Background
DAVIS, William Church was born on May 11, 1866 in McGraw, New York, United States. Son of Samuel and Roxanna (Brown) Davis.
DAVIS, William Church was born on May 11, 1866 in McGraw, New York, United States. Son of Samuel and Roxanna (Brown) Davis.
State Normal School, Cortland, New York, 1883-1886. Grad. United States Military Academy, 1890. United States Artillery School, 1896.
University S. School Submarine Defense, 1903.
K, September 9, 1896, Fort Warren, Massachusetts Commissioned Second Lieutenant Artillery, United States Army, 1890. First Lieutenant, 1898, Captain 1901, Major, 1908, Lieutenant Colonel, 1914, Colonel 1917. Captain and Quartermaster United States.V. 1900-1901.
Brigadier National. Army, 1917-1920. Retired Colonel, January 1921. Appointed Brigadier General Officers’ Reserve Corps, November 1921, reappointed since 1926.
Served in Artillery, Coast Defenses of San Francisco, 1890-1894, 1904-1907, 1911-1913. Fort Monroe. Virginia., 1894-1896. Baltimore, 1898-1899, 1902-1903.
Boston, 1907-1909; San Diego, 1913-1915. Pensacola, 1915-1917. Camp Lewis. Wisconsin, 1919-1920.
Professor. Military Science and Tactics and assistant, professor Mathematics, State Agriculture College, Fort Collins., Colorado, 1897-1898. Depot Quartermaster, Baltimore, Maryland, Spanish-American War, 1898. Regiment Quartermaster and Commissary, 6 United States Army, Superintendent Army Transport Service, Manila, Philippine Insurrection, 1899-1901.
Organisation and command, Thirty Second Heavy Artillery Brigade in United States and later in France, 1918. Transferred to command 31 Heavy Artillery Brigadier, France, 1918. Commander 18 Area (31, 32, 39 Heavy Artillery Brigs.) after armistice.
Returned United States 1919. Participated in Defensive Sector, St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne operations. Cited in orders by Commanding General Fifth Army Corps, awarded Distinguished Service Medal.
Member General Staff Corps. 1909-1911, 1920-1921. Placed on Initial General Staff Eligible List, since 1920.
Member: American Red Cross (director Berkeley Chap.). American Legion; Retired Officers’ Association. Association Army of United States, etc.
Spouse Margaret Turner Schenc.