Military commission signed by Theodore Roosevelt appointing Joseph F. Huston Lieutenant Colonel of Infantry.
Washington, D.C., May 5, 1902, to rank from April 15, 1902.
Engraved document on vellum (412 x 500 mm), completed in manuscript, signed by Theodore Roosevelt as President and countersigned by Elihu Root as Secretary of War. Blue embossed War Department seal. Red-ink docketing at upper left signed by Henry C. Corbin as Adjutant General. Age-toned with horizontal folding crease and other lighter creases, small chip in left margin, signatures faded but legible; very good.
§ A commission for Joseph F. Huston (1852-1917), promoted to lieutenant colonel 19th Infantry with rank from April 15, 1902, as one of a group of infantry promotions made that Spring. The commission was signed by Roosevelt, who had succeeded to the presidency after McKinley's death in September 1901, and countersigned by Root, who served as Secretary of War from 1899 to 1904.
Joseph F. Huston, born at West Point, New York, graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1873 and spent his career in the Army's infantry. He began as a second lieutenant and served at frontier posts in Minnesota, Dakota, Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma (then Indian Territory), and Montana, rising to captain by 1890. During the Spanish-American War in 1898, he fought in Cuba at El Caney, San Juan, and the siege of Santiago.
He then went to the Philippines, where he was promoted to major and led battalions on Panay Island, even serving as governor and military commander of Antique Province. He later commanded the post at Cebu and became a lieutenant colonel in 1902, then a colonel in 1903 commanding the 19th Infantry. In that role he ran Vancouver Barracks in Washington State, then posts in Mindanao, Philippines, and later served in Texas. He retired as a colonel on February 23, 1910, due to a disability connected to his service. (Cullum's Register). Item #127272
Price: $1,500.00