WILLIAM PORTER STONE
USMA CLASS OF 1883
CULLUM'S REGISTER # 2981

SECOND LIEUT., 2ND ARTILLERY - 1883
FIRST LIEUT., 5TH ARTILLERY - 1891
CAPTAIN, 7TH ARTILLERY -1899
VETERAN, PHILIPPINE INSURRECTION , 1900-1903
MAJOR, ARTILLERY CORPS - 1906
RETIRED FROM ACTIVE DUTY - 1909
COLORADO NATIONAL GUARD, 1909-1916
ROTC PROFESSOR, VA. TECH, RICHMOND, WM. & MARY, 1917-1919
COLONEL, U. S. ARMY RET. - 1918
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2981 ( Born Ark. ) WILLIAM P. STONE. ( Ap'd Ark ). 13

Military History. --- Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1878 to July 25, 1879, and July 26, 1880 to June 13, 1883, when he was graduated and promoted to the Army to

( SECOND LIEUT., 2D ARTILLERY, June 13, 1883 )

Served : In garrison at Little Rock Barracks, Ark., Sep. 30, 1883 to Apr. 27, 1884,--- Artillery School for Practice, Ft. Monroe, Va., to Sep. 1, 1886, --- Mt. Vernon Barracks, Ala., to Sep 22, 1887, -- and Little Rock Barracks, Ark., to Apr. 30, 1889 ; and as Professor of Military Science and Tactics at the University of the South, Sewanee, Ten., to ---

( Supplement , Vol. IV: 1890-1900 )

Military History. --- Served on college duty

( FIRST LIEUT. OF ARTILLERY, 5TH ARTILLERY, FEB 20, 1891 )

( TRANSFERRED TO 4TH ARTILLERY, MAY 23, 1891 )

to Aug. 1891: garrison duty at Fort McPherson, Ga., to May 28, 1892 ; in charge of repairs of barracks and quarters at Key West Barracks, Fla., to Dec. 26, 1892 : garrison duty at Fort McPherson, Ga., to June 4, 1893: at Washington Barracks, D. C., to Feb. 14, 1897 : Professor of Military Science and Tactics at the Ouachita Baptist College, Arkadelphia, Ark., Feb. 16, 1897 to Feb. 21, 1898, and of the Arkansas Industrial University, Fayetteville, Ark., Feb 22

( TRANSFERRED TO 7TH ARTILLERY, MARCH 8, 1898 )

to April, 1898 : garrison duty at Fort Slocum, N. Y., April 22, 1898 ( Regimental Adjutant, April 22, 1898 to March 15, 1899 ) to

( CAPTAIN OF ARTILLERY, 7TH ARTILLERY, APRIL 30, 1899 )

May 25, 1899; at Fort Adams, R. I. , to-----------

( Supplement, Vol. V ; 1900-1910 )

Military History. --- Served at Fort Adams, R. I. , to Aug. 16, 1900 ; in Philippine Islands, Oct., 1900 to March, 1903 : garrison duty, Fort Hamilton, N. Y. , May , 1903 to Nov. 1906.

( MAJOR, ARTILLERY CORPS, SEP. 30, 1906 )

----Ft. Moultrie, S. C., Dec., 1906 to July, 1907 ; Fort Morgan, Ala., to Sept. 10, 1909.

( MAJOR, U. S. A., RETIRED SEPT 10, 1909,
AT HIS OWN REQUEST, OVER 30 YEARS SERVICE. )

( Supplement, Vol. VI : 1910- 1920 )

Military History. ---

At Denver, Colorado, on duty with Organized Militia of State of Colorado, Sept. 11, 1909, to Oct. 31, 1916, when he was relieved at his own request ; at Blacksburg, Va., professor of Military Science and Tactics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Sept. 15, 1917, to

( COLONEL, U. S. A., ON RETIRED LIST, July 9, 1918 )

Sept. 12, 1918; commanding Student Army Training Corps at William and Mary College, Williamsburg, Va., and at Richmond College, Richmond, Va., Sept 13, 1918 to ------

( Supplement, Vol. VII : 1920-1930 )

Military History:

( COLONEL, U. S. A., RETIRED, JULY 9, 1918,
ACT OF JUNE 3, 1918 )

At Richmond, Va., commanding Reserve Officers Training Corps unit at Richmond College, Sept. 15, 1918 to Mar., 1919 , when he was relieved from further active duty.

While returning from abroad with body of his wife who had died in Paris on June 22, 1927, and when about 300 miles from New York, he leaped overboard and

( DIED, SUICIDE, JULY 3, 1927 , AT SEA; AGED 67 )

His body was found and sunk by fisherman off Nantucket Lightship on Aug. 11, 1927.

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INCOMPLETE OBITUARY
The Associated Press

COL. STONE DIES IN PLUNGE FROM SHIP

The Associated Press
New York, July 4--- Colonel William P. Stone, 66, U. S. A., retired, committed suicide by jumping into the sea from the promenade deck of the Cunard liner, TUSCANIA, it was learned today when the ship docked here.
The colonel boarded the ship at Cherbourg and was bringing to this country the body of his wife, who died of heart disease in Paris a month ago. Yesterday morning he settled his petty accounts with the ship's stewards and ate an early luncheon. The deck was deserted save for a deck boy when he leaped into the sea. The ship was 300 miles from New York.
The ship circled for an hour and a boat was lowered, but no trace of the colonel was found.
Colonel Stone was born in Arkansas.