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Daniel W. Hand

Daniel W. Hand (October 14, 1869 – September 28, 1945) was a career officer in the United States Army. A veteran of the Spanish–American War, Philippine–American War, Pancho Villa Expedition, and World War I, Hand attained the rank of brigadier general and was a recipient of the Army Distinguished Service Medal and Silver Star. He was best known for his command of Field Artillery units including the Department of Firing at the United States Army Field Artillery School and several Field Artillery regiments.

Daniel W. Hand
Hand as a lieutenant colonel, probably circa 1924 when he was deputy commandant of the Field Artillery School
Born(1869-10-14)October 14, 1869
Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
DiedSeptember 28, 1945(1945-09-28) (aged 75)
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Buried
ServiceUnited States Army
Years of service1898–1933
RankBrigadier General
Service number0–908
UnitU.S. Army Field Artillery Branch
Commands held2nd Battalion, 15th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Battery F, 1st Field Artillery Regiment
3rd New York Field Artillery Regiment
Department of Firing, United States Army Field Artillery School
16th Field Artillery Brigade
25th Field Artillery Regiment
U.S. Relief Expedition to Japan
24th Field Artillery Regiment
7th Field Artillery Regiment
Fort Mason
WarsSpanish–American War
Philippine–American War
Pancho Villa Expedition
World War I
AwardsArmy Distinguished Service Medal
Silver Star
Alma materShattuck Military Academy
University of Michigan (attended)
Spouse(s)Elizabeth Knapp Metcalf (m. 1896–1932, her death)
Ella Virginia Gayle (m. 1933–1945, his death)
Children2

A native of Saint Paul, Minnesota, Hand graduated from Shattuck Military Academy and attended the University of Michigan Law School from 1888 to 1890. He pursued a business career until 1898, when he volunteered for military service during the Spanish–American War. Commissioned as a major in the 15th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment, he commanded the regiment's 2nd Battalion during its service in Minnesota, Pennsylvania, and Georgia. He remained in the army during the Philippine–American War as a captain in the 45th United States Volunteer Infantry. In August 1901 Hand received a regular army commission as a first lieutenant of Field Artillery. He served in Field Artillery postings of increasing responsibility throughout the United States, in addition to performing temporary quartermaster duties on several occasions. During the Pancho Villa Expedition, Hand commanded the 3rd New York Field Artillery as it performed border security near McAllen, Texas.

During World War I, Hand commanded a regiment and served as director of the Department of Firing at the Field Artillery School, then was promoted to temporary brigadier general as commander of a brigade. After the war, he reverted to his permanent rank of captain and continued to serve in Field Artillery assignments as he advanced to permanent colonel, including command of the 25th Field Artillery Regiment in the Philippines and command of the U.S. Relief Expedition to Japan following the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake. Hand closed his career as commander of the post at Fort Mason, California and artillery inspector on the staff of the Ninth Corps Area. Hand attained the mandatory retirement age of 64 in 1933, and retired as a brigadier general.

In retirement, Hand resided in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. He died in San Francisco on September 28, 1945. Hand was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

Early life edit

Daniel Whilldin Hand was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota on October 14, 1869,[1] the son of Daniel Whilldin Hand (1834–1889) and Susan Melville Egerton (1842–1877).[2] Hand's father was a prominent doctor who served as a Union Army surgeon during the American Civil War.[3] Hand attended Shattuck Military Academy,[4] where he was High Mogul of the 5th Avenue Club, an unsanctioned social organization that was often involved in campus pranks and rivalries with other schools.[5] Hand also commanded Shattuck's artillery company with the rank of cadet captain, and earned accolades for developing the company to a high level of proficiency.[6] He attended the University of Michigan Law School from 1888 to 1890[7] as a special non-degree student, and became a member of the Chi Psi fraternity.[8]

After completing his education, Hand worked in Saint Paul as the manager of his families financial holdings, including real estate loans,[9] rental properties,[10][11] and building lots.[12] In addition, Hand worked as a sales representative for the Pine Tree Lumber Company of Little Falls, Minnesota.[13]

Start of career edit

In April 1898, Hand was one of several Shattuck graduates who held an organizational meeting and volunteered for Spanish–American War service, and he was elected president of the group, which agreed to form into a regiment and recruit additional volunteers.[14] When the 15th Minnesota Infantry Regiment was officially created that summer, Hand was commissioned as one of its two majors and assigned to command the 2nd Battalion.[15][16] The 15th Minnesota completed its initial organizing and training at Camp Ramsey, Minnesota and Camp George Meade, Pennsylvania.[17]

The 15th Minnesota moved to Augusta, Georgia in October 1898.[18] The regiment returned home following the end of the war, and was mustered out in March 1899.[19] The U.S. Army subsequently began to raise federal volunteer regiments for service in the Philippine–American War, and Hand was commissioned a captain in the 45th United States Volunteer Infantry.[20] Hand served with the regiment during organization and training at Fort Snelling, Minnesota.[21]

Hand served in the Philippines from September 1899 to June 1901 and took part in 23 engagements.[4] After returning to the United States, Hand applied for a regular army commission and in August 1901 received appointment as a first lieutenant of Artillery.[22] He served briefly with the 121st Coast Artillery Company at Governors Island, New York,[23] followed soon afterwards by the company's transfer to Key West, Florida.[24] In September 1902, he was transferred to the 28th Field Artillery Company at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.[25][26]

In February 1904, Hand was assigned to Fort Monroe, Virginia and selected to attend the Artillery Officers Course.[27] After graduating in July, he was assigned to the 25th Field Artillery Battery at Fort Riley, Kansas,[28] followed by assignment to the 2nd Battery, also at Fort Riley.[29] Hand was promoted to captain in January 1907.[30]

Continued career edit

After his promotion to captain, Hand was assigned to the 1st Field Artillery Regiment at the Presidio of San Francisco.[31] Hand commanded the regiment's Battery F until February 1908, when he was assigned to act as the regimental quartermaster.[32] In March 1908, he was detailed to Fort Barrancas, Florida, to supervise ongoing construction projects.[33] In September 1908, he was assigned to the Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot as assistant to the chief quartermaster.[34]

In April 1909, Hand was assigned as quartermaster of USAT Thomas, a troop transport ship based in San Francisco that made regular trips to the Philippines during the U.S. occupation.[35] In March 1910, nationwide news reports indicated that Hand had been arrested in San Francisco on an unknown charge following his return from a trip to the Philippines.[36] Subsequent news accounts indicated that the reports were erroneous,[37] but Hand's orders to assume quartermaster duties aboard USAT Sherman were canceled[38] and he was instead assigned to quartermaster duties at the San Francisco Quartermaster Depot.[39] News reports in early May indicated that Hand was ill and confined to the hospital at the Presidio.[40]

In late May 1910, Hand was arrested again and charged with being drunk on duty, violating a pledge to his commander that he would abstain from alcohol, and conduct unbecoming an officer.[41] He was convicted in a July court-martial and sentenced to dismissal from the service.[42] In August, Hand's dismissal was commuted by President William Howard Taft, who sentenced him to be reduced to the lowest place in seniority for Field Artillery captains for five years and confined to base for a year.[43] After the court-martial, Hand returned to duty with the 1st Field Artillery in San Francisco.[44]

In July 1911, the 1st Field Artillery was assigned to the Schofield Barracks, Hawaii Territory.[45][46] In November 1912, Hand was transferred from the 1st Artillery to the 2nd Field Artillery Regiment at Vancouver Barracks, Washington.[47][48] In June 1913, he was assigned to the 5th Field Artillery at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.[49][50] In May 1915, Hand was detailed to serve as Field Artillery inspector and instructor for the New York National Guard.[51]

Later career edit

In June 1916, the New York National Guard was activated for federal service during the Pancho Villa Expedition.[52] John F. O'Ryan, the commander of the New York Division, reorganized Buffalo's 65th Infantry Regiment as a heavy field artillery regiment, the 3rd New York Field Artillery, which he appointed Hand to command with the temporary rank of colonel.[53] After completing organization and training, the regiment performed border security detail near McAllen, Texas.[54] The 3rd New York Field Artillery returned to Buffalo and was mustered out in March 1917.[55] Following the return of his regiment to New York, Hand was assigned to the War Department as instructor and inspector of National Guard artillery in New York and New England.[56]

With the United States preparing for entry into World War I, in June 1917 Hand was assigned to Fort Niagara, New York as an artillery instructor for the post's officer training school.[57] In the fall of 1917, Hand was assigned as second-in-command of the 308th Field Artillery Regiment at Fort Dix, New Jersey with the temporary rank of lieutenant colonel.[58] From October 1917 to October 1918, Hand served as assistant director, then director of the Department of Firing at the Fort Sill Field Artillery School.[59] In July 1918, he was promoted again to temporary colonel.[60] In October 1918, Hand was promoted to temporary brigadier general.[61] Hand briefly commanded the 16th Field Artillery Brigade at Camp Kearny, California, and he returned to Fort Sill following the Armistice of November 11, 1918.[62]

In early 1919, Hand reverted to his permanent rank of captain and was assigned to the War Department staff, where he worked to demobilize wartime bases and dispose of land, buildings, and materiel in the real estate section of the Bureau of Purchase, Storage and Traffic.[63] Later in 1919, he received promotion to major, then lieutenant colonel, and was assigned to Field Artillery training on the staff of the Militia Bureau.[64]

In December 1921, Hand was assigned to the 25th Field Artillery Regiment, which was serving in the Philippines, and he commanded the regiment from April to September 1922.[65] While in the Philippines, Hand was assigned to command the U.S. Relief Expedition to Japan as part of the international effort to provide assistance following the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake.[66] In July 1924, he was assigned as assistant commandant of the Field Artillery School.[67] In March 1925, Hand was assigned as assistant to the Chief of Field Artillery.[68] In June 1926, he was promoted to colonel.[69]

From December 1927 to October 1929, Hand commanded the 24th Field Artillery Regiment in the Philippines.[70] He commanded the 7th Field Artillery Regiment at Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont from December 1929 to June 1931.[71] After leaving the 7th Field Artillery, Hand was assigned to command the post at Fort Mason, California.[72] Hand's final assignment was artillery inspector on the staff of the Ninth Corps Area at the Presidio.[73] Hand retired after reaching the mandatory retirement age of 64 in October 1933.[74] In 1930, the U.S. Congress passed legislation enabling World War I general officers to retire at the highest rank they had held, and at retirement Hand's rank of brigadier general was restored.[75]

Retirement and death edit

In retirement, Hand was a resident of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California.[76] Among the civic activities in which he engaged was membership on the Monterey Peninsula Airport District board of directors.[77] He died at Letterman Army Hospital at the Presidio of San Francisco on September 28, 1945.[78] Hand was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.[78]

Awards edit

Hand was a recipient of the Army Distinguished Service Medal for his World War I service.[79] While serving in the Philippines in 1900, Hand received the silver Citation Star for heroism.[78] When the Silver Star was created in 1932, Hand's Citation Star was converted to the new award.[78]

By virtue of his service in the Philippines, Hand was a member of the Military Order of the Carabao.[80]

Legacy edit

As a result of his father's Civil War service, Hand was a hereditary member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States.[81]

Fort Sill's Hand Road is named for Hand, as is the post's Hand Hill, which is located near Medicine Bluff Creek.[82] For several years after World War I, the New York National Guard awarded the Daniel W. Hand Trophy annually to the artillery battery that attained the highest proficiency in firing and maintenance.[83]

Family edit

In 1896, Hand married Elizabeth Knapp Metcalf (1873–1932).[84][85] They were the parents of two children, Daniel (1897–1919) and Agnes (1899–1933).[84] In 1933, he married Ella Virginia Gayle, to whom he remained married until his death.[86][87]

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External links edit

  • Daniel W. Hand at Arlington National Cemetery

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Daniel W Hand October 14 1869 September 28 1945 was a career officer in the United States Army A veteran of the Spanish American War Philippine American War Pancho Villa Expedition and World War I Hand attained the rank of brigadier general and was a recipient of the Army Distinguished Service Medal and Silver Star He was best known for his command of Field Artillery units including the Department of Firing at the United States Army Field Artillery School and several Field Artillery regiments Daniel W HandHand as a lieutenant colonel probably circa 1924 when he was deputy commandant of the Field Artillery SchoolBorn 1869 10 14 October 14 1869Saint Paul Minnesota U S DiedSeptember 28 1945 1945 09 28 aged 75 San Francisco California U S BuriedArlington National CemeteryServiceUnited States ArmyYears of service1898 1933RankBrigadier GeneralService number0 908UnitU S Army Field Artillery BranchCommands held2nd Battalion 15th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry RegimentBattery F 1st Field Artillery Regiment3rd New York Field Artillery RegimentDepartment of Firing United States Army Field Artillery School16th Field Artillery Brigade25th Field Artillery RegimentU S Relief Expedition to Japan24th Field Artillery Regiment7th Field Artillery RegimentFort MasonWarsSpanish American WarPhilippine American WarPancho Villa ExpeditionWorld War IAwardsArmy Distinguished Service MedalSilver StarAlma materShattuck Military AcademyUniversity of Michigan attended Spouse s Elizabeth Knapp Metcalf m 1896 1932 her death Ella Virginia Gayle m 1933 1945 his death Children2A native of Saint Paul Minnesota Hand graduated from Shattuck Military Academy and attended the University of Michigan Law School from 1888 to 1890 He pursued a business career until 1898 when he volunteered for military service during the Spanish American War Commissioned as a major in the 15th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment he commanded the regiment s 2nd Battalion during its service in Minnesota Pennsylvania and Georgia He remained in the army during the Philippine American War as a captain in the 45th United States Volunteer Infantry In August 1901 Hand received a regular army commission as a first lieutenant of Field Artillery He served in Field Artillery postings of increasing responsibility throughout the United States in addition to performing temporary quartermaster duties on several occasions During the Pancho Villa Expedition Hand commanded the 3rd New York Field Artillery as it performed border security near McAllen Texas During World War I Hand commanded a regiment and served as director of the Department of Firing at the Field Artillery School then was promoted to temporary brigadier general as commander of a brigade After the war he reverted to his permanent rank of captain and continued to serve in Field Artillery assignments as he advanced to permanent colonel including command of the 25th Field Artillery Regiment in the Philippines and command of the U S Relief Expedition to Japan following the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake Hand closed his career as commander of the post at Fort Mason California and artillery inspector on the staff of the Ninth Corps Area Hand attained the mandatory retirement age of 64 in 1933 and retired as a brigadier general In retirement Hand resided in Carmel by the Sea California He died in San Francisco on September 28 1945 Hand was buried at Arlington National Cemetery Contents 1 Early life 2 Start of career 3 Continued career 4 Later career 5 Retirement and death 6 Awards 6 1 Legacy 7 Family 8 References 9 External linksEarly life editDaniel Whilldin Hand was born in Saint Paul Minnesota on October 14 1869 1 the son of Daniel Whilldin Hand 1834 1889 and Susan Melville Egerton 1842 1877 2 Hand s father was a prominent doctor who served as a Union Army surgeon during the American Civil War 3 Hand attended Shattuck Military Academy 4 where he was High Mogul of the 5th Avenue Club an unsanctioned social organization that was often involved in campus pranks and rivalries with other schools 5 Hand also commanded Shattuck s artillery company with the rank of cadet captain and earned accolades for developing the company to a high level of proficiency 6 He attended the University of Michigan Law School from 1888 to 1890 7 as a special non degree student and became a member of the Chi Psi fraternity 8 After completing his education Hand worked in Saint Paul as the manager of his families financial holdings including real estate loans 9 rental properties 10 11 and building lots 12 In addition Hand worked as a sales representative for the Pine Tree Lumber Company of Little Falls Minnesota 13 Start of career editIn April 1898 Hand was one of several Shattuck graduates who held an organizational meeting and volunteered for Spanish American War service and he was elected president of the group which agreed to form into a regiment and recruit additional volunteers 14 When the 15th Minnesota Infantry Regiment was officially created that summer Hand was commissioned as one of its two majors and assigned to command the 2nd Battalion 15 16 The 15th Minnesota completed its initial organizing and training at Camp Ramsey Minnesota and Camp George Meade Pennsylvania 17 The 15th Minnesota moved to Augusta Georgia in October 1898 18 The regiment returned home following the end of the war and was mustered out in March 1899 19 The U S Army subsequently began to raise federal volunteer regiments for service in the Philippine American War and Hand was commissioned a captain in the 45th United States Volunteer Infantry 20 Hand served with the regiment during organization and training at Fort Snelling Minnesota 21 Hand served in the Philippines from September 1899 to June 1901 and took part in 23 engagements 4 After returning to the United States Hand applied for a regular army commission and in August 1901 received appointment as a first lieutenant of Artillery 22 He served briefly with the 121st Coast Artillery Company at Governors Island New York 23 followed soon afterwards by the company s transfer to Key West Florida 24 In September 1902 he was transferred to the 28th Field Artillery Company at Fort Leavenworth Kansas 25 26 In February 1904 Hand was assigned to Fort Monroe Virginia and selected to attend the Artillery Officers Course 27 After graduating in July he was assigned to the 25th Field Artillery Battery at Fort Riley Kansas 28 followed by assignment to the 2nd Battery also at Fort Riley 29 Hand was promoted to captain in January 1907 30 Continued career editAfter his promotion to captain Hand was assigned to the 1st Field Artillery Regiment at the Presidio of San Francisco 31 Hand commanded the regiment s Battery F until February 1908 when he was assigned to act as the regimental quartermaster 32 In March 1908 he was detailed to Fort Barrancas Florida to supervise ongoing construction projects 33 In September 1908 he was assigned to the Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot as assistant to the chief quartermaster 34 In April 1909 Hand was assigned as quartermaster of USAT Thomas a troop transport ship based in San Francisco that made regular trips to the Philippines during the U S occupation 35 In March 1910 nationwide news reports indicated that Hand had been arrested in San Francisco on an unknown charge following his return from a trip to the Philippines 36 Subsequent news accounts indicated that the reports were erroneous 37 but Hand s orders to assume quartermaster duties aboard USAT Sherman were canceled 38 and he was instead assigned to quartermaster duties at the San Francisco Quartermaster Depot 39 News reports in early May indicated that Hand was ill and confined to the hospital at the Presidio 40 In late May 1910 Hand was arrested again and charged with being drunk on duty violating a pledge to his commander that he would abstain from alcohol and conduct unbecoming an officer 41 He was convicted in a July court martial and sentenced to dismissal from the service 42 In August Hand s dismissal was commuted by President William Howard Taft who sentenced him to be reduced to the lowest place in seniority for Field Artillery captains for five years and confined to base for a year 43 After the court martial Hand returned to duty with the 1st Field Artillery in San Francisco 44 In July 1911 the 1st Field Artillery was assigned to the Schofield Barracks Hawaii Territory 45 46 In November 1912 Hand was transferred from the 1st Artillery to the 2nd Field Artillery Regiment at Vancouver Barracks Washington 47 48 In June 1913 he was assigned to the 5th Field Artillery at Fort Sill Oklahoma 49 50 In May 1915 Hand was detailed to serve as Field Artillery inspector and instructor for the New York National Guard 51 Later career editIn June 1916 the New York National Guard was activated for federal service during the Pancho Villa Expedition 52 John F O Ryan the commander of the New York Division reorganized Buffalo s 65th Infantry Regiment as a heavy field artillery regiment the 3rd New York Field Artillery which he appointed Hand to command with the temporary rank of colonel 53 After completing organization and training the regiment performed border security detail near McAllen Texas 54 The 3rd New York Field Artillery returned to Buffalo and was mustered out in March 1917 55 Following the return of his regiment to New York Hand was assigned to the War Department as instructor and inspector of National Guard artillery in New York and New England 56 With the United States preparing for entry into World War I in June 1917 Hand was assigned to Fort Niagara New York as an artillery instructor for the post s officer training school 57 In the fall of 1917 Hand was assigned as second in command of the 308th Field Artillery Regiment at Fort Dix New Jersey with the temporary rank of lieutenant colonel 58 From October 1917 to October 1918 Hand served as assistant director then director of the Department of Firing at the Fort Sill Field Artillery School 59 In July 1918 he was promoted again to temporary colonel 60 In October 1918 Hand was promoted to temporary brigadier general 61 Hand briefly commanded the 16th Field Artillery Brigade at Camp Kearny California and he returned to Fort Sill following the Armistice of November 11 1918 62 In early 1919 Hand reverted to his permanent rank of captain and was assigned to the War Department staff where he worked to demobilize wartime bases and dispose of land buildings and materiel in the real estate section of the Bureau of Purchase Storage and Traffic 63 Later in 1919 he received promotion to major then lieutenant colonel and was assigned to Field Artillery training on the staff of the Militia Bureau 64 In December 1921 Hand was assigned to the 25th Field Artillery Regiment which was serving in the Philippines and he commanded the regiment from April to September 1922 65 While in the Philippines Hand was assigned to command the U S Relief Expedition to Japan as part of the international effort to provide assistance following the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake 66 In July 1924 he was assigned as assistant commandant of the Field Artillery School 67 In March 1925 Hand was assigned as assistant to the Chief of Field Artillery 68 In June 1926 he was promoted to colonel 69 From December 1927 to October 1929 Hand commanded the 24th Field Artillery Regiment in the Philippines 70 He commanded the 7th Field Artillery Regiment at Fort Ethan Allen Vermont from December 1929 to June 1931 71 After leaving the 7th Field Artillery Hand was assigned to command the post at Fort Mason California 72 Hand s final assignment was artillery inspector on the staff of the Ninth Corps Area at the Presidio 73 Hand retired after reaching the mandatory retirement age of 64 in October 1933 74 In 1930 the U S Congress passed legislation enabling World War I general officers to retire at the highest rank they had held and at retirement Hand s rank of brigadier general was restored 75 Retirement and death editIn retirement Hand was a resident of Carmel by the Sea California 76 Among the civic activities in which he engaged was membership on the Monterey Peninsula Airport District board of directors 77 He died at Letterman Army Hospital at the Presidio of San Francisco on September 28 1945 78 Hand was buried at Arlington National Cemetery 78 Awards editHand was a recipient of the Army Distinguished Service Medal for his World War I service 79 While serving in the Philippines in 1900 Hand received the silver Citation Star for heroism 78 When the Silver Star was created in 1932 Hand s Citation Star was converted to the new award 78 By virtue of his service in the Philippines Hand was a member of the Military Order of the Carabao 80 Legacy edit As a result of his father s Civil War service Hand was a hereditary member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States 81 Fort Sill s Hand Road is named for Hand as is the post s Hand Hill which is located near Medicine Bluff Creek 82 For several years after World War I the New York National Guard awarded the Daniel W Hand Trophy annually to the artillery battery that attained the highest proficiency in firing and maintenance 83 Family editIn 1896 Hand married Elizabeth Knapp Metcalf 1873 1932 84 85 They were the parents of two children Daniel 1897 1919 and Agnes 1899 1933 84 In 1933 he married Ella Virginia Gayle to whom he remained married until his death 86 87 References edit Obituary Brig Gen Daniel Whilldin Hand Army and Navy Journal Washington DC Army and Navy Journal Inc October 13 1945 p 250 via Newspapers com Howe Paul Sturtevant 1921 Mayflower Pilgrim Descendants in Cape May County New Jersey Cape May NJ Albert R Hand p 207 ISBN 9780806307473 via Google Books Dr Hand Dead The Well Known Physician Succumbs to Bright s Disease The St Paul Globe Saint Paul MN June 2 1889 p 2 via Newspapers com a b Obituary Brig Gen Daniel Whilldin Hand p 250 Neslund Robert Eugene June 30 2008 2008 Museum Self Guided Tour Note 146 Shattuck St Mary s Sesquicentennial Museum Display Self Guided Tour Faribault MN Shattuck Saint Mary s Retrieved December 26 2022 Hand Is To Be Made Major The St Paul Globe St Paul MN July 4 1898 p 4 via Newspapers com University of Michigan 1890 Catalogue of the University of Michigan Ann Harbor MI Courier Printing House p 228 via Google Books Henderson Ira Wemmell ed February 1907 Alumni of Alpha Epsilon The Purple and Gold Vol XXIV Auburn NY Chi Psi Fraternity p 114 via Google Books Money to Loan D W Hand The St Paul Globe St Paul MN March 31 1891 p 7 via Newspapers com Clare Hid the Goods That is the Charge Made by Landlords The St Paul Globe St Paul MN May 16 1897 p 2 via Newspapers com McCardy J J 1895 Report of the City Comptroller of the City of St Paul St Paul MN Pioneer Press p 315 via Google Books Real Estate Transfers Lydia R Hand et al to D W Hand The St Paul Globe St Paul MN January 29 1896 p 7 via Newspapers com D W Hand Salesman for the Pine Tree Lumber Co Weekly Transcript Little Falls MN June 1 1894 p 7 via Newspapers com Shattuck Boys Organize Graduates of the Institution Willing To Fight The St Paul Globe St Paul MN April 23 1898 p 3 via Newspapers com Hand Is To Be Made Major p 4 Fifteenth To Move The St Paul Globe St Paul MN October 3 1898 p 3 via Newspapers com Fifteenth To Move p 3 Know Him Well Alexander Ramsey Lived Near Camp Meade Pa The Minneapolis Tribune Minneapolis MN October 22 1898 p Part Two Page 1 via Newspapers com Monday The Fifteenth Minnesota has been mustered out at Augusta Ga Hastings Weekly News Hastings NE March 31 1899 p 5 via Newspapers com Good Day s Recruiting The St Paul Globe St Paul MN September 14 1899 p 2 via Newspapers com Good Day s Recruiting p 2 Davis Henry Blaine Jr 1998 Generals in Khaki Raleigh NC Pentland Press p 158 ISBN 978 1 5719 7088 6 via Google Books To Forces of Land and Sea The Baltimore Sun Baltimore MD February 11 1902 p 2 via Newspapers com Out of Town Society Oakmont Mrs Daniel Hand The Pittsburgh Press Pittsburgh PA February 16 1902 p 17 via Newspapers com The United Service Army The New York Times New York NY September 27 1902 p 3 via Newspapers com City News Regular Army Men The Minneapolis Journal Minneapolis MN September 24 1903 p 5 via Newspapers com To Forces of Land and Sea Army Orders The Baltimore Sun Baltimore MD February 18 1904 p 9 via Newspapers com Orders to Army Officers The Washington Post Washington DC February 15 1905 p 1 via Newspapers com To Forces of Land and Sea Army The Baltimore Sun Baltimore MD August 2 1905 p 5 via Newspapers com U S Army Adjutant General 1909 Register of the Army of the United States Washington DC U S Department of War p 28 via Google Books Notes of the Army and Navy Edward P Easterbrook San Francisco Chronicle San Francisco CA August 8 1907 p 10 via Newspapers com Army and Navy News Army Orders Daniel W Hand The Evening Star Washington DC February 26 1908 p 3 via Newspapers com Army and Navy News Army Orders Daniel W Hand The Evening Star Washington DC March 2 1908 p 3 via Newspapers com To Forces of Land and Sea Orders Issued to Members of Both Branches of the Service The Baltimore Sun Baltimore MD September 10 1908 p 3 via Newspapers com Army Orders Daniel W Hand The San Francisco Call San Francisco CA April 9 1909 p 13 via Newspapers com Captain Hand Arrested Lancaster Daily Intelligencer Lancaster PA March 29 1910 p 2 via Newspapers com Capt Hand Not Arrested The Washington Post Washington DC March 30 1910 p 4 via Newspapers com Captain Hand Arrested p 2 The Army Capt Daniel W Hand Kansas City Times Kansas City MO April 1 1910 p 7 via Newspapers com Army Notes Captain Daniel W Hand San Francisco Examiner San Francisco CA May 7 1910 p 15 via Newspapers com Capt Hand Arrested The Topeka State Journal Topeka KS May 26 1910 p 7 via Newspapers com Hand Found Guilty Dismissal Urged San Francisco Examiner San Francisco CA July 30 1910 p 3 via Newspapers com To Bottom of List Arkansas Democrat Little Rock AR August 5 1910 p 2 via Newspapers com Sherman Sails for Manila The San Francisco Call San Francisco CA July 6 1911 p 15 via Newspapers com Sherman Sails for Manila p 15 Retired Officers Like Honolulu The Hawaiian Star Honolulu HI January 30 1912 p 7 via Newspapers com Army and Navy orders Army Daniel W Hand The Washington Times Washington DC November 21 1912 p 8 via Newspapers com A general court martial is appointed to meet at Vancouver Barracks Washington on June 3 The San Francisco Call San Francisco CA May 30 1913 p 7 via Newspapers com The Army The following transfers of officers of the field artillery are ordered Daniel W Handy Kansas City Times Kansas City MO June 18 1913 p 6 via Newspapers com 7 000 regulars Available Near Mexican Border The Farmer Bridgeport CT February 13 1913 p 3 via Newspapers com Washington Army Orders Captain Daniel W Hand The Brownsville Herald Brownsville TX May 14 1915 p 3 via Newspapers com Heavy Field Artillery Regiment to be Formed The Boston Globe Boston MA June 27 1916 p 5 via Newspapers com Heavy Field Artillery Regiment to be Formed p 5 Severe Storm Floods 3d Artillery Camp Buffalo Evening News Buffalo NY October 14 1916 p 19 via Newspapers com Troop I Home From Texas Both Commands to Parade Buffalo Evening News Buffalo NY March 12 1917 p 1 via Newspapers com Capt Daniel W Hand field artillery The Washington Post Washington DC March 20 1917 p 6 via Newspapers com Captain Hand Will Go To Fort Niagara Buffalo Evening News Buffalo NY June 26 1917 p 15 via Newspapers com Camp Dix Range Is A Lively Place Paterson Evening News Paterson NJ September 14 1917 p 2 via Newspapers com Harris P C May 2 1921 General Orders No 19 Washington DC United States Department of War p 3 via Google Books Army Orders National Army Field Artillery The Sun New York NY July 7 1918 p 10 via Newspapers com Col D W Hand Promoted Buffalo Enquirer Buffalo NY October 4 1918 p 9 via Newspapers com Transfer Commander Bakersfield Morning Echo Bakersfield CA February 12 1919 p 2 via Newspapers com Constructors to Visit Kearny Fresno Morning Republican Fresno CA May 13 1919 p 2 via Newspapers com Batteries of 75s to Make Up Utah s Unit Salt Lake Telegram Salt Lake City UT August 11 1919 p 2 via Newspapers com Lieut Col Daniel W Hand The Washington Post Washington DC December 13 1921 p 19 via Newspapers com Colonel Hand of State s Old 65th Visits City On Way to New Army Post The Buffalo Evening Times Buffalo NY July 16 1924 p 10 via Newspapers com Colonel Hand of State s Old 65th Visits City p 10 Colonel Hand to Leave Fort Sill Lawton Constitution Lawton OK March 20 1925 p 1 via Newspapers com Officers Are Promoted The Evening Star Washington DC June 19 1926 p 14 via Newspapers com Clay Steven E 2010 US Army Order of Battle 1919 1941 Vol 2 Ft Leavenworth KS Combat Studies Institute Press p 774 via Google Books US Army Order of Battle 1919 1941 p 762 Army Orders Col Daniel W Hand The Evening Star Washington DC May 10 1931 p 20 via Newspapers com Artillery Unit to Fire Near Pismo Pismo Times Pismo Beach CA August 11 1933 p 2 via Newspapers com Social Activities Brigadier General Daniel W Hand Retired The Burlington Free Press Burlington VT October 25 1933 p 9 via Newspapers com Social Activities p 9 Gen Hand Dies At Letterman San Francisco Examiner San Francisco CA September 29 1945 p 13 via Newspapers com Coast Area News Roundup The Salinas Californian Salinas CA February 22 1944 p 7 via Newspapers com a b c d Gen Hand Dies At Letterman p 13 Awarded D S Medal The Evening Star Washington DC April 12 1921 p 9 via Newspapers com Razor Edged Army Proposed for U S The Evening Star Washington DC February 7 1926 p 18 via Newspapers com Birthday of Lincoln Loyal legion preparing to Properly Commemorate It The St Paul Globe St Paul MN February 2 1896 p 5 via Newspapers com Great Plains Journal Vol 17 18 Lawton OK Great Plains Historical Association 1978 p 73 via Google Books Battery E Gets trophy The Buffalo News Buffalo NY December 12 1934 p 20 via Newspapers com a b Mayflower Pilgrim Descendants in Cape May County New Jersey p 207 Col Hand s Wife Dies The Evening Star Washington DC May 28 1932 p 14 via Newspapers com Carson City Nevada Marriage Index 1855 1985 Entry for Daniel W Hand and Ella Gayle Reed Ancestry com Lehi UT Ancestry com LLC July 24 1933 Retrieved December 26 2022 Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences Vol 34 Buffalo NY Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences 1994 p 56 ISBN 9780944032558 via Google Books External links editDaniel W Hand at Arlington National Cemetery Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Daniel W Hand amp oldid 1205197445, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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