Officers of the Judge Advocate General's Department - United States Army - February 15th, 1898, to July 4th, 1902
 
Officers of the Judge Advocate General's Department

United States Army, February 15th, 1898, to July 4th, 1902

    The following is a history and roster of the men who served in the Judge Advocate General's Department of the United States Army between February 15th, 1898, and July 4th, 1902, during the Spanish American War, the Philippine Insurrection, and the China Relief Expedition. Please keep in mind when searching for names that the spellings of some names have changed or been misspelled in the original records, and as the record was transcribed also take into account human error. If you have any additional information, photo's, artifacts that you would like to share please contact the Webmaster.

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  • JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL (BRIGADIER GENERAL)


    • (History U.S. Military Prisons)
    		 Barr, Thomas Francis: Of Massachusetts. Appointed as a Judge Advocate, with the rank of Major, of United States Volunteers on February 26th, 1865; accepted the appointment on April 13th, 1865; on duty in the Judge Advocate General's Office in Washington, D.C., from April 22nd, 1865, to March of 1870, during which time he was on temporary duty in the 4th Military District from September 17th to October 17th, 1867, and again from April to June of 1869; brevetted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel of Volunteers on December 2nd, 1865, for �faithful and meritorious services in the Judge Advocate Generals Department during the War of the Rebellion;� transferred to the Regular Army as a Judge Advocate, with the rank of Major, on February 25th, 1867; serving as the Judge Advocate of the Department of the East to April 25th, 1873, during which time he was on temporary duty in the Judge Advocate General's Office from July 13th to October 31st, 1872; as the Judge Advocate of the Division of the South to June 19th, 1873; on special duty as a member of a board upon a subject to be presented to the Secretary of War to October 4th, 1873; as a member of the Military Prison Board to November 22nd, 1873; serving as the Commander of the United States Military Prison at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas, 1873 to 1894; as the Judge Advocate of the Department of the Dakota, and a memory of the Military Prison Board, to January 10th, 1880; as the Military Secretary to the Secretary of War to October 10th, 1885; promoted to Deputy Judge Advocate General, with the rank of Lieutenant
    Colonel, on July 5th, 1884; accepted the promotion on July 8th, 1884; as the Judge Advocate of the Department of Dakota to September 1st, 1886; as the Judge Advocate of the Division of the Missouri to March 12th, 1889; promoted to Assistant Judge Advocate General, with the rank of Colonel, on August 3rd, 1895; appointed as Judge Advocate General of the United States Army, with the rank of Brigadier General, on May 21st, 1901, and accepted the appointment on that date; retired from active service on May 22nd, 1901, at his own request after over thirty-years of service. [Born on November 18th, 1837, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the son of Thomas & Jean B. Barr; educated at Lowell, Massachusetts, no date; studied law in Lowell, Massachusetts, and was admitted to the State Bar in October 1859; entered the U.S. Civil service in Washington, D.C., in June 1861; resigned in October 1864; married Miss Julia Maria Minot Chase on September 9th, 1863, at Lyme, New Hampshire; opened a law practice in Washington, D.C., from 1864 to 1865; died on December 15th, 1916, at Boston, Massachusetts; buried at the Homeland Cemetery in Bristol, Grafton County, New Hampshire.]


    (New York Public Library)
    		 Clous, John Walter: Of the United States Army. Enlisted as a Private in Company K of the 9th United States Infantry Regiment on February 2nd, 1857; transferred to the Regimental Band, no date; honorably discharged on November 5th, 1860. Enlisted as a Private in Company K of the 6th United States Infantry Regiment on February 9th, 1861; promoted to Corporal, no date; promoted to Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant, no date; honorably discharged to accept a commission on December 7th, 1862. Appointed as a Second Lieutenant of Infantry with the 6th Infantry Regiment on November 29th, 1862; accepted the appointment on December 7th, 1862; brevetted to the rank of First Lieutenant on July 2nd, 1863, and Captain on March 13th, 1865, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; serving as the Regimental Quartermaster from February 1st, 1864, to April 1st, 1865; promoted to First Lieutenant of Infantry on March 28th, 1865; serving as the Regimental Adjutant from April 1st, 1865, to March 28th, 1867; serving as the Adjutant General of the 2nd Military District from 1866 to 1867; appointed as a Captain of Infantry with the 38th Infantry Regiment on January 22nd, 1867; accepted the appointment on March 28th, 1867; serving as an acting Aide-de-Camp to Major General Philip Sheridan, US Army, from 1868 to 1869; transferred to the 24th Infantry Regiment on November 11th, 1869; serving as the Judge Advocate at the court-martial of Lieutenant Henry O. Flipper in Texas in 1881; appointed as a Judge Advocate, with the rank of Major, on April
    1st, 1886; accepted the appointment on April 29th, 1886; serving as an assistant to the Judge Advocate General in Washington, D.C., from 1886 to 1890; serving as a Professor of Law at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, from 1890 to 1895; promoted to Deputy Judge Advocate General, with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel on February 12th, 1892; serving on the staffs of Major Generals Wesley Merritt and Nelson A. Miles, US Army, in 1898; serving as the counsel of the commission for the evacuation of Cuba from August 20th, 1898, to January 10th, 1899. Appointed as a Brigadier General of United States Volunteers on September 21st, 1898; accepted the appointment on September 24th, 1898; honorably discharged from volunteer service on March 24th, 1899. Promoted to Assistant Judge Advocate General, with the rank of Colonel, on February 2nd, 1901; serving as Judge Advocate on the staff of Major General John R. Brooke to May 21st, 1901; appointed as Judge Advocate General of the United States Army, with the rank of Brigadier General, on May 22nd, 1901, and accepted the appointment on that date; retired from active service on May 24th, 1901, at his own request after over 40 years of service. [Born on June 9th, 1837, in Wurttemberg, Germany, the son of John and Fredericka Dieterie Clous; educated, and studied law, in the schools of Germany; immigrated to the United States in 1855; married Miss Caroline Margaret Strickle (1840-1923) on November 24th, 1874, at Dayton, Ohio; admitted to the Bar of the United States Supreme Court, no dates; member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, the Order of Foreign Wars, and the Military Order of the Spanish War; died on September 1st, 1908, at New York City, New York; buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia.]


    (Library of Congress)
    		 Davis, George Breckenridge: Of Massachusetts. Mustered into service as a Sergeant in Company I of the 1st Massachusetts Volunteer Cavalry Regiment on September 10th, 1863, for three years' service; promoted to Quartermaster, Sergeant, no date; promoted to Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant, no date; promoted to Second Lieutenant on June 17th, 1865; mustered out of service with the regiment on June 26th, 1865, at Washington, D.C. Appointed to the United States Military Academy from the State of Massachusetts; entered the Military Academy as a Cadet on July 1st, 1867; graduated 10th in his class from the Military Academy on June 12th, 1871, and was appointed as a Second Lieutenant of Cavalry with the 5th United States Cavalry Regiment. Served on frontier duty at Ft. D.A. Russell, Wyoming, from September 29th to December 12th, 1871; at Camp Bowie, Arizona, from February 16h, 1872, to August 9th, 1873, during which time he was at Calabazas, Arizona, from August to November of 1872; at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, as an Assistant Professor of Spanish from August 30th, 1873, to August 27th, 1875, of French from January 12th to September 21st, 1876, of Chemistry, Mineralogy, and Geology, from January 16th, 1877, to January 12th, 1878, and as the Principal Assistant Professor of Spanish from August 28th, 1875, to August 28th, 1878; on frontier duty and engaged in Scouting from September 20th to December 18th, 1878; promoted to First Lieutenant of Cavalry with the 5th Cavalry Regiment on May 9th, 1878;
    at Ft. D.A. Russell, Wyoming, from December 24th, 1878, to April 6th, 1880; at Ft. Niobrara, Nebraska, to August 5th, 1883; at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, as the Principal Assistant Professor of History, Geography, and Ethics, and as the Assistant Professor of Law from August 28th, 1883, to August 28th, 1888, during which time he was serving as the Recorder of Army Regulation Board at Washington, D.C., from January 10th to July 2nd, 1887; promoted to Captain of Artillery with the 5th Artillery Regiment on August 21st, 1888; on frontier duty at Ft. Supply, Indian Territory, from September 13th, 1888, to January 6th, 1889; appointed as a Judge Advocate, with the rank of Major, on December 10th, 1888; accepted the appointment on January 16th, 1889; on special duty in the Secretary of War's Office at Washington, D.C., from January 19th to May 4th, 1889; in charge of the Publication of the Records of the War of the Rebellion from May 4th, 1889, to 1895; promoted to Deputy Judge Advocate General, with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, on August 3rd, 1895; serving as the Professor of Law at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, by assignment of the President, from August 20th, 1895, to May 22nd, 1901, and serving as the Head of Department of History from January of 1896 to May 22nd, 1901; promoted to Judge Advocate, with the rank of Colonel, on May 22nd, 1901; appointed as Judge Advocate General with the rank of Brigadier General on May 24th, 1901, and accepted the appointment on that date; serving as a delegate Plenipotentiary to the Conference at Geneva, Switzerland, in 1906, and to the Second Peace Conference at The Hague in 1907; retired from active service with the rank of Major General on February 14th, 1911, by operation of law. [Born on February 13th, 1847, in Ware, Massachusetts, the son of Solomon B. and Sarah D. Davis; studied law at the Columbian University in Washington, D.C., in 1891, graduating with an LL.B. in 1891, and an LL.M. in 1892; married Miss Ella I. Prince (Price) in 1871; author of "Outlines of International Law, with an Account of Its Origin and Sources and Its Historical Development," 1888, the "Elements of Law," in 1897, the "Military Laws of the United States," in 1897, and "A Treatise on Military Laws and the Practice and Procedure of Courts Martial" in 1898; serving the Lecturer of International Law and Military Law at the National University Law School; member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, and the Executive Committee of the International Law Association; died on December 16th, 1914, at Washington, D.C., at the age of 67; buried at the West Point Cemetery in West Point, Orange County, New York.]


    (MOLLUS)
    		 Lieber, Guido Norman: Of New York. Appointed as a First Lieutenant of Infantry with the 11th United States Infantry Regiment on May 14th, 1861; accepted the appointment on July 15th, 1861; serving with the regiment at Ft. Independence, Missouri, from July to October 1861; serving in the Maryland from September 1861 to October 1862; serving as the Regimental Adjutant from September 18th, 1861, to October 1st, 1862; serving in the Peninsula Campaign in Virginia to August 22nd, 1862, during which time he was brevetted to the rank of Captain on June 27th, 1862, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Gaines Mill, Virginia; serving as an Aide-de-Camp to the General-in-Chief from August 23rd to November 13th, 1862; appointed as a Judge Advocate, with the rank of Major, of United States Volunteers on November 13th, 1862, and accepted the appointment on that date; serving as the Judge Advocate of the Department of the Gulf from December 17th, 1862, to July 2nd, 1863; promoted to Captain of Infantry on July 2nd, 1863; brevetted to the rank of Major on May 28th, 1864, for gallant and meritorious services in the Red River Campaign, Louisiana; brevetted to the rank of March 13th, 1865, for faithful and meritorious services during the war of the rebellion; on duty in the Bureau of Military Justice at Washington, D.C., from July 13th to August 14th, 1865; on duty in the Rebel Archive Office to April 25th, 1867; transferred to the 29th Infantry Regiment
    on September 21st, 1866; transferred to the Regular Army as a Judge Advocate, with the rank of Major, on February 25th, 1867, from the volunteer forces; serving as the Judge Advocate of the 5th Military District from May 21st, 1867, to August of 1868; as Judge Advocate of the Division of the South from January 2nd to May 1st, 1873; of the Department of the East to November 1st, 1873, of the Division of the Atlantic to August 27th, 1878; serving as a Professor of Law at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, from August 28th, 1878, to August 28th, 1882; on duty as an Assistant in the Judge Advocate General's Office in Washington, D.C., from September 4th, 1882, to July 25th, 1884; promoted to Assistant Judge Advocate General, with the rank of Colonel, on July 5th, 1884; accepted the promotion on July 8th, 1884; serving as the Acting Judge Advocate General of the Army from July 25th, 1884; appointed as Judge Advocate General of the United States Army, with the rank of Brigadier General, on January 3rd, 1895; accepted the appointment on January 11th, 1895; retired from active service on May 21st, 1901, by operation of law. [Born on May 21st, 1837, in Columbia, South Carolina, the son of Francis (1800-1872) and Matilda Oppenheimer Lieber; attended the South Carolina College in Columbia, South Carolina, to 1856, when he graduated; attended the Harvard Law School at Cambridge, Massachusetts, to 1858, when he graduated; admitted to the New York State Bar in 1860, and opened a law practice in New York City, New York; married Miss Bettie Alexander (1846-1916), the daughter of General Edmund Brooke Alexander, on June 14th, 1866; died on April 25th, 1923, at Washington, D.C.; buried at the National Cemetery in Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia.]

  • ASSISTANT JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL (COLONEL)


    • (MOLLUS)
    		 Groesbeck, Stephen Walley: Of Illinois. Enlisted on October 28th, 1861, for three years' service; mustered into service as Quartermaster Sergeant of Company H of the 4th Iowa Volunteer Cavalry Regiment on November 26th, 1861; honorably discharged to accept a promotion on October 4th, 1862; promoted to Second Lieutenant in the 4th Iowa Volunteer Cavalry Regiment on October 5th, 1862, with rank from September 29th, 1862; severely wounded in action (musket ball in the left foot) on November 8th, 1862; resigned his commission on account of wounds on April 4th, 1863. Appointed as a Second Lieutenant in the 15th Regiment, Veteran Reserve Corps, on September 16th, 1864; accepted the appointment on November 21st, 1864; serving as an Aide-de-Camp from June 15th, 1866, to September 1st, 1866; honorably mustered out of volunteer service on January 14th, 1867. Appointed as a Second Lieutenant of Infantry with the 42nd United States Infantry Regiment on July 28th, 1866; accepted the appointment on January 15th, 1867; transferred to the 6th Infantry Regiment on April 22nd, 1869; promoted to First Lieutenant of Infantry on October 7th, 1874; serving as the Regimental Adjutant from February 1st, 1875, to March 30th, 1880; serving as the Regimental Adjutant from October 31st, 1883, to October 31st, 1886; serving as the Acting Judge Advocate of the Department of Missouri from 1881 to 1882; serving as an acting Judge Advocate General, with the rank of Captain,
    by assignment from October 5th, 1886, to April 28th, 1891; as the Acting Judge Advocate of the Department of the Dakota from 1886 to 1891; promoted to Captain of Infantry on July 16th, 1889; appointed as a Judge Advocate, with the rank of Major, on March 23rd, 1892; accepted the appointment on April 2nd, 1892; as the Judge Advocate of the 5th Army Corps from June to August of 1898; as the Judge Advocate of the Division of the Philippines from 1900 to 1902; promoted to Deputy Judge Advocate General, with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, on February 2nd, 1901; promoted to Assistant Judge Advocate General, with the rank of Colonel, on May 24th, 1901; appointed as a Brigadier General in the United States Army on April 16th, 1903, and accepted the appointment on that date; retired from active service on April 17th, 1903, at his own request, being over 62 years old. [Born on November 16th, 1840, in Watervliet, New York, the son of Garret E. and Elsie Walley Groesbeck; educated at the schools in Boone County, Illinois, the Commercial School of Albany, New York, and the Military School of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, no dates; married Miss Alice W. Thomas on April 12th, 1887; member of the Loyal Legion of the United States, the Society of the Army of Santiago, and the Military Order of the Carabao; died on May 8th, 1904, at St. Louis, Missouri; buried at the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri.]


    (Annual Register of the USMA)
    		 Hunter, Edward: Of Maine. Appointed to the United States Military Academy from the State of Maine; entered the Military Academy as a Cadet on July 1st, 1860; graduated 47th in his class from the Military Academy on June 23rd, 1865, and was appointed as a Second Lieutenant of Infantry with the 12th United States Infantry Regiment. Promoted to First Lieutenant of Infantry with the 12th Infantry Regiment on June 23rd, 1865; on garrison duty in Richmond, Virginia, from September 1865 to, March 1866, as the officer in charge of the Confederate Prisons at Libby Prison, Castle Thunder, and the Virginia State Penitentiary; at Washington, D.C., from March 1866 to February 1867; on Quartermaster duty at Washington, D.C., from February 5th to April 3rd, 1867; serving as the Quartermaster of the 3rd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, from February 23rd, 1866, to August 11th, 1866; as the Regimental Quartermaster of the 12th Infantry Regiment from August 11th, 1866, to February 28th, 1869; serving as an Aide-de-Camp to General Getty at Santa Fe, New Mexico, from May 1st, 1867, to April 6th, 1869, being engaged in the Action of December 25th, 1868, against the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians; in garrison at Angel Island, California, from May 6th, 1869, to May of 1870; as the Regimental Adjutant of the 12th Infantry Regiment from October 31st, 1869, to February of 1870; transferred to the 1st Cavalry Regiment on February 19th, 1870; on frontier duty at Camp Warner, Oregon, from June 7th to October of 1870; serving as the Regimental Quartermaster of the 1st Cavalry
    Regiment from September 19th, 1870, to May 1st, 1873; in garrison at Benicia, California, from November 12th, 1874, to October 25th, 1875; at Camp Halleck, Nevada, to February of 1876; at the Presidio of San Francisco, California, from February 19th, 1876, to November 12th, 1877, during which time he was engaged in the Nez Percs Expedition from June 22nd to October 25th, 1877; at Ft. Walla Walla, Washington, from November 26th, 1877, to September 27th, 1879, during which time he was in the field from June 7th to September 22nd, 1878, being engaged in the Skirmish on the North Fork of the John Day River, Oregon, on July 20th, 1878; serving as the Regimental Adjutant of the 1st Cavalry Regiment from November 24th, 1877, to August 29th, 1879; promoted to Captain of Cavalry with the 1st Cavalry Regiment on August 21st, 1879; at Ft. Colville, Washington, to June of 1882, during which time he was on a leave of absence from October 1879 to April 1880; at Ft. Walla Walla, Washington, to June of 1884; at Ft. Assiniboine, Montana, to October 14th, 1886; adjusting the State Claims at the War Department from October 26th, 1886, to July 22nd, 1889; appointed as a Judge Advocate, with the rank of Major, on December 10th, 1888; accepted the appointment on January 16th, 1889; serving as the Judge Advocate of the Division of the Pacific and Department of California at San Francisco, California, from October 1st, 1889, to August of 1895; promoted to Deputy Judge Advocate General, with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, on January 3rd, 1895; on duty at St. Paul, Minnesota, from September 13th, 1895, to May 3rd, 1898; reported to Major General John R. Brooke, US Army, on May 7th, 1898, at Camp George H. Thomas, Chickamauga, Georgia, and accompanied him as the Judge Advocate and Mustering Officer to Puerto Rico, in 1898; in charge of the civil affairs in the District of Guayama from August 1st to September 1st, 1898; serving as the secretary and recorder of the Commission on Evacuation of Puerto Rico from August 29th to October 18th, and as the Judge Advocate of the Department of Puerto Rico from its organization to October 24th, 1898; on duty as the Judge Advocate of the Department of Dakota from January 3rd, 1899, to May 21st, 1901; promoted to Assistant Judge Advocate General, with the rank of Colonel, on May 21st, 1901; as the Judge Advocate of the Department of the East from June 1901 to November 22nd, 1903; retired from active service on November 22nd, 1903, by operation of law. [Born on November 22nd, 1839, at Gardiner, Maine, the son of John Patten (Patton) Hunter; educated at Gardiner, Maine, from 1847 to 1859; married Miss Caroline Clay Hoff (1850- 1931) on March 27th, 1870, at San Francisco, California; admitted to the California and Washington State Bars in 1888; resided in Mount Vernon, New York, from 1903 to 1929; member of the Sons of the American Revolution; died on October 12th, 1929, at Mount Vernon, New York; buried at the National Cemetery in Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia.]

  • DEPUTY JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL (LIEUTENANT COLONEL)


    • (Library of Congress)
    		 Crowder, Enoch Herbert: Of Missouri. Appointed to the United States Military Academy from the State of Missouri; entered the Military Academy as a Cadet on September 1st, 1877; graduated 31st in his class from the Military Academy on June 11th, 1881, and was appointed as a Second Lieutenant of Cavalry with the 8th United States Cavalry Regiment. Serving on frontier duty at Ft. Brown, Texas, from September 29th to October 30th, 1881; at Santa Maria, Texas, to December 28th, 1881; at Ft. Brown, Texas, to April 1st, 1882; at Santa Maria, Texas, to June 2nd, 1882; at Ft. Brown, Texas, to July 21st, 1884; on a leave of absence to October 1st, 1884; on duty at the Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, to June 30th, 1885; serving as the Professor of Military Science and Tactics at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri, to July 23rd, 1886; promoted to First Lieutenant of Cavalry with the 8th Cavalry Regiment on July 5th, 1886; engaged in scouting in New Mexico to October 7th, 1886; serving as the Professor of Military Science and Tactics at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri, from October 11th, 1886, to September 1st, 1889; on frontier duty at Ft. Yates, North Dakota, with his regiment, to April 19th, 1891; serving as the Acting Judge Advocate, with the rank of Captain, at the Headquarters of the Department of Platte from April 21st, 1891, to January 11th, 1895; appointed as a Judge Advocate, with the rank of Major, on January 11th, 1895; accepted the appointment on January 24th, 1895; serving as the Judge Advocate of the Department of Platte at Omaha,
    Nebraska, to March 13th, 1898; at same place, as the Judge Advocate of the Department of Missouri at Omaha, Nebraska, to April 17th, 1898; as the Judge Advocate of the 1st Independent Division, and the 4th Army Corps, at Mobile, Alabama, from April 17th to May 22nd, 1898; as the Judge Advocate of the expeditionary forces from May 28th to June 23rd, 1898; appointed as a Judge Advocate, with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, of United States Volunteers on June 22nd, 1898; accepted the appointment on June 24th, 1898; as the Judge Advocate of the Department of Pacific, and the 8th Army Corps, from June 23rd, 1898, to June 3rd, 1899; serving in the Philippine Islands from July 1898 to November 1901, during which time he served as the Associate Justice Supreme Court of the Philippine Islands from May 29th, 1899, on detached service at Iloilo with verbal instructions from the Corps Commander from December 26th, 1898, to January 8th, 1899, as a member of the commission to determine the capitulation of Manila and the Spanish Army on August 14th, 1898, as a commissioner to treat with the commission appointed by General Aguinaldo from January 9th to February 1st, 1899, as the commissioner to receive the records of the Royal Spanish Court at Manila from April 17th to June 26th, 1899, as the President of the Board of Claims in the Philippine Islands on April 18th, 1899; on Special duty in the Law Department of the Military Governor's Office in Philippines from June 4th, 1899; vacated his volunteer commission on August 18th, 1899; appointed as Lieutenant Colonel of the 39th United States Volunteer Infantry Regiment on August 17th, 1899; accepted the appointment on August 18th, 1899; honorably discharged from volunteer service on May 6th, 1901; promoted to Deputy Judge Advocate General, with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, on May 21st, 1901; appointed as a Brigadier General of United States Volunteers on June 20th, 1901; accepted the appointment on June 21st, 1901; honorably discharged from volunteer service on June 30th, 1901. Serving as the counsel for the Government, in 1902, in the Deming case in the United States Circuit Court and Circuit Court of Appeals, and on appeal there-from to the Supreme Court of the United States; promoted to Deputy Judge Advocate General, with the rank of Colonel, on April 16th, 1903; assigned to the General Staff on August 15th, 1903; detached for duty, in 1904, as an Observer with the Armies of Japan, being with the 1st Army of Kuroki, from May 15th, 1904, to April 1st, 1905; returned to duty with the General Staff at the War Department, and serving as the Acting Judge Advocate General from May 16th to September 7th, 1906; assigned to duty as the Chief of Staff of the Atlantic Division on September 21st, 1906, and, shortly thereafter, was detailed for duty with the Provisional Government of Cuba, serving as the Legal Adviser to the Provisional Government, from October 2nd, 1906, serving as the Supervisor of the Department of State and Justice from October 2nd, 1906; serving as the President of the Advisory Commission from January 3rd, 1907, and in charge of the Electoral Administration in Cuba from April 1st, 1908; returned to the United States from Cuba on February 2nd, 1909; on duty in the Office of the Judge Advocate General to June 16th, 1909; as the Judge Advocate of the Department of California at San Francisco, California, from July 23rd to October 22nd, 1909; at Washington, D.C., serving as the Assistant to the Judge Advocate General, to 1911; serving as a Delegate to the Fourth Pan-American Conference at Buenos Aires, Argentine, from July to August 1910; serving as an Envoy Extraordinary and as the Minister Plenipotentiary on special mission to Chili in September 1910; appointed as Judge Advocate General of the United States Army, with the rank of Brigadier General, on February 15th, 1911, and accepted the appointment on that date; re-appointed as the Judge Advocate General on February 15th, 1915; appointed as Provost Marshall General on May 22nd, 1917; responsible for drafting and creating the Selective Service Act in 1916 and 1917; promoted to Judge Advocate General with the rank of Major General on October 6th, 1917; re-appointed as the Judge Advocate General on February 15th, 1919; at the special request of the Cuban Republic he was detailed to revise the General Election Laws of Cuba in 1919; serving as a personal representative of Presidents Thomas W. Wilson and Warren G. Harding in Cuba from 1920 to 1923; retired from active service on February 14th, 1923, at his own request after over 40 years of service. During his service he was offered the Order of the Rising Sun, by the Emperor of Japan, in recognition of the high regard of the Army of Japan for the Army of the United States and for General (then Colonel) Crowder, who was attached to the 1st Army of Kuroki as observer during the Russo-Japanese War, but was forced to decline the honor on account of the Constitutional inhibition in 1905, and was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for "...especially meritorious and conspicuous service as Provost Marshal General in the preparation and operation of the draft laws of the Nation during the war." [Born on April 11th, 1859, in Edinburg, Missouri, the son of John Herbert (1831-1897) and Mary Weller Crowder (1833-1922); attended the Grand River College in Edinburg, Missouri, to 1875; taught rural school near Chillicothe, Missouri, to 1877; studied law in Texas and was admitted to the Texas State Bar in 1884; attended the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri, to 1886, when he graduated with an LL.B.; awarded a degree of Doctor of Laws from the Universities of Columbia, Brown, Princeton, Harvard, and Havana, in 1919; awarded a degree of Doctor of Laws from the Universities of Missouri and Michigan in 1920; serving as the United States Ambassador to Cuba from 1923 to 1927; opened a law practice in Chicago, Illinois, from 1927, closing the practice in 1931 due to illness; died on May 7th, 1932, at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D.C.; buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia.]


    (A Military Album of Commissioned...)
    		 Dudley, Edgar Swartwout: Of New York. Enrolled and is mustered into service as Second Lieutenant of Battery K of the 1st New York Volunteer Light Artillery on May 28th, 1864, at Washington, D.C., for three years' service; discharged due to disability on November 28th, 1864. Appointed to the United States Military Academy from the State of New York; entered the Military Academy as a Cadet on September 1st, 1866; graduated 15th in his class from the Military Academy on June 15th, 1870, and was appointed as a Second Lieutenant of Artillery with the 2nd United States Artillery Regiment on June 15th, 1870; in garrison at Cape Disappointment, Washington, from October 14th, 1870, to November 8th, 1871; at Ft. Macon, North Carolina, from November 24th, 1872, to August 25th, 1874, during which time he was on a leave of absence from September 9th to October 18th, 1873, and again from August 25th, 1874, to May 1st, 1875 to allow him to attend the Albany Law School in Albany, New York; at the Artillery School for Practice at Ft. Monroe, Virginia, from May 1st, 1875, to May 1st, 1876, during which time he was on a sick leave of absence from July 6th to November 28th, 1875; awaiting orders to May 30th, 1876; promoted to First Lieutenant of Artillery with the 2nd Artillery Regiment on October 29th, 1875; on a sick leave of absence to August 19th, 1876; serving as a Professor of Military Science and Tactics at the University of Nebraska from September 2nd, 1876, to
    July 1879; in garrison at Ft. McHenry, Maryland, from July 7th, 1879, to February 20th, 1881; at the Washington Barracks, D.C., to October 1st, 1881; on a sick leave of absence to January 13th, 1882; at the Newport Barracks, Kentucky, to November 22nd, 1884; serving as a Professor of Military Science and Tactics at the University of Nebraska to September 1st, 1888; in garrison at Huntsville, Alabama, to November 29th, 1888, during which time he was on detached service from September 1st to 12th, 1888; at Ft. Barrancas, Florida, to May 22nd, 1889; at Ft. Warren, Massachusetts, to October 1889, during which time he was on a leave of absence from September 20th to October 29th, 1889; serving with Light Battery F of the 2nd Artillery Regiment at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, from October 30th, 1889, to September 4th, 1891; as an Instructor in the Department of Law at the United States Infantry and Cavalry School of Instruction from November 2nd, 1889, to September 4th, 1891; as the Acting Judge Advocate of the Department of Arizona at Los Angeles, California, from October 10th, 1891, to February 8th, 1893; as the Acting Adjutant-General of the Department of Arizona at Los Angeles, California, from December 3rd, 1892, to July 6th, 1893; appointed as an Assistant Quartermaster, with the rank of Captain, on December 20th, 1892; accepted the appointment on December 23rd, 1892; serving as an assistant to the Chief Quartermaster (Depot Quartermaster) at the Headquarters of the Department Texas in San Antonio, Texas, and in charge of the construction of buildings at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, from July 10th, 1893, to May 31st, 1895; as the Quartermaster, and in charge of construction of public buildings, at the Columbus Barracks, Ohio, from June 18th, 1895, to October 3rd, 1896; as an assistant to the Chief Quartermaster (Depot Quartermaster) at the Headquarters of the Department Dakota at St. Paul, Minnesota, from October 31st, 1896, to June 2nd, 1898. Appointed as a Judge Advocate, with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, of United States Volunteers on May 9th, 1898; accepted the appointment on May 26th, 1898; serving as the Judge Advocate of the 2nd Army Corps from June 5th to September 22nd, 1898; on duty in the office of the Judge Advocate-General in Washington, D.C., from September 22nd, 1898, to December 15th, 1898; as the Judge Advocate of the Division (Department) of Cuba at Havana, Cuba, from December 29th, 1898, to May 21st, 1901; honorably discharged from volunteer service on April 17th, 1899; appointed as a Judge Advocate, with the rank of Major, of United States Volunteers on April 17th, 1899; accepted the appointment on April 21st, 1899; vacated the appointment on March 2nd, 1901; appointed as a Judge Advocate, with the rank of Major, on February 2nd, 1901; accepted the appointment on March 2nd, 1901; as the Legal adviser of the military governor of Cuba, General John R. Brooke, US Army, during his administration, and of General Leonard Wood, US Army, to May 21st, 1908, when being ordered to duty at West Point he was given a leave of absence; on a leave of absence to July 31st, 1901; promoted to Deputy Judge Advocate General, with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, on May 24th, 1901; serving as a Professor of Law and History at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, from July 31st, 1901, to June 14th, 1909; promoted to Assistant Judge Advocate General, with the rank of Colonel, on November 22nd, 1903; retired from active service as a Brigadier General in the United States Army on June 14th, 1909, by operation of law. [Born on June 14th, 1845, in Oppenheim, New York, the son of James Madison (1813-1882) & Maria Swartwout Dudley (1820-1882); moved with his family to Johnstown, New York, in 1863, and attended the Johnstown Academy; employed as a clerk in the office of the Provost Marshal in Schenectady, New York, in 1863; married Miss Mary Stewart Hilladbrandt (1848-1908) on June 22nd, 1870; attended the Albany Law School of Union University in Albany, New York, to 1875, when he graduated with an LL.B.; charter member of the Johnstown Historical Society in New York in 1892; attended the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, Nebraska, to 1901, when he graduated with an LL.D.; received the degree of a Doctor of Laws (LL. D.) from the University of Nebraska on June 9th, 1904; author of the �Military Law and the Procedure of Courts Martial,� in 1907; resided in Johnstown, New York, from 1909 to 1911; member of the Johnstown Board of Education, no dates; member of the Society of Colonial Wars (from Francis Dudley and Roelff Swartwout), the Sons of the American Revolution (Great Grandson of Stephen Dudley and Benjamin Barnard of the Massachusetts Militia, and Grandson of Samuel Swartwout, Private, New York Militia), Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, the Society of the Army of the Potomac, the Society of the War of 1812 (Grandson of Brigadier General Peter Dudley, Vermont Militia); the Naval and Military Order of the Spanish American War, the National Geographic Society, the American Society of International Law, the Freemasons, and the Knights Templar; died of pneumonia on January 9th, 1911, at Johnstown, New York, at the age of 65; buried at the Johnstown Cemetery in Johnstown, Fulton County, New York.]


    (The Evening Star)
    		 Morrison, Jasper Newton: Of Missouri. Appointed as a Judge Advocate, with the rank of Major, in the United States Army on February 18th, 1896; accepted the appointment on February 25th, 1896; promoted to Judge Advocate, with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, on May 22nd, 1901; serving as the Judge Advocate of the Department of the South Philippines from January 8th to May 10th, 1902; on duty as the Judge Advocate of the Department of California at San Francisco, California, from May to December 1902; died of disease (appendicities) on December 18th, 1902, at San Francisco, California. [Born on March 17th, 1849, in Piedmont, Missouri, the son of Thomas D. & Sarah Williams Morrison; employed as a teacher in Wayne County, Missouri, in 1871; appointed, and served, as the Superintendent of the Wayne County, Missouri, Schools, from 1872 to 1875; admitted to the Missouri State Bar, and opened a law practice at Piedmont, Missouri, in 1875; served as the Prosecuting Attorney of Wayne County, Missouri, from 1876 to 1882; married Miss Jane Pettit (1863-1914) on July 17th, 1884, at Piedmont, Missouri; employed in as the Chief Clerk in the Office of the Judge Advocate General in Washington, D.C., from 1888 to 1896; died on December 18th, 1902, at San Francisco, California; buried at the National Cemetery in Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia.]

  • JUDGE ADVOCATE (MAJOR)


    • (The Chicago Tribune)
    		 Carbaugh, Harvey Clarence: Of Illinois. Appointed to the United States Military Academy from the State of Illinois; entered the Military Academy as a Cadet on July 1st, 1878; graduated 12th in his class from the Military Academy on June 13th, 1882, and was appointed as a Second Lieutenant of Artillery with the 5th United States Artillery Regiment. On garrison duty at Ft. Hamilton, New York, from September 30th, 1882, to June 9th, 1883; at Ft. Columbus, New York, to December 30th, 1884; under instruction at the Torpedo School at Willet's Point, New York, from January 15th to July 1st, 1885; in garrison at Ft. Columbus, New York, 1886 to September 30th, 1887, during which time he was on a leave of absence from January 18th to March 22nd, 1886, and again from February 12th to May 31st, 1887; at Ft. Hamilton, New York, to October 1st, 1889; promoted to First Lieutenant of Artillery with the 5th Artillery Regiment on April 25th, 1888; on a leave of absence to March 15th, 1890; at San Antonio, Texas, on duty as the Acting Judge Advocate of the Department of Texas, with the rank of Captain, from April 2nd, 1890, to April 19th, 1893, and of the Department of Dakota at St. Paul, Minnesota, from April 22nd, 1893, to April 7th, 1894; serving with the battery at Alcatraz Island, California, from April 21st to August 17th, 1894, being engaged in the suppression of the strikers at Sacramento, California, from July 10th to August 16th, 1894; under instruction at
    the Artillery School for Practice at Fort Monroe, Virginia, from September 1st, 1894, to September 1st, 1896, graduating in 1896; serving with the battery at the Presidio of San Francisco, California, from October 1st to 24th, 1896; at Fort Hamilton, New York, to May 1898. Appointed as an Assistant Adjutant General, with the rank of Captain, of United States Volunteers on May 12th, 1898; accepted the appointment on May 31st, 1898; serving as the Assistant Adjutant General of the 2nd Division, 5th Army Corps, from May 27th to August 12th, 1898, during which time he participated in the campaign against Santiago de Cuba to August 1898, being engaged in the battle of El Caney on July 1st and in the siege of Santiago to July 17th, 1898; on a sick leave of absence from August 13th to November 18th, 1898; vacated his volunteer commission on August 27th, 1898; appointed as a Judge Advocate, with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, of United States Volunteers on November 15th, 1898; accepted the appointment on November 21st, 1898; serving as the Assistant Adjutant General of the 4th Army Corps from November 18th to December 1st, 1898; as the Judge Advocate of the 4th Army Corps from December 1st, 1898, to January 20th, 1899; as the Judge Advocate of the Department of Santiago, Cuba, from February 10th to May 20th, 1899; promoted to Captain of Artillery with the 4th Artillery Regiment on March 2nd, 1899; honorably discharged from volunteer service on April 17th, 1899. Appointed as a Judge Advocate, with the rank of Major, of United States Volunteers on April 17th, 1899; accepted the appointment on April 25th, 1899; as the Judge Advocate of the Department of Matanzas and Santa Clara, from May 29th to October 5th, 1899; at Washington, D.C., in the office of the Judge Advocate General from October 12th, 1899, to July 1901; appointed as a Judge Advocate, with the rank of Major, on February 2nd, 1901; accepted the appointment on March 28th, 1901; vacated his volunteer commission on March 28th, 1901; as the Judge Advocate of the Department of the Lakes at Chicago, Illinois, from July to November of 1901; travels to the Philippine Islands, arriving on February 3rd, 1902; serving as the Judge Advocate of the Department Luzon to June of 1902; as the Judge Advocate of the Division Philippines to February 1905; promoted to Deputy Judge Advocate General, with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel on December 18th, 1902; returned to the United States, and serving as the Judge Advocate of the Department East from May 1st, 1905, to September 1907; as the Judge Advocate of the Department of the Lakes at Chicago, Illinois, from September of 1907 to July 1st, 1911; promoted to Assistant Judge Advocate General, with the rank of Colonel, on June 14th, 1909; as the Judge Advocate of the Central Division to February 15th, 1913; as the Judge Advocate of the Central Department to February 19th, 1913; retired from active service on February 19th, 1913, at his own request after over 30 years of service; on active duty and serving as the Acting Department Judge Advocate at Charleston, South Carolina, from September 1st to 18th, 1917; recalled to active duty on January 16th, 1918, and assigned as the Department Judge Advocate of the Central Department at Chicago, Illinois, to July 25th, 1919, when he returned to his retired status. During his service he was awarded the Silver Star and cited "...for gallantry in action against Spanish forces at Santiago, Cuba, July 1st, 1898." [Born on April 11th, 1858, in Fulton County, Pennsylvania, the son of Jacob (1827-1911) & Julia Ann Verdier Carbaugh (1832-1907); admitted to the New York State Bar in 1888; awarded a bachelor's of laws degree from Northwestern University on June 9th, 1909, in recognition of scholarship and services rendered in organizing and conducting the first National Conference on Criminal Law and Criminology; employed as the Superintendent of Employment and member of the Civil Service Board for the South Park Commission in Chicago, Illinois, from September 1st, 1913, to December 11th, 1932; died on June 23rd, 1941, at Chicago, Illinois; buried at Lanark City Cemetery in Lanark, Carroll County, Illinois.]


    (History of the Ninth US Infantry)
    		 Dodds, Frank Loring: Of Illinois. Appointed to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, from the State of Illinois; entered the Military Academy as a Cadet on July 1st, 1875; graduated 20th in his class from the Military Academy on June 13th, 1879, and was appointed as a Second Lieutenant of Infantry with the 9th United States Infantry Regiment. On frontier duty at Cheyenne Depot, Wyoming, from September 29h, 1879, to July 8th, 1880; at Camp Sheridan, Nebraska, to May 1881; at Ft. Robinson, Nebraska, to June 25th, 1881; at Cheyenne Depot, Wyoming, to August 7th, 1882; at Ft. D.A. Russell, Wyoming, to September 7th, 1882; on a leave of absence to October 20th, 1882; serving as the Professor of Military Science and Tactics at Rutgers College, New Brunswick, New Jersey, to October 1st, 1885; on frontier duty at Ft. D.A. Russell, Wyoming, to July 20th, 1886; at Ft. Wingate, New Mexico, to January 1887; at San Diego Barracks, California, to August 11th, 1887; promoted to First Lieutenant of Infantry with the 9th Infantry Regiment on June 15th, 1887; on duty at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, as the Assistant Professor of Modern Languages from August 28th, 1887, to August 28th, 1888, as the Principal Assistant Professor of History, Geography, and Ethics, from August 28th, 1888; and as the Assistant Professor of Law from August 28th, 1888, to June 30th, 1892; serving as the Regimental Quartermaster from
    July 1892 to May 19th, 1896; on garrison duty at Madison Barracks, New York, to May 19th, 1896; as the Acting Judge Advocate of the Department of Texas, with the rank of Captain, at San Antonio, Texas, from May 26th, 1896, to March 21st, 1898; promoted to Captain of Infantry with the 9th Infantry Regiment on April 26th, 1898; of the Department of the Gulf at Atlanta, Georgia, to April 1899; with the regiment, en route to and in the Philippines, to October 13th, 1899; as the Acting Judge Advocate of the 2nd Division, 8th Army Corps, and of the Department of Northern Luzon, to August 14th, 1900; en-route to China, and with the regiment in China, to May 1901; serving as a member of the International Committee for Government of City of Peking from December 1900 to May 1901; en-route to Manila and the United States to July 27th, 1901; transferred to the 26th Infantry Regiment on June 4th, 1901; appointed as a Judge Advocate, with the rank of Major, on May 22nd, 1901; accepted the appointment on June 2nd, 1901; as the Judge Advocate of the Department of the Missouri at Omaha, Nebraska, to March 29th, 1902; en route to the Philippine Islands, and serving as the Judge Advocate of the Department of South Philippines at Cebu, Philippine Islands, to October 1902; of the Department of the Visayas, at Iloilo, to August 1st, 1904; of the Department of Luzon at Manila, to March 1905; en-route to the United States, and serving as the Judge Advocate of the Department of the Columbia at Vancouver Barracks, to September 25th, 1906; promoted to Deputy Judge Advocate General, with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, on June 14th, 1909; as the Judge Advocate of the Department of Dakota at St. Paul, Minnesota, to November 1910; en route to the Philippine Islands to January 1st, 1911; as the Judge Advocate of the Philippines Division and Department to February 1913; en-route to the United States and in the Letterman Hospital at the Presidio of San Francisco, California, to April 1913; as the Judge Advocate of the Eastern Department at Governor's Island, New York, to January 10th, 1915; serving in the office of the Judge Advocate General in Washington, D.C., to December 15th, 1915; as the Judge Advocate of the Eastern Department at Governor's Island, New York, to October 6th, 1918; promoted to Assistant Judge Advocate General, with the rank of Colonel, on May 15th, 1917; serving as the Professor of Law at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, to December 8th, 1918; retired from active service on December 8th, 1918, by operation of law; placed on active duty on December 18th, 1918, as the Professor of Law at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, to October 15th, 1919. [Born on December 8th, 1854, in Butler County, Pennsylvania, the son of Surgeon Ford Sill, U.S. Army, and Mary Lusk Dodds; moved with his family to Illinois in 1860; married Miss Caroline McMurran (1859-1922) on August 24th, 1880; admitted to the New York State Bar, no date; member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, the Sons of the American Revolution, the Order of the Carabo, and the order of the Dragon; died on August 23rd, 1929, at New York City, New York; buried at the West Point Cemetery in West Point, Orange County, New York.]


    (New York Public Library)
    		 Dunn, George Marshall: Of Denver, Colorado. Appointed as a Major with the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry Regiment on May 9th, 1898; joined the regiment at San Antonio, Texas, on May 9th, 1898; serving on a field officers court from June 8th to August 19th, 1898; commanding the Third Squadron of the regiment at Tampa, Florida, from July 24th to August 19th, 1898; commanding the regiment from August 22nd to 24th, 1898; assigned to temporary duty at the Headquarters of the Provisional Camp at Camp Wikoff, Montauk Point, Long Island, New York, on August 27th, 1898; mustered out of service with the regiment on September 15th, 1898, at Camp Wikoff, Long Island, New York. Appointed as a Judge Advocate, with the rank of Major, of United States Volunteers on April 17th, 1899; accepted the appointment on April 18th, 1899; vacated his volunteer commission on April 2nd, 1901. Appointed as a Judge Advocate, with the rank of Major, in the United States Army on February 2nd, 1901; accepted the appointment on April 2nd, 1901; promoted to Deputy Judge Advocate General, with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, on November 22nd, 1903; promoted to Assistant Judge Advocate General, with the rank of Colonel, on February 20th, 1913; retired from active service on June 25th, 1919, by operation of law, having reached the age of sixty-two years. [Born on March 20th, 1856, in Madison, Indiana, the son of Brigadier General William McKee (1814-1887) & Elizabeth
    Frances Lanier Dunn (1822-1910); attended the law department of Columbian University in Washington, D.C., to 1880, when he graduated; married Miss Elizabeth Dalzell (1870-1961), no date; member of the New York Commandery of the Naval & Military Order of the Spanish-American War; died on October 6th, 1926, at Bethesda, Maryland; buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia.]


    (Library of Congress)
    		 Goodier, Lewis Edward: Of New York. Enrolled on May 2nd, 1898, at Utica, New York, for two years' service; mustered into service as Captain of Company E of the 1st New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment on May 20th, 1898, at Hempstead, New York; honorably discharged to accept a promotion on July 6th, 1898. Mustered into service as a Major in the 203rd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment on July 20th, 1898, for two years' service; promoted to Lieutenant Colonel on February 2nd, 1899; mustered out of service with the regiment on March 25th, 1899, at Greenville, South Carolina. Appointed as a Major in the 38th United States Volunteer Infantry Regiment on August 17th, 1899; accepted the appointment on August 29th, 1899; vacated his volunteer commission on June 26th, 1901. Appointed as a Judge Advocate, with the rank of Major, in the United States Army on June 18th, 1901; accepted the appointment on June 26th, 1901; promoted to Deputy Judge Advocate General, with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, on February 20th, 1913; court-martial on October 18th, 1915, for supposedly inciting or encouraging a group of aviators at North Island, California, to bring charges against their commander and for abusing his position, the court found him guilty of the charges on November 18th, 1915, and he received a reprimand, with the sentence being confirmed on April 17th, 1916, stating that "...The President has approved the finding of the court martial and has
    censured Colonel Goodier for his failure to observe the attitude which his office and seniority of rank required him to observe towards junior officers. The Secretary of War has censured General Scriven for his failure personally to supervise the disciplinary features of Aviation Corps administration. Colonel Samuel Reber is censured for disrespect to a coordinate branch of the government and failure to observe the restraints imposed by law with regard to the personnel and pay;" promoted to Colonel on May 15th, 1917; retired from active service on March 23rd, 1921, by operation of law. [Born on March 23rd, 1857, in Utica, New York, the son of Jonathan (1822-1910) and Clarissa Sill Teadway Goodier (1826-1909); educated at the local schools in Utica, New York, to 1873; attended Yale College in New Haven, Connecticut, to 1877, when he graduated with a bachelor's degree; attended the law school of Hamilton College at Clinton, New York, to 1878, when he graduated with a bachelor's of law; employed with the law firm of Lindsley & Dunmore from 1878 to September 1881; opened a law firm with David C. Wolcott in Utica, New York, the firm was known as Goodier & Wolcott, in September 1881; married Miss Jane Estell Northrop (1855-1925) in 1882; died on May 14th, 1935, at San Francisco, California; buried at the San Francisco National Cemetery in San Francisco, San Francisco County, California.]


    (Library of Congress)
    		 Hull, John Adley: Of Iowa. Appointed as a Judge Advocate, with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, of United States Volunteers on May 9th, 1898; accepted the appointment on May 17th, 1898; honorably discharged from volunteer service on April 17th, 1899. Appointed as a Judge Advocate, with the rank of Major, of United States Volunteers on April 17th, 1899; accepted the appointment on April 18th, 1899; vacated his volunteer commission on April 4th, 1901. Appointed as a Judge Advocate, with the rank of Major, in the United States Army on February 2nd, 1901; accepted the appointment on April 4th, 1901; promoted to Deputy Judge Advocate General, with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, on April 16th, 1903; promoted to Assistant Judge Advocate General, with the rank of Colonel, on February 15th, 1911; serving as the Judge Advocate of the Services of Supply of the American Expeditionary Force in France, to 1919; serving as the legal advisor to Governor-General Francis B. Harrison in the Philippine Islands, from 1913 to 1921; appointed as Judge Advocate General of the United States Army with the rank of Major General on November 16th, 1924, and accepted the appointment on that date; retired from active service on November 15th, 1928, at his own request after over 30 years of service. During his service he was awarded the Order of St. Michael, the Order of St. George (Britain), the Order of the White Eagle (Serbia), the Officers Cross of the Legion of Honor
    (France), and the Army Distinguished Service Medal for "...exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War I. As Judge Advocate of the Service of Supplies, Colonel Hull most creditably handled the questions brought before him. His sound legal training, his complete knowledge of military administration, and his clear conception of the new and difficult problems involved made his services of most exceptional value." [Born on August 7th, 1874, in Bloomfield, Iowa, the son of Congressmen John Albert Tiffin (1841-1928) and Emma Gregory Hull (1844-1927); attended the State University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa, to 1895, when he graduated with a Ph.B. and LL.B.; served in the Iowa National Guard to 1898; married Miss Margaret Agnes Greta Chase (1878-1913) on April 3rd, 1902; married Miss Norma Bowler King (1887-1978) in 1919 at Fort Meyers, Virginia, but the couple were divorced on May 22nd, 1934; served as the Chief Legal Advisor to the Governor-General of the Philippines from 1930 to 1932; appointed as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines on June 1st, 1932, and served until he resigned from the post on February 1st, 1936; died on April 17th, 1944, at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D.C.; buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia.]


    (A Military Album of Commissioned...)
    		 Porter, John Biddle: Of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Enrolled on April 28th, 1898, for two years' service; mustered into service as Colonel of the 2nd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment on May 13th, 1898, at Mount Gretna, Pennsylvania; mustered out of service with the Regiment on November 15th, 1898, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Appointed as a Major with the 28th United States Volunteer Infantry Regiment on July 5th, 1899; accepted the appointment on July 13th, 1899; vacated his volunteer commission on June 19th, 1901. Appointed as a Judge Advocate, with the rank of Major, in the United States Army on May 27th, 1901; accepted the appointment on June 19th, 1901; promoted to Deputy Judge Advocate General, with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, on February 15th, 1911; serving as the Senior Instructor in Law at the Army Service School to 1915; died on June 21st, 1915, at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. [Born on September 5th, 1858, in Paris, France, the son of Brigadier General Andrew (1820-1872) & Magaretta Falconer Biddle Porter (1825-1913); served in the Pennsylvania National Guard from 1879 to 1898 (as a Private in the First Troop of Philadelphia City Cavalry on June 2nd, 1879; promoted to Corporal on April 19th, 1880; to Sergeant in November 1884; to Major of the 2nd Regiment of Infantry on March 5th, 1886; to Lieutenant Colonel on August 8th, 1890; to Colonel of the 2nd Regiment of Infantry on September 19th, 1893);
    married Miss Elizabeth Murray Rush (1856- 1927) on April 20th, 1882; member of the Sons of the American Revolution (Great Grandson of Private Charles Biddle and Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Porter) from April 3rd, 1888, the General Society of the War 1812 (Grandson 1st Lt. John Biddle, 3rd US Art), the Society of Colonial Wars, the State Society of the Cincinnati of Pennsylvania (Great Grand-nephew of Captain Robert Parker, Pennsylvania Light Artillery) from 1883; died on June 21st, 1915, at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; buried at Elmwood Cemetery in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan.]

    Resources

    Books & Published Material

    - "Annual Report of the Adjutant General of Pennsylvania." Clarence M. Buisch, State Printer of Pennsylvania, 1894. (John B. Porter - Page 186)

    - Volume III, "Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., from its establishment, in 1802, to 1890. With the early history of the United States Military Academy." George W. Cullum; The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Boston & New York; 1891. (H.C. Carbaugh - 350; E.H. Crowder - 350 & 351; G.B. Davis - 170 & 171; F.L. Dodds - 314 & 315; E.S. Dudley - 149; E. Hunter - 52 & 53)

    - Supplement, Volume IV, 1890-1900, "Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, since its establishment in 1802.." George W. Cullum; edited by Edward S. Holden; The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts; 1901. (H.C. Carbaugh - 357; E.H. Crowder - 346 & 347; G.B. Davis - 208; F.L. Dodds - 310; E.S. Dudley - 195 & 196; E. Hunter - 154 & 155)

    - Supplement, Volume V, 1900-1910, "Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, since its establishment in 1802.." George W. Cullum; edited by Charles Braden; Seemann & Peters Printers, Saginaw, Michigan, 1910. (H.C. Carbaugh - 333 & 334; E.H. Crowder - 323 & 324; G.B. Davis - 178; F.L. Dodds - 288 & 289; E.S. Dudley - 166; E. Hunter - 124)

    - Supplement, Volume VI-A, 1910-1920, "Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, since its establishment in 1802.." George W. Cullum; edited by Wirt Robinson; Seemann & Peters Printers, Saginaw, Michigan, 1920. (H.C. Carbaugh - 334 & 335; E.H. Crowder - 321 & 322; G.B. Davis - 160; F.L. Dodds - 268 & 269; E.S. Dudley - 148; E. Hunter - 113)

    - Supplement, Volume VII, 1920-1930, "Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, since its establishment in 1802.." George W. Cullum; edited by William H. Donaldson; The Lakeside Press, Crawfordsville, Indiana; 1930. (H.C. Carbaugh - 190; E.H. Crowder - 181; F.L. Dodds - 158; E. Hunter - 79)

    - Supplement, Volume VIII, 1930-1940, "Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, since its establishment in 1802.." George W. Cullum; edited by E.E. Farman; The Lakeside Press, Chicago, Illinois, & Crawfordsville, Indiana; 1940. (H.C. Carbaugh - 63; E.H. Crowder - 62)

    - Supplement, Volume IX, 1940-1950, "Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, since its establishment in 1802.." George W. Cullum; edited by Charles N. Branham; 1950.(H.C. Carbaugh - 45)

    - "Correspondence relating to the War with Spain, and conditions growing out of the same, including the Insurrection in the Philippine Islands, and the China Relief Expedition, between the Adjutant-General of the Army and Military Commanders in the United States, Cuba, Porto Rico, China, and the Philippine Islands, from April 15, 1898, to July 30, 1902." Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1902.

    - "Forty-Second Annual Report of the Association of Graduates of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, June 12th, 1911." Seemann & Peters, Inc., Printers & Binders, Saginaw, Michigan, 1911. (E.S. Dudley - 129 to 131)

    - "Forty-Sixth Annual Report of the Association of Graduates of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, June 11th, 1915." Seemann & Peters Printers, Saginaw, Michigan, 1915. (G.B. Davis - 129 to 137)

    - Page 39, Volume I, "Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army, from its organization, September 29, 1789, to March 2, 1903." Francis B. Heitman, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1903.

    - "A Military Album containing over one thousand portraits of Commissioned Officers who served in the Spanish-American War." L.R. Hamersly Company, New York, New York, 1902. (T.F. Barr - 99; E.S. Dudley - 129; G.N. Lieber - 97; J.B. Porter - 92)

    - "Officers of Volunteer Regiments Organized Under the Act of March 2, 1899." Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1899.

    - Page 10, "Official Army Register for 1898." Adjutant Generals Office, Washington, D.C., December 1st, 1897.

    - Page 11, "Official Army Register for 1899." Adjutant Generals Office, Washington, D.C., January 1st, 1899.

    - Page 11, "Official Army Register for 1900." Adjutant Generals Office, Washington, D.C., December 1st, 1899.

    - Page 11, "Official Army Register for 1901." Adjutant Generals Office, Washington, D.C., December 1st, 1900.

    - Pages 14 & 15, "Official Army Register for 1902." Adjutant Generals Office, Washington, D.C., July 1st, 1902.

    - Pages 14 & 15, "Official Army Register for 1903." Adjutant Generals Office, Washington, D.C., December 1st, 1902.

    - "Powell's Records of Living Officers of the United States Army." Major William H. Powell, United States Army; L.R. Hamersly & Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1890. (T.F. Barr - 42; H.C. Carbaugh - 108; J.W. Clous - 134 & 135; E.H. Crowder - 156; G.B. Davis - 167 & 168; F.L. Dodds - 177; E.S. Dudley - 185 & 186; S.W. Groesbeck - 251 & 252; E. Hunter - 303; G.N. Lieber - 349 & 350)

    - "Sixty-First Annual Report of the Association of Graduates of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, June 11th, 1930." The Moore Printing Company, Newburgh, New York, 1930. (F.L. Dodds - 133 to 135; E. Hunter - 73)

    - "Sixty-Third Annual Report of the Association of Graduates of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, June 9th, 1932." The Moore Printing Company, Newburgh, New York, 1932. (E.H. Crowder - 119 to 122)

    Documents, Papers & Non-Published Materials

    John A.T. Hull Papers, 1835-1920, Des Moines Center Manuscript Collection, Des Moines, Iowa.

    The Lieber Collection; National Archives, Washington, D.C.

    Websites & Online Resources

    - Arlington National Cemetery Website.

    - Find-A-Grave.

     
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