UNITED STATES ARMY 1896

UNITED STATES ARMY

JANUARY 1, 1896

Secretary of War

Daniel S. Lamont

Assistant Secretary of War

Joseph B. Doe

General Officers

Rank	Name	Date of Rank	Notes
Major General	Nelson A. Miles	5 April 1890	Commanding the Army
Major General	Thomas H. Ruger	8 February 1895	Department of the East
Major General	Wesley Merritt	25 April 1895	Department of the Missouri
Brigadier General	John R. Brooke	6 April 1888	Department of Dakota
Brigadier General	Frank Wheaton	18 April 1892	Department of the Colorado
Brigadier General	Elwell S. Otis	28 November 1893	Department of the Columbia
Brigadier General	James W. Forsythe	9 November 1894	Department of California
Brigadier General	Zenas R. Bliss	25 April 1895	Department of Texas
Brigadier General	John J. Coppinger	25 April 1895	Department of the Platte

Department Heads

Rank	Name	Date of Rank	Title
Brigadier General	George D. Ruggles	6 November 1893	Adjutant General
Brigadier General	Joseph C. Breckinridge	30 January 1889	Inspector General
Brigadier General	G. Norman Lieber	3 January 1895	Judge Advocate General
Brigadier General	Richard N. Batcheldor	26 June 1890	Quartermaster General
Brigadier General	Michael B. Morgan	8 October 1894	Commissary General of Subsistence
Brigadier General	George M. Sternerg	30 May 1893	Surgeon General
Brigadier General	Thaddeus H. Stanton	27 March 1895	Paymaster General
Brigadier General	William P. Craighill	10 May 1895	Chief of Engineers
Brigadier General	Daniel W. Flagler	23 January 1891	Chief of Ordnance
Brigadier General	Adolphus W. Greely	3 March 1887	Chief Signal Officer
Colonel	Fred C. Ainsworth	27 May 1892	Chief, Record & Pension Office

Cavalry Regiments

Rank	Name	Date of Rank	Regiment
Colonel	Abraham K. Arnold	7 February 1891	1^st Regiment of Cavalry
Colonel	George G. Huntt	20 April 1891	2^nd Regiment of Cavalry
Colonel	Anson Mills	16 August 1892	3^rd Regiment of Cavalry
Colonel	Charles E. Compton	19 October 1887	4^th Regiment of Cavalry
Colonel	James F. Wade	21 April 1887	5^th Regiment of Cavalry
Colonel	David S. Gordon	28 July 1892	6^th Regiment of Cavalry
Colonel	Edwin V. Sumner	10 November 1894	7^th Regiment of Cavalry
Colonel	Caleb H. Carleton	30 January 1892	8^th Regiment of Cavalry
Colonel	James Biddle	1 July 1891	9^th Regiment of Cavalry
Colonel	John K. Mizner	15 April 1890	10^th Regiment of Cavalry

Artillery Regiments

Rank	Name	Date of Rank	Regiment
Colonel	Royal T. Frank	25 October 1894	1^st Regiment of Artillery
Colonel	Richard Lodor	1 July 1892	2^nd Regiment of Artillery
Colonel	Edmund C. Bainbridge	12 February 1895	3^rd Regiment of Artillery
Colonel	Henry W. Closson	25 April 1888	4^th Regiment of Artillery
Colonel	William M. Graham	1 July 1891	5^th Regiment of Artillery

Infantry Regiments

Rank	Name	Date of Rank	Regiment
Colonel	William R. Shafter	4 March 1879	1^st Regiment of Infantry
Colonel	John C. Bates	25 April 1892	2^nd Regiment of Infantry
Colonel	John H. Page	31 May 1895	3^rd Regiment of Infantry
Colonel	Robert H. Hall	18 May 1893	4^th Regiment of Infantry
Colonel	William L. Kellogg	30 January 1895	5^th Regiment of Infantry
Colonel	Melville A. Cochran	14 July 1890	6^th Regiment of Infantry
Colonel	Henry C. Merriam	10 July 1885	7^th Regiment of Infantry
Colonel	James J. Van Horn	20 April 1891	8^th Regiment of Infantry
Colonel	Charles G. Bartlett	23 April 1890	9^th Regiment of Infantry
Colonel	Edward F. Pearson	14 October 1891	10^th Regiment of Infantry
Colonel	Isaac D. De Russy	19 May 1891	11^th Regiment of Infantry
Colonel	John N. Andrews	1 October 1895	12^th Regiment of Infantry
Colonel	Alfred T. Smith	1 March 1894	13^th Regiment of Infantry
Colonel	Thomas M. Anderson	6 September 1886	14^th Regiment of Infantry
Colonel	Robert E. Crofton	19 October 1886	15^th Regiment of Infantry
Colonel	William H. Penrose	28 November 1893	16^th Regiment of Infantry
Colonel	John S. Poland	1 August 1891	17^th Regiment of Infantry
Colonel	Daingerfield Parker	26 November 1894	18^th Regiment of Infantry
Colonel	Simon Snyder	16 September 1892	19^th Regiment of Infantry
Colonel	Hamilton S. Hawkins	13 August 1894	20^th Regiment of Infantry
Colonel	Horace Jewett	4 December 1891	21^st Regiment of Infantry
Colonel	James S. Casey	21 January 1895	22^nd Regiment of Infantry
Colonel	Samuel Ovenshine	26 April 1895	23^rd Regiment of Infantry
Colonel	Jacob F. Kent	25 April 1895	24^th Regiment of Infantry
Colonel	Andrew S. Burt	4 July 1892	25^th Regiment of Infantry

General Officers on Retired Lists

Rank	Name	Date(s) of Retirement	Reason for Retirement
Lieutenant General	John M. Schofield	29 September 1895	Age
Major General	Daniel E. Sickles	14 April 1869	Wounds in line of duty
Major General	John C. Robinson	6 May 1869	Wounds in line of duty
Major General	Oliver O. Howard	8 November 1894	Age
Major General	Alex McD. McCook	22 April 1895	Age
Brigadier General	Francis Fessenden	1 November 1866	Wounds in line of duty
Brigadier General	Eli Long	3 March 1875 (16 August 1867)	Wounds in line of duty
Brigadier General	Richard W. Johnson	3 March 1875 (12 October 1867)	Wounds in line of duty
Brigadier General	Thomas J. Wood	3 March 1875 (6 June 1868)	Wounds in line of duty
Brigadier General	Martin D. Hardin	15 December 1870	Wounds in line of duty
Brigadier General	William A. Hammond	27 August 1879	Act of Congress
Brigadier General	Daniel H. Rucker	23 February 1882	Age
Brigadier General	Horatio G. Wright	6 March 1884	Age
Brigadier General	Christopher C. Auger	10 July 1885	Age
Brigadier General	Robert Murray	6 August 1886	Age
Brigadier General	Orlando B. Wilcox	16 April 1887	Age
Brigadier General	James C. Deane	30 June 1888	Age
Brigadier General	Absalom Baird	20 August 1888	Age
Brigadier General	William S. Rosecrans	2 March 1889	Act of Congress
Brigadier General	Richard C. Drum	28 May 1889	Age
Brigadier General	William B. Rochester	15 February 1890	Age
Brigadier General	Benjamin H. Grierson	8 July 1890	Age
Brigadier General	John Moore	16 August 1890	Age
Brigadier General	John Gibbon	20 April 1891	Age
Brigadier General	David S. Stanley	1 June 1892	Age
Brigadier General	Beekman Du Barry	4 December 1892	Age
Brigadier General	Eugene A. Carr	15 February 1893	Age
Brigadier General	Robert Williams	5 November 1893	Age
Brigadier General	William P. Carlin	24 November 1893	Age
Brigadier General	John P. Hawkins	29 September 1894	Age
Brigadier General	David G. Swain	22 December 1894	Age
Brigadier General	William Smith	26 March 1895	Age
Brigadier General	Thomas L. Casey	10 May 1895	Age