George W. Kirkman

In later life Kirkman became an amateur historian of Los Angeles County, California, publishing articles about the pre-statehood and military history of the region.

Served in command of a detachment on a Southern Pacific train during the Great Strike of 1894...[he] was stationed at Fort Russell, Wyoming, until outbreak of Spanish-American War.

In recommending that First Lieutenant George W. Kirkman be granted the brevet of Major, for distinguished gallantry on the field of battle, I deem it only what is due him.

He firmly held his position, personally bandaging and caring for his wounded men throughout the day, with no assistance from the medical corps.

"[9]On the way to duty on the Philippine Islands he insulted the papal emissary Archbishop Chapelle to such an extent that Kirkland was arrested and court-martialed.

At the time it was stated in the dispatch from Washington that bills for hundreds of dollars for furniture, said to have been destroyed by Captain Kirkman in a New York hotel, had been received at army headquarters.

[5] He spent roughly three years in Fort Leavenworth, primarily as penalty for misconduct charges involving the suicide of a fellow officer's wife.

[16] In 1916 Kirkman was remanded to the Cook County Insane Asylum, in part due to excessive alcohol consumption.

After careful comparison of the map with all the other sources we have collected, which includes the contributions of Indigenous collaborators on this project drawing on their tribal memories, we have found it to be highly useful in many respects, and not completely without any footnotes."

[15] The father retired as a colonel in 1902, after a long career of service, beginning during the American Civil War and continuing for many decades in the regular army.

According to the USMC Archives, which has a photo album from his time in that service, "Goodyear Wycherly Kirkman was born in Florida in 1896.

He was very successful in this relatively new form of warfare, even praised by his brigade commander for his skill and heroism in flying through a stormy night to deliver medicine to a critically ill patient.