Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-01-18
GEN.. KUHN GOES
WASHINGTON;
TO ASSIST BLISS
RECENTLY APPOINTED BRIGADIER-
GENERAL WILL ALSO BE HEAD
OF The ARMY WAR COLLEGE.
NOW SERVING WITH FIRST REGI-
mENT or UNITED STATES EhGi-
NEERS STATIONED HERE.

tniOhti Joseph ~. hinu, ul the ilF>l
regiment OF United States engineers, re
Gently appointed brigadier general, the
confirmation Of which by the senate has
been virtually made, will shortly report 10
the war department 1t Washington 10 as
sun,e the duties of assistant 10 the chief
Of staff, Major General Tasker III. Bliss.
and also TO assume the position of presi-
dent Of the army war college. Telegraph
ic adviceS 10 this effect were received by
General Kuhn al Fort Brown today. but
he Will not take his departure for Wash
ington until the arrival Of the printed or
ders, expected in the course of a few
days. Al
The presidency Of the wal college has
been vacant since last October when zen
cral McComb retired. II has since been
filled temporarily by General Treat.
The latest issue Of the Army and Navy
Journal has the following to say Of Gen
eral Kuhn:
Col. Joseph +. Kuhn, Third regiment Of
Engineers. II. =. a.. appointed hrigadicr
general to date from Jan. ,. 1917, vice
IN aus lftiltN. was UNlM lI haiANH~ Httiif
IA. 1864. General Kuhn was graduated
from the United States military academy
June IA. 1885, and was assigned To the
corps Of engineers.
''Ile wss graduated from the engineer
school Of application 1855: was instructor
n the United States military academy
from August 81. 1889. to August, 1894.
on duty IN office of chief Of engineers
August. 1896, u May 81. 1895; served -
major and chief engineer. volunteers, MAY
81, 1895, rn April IL. 1890: was instructor
at United States military academy Sep
temher. 1900, u August II, 1908. and was
on duty with the Japanese forces - OBJ
server during the Rus-ian-Japanese war.
lie speaks German and French. and l.
an officer of high attainmcnts. General
Kuhn, among other services. was Oh duty
al WilIets Point, and has served on many
important boards of officers and has
worked on improvements Of rivers aud
harboF, construction ~ bridges, etc.
lie was assistant professor Of civil
and military engineering WI the United
States military academy end was IN
charge Of the supervision Of the erection
Of a new academic binding, 1918. He
served a. acting adiuiant Of the United
States military Z, ademy; was in charge
of tile defenses OF San Francisco bay at
Fort Winfield Scott and Fort Mason. lie
was on duty in the office of the chief of
engineer III Washington, and was at the
United States military academy August
ID. 1900. 10 September j. 1903, being IN
charge Of the erection OF the officers
mess and remodeling the library building.
iIe served Ia the Philippine Islands Octo-
Der 1, 1903. tn March , 1904, and was
military attache AT the United States lega-
lion "a Toxic. Japan, for the purpose of
observing the Japanese army during the
var with Russia.
File served III the office Ut the chief Of
staff at Washington. and was or duty AZ
Norfolk. Va. IN charge NJ fortlticaiior
work and river and harbor Improvements.
General Kuhn wa an observer with the
German army during the present war and
was recently on duty "a the army war col
lege. General Kuhn reached the grade WI
colonel IN March. 1915"