Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-24
BRIG. GEN. WEIGEL
: COMMANDS HANCOCK
contlnued from page one.

ceptiop ef Alaska and emma W I ..,S 4etI,
Boxer war Of 1909, ana on neAe eonsecIl-
win save seen thirty one years e,.,1,,1
tive service in the United Slates q. Nv,
rsa,9eral yyeigel is a West Pointer no 49,
ing been graduated in the Grass u 100 100
and appointed SECOND s.e. o,,,yy,is
eioned he was assigned to the E5iSN 9 -
infantry Regiment for duty On tlT go,
madam border, serving AT Foft lsh<ssse'l a q
from October l. 1884,, 70 D Ia several
nsher officers, went to Europe TO MAKE e, = =
stI1fy of military conditions IN tne M y
World and there remained nhth 1uaiD f
1892 During that time ne saw may - az h,
The places prominently mentioned IN tlls
war news Of today apd Witnessed an may
reviews of the German army, Whleh eyer
then was making preparations Ior the
conflict which it is waging TO-DAY.
slx Mouths Among Indians.
IJuon his return TO this country ne re-
ioined the Eleventh Regiment, then sta
tened at Whipple Barracks, Arizona.
leaving there on October 10, 1893, to take
command of Comnany A., OF the regimen
then detailed to the White Mountain IN
dian reservation at San Carlos. Arizona
He spent six months among the apoFlg-
ines having charges in addition 10 me
own company of the Apache lhalap
scouts. 4 NJ;
e,el v,as recalled to the United StateF
Military Academy at West Point as ar
instructor taking I'M his duties ultle "
AnriI list. and remaining there untli tne
outbreak of the Sraanish- american WI
fo,,y vaars later When the war pFoke
o,,4 Tdet,tenant Weisel was ordered r.
renoyt at Camn BLACK. Long Island. ~
Y where he nssisfed in the mHSteT,'iG ~ ~
az the New York state volunteers Shortl'
aftervvarf1e he was Amounted at"e-ae-
eavnn 10 Frigadier General Alexander I.
M. Pennington, with the rank OF Ih's'
lieutenant =.
tailed NV Major General Samuel Is.
Young 70 law f,lst and establish "a car1T
a+ Morta1,lx point Long Island, Tor thf
rf,ar4e riyfs NJ +reons returning IRON
C,,bo IN November 9sth 1898. I.leuten'
ara yyejgni vpes nraYooted to n canfatr
ora re,,orfed pc rI'~ RI esrq1a efer fo RfiF.
. 5inr Cev, oval C'le~.siee r. Huunhrev ~
Havana rt,,ha Tnirtnon months WAS tn
exteot ~ his +~sr'' re Autv in fa1ha am
~, T9een,-,l,Ar 1e+b 1000 he waS orderAF
m San WAR Porto Piee to take IN fh'
= dpties If ~aeiv,.outai o'''arter~raste~ Of tn
nost Of cRv r,,nn whore his old cnfaN-
rnpv tho E"oveoth TrNfantr". was ther
STATIONED Tn re+urrNd with fts resi.
inert N TO sst~Ansi as.r'vinp nj Wsehisrr-
ion Fsa ~, stss yFya shfs,evtr7 y. c.. on De-
eep1her etf ~ tAo ~nar.
Phiinnsne insurrection.
When the Philippine inSufrection broke
out on 1901. Cant Weigel took his COM
many 60 the islands and located at TacIo-
he distinguished himself and helped verv
materially to nat an end TO the 1ggorotes
who were then terrnFZng the islands
While stationed at Rulangiga- Sanar, he
with az men. was surrounded nv the war
ing natives ard fer sixteen DAVIS. WV.
scant food and little ammunation. tn~~,
held off n band of natives. who shortly
before had naassacred Company of the
Ninth Infantry He rersained in the Us
lands until Tuiv 18TH. 1903 having M. IT,
ciDatea in the Snrarao expedition. which
was the lest organized outburst of. the
wsrlloH islands
In November 1909 Cantain Weieel re-
turned 10 this cnnntrv and tolx M the
duties of construction duartermaster at
Fort sheridan, III. Here he remained
Following the conviction Of the post 1~lfif
Sentenher 2h 1917 when he was sent to
the Fighteenth Tnfantrv then chartered
at Fort T,eaVenworth Kas Renlainire o.
there hut fen dove In left with his ragi-
ment for tho nhilinp~n Islands, arriving
at Camn Keith'ev. Nindanao on No
vemhcr 1st. His second visit to the
islands was IF 'we-vear duration. dur
ing which f''lae h. was comfna nsline an
OUTPOST at Merah''i T.aige~Tsanao NoVen1-
Der 1909. fo11~d hina hack in the states.
Statio0nd At Fort EFackenzia VVvo witt,
tho Eiehteonth rnfantry. On March 10.
1910. CantaSn Weigcl was promoted to
razor. assnT,'nr command of battalion
of the Second Tnfantrv
That the state from which his nrese,, ;
cohorts han Is not unfamiliar to hin,
IS proven by the fart that he participat ed
IN the maneuwers of the Second Infantry
at Gettysburg. Pa. during the summer OF
1910 and later took charge of recruiting
duty IN Phladelnfia. remaining in fha
keystone state from September 1910, until
April, 1912
upen returning tn active duty. Maiov
Weigel was assigned to the Twentv-tbird
INFANTRY, then stationed at Fort Renia :
min Harrison. Ind. where he remained
until Viha and his bandits began stirring
M trouble Alerg the Mexican border
LEAVING Indians. Mltor Weigei went n
Texas CITY. Tev-. where he arted as nro
vost marshal OF the second division. nm
der Major General Wnliam H. Carter
On tha Border
The beginning Of 1914 found Major
Weieel acting % insrect or-instri,r,to,' ~
the New YorF National Guard with head
quarters at New York CITY. He retaine6
this nositien uotn October 20 1915. when
tSe Mevican trontle heco,ne acute ard he
returned 70 tho Lono Star state. heino
assigned - Fort Crockett with the Tween
ty-third TnfoetrV
Leaving TeVas oNrlv in 1919 Major
W'eigel went +" Fc~t efafto,.. IIawaiia =
Islands, with the Second TDfantrv He
ieined the reeinnent on ANria 1sth ard ~,
Ttlly var aNNni.ted l;autenar+ coIonel
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