Henry W. Daly was born in Ireland on 12 July 1850. He first immigrated to Montreal, Canada. Crossing Canada from Montreal to Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1865, Daly ultimately ended up in the New Mexico Territory, United States, in the 1870s. While in New Mexico, Daly learned the trade of mule train packing. Eventually Daly was employed by the United States (U.S.) Army and by the 1880s was assigned to Captain Emmet Crawford for the Geronimo Campaign of 1885-1886. In 1890, Daly led the pack trains to Wounded Knee, South Dakota, before the massacre. After many years of civilian service to the U.S. Army, Daly was promoted to chief packer or packmaster for the Quartermaster Department. During the Spanish-American War, Daly was utilized by the U.S. Army to inspect pack operations in the different war theaters. In 1901, Daly, while serving as an instructor of pack operations at the United States Military Academy, wrote the first of multiple pack transportation manuals that he wrote for the U.S. Army. In World War I, Daly was appointed a captain in the Quartermaster Corps to oversee Army pack companies on 17 July 1917. Later reaching the rank of major, Daly was honorably discharged from the U.S. Army on 20 September 1920. Daly died at the U.S. Naval Hospital in San Diego, California, on 18 September 1931.
Henry W. Daly was born in Ireland on 12 July 1850. He first immigrated to Montreal, Canada. Crossing Canada from Montreal to Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1865, Daly ultimately ended up in the New Mexico Territory, United States, in the 1870s. While in New Mexico, Daly learned the trade of mule train packing. Eventually Daly was employed by the United States (U.S.) Army and by the 1880s was assigned to Captain Emmet Crawford for the Geronimo Campaign of 1885-1886. In 1890, Daly led the pack trains to Wounded Knee, South Dakota, before the massacre. After many years of civilian service to the U.S. Army, Daly was promoted to chief packer or packmaster for the Quartermaster Department. During the Spanish-American War, Daly was utilized by the U.S. Army to inspect pack operations in the different war theaters. In 1901, Daly, while serving as an instructor of pack operations at the United States Military Academy, wrote the first of multiple pack transportation manuals that he wrote for the U.S. Army. In World War I, Daly was appointed a captain in the Quartermaster Corps to oversee Army pack companies on 17 July 1917. Later reaching the rank of major, Daly was honorably discharged from the U.S. Army on 20 September 1920. Daly died at the U.S. Naval Hospital in San Diego, California, on 18 September 1931.
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