[1] He attended, and later graduated, from the United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point, New York, as a second lieutenant in 1879.

Irons, Lloyd M. Brett, Albert L. Mills, John A. Johnston, Henry A. Greene, Frederick S. Foltz and Samuel W. Miller.

After his graduation, he was assigned to the 5th Infantry, where he served in both the Montana and Dakota territories, as well as Texas and Florida, during which time he reached the rank of captain.

From 1909 to 1914, he served as student, faculty member, and president at the Army War College, receiving a promotion to brigadier general in February 1913.

The staff ride established that the most likely invasion route would be through Lingayen Gulf and that this would be all but unstoppable unless the US dramatically increased its army and navy forces in the Philippines.

[6]In his honor, the United States Army named a base on California's central coast, Fort Hunter Liggett.

[7][8] Liggett Hall is a regimental-sized barracks building constructed at Fort Jay on Governors Island in New York Harbor.