General Sturgis (AP 137) - Naval Cruise Book

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Ens. C. L. Martin Jr. Ut Division Officer Ens. E. W. Hook Sttip ' i Service Officer Ens. P. J. Metcalf Ast ' t Supply Officer Ens. N. L. Kreuie C and R Dttyion Officer Ch. Pharm. F. Russell , ' f Ant to Medical Officer Ch. Elee. F. J. Hykes Electrical Officer Ch. Mach. T. W. Grant Au ' t Engineering Officer Ch. Carp. E. B. Noakes Carpenter Bos ' n H. G. Martin Boatiwain Rd. Elec. W. A. Foster Radio Officer OFFICERS 1

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OFFICERS 12 - — a Lt. [jg] W. A. Clapp Jr. Medical Officer Lt. (jg) W. C. Bein 1st Division Officer Lt. (jg) R. H. Van Doom Ass ' t. Transportation Officer Lt. (jg) H. U. Estabrook 2nd Division Officer Lt. (jg) C. Ultes Communication Officer Lt. (jg) W. O. Collins, Jr. Disbursing Officer Lt. (jg) W. W. Miller Ship ' s Secretary Lt. (jg) H. C. Smith Ass ' t Gunnery Officer Ens. C. E. Schmuck Ass ' t Navigator Ens. F. C. Meckle I f Division Officer Ens. S. Hv Anderson £ Division Officer Ens. J. G. Lindtwed Jr. 2nd Division Officer

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{ jl ' ltetdl CZ dUlliel —tL ' UVl.l tlltctl.i whose name is carried by our ship, would be delighted if he could see a log of our travels. For the General served in the Central Pacific for several of his 41 years of Army service, with one year being spent at Manila, where he participated in the Philippine campaign of 1898. He was born in St. Louis, Mo., in 1861, and attended Washington University. In 1884 he was gradu- ated from West Point as a second lieutenant, and was promoted through channels to Major General in the regular Army in October, 1921. He had held his commission as major general from 1917. Before reaching the rank of general he served as a general ' s aide, and was assistant adjutant general of the Department of the Pacific and the Eighth Army Corps before seeing his first combat duty at Manila. The next year he moved to Cuba as adjutant general, but he shifted his attentions to the Pacific again a year later when he was named assistant adjutant general to the Philippine Division. He was a member of the General Staff Corps from 1907 to 1911, and for two years was at Ft. Sam Houston, Tex. Overseas duty with the First Field Artillery in the Hawaiian Islands followed from 1913 to 1916, when he was recalled to the United States to organize the Seventh Field Artillery as our country prepared to enter World War I. After commanding several training camps, he was sent overseas and landed in France in September, 1918. The war was almost over, but he saw action with the First and Forty-second divisions in the Meuse-Argonne sector from October 4 to 18. Returned to the States immediately after the war, he commanded several camps, and then was placed in command of the Panama Canal Department. He held the post from 1921 to 1924, when he was shifted to Commander of the Third Corps Area. He held that post until his retirement from active duty in August, 1925. He was a member of the Loyal Legion, the military order Carabao, and the Army-Navy Club. He died in 1933 at the age of 72 years. In 1896 he married Bertha Bement, of St. Paul, Minn., and had three children, including a son who is named Samuel Davis Sturgis. 14