General R M Blatchford (AP 153) - Naval Cruise Book

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MAJOR GENERAL RICHARD M. BLATCHFORD, U. S. A. 41859-19341 Richard M. Blatchford entered the Army as a Second Lieu- tenant of Infantry in l883, his first assignment being on frontier duty at Fort Sully, Dakota Territory. l-le continued on duty in the West, serving at various Army posts such as Fort Apache and Whipple Barracks, Arizona, until l898, when he joined the Army of Puerto. Rico under General Nelson A, Miles. Following the Spanish-American War he was the first American military mayor of San Juan, P. R. ln l 9l 4 he arranged the peace conference between Gen- eral Alvaro Obregon of the Mexican Federal Army and General Pancho Villa of the Mexican Revolutionary Army. During World War I he held the post of Commanding General of the Lines of Communication of the American Expeditionary Force, being cited by General Pershing for his meritorious service during this period. After returning from France, General Blatchford com- manded the Panama Canal Department and various im- portant posts on the Pacific Coast, including the Presidio of San Francisco until his retirement from the Army in l 922. A: ,,f,,..A..4,wmL' .V..'z.wfam1w,wox:f. :za-ww,

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