Walter S. Schuyler
Walter Scribner Schuyler (born April 26, 1850 in Ithaca , New York , † February 17, 1932 in Carmel-by-the-Sea , California ) was an American university professor and brigadier general in the United States Army (USA). In 1910 he was the first in command of what is now the United States Army Pacific (USARPAC; then still Military District of Hawaii ), a main command of the US Army based in Fort Shafter , Hawaii.
Career
After completing his studies at the United States Military Academy in West Point , New York, Schuyler began his service in 1870 with the United States Cavalry (which no longer exists as a separate armed force ) , with which he participated in various missions in Arizona , Wyoming , Colorado and Montana participated in the Indian Wars.
From the late 1870s he taught as a professor of military science at Cornell University in his hometown of Ithaca.
In 1898, Schuyler fought in Puerto Rico , Cuba, and the Philippines during the Spanish-American War . In 1904 he was deployed as a military observer with the Imperial Russian Army in Manchuria and then served in the General Staff of the US Army until 1906 .
In 1910, Schuyler served in the rank of colonel as the first in command of the then newly formed Military District in Hawaii , from which the later US Army Pacific emerged . In 1911 he was promoted to brigadier general and commanded a short time a brigade of the US Cavalry in San Antonio , Texas , before he in the same year for the commanding general in Fort Riley , Kansas , was appointed.
Schuyler came in 1913 in the retirement .
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- ↑ a b c d e Short biography of Schuyler ( Memento of the original from December 20, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at USARPAC (last accessed December 6, 2015).
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| SURNAME | Schuyler, Walter S. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schuyler, Walter Scribner |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US Army Brigadier General; First Commander of the US Army Pacific (Military District of Hawaii); Professor of Military Science (Cornell University) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 26, 1850 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ithaca , New York |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 17, 1932 |
| Place of death | Carmel-by-the-Sea , California |