Liggett
HUNTER, an American army officer; born at Reading, Pa., in 1857. He was graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1879, and appointed 2nd lieutenant of the 5th United States Infantry in the same year.
After seeing service with various infantry regiments, he reached the rank of major-general in March, 1917. He served in the Spanish-American War GENERAL HUNTER LIGGETT ary, 1918; the 1st Army Corps from January to October, 1918; and from then until April, 1919, the 1st Army. Commissioned lieutenant-general Oct. 16, 1918. From May to July, July, 191 1919, he was in command of the 3d Army on the Rhine. He participated in the second Marne campaign and in the St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensives. His other assignments included command of the Army War College (1913), command of the Department of the Philippines (1916-1917), and command of the Western Department (1917 and 1919).