Hunter Liggett

Hunter Liggett was born in Reading, Pennsylvania on March 21, 1857, the son of James and Margaret (Hunter) Liggett. He was raised and educated in Birdsboro, Pennsylvania, and later attended Boys' Grammar School in the Manayunk neighborhood of Philadelphia. Having decided on a military career, Liggett received tutoring from Birdsboro's supervising school principal, Henry C. Hunter, in preparation for admission to the United States Military Academy at West Point. Six applicants including Liggett took the competitive examination offered by Congressman Hiester Clymer; Liggett finished first and received the appointment. Liggett attended West Point beginning in 1875, graduated in 1879 ranked 41st of 67, and received his commission as a second lieutenant of Infantry. Among his classmates who later attained general officer rank were William Dorrance Beach, John Skinner Mallory, James Anderson Irons, Lloyd Milton Brett, Albert Leopold Mills, John Alexander Johnston, Henry Alexander Greene, Frederick Steinman Foltz and Samuel W. Miller. ==Military service==

Early military career Liggett was initially assigned to the 5th Infantry Regiment at Fort Keogh, Montana, where he remained until December 1879. After she failed to arrive in port, another transport carrying 31st Infantry soldiers, City of Peking, put back out to sea to search. Liggett attended the United States Army War College from July 1909 to July 1910. He commanded the Department of the Philippines from April 1916 to April 1917, when he returned to the United States. In January 1918, Liggett was assigned to command I Corps; he led this organization through October 1918 and took part in all major US operations, including the Saint-Mihiel offensive and Meuse–Argonne offensive. In April 1919, Liggett was assigned to command Third Army during the Occupation of the Rhineland. He died in San Francisco on December 30, 1935. He was buried at San Francisco National Cemetery. ==Honors and awards==

Military honors , James McAndrew, James Harbord, Charles Summerall, John Hines, Edward Mann Lewis, Michael Lenihan, William Mitchell and Frank Parker, after having been decorated with the "Commandeur" of the Légion d'honneur by Marshal Philippe Pétain in 1919. Liggett's awards included: ;American awards ;Foreign awards Army Distinguished Service medal citation ;Citation Other honors The U.S. Army named a base on California's central coast Fort Hunter Liggett. Liggett Hall, now a central feature of Governors Island Park, was a regimental-sized barracks constructed at Fort Jay on Governors Island in New York Harbor. Completed in 1930, it was thought to be the largest building constructed by the U.S. Army and was the largest structure built under the supervision of the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps prior to the construction of the Pentagon. ==Dates of rank==

Liggett's dates of rank were: ==See also==