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Vol. IV |
(Born Tex.) |
Lawrence D. Cabell |
(Ap'd Tex.) |
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Born Dallas, TX.a Military History. — Cadet at the U. S. M. A., from June 19, 1895 to Feb. 15, 1899, when he was graduated and promoted in the army to Second Lieut. of Infantry, 5th Infantry, Feb. 15, 1899 Served: With regiment at Santiago, Cuba, March to April, 1899; at Guantanamo, Cuba, to ––––– Vol. V Military History. — Served: At Guantanamo, Cuba, to July 23, 1900; at Fort Sheridan, Ill., to Aug. 10, 1900; arrived in the Philippines, Oct., 1900; Aide-de‑Camp to Brigadier-General J. M. Bell, U. S. Volunteers, to March 1, 1901. (First Lieut., 14th Infantry, Dec. 17, 1900) — Joined regiment in Manila, P. I., March, 1901; with regiment in Manila, to July 15, 1901; at Fort Niagara, N. Y., Aug. 31, 1901 to July 1, 1902; at Fort Porter, to Feb. 15, 1903, then in the Philippines, to April, 1905, then at Vancouver Barracks, Wash., Dec., 1905; detailed as Acting Quartermaster, U. S. A., assigned Assistant Depot Quartermaster, San Francisco, Cal., to Oct. 1, 1906; with Army of Cuban Pacification, at Havana, Cuba, as Assistant to the Chief Quartermaster, to Nov. 26, 1906. (Captain of Infantry, Jan. 7, 1907) — Assistant Depot Quartermaster, San Francisco; Quartermaster, by detail, Feb. 1, 1907; assigned as Quartermaster of U. S. A. Transport Thomas, Dec. 1, 1907 to July 1, 1909, then Assistant Depot Quartermaster, Jeffersonville, Ind., July 13, 1909 to –––––. Vol. VI (Lawrence Duvalb Cabell, Born Aug. 22, 1874.) Military History. — Captain of Infantry, Jan. 9, 1907. Captain, Quartermaster Corps, by Detail, Feb. 1, 1907. At Jeffersonville, Ind., Assistant to Depot Quartermaster, July 13, 1909, to Feb. 1, 1911; (Assigned to 10th Infantry, Feb. 1, 1911) joined 10th Infantry at Maneuver Camp at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, March 9, 1911; appointed Regimental Quartermaster, May 5, 1911; preceded regiment to Panama Canal Zone, Sept. 11, 1911; relieved as Regimental Quartermaster Dec. 15, 1912; (Transferred to 6th Infantry, April 15, 1913) joined 6th Infantry at Presidio of San Francisco, Cal., May 5, 1913; (Captain and Quartermaster, by Detail, April 25, 1914) at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Assistant to Depot Quartermaster; at Naco, Arizona, on detached service as Quartermaster from Dec. 24, 1914, during border trouble at that place; Quartermaster at Douglas, Arizona, Jan. 19, 1915, to March 13, 1916; Assistant to Division Quartermaster, and Field Quartermaster with Punitive Expedition into Mexico, March 17 to July 21, 1916; Quartermaster at Llano Grande, Texas, Aug. 1 to Dec. 3, 1916; at New York, N. Y., Assistant Depot Quartermaster, to (Major of Infantry, May 15, 1917) July 1, 1917; (in charge of Purchase Branch, to April 1, then in Transportation Branch, including operations of Army Transport Service at that point, actively engaged in organizing, equipping and movements of Transport Service at New York); Assistant to General Superintendent, Army Transport Service, New York, July, to (Lieut.‑Colonel of Infantry, National Army, Aug. 5, 1917) Aug. 21, 1917; (relieved from detail as Quartermaster Aug. 20, 1917); at Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, Ohio, Division Quartermaster, 83rd Division, to May 25, 1918; at Newport News, Va., Depot Quartermaster, to (Colonel of Infantry, U. S. A., July 30, 1918) Sept. 9, 1918; at Nantes, France, Depot Quartermaster, Oct. 1, 1918, to Jan. 9, 1919; en route to U. S. to Jan. 19, 1919; at Jeffersonville, Ind., Zone Supply Officer, Jan. 29, 1919, to ––––– Vol. VII Military History: — Colonel of Infantry, U. S. A., July 30, 1918. At Jeffersonville, Ind., Zone Supply Officer, Jan. 29, 1919, to Returned to Grade of Lieutenant-Colonel, June 30, 1920. p498 (Transferred to the Quartermaster Corps, July 30, 1920.) July 1, 1921; at Fort Sam Houston, Tex., Depot Quartermaster, 8th Corps Area, General Depot, July 1, 1921, to Colonel, Quartermaster Corps, Mar. 2, 1923. July 5, 1924; at Dallas, Tex., duty with Organized Reserves, July 5, 1924, to Sept. 18, 1927; Recruiting Service, Sept. 18, 1927, to June 19, 1928.
Colonel, U. S. A., Retired, June 19, 1928,
Vol. VIII Military History: — Col., Ret., June 19, 1928. Vol. IX Military History: — Col Ret 19 Jun 28. Died Nov. 24, 1946, at Hot Springs, Ark.: Aged 72. Portrait and obituary at West Point Association of Graduates.º Buried, Oakland Cemetery, Dallas, TX. |
a Col. Cabell's birthplace is from the memorial article at West Point Association of Graduates.
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Here, the Register actually spells the name Duval; in Vol. VII, DuVal, which seems the likeliest to me; in the AOG obituary of his father William Cabell, the name is spelled Du Val.
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