Career
He later obtained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Colonel Ferguson is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Corporal, United States. Army Company East, 20th Kansas Volunteer Infantry General Orders Number.
126, West.D., 1919 Home Town: Burlington, Kansas Date of Action: April 26, 1899 At the imminent risk of his life Corporal Ferguson voluntarily crawled through a network of iron beams underneath a bridge and, inch by inch, worked his way hand over hand across the bridge until he was underneath an insurgent"s outpost, obtaining a complete description of the condition of the bridge.
Appointed from Kansas, Corporal and Sergeant, Company East. Kansas Infantry, May 2, 1898 to July 14, 1899. First Lieutenant, 36th United States. Volunteer Infantry, July 5, 1899 Second Lieutenant, 14th United States. Infantry, Regular Army First Lieutenant, September 24, 1902 Colonel Ferguson later served in the Mexican Border Campaign and World War I. When the war broke out in Europe, Ferguson was assigned to Fort Riley, where he became an instructor at the first officers" training camp.
He then became Chief Instructor at the second camp at Fort Snelling. He was then assigned to the War Department as an assistant adjutant general of the United States. Army, in charge of enlisted mentor
He received praise from Secretary Newton Doctorate. Baker and General Pershing.
During the last five years of his service, he served as the Secretary for the General Service Schools, Forth Leavenworth, where he organized the books division, which publishes textbooks for United States. Army officers. Colonel Ferguson died from sudden complications of surgery related to the removal of a hernia.