Papers, February 13, 1890, April 15, 1925.

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Papers, February 13, 1890, April 15, 1925.

Folgner's naturalization certificate, February 13, 1890; letter from Hugh L. Scott to Folgner, April 15, 1925, explaining that Scott remembers Folgner, but not when Folgner had malaria.

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Folgner, Otto, ca. 1852-1931.

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Folgner, a native of Germany, had immigrated to the United States in 1881 and was naturalized in Chicago in 1890. He served as a saddler in the U. S. cavalry in the 1890s, and otherwise worked as a harnessmaker. Hugh L. Scott (1853-1934), Folgner's commanding officer at Fort Sill, was army chief of staff 1914-1917, and chairman of the New Jersey State Highway Commission in 1925. From the description of Papers, February 13, 1890, April 15, 1925. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library)....

Scott, Hugh Lenox, 1853-1934

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Hugh Lenox Scott (b. Sept. 22, 1853, Danville, Ky.-d. Apr. 30, 1934, Washington, D.C.), Major General in the U.S. Army, graduated from West Point in 1876 and for the next 20 years served on the frontier, chiefly with the 7th Cavalry. He fought in campaigns against Indians of the Plains and became an expert in their languages. He was commander of Troop L of the 7th Cavalry, the last Indian troop in the Army. He also served during the Spanish-American War, as military governor in the Philippines, ...