Texas A and M University - Aggieland Yearbook (College Station, TX)

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I9°5 THE LONG HORN 3 Herbert Howland Sargent Captain Second Cavalry, United States Army. ERBERT HOWLAND SARGENT, son of Jacob True and Maria L. (Braley) Sargent, was born at Carlinville, Illinois, September 29th, 1858. His early years were spent on a farm. In 1878 he graduated from Blackburn University with the degree of B. S. After a winter spent in teaching school, he won the competitive examination for West Point in the spring of 1879, and was appointed cadet at the United States Military Academy by Congressman William R. Morrison. He graduated in 1883, and on June 13th of that year was appointed Second Lieutenant Second United States Cavalry. He was married to Alice C. Applegate, August 1 ith, 1886, at Olene, Oregon. After receiving his commission. Lieutenant Sargent was in constant service on the frontier, at Fort Assiniboine, Montana, Fort Klamath. Oregon, Fort Bidwell, California, Fort Walla Walla, Washington, Fort Huachuac, Arizona, San Carlos Indian Agency, Fort Bowie, Arizona, Fort Logan, Colorado, and Fort Wingate, New Mexico (except one year, 1886-7, as Professor of Military Science at the University of Illinois), until the outbreak of the Spanish-American war. He was then ordered to Washington to aid in organizing the volunteers. May 1st, 1898, he was appointed Major and Adjutant-General United States volunteers, but declined the appointment. On May 20th he was appointed Colonel of the Fifth United States Volunteer Infantry, which he organized at Columbus, Mississippi, arriving with it at Santiago de Cuba August 12th. 1898. In March, 1899, he was ordered to Guantanamo, Cuba, where he commanded the District of Guantanamo until he returned to the United States with his regiment and was mustered out of the volunteer service at Camp Meade. Pennsylvania, May 31st. 1899. On March 2d, 1899. he had been promoted Captain of Cavalry in the regular army. This was followed July 5th by his appointment as Lieutenant-Colonel Twenty-ninth Infantry. United States Volunteers. In October lie sailed for Manila with his regiment, arriving November 2d. For about four months he was engaged in fighting the insurgents on the island of Luzon. He was in command of the attacking forces December 19th, 1899. at the