George Thomas Summerlin Captain, United States Army Foreign Service Officer |
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Appointed from Louisiana, Cadet, United States Military Academy, 15 June 1892 (59) Additional Second Lieutenant, 6th U. S. Cavlary, 12 June 1896 Second Lieutenant, 8th U. S. Cavalry, 5 January 1897 Captain and Adjutant, 32nd U. S. Volunteer Infantry, 5 July 1899 Honorably discharged from the vcolunteer service, 1 September 1900 First Lieutenant, 4th U. S. Cavalry, 18 January 1901 Captain, 10th U. S. Cavalry, 8 December 1902 Transferred to the 5th U. S. Cavalry, 24 March 1903 Resigned 17 May 1903 Captain George Thomas Summerlin, younger brother of John W. Summerlin, was burn at Rayville in 1872, was educated in the Louisiana State University and graduated from the West Point Military Academy in 1896 as Cadet Captain of his Class. He participated in the Porto Rican expedition during the Spanish-American war, and on the staff of General Swann was in the Philippines as captain of a regiment of volunteers. He resigned as captain of cavalry in 1903,
and in 1909 was appointed a clerk of the Department of State at Washington,
and served as Second Secretary of the embassy at Tokyo, Japan, in 1910,
as Second Secretary of the legation at Peking, from 1911 to 1914; as Secretary
of the Legation at Santiago, Chile, during 1914-1915, and early in 1917
was assigned to duty as Secretary of the Embassy in Mexico, and early in
1918 was appointed Counsellor of the Embassy. In January, 1919, he
was made Charge d'affairs at Mexico City and handled many great and delicate
responsibilities during the unbalanced state of affairs between Mexico
and the United States. He served as Counsellor of the Embassy at
Rome
Monday, Sep. 23, 1929 Work Done. Last week the Senate of the U.S.: Confirmed the nomination of Theodore Roosevelt
Jr., to be Governor of Porto Rico, of John Work Garrett to be Ambassador
to Italy, of Gerrit John Diekema and George Thomas Summerlin to be Ministers
to the Netherlands and to Venezuela, respectively.
1945: Special Assistant to the Secretary and Chief of Protocol George T. Summerlin Title: Chief of the Division of Protocol Name: George T. Summerlin State of Residency: Louisiana Career Foreign Service Officer Appointment: July 29, 1937 Entry on Duty: July 29, 1938 Termination of Appointment: Promoted to Special Assistant to the Secretary and Chief of Protocol, January 15, 1944. SUMMERLIN, GEORGE T CAPT 5TH CAV USA DATE OF BIRTH: 11/11/1872 DATE OF DEATH: 07/01/1947 BURIED AT: SECTION 6 SITE 9681 ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY SUMMERLIN, GEORGE T JR CAPT INFTY RES ACTIVE DUTY DATE OF DEATH: 10/19/1934 BURIED AT: SECTION 6 SITE 9681 ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY SUMMERLIN, JOHN V
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