US Army WORLD WAR II
United States Military Academy Class of 1904
Colonel William R. Scott
William Ross Scott was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, on 18 January 1881, one of four sons of Robert Foster Scott and Martha Ross Scott. One brother, Rear Admiral Norman Scott, graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1911 and won the Medal of Honor posthumously for gallantry at the Battle of Savo Island during World War II.
Colonel Scott graduated from Manual Training High School in Indianapolis and entered the United States Military Academy in August 1900. During his cadet years he was a prominent member of the fencing team and an ardent cross-country runner. He developed a zest for hiking which he retained all his life, using walking as a mode of transport whenever possible.
Upon graduation, he was commissioned in the Infantry, assigned to the 7th Infantry Regiment, and dispatched to the Philippine Islands for a 13-month tour. He then accompanied the regiment to Montana and was stationed at Fort William Henry Harrison. In October 1906 his battalion of the 7th Infantry moved to Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.
By October 1909 he was back in the Philippine Islands, still with the 7th Infantry, this time detailed to a topographical survey in Nueva Acija. He was subsequently reassigned to the 21st Infantry in the Philippines where he remained at Camp John Hay in Baguio until April 1912. During his service with the 21st Infantry, he met and married Mary Sadler of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in Manila at the Military Plaza quarters of her uncle, Colonel H. O. S. Heistand (United States Military Academy, Class of 1878).
His next assignment took him to Vancouver Barracks, Washington. After two more years at foot soldiering with the 21st Infantry, he was sent to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, for a 3-year tour as Parole Officer and Executive Officer of the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks.
In November 1917 he was ordered to Camp Bowie, Texas, where he became Adjutant of the 36th (Texas National Guard) Division. By July 1918 he was enroute to France with this division as a part of the American Expeditionary Forces. Shortly after arriving in France he was assigned as Assistant Chief of Staff of the 36th Division.
He graduated from the Army General Staff College at Langres, France, in December 1918 and then joined the Army of Occupation at the Coblenz Bridgehead as Assistant Chief of Staff of the 1st Division. He returned to the United States with the 1st Division in September 1919 and subsequently accompanied the 1st Division from Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky, to Camp Dix, New Jersey, in October 1920. After four months, he was ordered to the Office, Chief of Infantry, in Washington, DC. Four years later, he was in command of the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry, at Plattsburg Barracks, New York. Completion of this command tour was followed by two school assignments—the Advanced Course at The Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia, and then the Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He then went to Davidson College in North Carolina for four fine years as Professor of Military Science and Tactics.
He was one of those for whom World War II came about five years too late. By the time he left the 35th Infantry he was almost 60 years old and had completed 36 years of commissioned service.
He moved on to California in August 1940 for one more year split between Fort Ord as Chief of Staff, 7th Division, and Presidio of Monterey as Chief of Staff, III Army Corps. Then, after one academic year as Professor of Military Science & Tactics (PMS&T) at Oregon State College in Corvallis, Oregon, he retired for age in June 1942. He was immediately recalled to active duty and continued as PMS&T until January 1944.
Following the second retirement, he and his wife Mary returned to their home in Washington, DC, where he then served for six years as an official of the Army Emergency Relief.
With it all, he was a great father for the son he lost to a range accident at Camp Adair, Oregon, in 1943, Lieutenant William Ross Scott Jr., Class of 1942, and for the two daughters, Isabel, wife of Colonel C.L. Bowen Jr., United States Military Academy, Class of 1933, of Fort Smith, Arkansas, and Heistand, wife of Ceneral G.V. Underwood Jr., United States Military Academy, Class of 1937, of El Paso, Texas. Also surviving are six grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. William Ross Scott died in Washington, DC, on the eve of his 98th year. He was the last survivor of the 124 members of the Class of 1904.
United States Military Academy Class of 1904
Colonel William R. Scott
William Ross Scott was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, on 18 January 1881, one of four sons of Robert Foster Scott and Martha Ross Scott. One brother, Rear Admiral Norman Scott, graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1911 and won the Medal of Honor posthumously for gallantry at the Battle of Savo Island during World War II.
Colonel Scott graduated from Manual Training High School in Indianapolis and entered the United States Military Academy in August 1900. During his cadet years he was a prominent member of the fencing team and an ardent cross-country runner. He developed a zest for hiking which he retained all his life, using walking as a mode of transport whenever possible.
Upon graduation, he was commissioned in the Infantry, assigned to the 7th Infantry Regiment, and dispatched to the Philippine Islands for a 13-month tour. He then accompanied the regiment to Montana and was stationed at Fort William Henry Harrison. In October 1906 his battalion of the 7th Infantry moved to Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.
By October 1909 he was back in the Philippine Islands, still with the 7th Infantry, this time detailed to a topographical survey in Nueva Acija. He was subsequently reassigned to the 21st Infantry in the Philippines where he remained at Camp John Hay in Baguio until April 1912. During his service with the 21st Infantry, he met and married Mary Sadler of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in Manila at the Military Plaza quarters of her uncle, Colonel H. O. S. Heistand (United States Military Academy, Class of 1878).
His next assignment took him to Vancouver Barracks, Washington. After two more years at foot soldiering with the 21st Infantry, he was sent to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, for a 3-year tour as Parole Officer and Executive Officer of the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks.
In November 1917 he was ordered to Camp Bowie, Texas, where he became Adjutant of the 36th (Texas National Guard) Division. By July 1918 he was enroute to France with this division as a part of the American Expeditionary Forces. Shortly after arriving in France he was assigned as Assistant Chief of Staff of the 36th Division.
He graduated from the Army General Staff College at Langres, France, in December 1918 and then joined the Army of Occupation at the Coblenz Bridgehead as Assistant Chief of Staff of the 1st Division. He returned to the United States with the 1st Division in September 1919 and subsequently accompanied the 1st Division from Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky, to Camp Dix, New Jersey, in October 1920. After four months, he was ordered to the Office, Chief of Infantry, in Washington, DC. Four years later, he was in command of the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry, at Plattsburg Barracks, New York. Completion of this command tour was followed by two school assignments—the Advanced Course at The Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia, and then the Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He then went to Davidson College in North Carolina for four fine years as Professor of Military Science and Tactics.
He was one of those for whom World War II came about five years too late. By the time he left the 35th Infantry he was almost 60 years old and had completed 36 years of commissioned service.
He moved on to California in August 1940 for one more year split between Fort Ord as Chief of Staff, 7th Division, and Presidio of Monterey as Chief of Staff, III Army Corps. Then, after one academic year as Professor of Military Science & Tactics (PMS&T) at Oregon State College in Corvallis, Oregon, he retired for age in June 1942. He was immediately recalled to active duty and continued as PMS&T until January 1944.
Following the second retirement, he and his wife Mary returned to their home in Washington, DC, where he then served for six years as an official of the Army Emergency Relief.
With it all, he was a great father for the son he lost to a range accident at Camp Adair, Oregon, in 1943, Lieutenant William Ross Scott Jr., Class of 1942, and for the two daughters, Isabel, wife of Colonel C.L. Bowen Jr., United States Military Academy, Class of 1933, of Fort Smith, Arkansas, and Heistand, wife of Ceneral G.V. Underwood Jr., United States Military Academy, Class of 1937, of El Paso, Texas. Also surviving are six grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. William Ross Scott died in Washington, DC, on the eve of his 98th year. He was the last survivor of the 124 members of the Class of 1904.
US Army WORLD WAR II
United States Military Academy Class of 1904
Colonel William R. Scott
William Ross Scott was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, on 18 January 1881, one of four sons of Robert Foster Scott and Martha Ross Scott. One brother, Rear Admiral Norman Scott, graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1911 and won the Medal of Honor posthumously for gallantry at the Battle of Savo Island during World War II.
Colonel Scott graduated from Manual Training High School in Indianapolis and entered the United States Military Academy in August 1900. During his cadet years he was a prominent member of the fencing team and an ardent cross-country runner. He developed a zest for hiking which he retained all his life, using walking as a mode of transport whenever possible.
Upon graduation, he was commissioned in the Infantry, assigned to the 7th Infantry Regiment, and dispatched to the Philippine Islands for a 13-month tour. He then accompanied the regiment to Montana and was stationed at Fort William Henry Harrison. In October 1906 his battalion of the 7th Infantry moved to Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.
By October 1909 he was back in the Philippine Islands, still with the 7th Infantry, this time detailed to a topographical survey in Nueva Acija. He was subsequently reassigned to the 21st Infantry in the Philippines where he remained at Camp John Hay in Baguio until April 1912. During his service with the 21st Infantry, he met and married Mary Sadler of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in Manila at the Military Plaza quarters of her uncle, Colonel H. O. S. Heistand (United States Military Academy, Class of 1878).
His next assignment took him to Vancouver Barracks, Washington. After two more years at foot soldiering with the 21st Infantry, he was sent to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, for a 3-year tour as Parole Officer and Executive Officer of the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks.
In November 1917 he was ordered to Camp Bowie, Texas, where he became Adjutant of the 36th (Texas National Guard) Division. By July 1918 he was enroute to France with this division as a part of the American Expeditionary Forces. Shortly after arriving in France he was assigned as Assistant Chief of Staff of the 36th Division.
He graduated from the Army General Staff College at Langres, France, in December 1918 and then joined the Army of Occupation at the Coblenz Bridgehead as Assistant Chief of Staff of the 1st Division. He returned to the United States with the 1st Division in September 1919 and subsequently accompanied the 1st Division from Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky, to Camp Dix, New Jersey, in October 1920. After four months, he was ordered to the Office, Chief of Infantry, in Washington, DC. Four years later, he was in command of the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry, at Plattsburg Barracks, New York. Completion of this command tour was followed by two school assignments—the Advanced Course at The Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia, and then the Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He then went to Davidson College in North Carolina for four fine years as Professor of Military Science and Tactics.
He was one of those for whom World War II came about five years too late. By the time he left the 35th Infantry he was almost 60 years old and had completed 36 years of commissioned service.
He moved on to California in August 1940 for one more year split between Fort Ord as Chief of Staff, 7th Division, and Presidio of Monterey as Chief of Staff, III Army Corps. Then, after one academic year as Professor of Military Science & Tactics (PMS&T) at Oregon State College in Corvallis, Oregon, he retired for age in June 1942. He was immediately recalled to active duty and continued as PMS&T until January 1944.
Following the second retirement, he and his wife Mary returned to their home in Washington, DC, where he then served for six years as an official of the Army Emergency Relief.
With it all, he was a great father for the son he lost to a range accident at Camp Adair, Oregon, in 1943, Lieutenant William Ross Scott Jr., Class of 1942, and for the two daughters, Isabel, wife of Colonel C.L. Bowen Jr., United States Military Academy, Class of 1933, of Fort Smith, Arkansas, and Heistand, wife of Ceneral G.V. Underwood Jr., United States Military Academy, Class of 1937, of El Paso, Texas. Also surviving are six grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. William Ross Scott died in Washington, DC, on the eve of his 98th year. He was the last survivor of the 124 members of the Class of 1904.
United States Military Academy Class of 1904
Colonel William R. Scott
William Ross Scott was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, on 18 January 1881, one of four sons of Robert Foster Scott and Martha Ross Scott. One brother, Rear Admiral Norman Scott, graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1911 and won the Medal of Honor posthumously for gallantry at the Battle of Savo Island during World War II.
Colonel Scott graduated from Manual Training High School in Indianapolis and entered the United States Military Academy in August 1900. During his cadet years he was a prominent member of the fencing team and an ardent cross-country runner. He developed a zest for hiking which he retained all his life, using walking as a mode of transport whenever possible.
Upon graduation, he was commissioned in the Infantry, assigned to the 7th Infantry Regiment, and dispatched to the Philippine Islands for a 13-month tour. He then accompanied the regiment to Montana and was stationed at Fort William Henry Harrison. In October 1906 his battalion of the 7th Infantry moved to Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.
By October 1909 he was back in the Philippine Islands, still with the 7th Infantry, this time detailed to a topographical survey in Nueva Acija. He was subsequently reassigned to the 21st Infantry in the Philippines where he remained at Camp John Hay in Baguio until April 1912. During his service with the 21st Infantry, he met and married Mary Sadler of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in Manila at the Military Plaza quarters of her uncle, Colonel H. O. S. Heistand (United States Military Academy, Class of 1878).
His next assignment took him to Vancouver Barracks, Washington. After two more years at foot soldiering with the 21st Infantry, he was sent to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, for a 3-year tour as Parole Officer and Executive Officer of the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks.
In November 1917 he was ordered to Camp Bowie, Texas, where he became Adjutant of the 36th (Texas National Guard) Division. By July 1918 he was enroute to France with this division as a part of the American Expeditionary Forces. Shortly after arriving in France he was assigned as Assistant Chief of Staff of the 36th Division.
He graduated from the Army General Staff College at Langres, France, in December 1918 and then joined the Army of Occupation at the Coblenz Bridgehead as Assistant Chief of Staff of the 1st Division. He returned to the United States with the 1st Division in September 1919 and subsequently accompanied the 1st Division from Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky, to Camp Dix, New Jersey, in October 1920. After four months, he was ordered to the Office, Chief of Infantry, in Washington, DC. Four years later, he was in command of the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry, at Plattsburg Barracks, New York. Completion of this command tour was followed by two school assignments—the Advanced Course at The Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia, and then the Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He then went to Davidson College in North Carolina for four fine years as Professor of Military Science and Tactics.
He was one of those for whom World War II came about five years too late. By the time he left the 35th Infantry he was almost 60 years old and had completed 36 years of commissioned service.
He moved on to California in August 1940 for one more year split between Fort Ord as Chief of Staff, 7th Division, and Presidio of Monterey as Chief of Staff, III Army Corps. Then, after one academic year as Professor of Military Science & Tactics (PMS&T) at Oregon State College in Corvallis, Oregon, he retired for age in June 1942. He was immediately recalled to active duty and continued as PMS&T until January 1944.
Following the second retirement, he and his wife Mary returned to their home in Washington, DC, where he then served for six years as an official of the Army Emergency Relief.
With it all, he was a great father for the son he lost to a range accident at Camp Adair, Oregon, in 1943, Lieutenant William Ross Scott Jr., Class of 1942, and for the two daughters, Isabel, wife of Colonel C.L. Bowen Jr., United States Military Academy, Class of 1933, of Fort Smith, Arkansas, and Heistand, wife of Ceneral G.V. Underwood Jr., United States Military Academy, Class of 1937, of El Paso, Texas. Also surviving are six grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. William Ross Scott died in Washington, DC, on the eve of his 98th year. He was the last survivor of the 124 members of the Class of 1904.
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