Background
LANE, Rufus Herman was born on October 31, 1870 in Bellaire, Ohio, United States. Son of Isaac R. and Mary A. (Warfield) Lane.
brigadier general United States Marine Corps
LANE, Rufus Herman was born on October 31, 1870 in Bellaire, Ohio, United States. Son of Isaac R. and Mary A. (Warfield) Lane.
Naval Academy, Maryland, 1893. Columbian University (now George Washington), Bachelor of Laws, 1895.
Second Lieutenant, Marine Corps, 1893-1896. Major, Assistant Adjutant. and Inspector, 1903-1908. Lieutenant Colonel, Assistant Adjutant. and Inspector, 1906-1916.
Colonel, Assistant Adjutant. and Inspector, 1914-1923. Brigadier General, Adjutant. and Inspector, since 1923. Served in United States, Philippines, at sea, and Haiti and Santo Domingo.
In charge Department of Foreign Relations and Department of Justice and Public Instruction, Santo Domingo, 1917-1920.
Clubs: Army and Navy (Washington, A. C.), Army, Navy and Marine Corps Country (Washington, District of Columbia).
Spouse Gertrude Mills, April 27, 1897, Geneva, O.