Background
PAINE, William Herman was born on May 9, 1870 in Westford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Sherman E. and Altha Jane (Reed) Paine.
PAINE, William Herman was born on May 9, 1870 in Westford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Sherman E. and Altha Jane (Reed) Paine.
United States Military Academy, 1894. United States Infantry. and Cavalry School, 1905. United States Army Staff College, 1906.
Y.C. Second Lieutsecond United States Cavalry, 1894. First Lieutenant, 1899. Captain, 1901; Major, 1916.
Lieutenant Colonel, 1917. Colonel of Infantry., National. Army, 18; retired as Lieutenant Colonel, July, 1920.
Colonel, retired list, August, 1920. With Regiment in Chickamauga, Georgia., Mobile, Alabama, Tampa, Florida, 1894-1898. Absent from United States on campaign in Porto Rico, July-Dee., 1898.
In Camp with Regiment, at Huntsville, Alabama, 1898-1899. In Cuba with second and seventh United States Cavalry, 1899-1902. Student Officer, Infantry. and Cavalry School and Staff College, Fort Leavenworth.
Kansas., 1904-1906; with Regiment, second United States Cavalry, on Texas-Mexico boundary. September-December, 1913. Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont, 1913-1916.
With Regiment, fifteenth United States Cavalry, Fort William McKinley, Philippine Islands, 1916-1917. At Camp Custer, Michigan, in command of Military Police and Trains, 85 Division., National. Army, 1917-1918; at Camp Stotsenburg, Philippine Islands, 1918 to retirement from active service.
In permanent command of Garrison at Camp Stotsenburg, June-August, 1918. JulySept., 1919.
Member: Association Grads, United States Master of Arts. American Legion; United Spanish War Veterans. Crater Lake Council, Boy Scouts (Scout Commissioner): Jackson Company Red Cross Board: Medford Chamber of Commerce.
United States Retired Officers Association. United States Cavalry Association Club: Jackson Company Lincoln.
Spouse Ella Belle Vail, June 1, 1897, N.