Ernest Hinds was a career officer in the United States Army.
33 Facts About Ernest Hinds
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Ernest Hinds was born in Red Hill, Alabama on August 18,1864, the son of Margaret Rebecca Hinds and Byram Wilborn Hinds, a physician and Confederate States Army veteran of the American Civil War.
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Ernest Hinds attended the local schools of Marshall County until his father moved the family to New Hope, Alabama in Madison County.
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Ernest Hinds attained the highest score on the qualifying exam and received the appointment from Joseph Wheeler.
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Ernest Hinds graduated in June 1887 ranked 8th of 64.
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Ernest Hinds received his commission as a second lieutenant of Field Artillery and was assigned to the 2nd Field Artillery Regiment.
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Ernest Hinds was then posted to Jackson Barracks, Louisiana, where he remained until May 1889.
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Ernest Hinds was assigned to Fort Preble, Maine until March 1892.
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Ernest Hinds served with the 2nd Field Artillery's Light Battery A at Fort Riley, Kansas from March 1892 to October 1895.
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Ernest Hinds received his promotion to first lieutenant in July 1893.
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From October 1895 to August 1896, Ernest Hinds served with Light Battery A at Fort Schuyler, New York.
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Ernest Hinds participated in the Santiago campaign from July to November 1898.
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Ernest Hinds continued in command during the post-war occupation, and in August and September 1899 he commanded Battery L, 2nd Field Artillery, which performed duty at Reina Battery, Havana.
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Ernest Hinds served with this regiment in the Philippines from January 1900 until June 1901.
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Ernest Hinds was acting adjutant of the Department of Texas in San Antonio from June to September 1907.
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Ernest Hinds served with the 5th Field Artillery at Fort Sill from December 1911 to September 1914.
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From December 1914 to July 1917, Ernest Hinds was assigned as chief of staff of the Philippines Department.
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Ernest Hinds was promoted to colonel on July 1,1916.
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Ernest Hinds served as commandant from December 1917 to January 1918.
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From January to March 1918, Ernest Hinds commanded I Corps Artillery.
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Ernest Hinds served until the end of the war in November 1918, then remained in Germany as part of the post-war occupation until June 1919.
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Ernest Hinds was commended for his organization and training of the AEF's field artillery, and his accomplishments were recognized with several awards, including: the Army Distinguished Service Medal; Belgium's Order of Leopold II ; France's Legion of Honor ; the French Croix de Guerre with Palm; and Italy's Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus.
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Ernest Hinds returned to his permanent rank of colonel in March 1920, and received promotion to permanent brigadier general the following July.
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Ernest Hinds was promoted to permanent major general in December 1922.
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Ernest Hinds commanded the 2nd Division at Fort Sam Houston from July 1923 to January 1925.
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Ernest Hinds acted as commander of the Eighth Corps Area at Fort Sam Houston from April to October 1924.
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From January 1925 to January 1928, Ernest Hinds was assigned as permanent commander of the Eighth Corps Area.
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Ernest Hinds was on leave pending retirement from January to April 1928, and he retired at his own request on April 3, a few months before reaching the mandatory retirement age of 64.
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Ernest Hinds served as secretary-treasurer and general manager of the United Services Automobile Association.
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Ernest Hinds was buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery.
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In 1889, Ernest Hinds married Minerva "Minnie" Hatton Miller in Little Rock, Arkansas.
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Marjorie Ernest Hinds was the wife of Colonel Fred Taylor Cruse, the son of Brigadier General Thomas Cruse.
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John Ernest Hinds graduated from West Point in 1918, was a veteran of World War I, World War II, and the Korean War, and retired as a major general.