Education
University of Oregon. United States Military Academy.
University of Oregon. United States Military Academy.
His career was long and varied, as he started as an Iowa private in the Union Army during the Civil War. March 21, 1864, Private, 4th Iowa Cavalry June 15, 1870 Commissioned second lieutenant from United States Military Academy, United States Artillery Corps 1873 Honor Graduate, Artillery School 1874-1876 Assistant Professor of Natural & Experimental Philosophy April 10, 1879 promoted to First Lieutenant 1886-1890 Judge Advocate, Department of the Columbia February 10, 1898 promoted to Captain 1889 L.L.D. University of Oregon 1899 Associate Justice Supreme Court of the Philippines (audencial) Manila, Philippines 1899, Colonel of volunteers, 28th Volunteer Infantry August 1, 1901 promoted to Major May 20, 1905 promoted to Lieutenant Colonel February 15, 1906 promoted to Brigadier General February 16, 1906 retired at own request Birkhimer is the grandfather of Williston Birkhimer Palmer and Charles Day Palmer, brothers who became four-star generals. Bibliography "Military Government and Martial Law, by William East. Birkhimer, third edition, revised (1914), Kansas City, Missouri, Franklin Hudson Publishing Company".
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