West Point graduates from Florida who served in
Spanish American War, Philippine Insurrection, & China Relief Expedition
Veterans
- George F. Baltzell, 2nd & 1st Lieutenant, 5th US Infantry
Regiment. Served in the Santiago Campaign in Cuba.
- Seaborn G. Chiles, 2nd & 1st Lieutenant, 11th US Infantry
Regiment: Served in Porto Rico; fought in the engagement at
Hormigueros on August 10th, 1898.
- Isaac Erwin, 1st Lieutenant, 16th US Infantry Regiment &
Captain, 30th US Infantry Regiment:
Took part in the battle of San Juan Hill on July 1st, 1898, for gallantry in
the battle he was recommended for a Brevet promotion to Captain, United
States Army; engaged in the battles about Santiago, on July 2nd, 3rd, and
10th, 11th, & 12th, 1898.
- William H. Hay, 1st
Lieutenant 10th US Cavalry Regiment; Captain & Assistant Quartermaster, US
Volunteers. Served as a Quartermaster & Mustering Officer of
Pennsylvania Volunteers, & later with the Army of Occupation in Cuba.
- Francis J. Kernan, Captain,
2nd US Infantry Regiment. Served in the Philippines on the Staff of
General Arthur MacArthur from June to September of 1898; On duty with the
Occupation Force in Cuba.
- Hamilton A. Smith, 1st
Lieutenant, 3rd US Infantry Regiment. Served in the Santiago
Campaign in Cuba, fought at El Caney on July 1st, San Juan Heights on July
2nd & 3rd, and in the Siege of Santiago.
- Samuel A. Smoke, 1st
Lieutenant, 19th US Infantry; Captain, 5th US Infantry; Captain & Assistant
Quartermaster, U.S. Volunteers. Commanding post, and Quartermaster
and Commissary of Fort Wagner,
Michigan; Chief Quartermaster, 1st Division, 1st
Army Corps, at Macon, Georgia;
Chief Quartermaster, Department of Santa Clara,
Cuba.
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Charles Pelot Summerall, 2nd & 1st Lieutenant, 5th US Artillery.
Participated in various skirmishes and engagements with Filipino insurgents
near Calamba, Philippine Islands, from September to October of 1899. Served
as a Major General in World War I with the American Expeditionary Force.
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Charles B. Vodges, Captain, 1st US Infantry Regiment. Served in
the Occupation of Cuba.