2x SIGNED Maj General 1899 Indian Sioux & Spanish American WWI Wars USMA Orders

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SIGNED Maj General William Cannon Rivers 1899  Indian Sioux/Cheyenne & Spanish American WWI

Wars USMA Orders.
William Cannon Rivers
PLACE OF BIRTH:
Pulaski, Tennessee
HOME OF RECORD:
Pulaski, Tennessee

William Rivers graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1887.
Distinguished Service Medal
AWARDED FOR ACTIONS
DURING World War I
Service: Army
Rank: Brigadier General
Division: 5th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

GENERAL ORDERS:
War Department, General Orders No. 89 (1919)
CITATION:
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Brigadier General William Cannon Rivers, United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War I. As Commander of the 76th Field Artillery, 3d Division.