Johnson County WarPullman StrikeSpanish–American War Guy H. Preston (May 29, 1864 – December 12, 1952) was a career officer in the United States Army.

Preston's awards included the Citation Star for heroism in the Ghost Dance War against the Lakota people in 1891.

During World War I, U.S. Army planners determined there was no need for Cavalry units in France, so they were converted to Field Artillery.

[7] Among Preston's classmates who also attained general officer rank were Henry Jervey,[1]: 200–201  Charles Hedges McKinstry,[1]: 260  William V. Judson,[1]: 207–208  George Washington Burr,[1]: 61  John Louis Hayden,[1]: 167–168  William S. Peirce,[1]: 295  John S. Winn,[1]: 387  Peyton C. March,[1]: 242–243  James W. McAndrew,[1]: 248–249  Charles Aloysius Hedekin,[1]: 171–172  John Daniel Leinbach Hartman,[1]: 163–164  Robert Lee Howze,[1]: 189–190  Edward Anderson,[1]: 8–9  Peter Charles Harris,[1]: 161–162  William Robert Dashiell,[1]: 96–97  and Eli Alva Helmick.

[8] From December 1890 to March 1891, he took part in the Ghost Dance War against the Lakota people, including the Battle of Wounded Knee and the Drexel Mission Fight.

[8] From March to August 1891, Preston was in charge of Native American prisoners captured during the fighting, after which he returned to the 9th Cavalry at Fort Robinson.

[8] When the army was called out to prevent union members from blocking trains during the 1894 Pullman Strike, Preston was among the troops who were directed to restore order.

[8] He was among the 9th Cavalry soldiers who took part in the Bannock War of 1895, and performed temporary duty in Wyoming while prepared to respond if the conflict escalated into open warfare.

[8] While assigned as adjutant, he attended the School of Application for Infantry and Cavalry (now the United States Army Command and General Staff College), from which he graduated in 1897.

[8] After completing the relief mission, he spent several months with an army contingent that explored Prince William Sound.

[8] In July 1898, he sailed from Alaska to Puerto Rico for Spanish–American War duty, and was in charge of army pack trains that supplied soldiers in the field.

[10] Upon arrival in the Philippines, Preston was assigned as provost judge for the province of Pampanga, a post he held until March 1901.

[10] Preston served with the 13th Cavalry at Fort Myer from May 1905 to March 1909, including commanding the regiment's Troop F.[11][12] In February and March 1907, he performed temporary duty at the Springfield Armory in Massachusetts, where he was a member of the Automatic Pistol Board that considered specifications and designs for the procurement and fielding of a new army service pistol.

[14] In April 1918, Preston was promoted to temporary brigadier general and in May he was assigned to command the 4th Field Artillery Brigade, which he organized and trained at Camp Greene.

[11] Preston led his brigade to France, where it took part in combat from August 1918 until the Armistice of November 11, 1918 ended the war.

[2] She was a nurse by training, and they met at Garfield Hospital in Washington, D.C. when Preston was treated for Typhoid fever after his Spanish–American War service.

[3][20] Preston was the father of two children, son John Beverly, an army aviator, and daughter Helen Howard, the wife of Major General Ray T.

Guy H. Preston, 9th Cavalry, for courage and endurance in carrying a dispatch from Wounded Knee battle field to Pine Ridge, S.D.

Preston left the field on this duty before the battle was entirely finished, and at a time when it was more than probable that he would encounter hostile Indians before reaching Pine Ridge.

[1]: 301  In addition, sets of branding numbers were assigned to each remount depot, which enabled the army to track the original purchase of each horse or mule.

[1]: 301  Preston's branding system proved so useful that many states adopted it when they began to require registration plates for cars and trucks.

[25] The Preston Mess Kit proved popular with civilian campers, and a version of it was later retailed by Abercrombie & Fitch.