Information: The first column shows data points from Helmick, Eli A. (Eli Alva), 1863-1945 in red. The third column shows data points from Helmick, A. E. in blue. Any data they share in common is displayed as purple boxes in the middle "Shared" column.
Eli Alva Helmick (1863-1945) was born in Quaker Point, Indiana. His father, Hiram T. Helmick, was a farmer and a self-taught country doctor. After Helmick's parents died of malaria in the later 1870s, he attended Kansas State Agricultural College (1880-1884) and graduated from West Point in 1888.
While stationed at Fort Spokane, Washington, Helmick commanded a detachment of Indian Scouts and participated in the Wounded Knee Campaign (1890-1891). After serving guard duty at the World's Columbian Exposition (1893) he was sent to Santiago, Cuba, and became inspector of the Rural Guard (1899). Transferred to the Philippines in 1901, Helmick participated in the campaign led by Gen. John Pershing against the Moro Indians.
Helmick served at Fort Lieum, Alaska (1906-1907), and then attended School of the Line in Kansas (1907-1909). He completed his training at the Army War College and was promoted to major. From 1911 to 1914, he served in the Inspector General's office in Chicago. He commanded the 27th Infantry on border patrol in Mexico (1914) and resumed duty in the Inspector General's office in 1916. Helmick arrived in France in 1918 as commander of the 5th Division. After the war, he was appointed Inspector General, a position he held until retirement in 1927.
Title:
The Eli and Charles Helmick papers, 1863-1950.
Contains the following types of materials: autobiography, biography. Contains information pertaining to the following wars and time periods: Spanish-American War -- Caribbean, Post War Cuban Occupation, Philippine Insurrection, World War I (WWI) -- Western Front. Contains information pertaining to the following military units and organizations: (Eli) 4th and 10th Infantry Regiments, 3rd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, Inspector General's (IG's) Department; (Charles) V (5th) Corps Artillery, Deputy Military Governor, Korea, Chief Civil Affairs Officer, United States (U.S.) Army Forces, Korea. General description of the collection: Eli and Charles Helmick papers include general officer's memoirs describe Army life (1886-1927), includes duty in West (1881-1893), Cuba (1898-1901), War Post, war conditions, Philippines (1901-1903), Alaska (1906-908), experiences as inspector, also comments on Army training pre-WWI and WWI in France-Brest (1918-1919) organizing embarkation. Appointed the inspector general in 1921, and retired in 1927.
This collection includes material relating to Hudson's career, his activities in the negotiations of the Paris Peace Conference, 1918-1919, and with projects and problems of the League of Nations, including his efforts in urging the U.S. to join the League, his involvement with the American Committee in Geneva of the League of Nations Association, his positions as a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration and judge of the Permanent Court of International Justice, his participation in other international matters and disputes, and his research activities as director of the Harvard Law School Research in International Law project (1930's).
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