SIGNED 1894 USMA WWI MAJ GENERAL APACHE INDIAN WARS 9th US CAVALRY MEDAL HONOR

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Here’s a West Point Military Document Signed by Medal of Honor recipient : WILBER ELLIOTT WILDER (1857 - 1952) U.S. ARMY WEST POINT BRIGADIER GENERAL, INDIAN WARS APACHE FIGHTER LIEUT. IN THE 9th US CAVALRY, MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT FOR RESCUING WOUNDED SOLDIERS WHILE FIGHTING APACHES IN THE 1882 BATTLE OF HORSESHOE CANYON, RODE ALONE TO THE APACHE CAMP TO NEGOTIATE THE SURRENDER of GERONIMO IN 1886, SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR COLONEL, MEMBER OF THE PANCHO VILLA EXPEDITION UNDER GENERAL PERSHING IN 1916, WORLD WAR I BRIGADIER GENERAL IN FRANCE, A.E.F. HERE’S A RARE DOCUMENT SIGNED BY WILDER ON “HEADQUARTER U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY”“SPECIAL ORDERS, NO. 4” DATED APRIL 1894 TO THE COMMANDANT OF CADETS, INDICATING THAT “A FINAL EXAMINATION OF THE THIRD CLASS IN FRENCH WILL BE HELD AT THE END OF THE COURSE IN THAT STUDY.” THE DOCUMENT MEASURES 5” x 5.5” AND IS IN VERY FINE CONDITION. >