Swift, Eben, 1854-1938. Eben Swift photograph collection. - View Resource (original) (raw)

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Swift, Eben, 1854-1938

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Born in 1854. Swift was in the U.S. Army as Second Lieutenant, 5th Cavlary (1876), 1st Lieutenant (1884), Captain (1893), Major (1903), Lt. Colonel (1911), Colonel (1912), Brig. General (1916), Major General (1917). He served in the Indian campaigns and in various western posts (1870's-1880's); commanded troops in Cuba and Puerto Rico (1898-99); became an instructor at Infantry and Cavalry School (1904-06) and Army War College (1906-10) and observed the Russo-Japanese War in Manchur...

United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...