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Sign Talk; A Universal Signal Code, Without Apparatus, for Use in the Army, the Navy, Camping, Hunting, and Daily Life
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Hugh Lenox Scott was a United States Army officer, who served in American Indian Wars, Philippine-American War and World War I.
Background
Hugh Lenox was born on September 22, 1853 at Danville, Kentucky, United States, son of the Reverend William McKendry and Mary Elizabeth (Hodge) Scott. He was one of four boys in a family of five children. His grandfather, the Reverend Charles Hodge, was a noted theologian, and his grandmother, Sarah (Bache) Hodge, was a great-granddaughter of Benjamin Franklin. After the death of his father when Hugh was eight years old, he was brought up by his mother in the home of his grandfather at Princeton, New Jersey.
Education
Scott attended schools at Princeton and Lawrenceville, and passed the examinations for the College of New Jersey (later Princeton), but was admitted to West Point as a cadet, July 1, 1871. In 1876, having been suspended a year for hazing, he was graduated thirty-sixth in a class of forty-eight and was promoted second lieutenant, 9th Cavalry, June 15, 1876.
Career
A few days after promotion Hugh Lenox Scott was transferred to the 7th Cavalry, and two years later was made first lieutenant. From 1876 to 1878 he took part in the Sioux, Nez Perce, Camp Robinson, and Cheyenne expeditions. Not content with mere routine duties, he made himself a specialist in the language, customs, and history of the Plains Indians, a knowledge that led to his being placed in charge of the "Ghost Dance" disturbances, 1890-91.
In 1892 he enlisted Troop L, 7th Cavalry, composed of Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Indians, and commanded it until it was mustered out five years later. In the years 1894-97 he had charge of the Chiricahua Apache prisoners at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. A superior officer credits him with preventing an Indian war on three separate occasions.
Seeking better educational advantages for his children, he obtained a detail to the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, District of Columbia, and began preparing a book on the sign language of the Plains Indians. This was his assignment at the outbreak of the Spanish-American War - his rank, that of captain, to which he was promoted in 1895.
Failing to obtain active service in Cuba, he accepted in May 1898 an appointment as major and assistant adjutant-general of volunteers in the I Army Corps, with which he served in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Georgia.
From 1899 to 1902 Scott was adjutant-general in Cuba, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, first on the staff of General William Ludlow, military governor of Havana, and later on that of Gen. Leonard Wood, military governor of Cuba. For a time, 1903-06, he was governor of the Sulu Archipelago. In a battle with the Moros he was severely wounded in both hands.
From 1906 to 1910 he was superintendent of West Point, with the rank of colonel, a service marked by improvement of the physical plant, the establishing of friendly relations with the press, and the enlarging of the corps of cadets. In March 1911 he received the permanent rank of lieutenant-colonel; the following August, that of colonel; and in March 1913, that of brigadier-general. In 1912 he commanded the 3rd Cavalry in Texas, and in 1913-14, the 2nd Cavalry Brigade and Patrol on the Mexican Border.
After a brief period as assistant, he became chief of staff, November 17, 1914, in which office he laid the basis for raising, training, and equipping the American army in the First World War.
In 1917 he served as member of the Root commission to Russia, and visited the British and French divisions on the front lines and various training schools in England and France. On September 22, 1917, he was retired as major-general, but was retained on active duty until May 12, 1919. He commanded the 78th Division of the army, at Camp Dix, New Jersey, 1918-19.
Scott was a member of the Board of Indian Commissioners, 1919-29, and chairman of the New Jersey State Highway Commission, 1923-33.
He died in Washington, District of Columbia, after an illness of two months in Walter Reed Hospital.
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Politics
Scott abolished slavery and the slave trade in the archipelago and encouraged education.
Personality
Of a sturdy physique, Scott was mentally active, concise in speech, and an ardent believer in discipline and high standards of conduct.
He loved the freedom of frontier life, his dogs, horses.
Connections
On June 22, 1880, Scott been married to Mary Merrill, daughter of General Lewis Merrill, by whom he had five children, David Hunter, Anna Merrill, Lewis Merrill, Mary Blanchard, and Sarah Houston.