Years of service 1874–1918 Other work author Rank Brigadier general Name John Wisser | Battles and wars World War I Battles/wars World War I | |
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Born July 19, 1852
St. Louis, Missouri ( 1852-07-19 ) Allegiance United States of America Died 1927, San Francisco, California, United States Education United States Military Academy Place of burial San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, California, United States Books The Boer War ‑ A Military Hi, Practical Field Exercises, The Second Boer War | ||
Commands held Hawaiian Department Service/branch United States Army | ||
John Philip Wisser (July 19, 1852 – January 20, 1927) was a brigadier general in the United States Army.
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Biography
He was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and graduated from Central High School of St. Louis in 1870.
In 1874, he graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. Receiving an assignment to the 1st Artillery, he served on garrison duty in Florida and Massachusetts until May 1876, when he was ordered to the U. S. Artillery School at Fort Monroe.
After 1878, he was connected almost continuously with the academic staff of instructors at the U. S. Military Academy, chiefly in the department of chemistry, mineralogy, and geology. On 13 January 1880, he was promoted to 1st lieutenant. During 1884, he studied at the Freiberg, Saxony, school of mines, and at the agricultural experiment station at Wiesbaden. He was requested to investigate and report upon the system of instruction at the military schools of England, France, Germany, and Austria, and to attend and report upon the maneuvers of the 17th Corps of the French army in 1884. Lieut. Wisser was aide-de-camp to Gen. John Gibbon during the Chinese troubles in Washington territory in 1886, but in August of that year he returned to the U. S. Military Academy. He was a member of the Chemical Society of Berlin and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
He was the Commanding General of the Hawaiian Department of the United States Army from November 6, 1915 to May 12, 1916 and again from September 14, 1917 to May 19, 1918. He died on January 20, 1927.