1917)

Aug. 15, 1917, when he was relieved from detail as Quartermaster: at Camp Gordon, Ga., organizing and training 326th Infantry, 163rd Brigade, 82nd Division, Aug. 22, 1917, to

(Lieut.‑Colonel of Infantry, Sept. 18, 1917)

April 12, 1918; en route to and at Camp Upton, N. Y., to April 29; en route to Le Havre, France, via Liverpool, April 29 to May 8; arrived Somme Sector, near Abbéville, May 10; left for Toul Sector, June 15; took over front line sector, June 24; relieved 23rd Infantry in Nancy Sector, Aug. 12; participated in St. Mihiel drive, Sept. 12‑15; transferred to Meuse-Argonne Sector, Sept. 24; participated in Meuse-Argonne operations, Sept. 26 to Nov. 1; in rest area with command, Nov. 3 to 15; transferred to U. S. Nov. 19, 1918; at Camp Lee, Va., in charge of training, to Feb. 23, 1919; at Detroit, Mich., on recruiting duty, Feb. 27, 1919, to –––––

Vol. VII
p381 [Supplement, Vol. VII: 1920‑1930]

Military History: —

Colonel of Infantry, National Army Aug. 5, 1917.

Lieutenant-Colonel of Infantry, Sept. 18, 1917.

At Detroit, Mich., on recruiting duty, Feb. 27, 1919, to

Returned to Grade of Lieutenant-Colonel, Aug. 3, 1919.

Aug. 13, 1919; at Fort Leavenworth, Kans., student officer, School of the Line, to 1920, when he was graduated;

Colonel of Infantry, July 1, 1920.

student officer, General Staff School, to June 30, 1921, when he was graduated; on leave and en route July 1, to Aug. 14, 1921; at Washington, D. C., student  p382 officer, Army War College, Aug. 15, 1920, to June 30, 1922, when he was graduated;

(Detailed in Field Artillery, July 1, 1922.)

on leave July 2 to Sept. 6, 1922; at Fort Sill, Okla., student officer, Field Artillery School, Sept. 10, 1922 to Feb. 3, 1923; at Fort Bragg, N. C., with 5th Field Artillery, Feb. 5, 1923, to July 2, 1924; at Fort Sam Houston, Tex., Chief of Staff, 2d Division, July 30, 1924, to

(Relieved From Detail in Field Artillery, June 30, 1926.)

May 15, 1928; at Washington, D. C., sick in Walter Reed General Hospital, May 17 to July 10, 1928; on sick leave of absence July 11 to Oct. 9, 1928; at Fort Hoyle, Md., sick in hospital Oct. 10 to Nov. 20, 1928.

Died Nov. 21, 1928, at Fort Hoyle, Md.: Aged 59.

Portrait and obituary in Annual Report, Association of Graduates, for 1931.