Hunter Liggett

Hunter Liggett was a senior United States Army officer. His 42 years of military service spanned the period from the American Indian Wars to World War I. An 1879 graduate of the United States Military Academy, Liggett served in the Infantry, and was initially posted to Montana and North Dakota during campaigns against the Sioux. During the Spanish–American War, he served first in the United States and later commanded a company of the 5th Infantry Regiment in Santiago de Cuba. He later joined the United States Volunteers, and he served as commander of a province in the Philippines during the Philippine–American War.