Background
Rice, John Hodgen was born on January 6, 1870 in Saint Louis, Missouri, United States. Son of Virgil and Aurelia R. Rice.
Rice, John Hodgen was born on January 6, 1870 in Saint Louis, Missouri, United States. Son of Virgil and Aurelia R. Rice.
Graduated from the United States Military Academy, 1893.
Commissioned Second lieutenant 3d Cavalry, June 12, 1893. First lieutenant ordnance, November 21, 1898. Captain, April 5, 1903.
Major, October 10, 1907.
Lieutenant colonel, July 1, 1916. Colonel North.A., January 8, 1918.
Brigadier general North.A., February 18, 1918. Lieutenant colonel ordnance, September 15, 1919.
Served during strikes at Chicago, and at Fort Sheridan, Illinois, July-October 1894.
Married Mary L. Angell, November 7, 1903.