Background
Gage, Philip Steams was born on November 13, 1885 in Detroit, Michigan. Son of William Tenny and Elizabeth (Godwin) Gage.
Gage, Philip Steams was born on November 13, 1885 in Detroit, Michigan. Son of William Tenny and Elizabeth (Godwin) Gage.
Student Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, 1904-1905. Bachelor of Science, United States Military Academy, 1909.
Second lieutenant, Coast Artillery Corps, June 11, 1909. Promoted through grades to colonel, August, 1938. Appointed brigadier general, April 6, 1941.
Member Psi Upsilon, Gamma Delta Psi. Episcopalian.
Married Irene Julia Toll, April. Children: Betty Whistler (Mistress Devereux H. Lippitt), Philip South. Commissioned.