Jones, Samuel Goode: Of Alabama. Appointed to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, from the State of Alabama; entered the Military Academy as a Cadet on July 1st, 1886; graduated 35th in his class from the Military Academy on June 12th, 1890, and was appointed as an Additional Second Lieutenant of Cavalry with the 5th United States Cavalry Regiment. On graduation leave from June 12th to October 9th, 1890; promoted to Second Lieutenant of Cavalry with the 5th Cavalry Regiment on August 10th, 1890; joined the regiment at Fort Reno, Oklahoma, on October 9th, 1890; serving in the field escorting the moneys of Sac and Fox, Pottawatomie, Kickapoo, Shawnee, and Iowa Indians, from April to June of 1891; on detached service at the Army Competition Target Range at Fort Sheridan, Illinois, from August 25th to September 11th, 1891; engaged in scouting the Sac and Fox and Iowa Indian lands from September 18th to October 11th, 1891; engaged in scouting and opening the lands of the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians to settlement from April to May of 1892; scouting in connection with the suppression of the disturbances in the Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, from September 10th to November 11th, 1892; on a leave of absence from May 22nd to July 23rd, 1893; rejoined the troop, and on duty at Fort Brown, Texas, from July 23rd, 1893, to July 31st, 1894; on a leave of absence from August 1st to September 10th, 1894; on garrison duty at Fort Brown to November 30th, 1894; on duty on the staff of the Governor of Alabama serving as the Acting Assistant Adjutant General, Inspector and Instructor, of the Alabama National Guard at Montgomery, Alabama, from December 8th, 1894, to June 30th, 1898; transferred to the 2nd Cavalry Regiment on January 8th, 1897; promoted to First Lieutenant of Cavalry with the 4th Cavalry Regiment on June 19th, 1897; transferred to the 5th Cavalry Regiment on June 23rd, 1898; re-joined the regiment at Tampa, Florida, on July 1st, 1898; serving as the Regimental Commissary from July 1st to August 12t,h 1898; on a sick leave of absence from August 12th to October 10th, 1898; on detached service at Montgomery, Alabama, adjusting the accounts of the State and the United States, from October 10th to November 9th, 1898; on a sick leave of absence from November 10th, 1898, to January 24th, 1899; re-joined the troop on January 24th, 1899, at Aibonito, Puerto Rico, for garrison duty; on detached service as the Judge Advocate of the Military Commission at Arecibo, Puerto Rico, from February 20th to April 22nd, 1899; on duty as the Engineer Officer of the Department of Puerto Rico, and in charge of the Harbor Works at San Juan, Puerto Rico, from April 23rd to August 25th, 1899; serving as an Instructor in the Department of Chemistry, Mineralogy, and Geology at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, from August 31st, 1899, to August 13th, 1903; promoted to Captain of Cavalry with the 11th Cavalry Regiment on February 2nd, 1901; on a leave of absence, and en route to the Philippine Division, to December 19th, 1903; served as the Regimental Commissary from December 19th, 1903, to May 6th, 1907; at Camp Wallace, Union Province, Philippine Islands, to February 8th, 1904; in pursuit of the revolted Constabulary from February 9th to 22nd, 1904; at Cuartel Meisic, to March 14th, 1904; en route to San Francisco, California, to April 15th, 1904; at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, from April 21st, 1904, to August 13th, 1906; serving with the regiment at the Maneuver Camp at Fort Riley, Kansas, from August 15th to September 29th, 1906; returned to Fort Des Moines, Iowa, on October 1st, 1906; en route to, and at, Newport News, Virginia, in October of 1906; en route to Havana, Cuba, to October 11th, 1906; serving with the Army of Cuban Pacification at Camp Columbia, Cuba, to October 17th, 1906; at Pinar del Rio, Cuba, from October 18th, 1906; on additional duty in charge of making a reconnaissance map of Western Pinar del Rio Province on November 30th, 1906; on additional duty as the Acting Regimental and Post Adjutant from December 5th, 1906; commanding the post of Pinar del Rio, Cuba, in October of 1907; commanding the post and the regiment from May 15th to June 7th, 1908; en route to the United States on July 23rd, 1908; at the Army Service Schools at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, as a student officer, from August 14th, 1908, July 1st, 1910; graduated from the U.S. Army School of the Line in 1909; on duty in connection with the Massachusetts Coast Maneuvers at Governor's Island, New York, from July 4th to August 28th, 1909; on a graduation staff ride of the Chattanooga-Atlanta Campaign in Georgia from July 1st to 16th, 1910; serving as an umpire at the Maneuver Camps in Pine Plains, New York, and at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, to September 30th, 1910; on a leave of absence to November 10th, 1910; at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, to March 11th, 1911; commanding a Squadron and Troop at the Maneuver Camp at San Antonio, Texas, to November 7th, 1911, during which time he served as the Adjutant of the Cavalry Brigade from March 20th to July 1st, 1911; at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, to December 20th, 1911; on a leave of absence, and on a sick leave of absence, to June 10th, 1912; commanding the Squadron and Troop to January 20th, 1913; on a leave of absence to March 3rd, 1913; promoted to Major of Cavalry on March 4th, 1913; serving with the Division of Militia Affairs at Washington, D.C., from March 4th to June 30th, 1913; on duty as a member of the General Staff, War College Division, from July 1st, 1913, to August 31st, 1914; assigned to the 13th Cavalry Regiment on September 1st, 1914; commanding the Squadron at Columbus, New Mexico, from October 2nd to 10th, 19014; transferred to the 8th Cavalry Regiment on October 3rd, 1914; commanding five Troops of the 9th and two Troops of 13th Cavalry Regiment at Douglas, Arizona, from October 11th to November 29th, 1914; en route to the Philippine Islands to January 1st, 1915; commanding a squadron at Fort William McKinley, Rizal, Philippine Islands, from January 2nd, 1915, to September 15th, 1916, during which time he was on a leave of absence from May 16th to May 1st, 1916; transferred to the 15th Cavalry Regiment on August 15th, 1915; promoted to Lieutenant Colonel of Cavalry on July 1st, 1916; en route to the United States to October 20th, 1916; assigned to the 13th Cavalry Regiment in 1916; serving with the Punitive Expedition into Mexico, commanding a Squadron at Colonia Dublan, Chihuahua, Mexico, from November 2nd to December 27th, 1916; on a leave of absence to January 26th, 1917; on the march out of Mexico, arriving at Camp Stewart, Texas, on February 7th, 1917; serving as the Chief of Staff of the Cavalry Division from February 9th to April 15th, 1917; as the Inspector of the Cavalry Division to May 21st, 1917; commanding the 13th Cavalry Regiment at Fort Riley Cavalry Cantonment, Kansas, to August 13th, 1917; promoted, temporarily to the rank of Colonel of Cavalry on August 5th, 1917; with the regiment to October 12th, 1917; on detached service with the War Risk Insurance at Washington, D.C., to October 25th, 1917; en route to France to November 22nd, 1917; in command of the Forwarding Camps, Line of Communications, England, from November 23rd, 1917, to October 8th, 1918, during which time he was at Tours, France, and visiting the front lines from August 23rd to September 3rd, 1918; promoted to Colonel of Cavalry on January 27th, 1918; en route to, and attached to the 167th Infantry Brigade for instruction, at Razac-sur-l'Isle, Dordogne, and Le Mans, France, from October 8th to November 14th, 1918; at the Center of Instruction at Langres, France, to November 18th, 1918; serving as the Chief of Staff of the American Military Mission to Italy, and of Base Section 8, Service of Supply, American Expeditionary Forces, at Padua, Italy, to May 20th, 1919; with the 5th Division, 3rd Army, American Army of Occupation, at Coblenz, Germany, from May 20th to July 20th, 1919; en route to the United States to July 31st, 1919; on a leave of absence from August 1st to September 2nd, 1919; at Governor's Island, New York, with the Headquarters of the 2nd Corps Area, from September 3rd, 1919, to December 7th, 1921, serving as a Law Member of a General Court Martial trying important left over cases from American Expeditionary Forces, and other important cases as they arose, member of Boards, etc.; detailed to the Adjutant Generals Department on December 1st, 1921; at the Adjutant General's Office, War Department, in Washington, D.C., in charge of the newly created Reserve Division, dealing with the Officer's Reserve Corps and the Enlisted Reserve Corps Matters, to July 1st, 1924; transferred to the Adjutant Generals Department on May 1st, 1922; en route to station from July 1st, 1924, to October 4th, 1924; serving as the Adjutant General of the 9th Corps Area at the Presidio of San Francisco, California, from October 4th, 1924, to November 19th, 1929; retired from active service on November 19th, 192, by operation of law; promoted to Brigadier General on the Retired List on June 13th, 1940. During his service he was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for "exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services. As commanding officer of Winchester Camp, England, he was directly charged with the transportation of several hundred thousand American troops through England, a task of great magnitude and one involving many difficulties. By his tireless energy and keen application to his important duties he accomplished his task with marked success, rendering services of distinction to the American Expeditionary Forces," as well as the the C.M.G. (St. Michael and St. George) (British), the Croce al Merito di Guerra (Italian), and the White Eagle (Serbian), as well as service medals for the Spanish American War, the Punitive Expedition, the Cuban Occupation, the Victory and the Italian World War, and Fetiche de Guerra (Italian).

Born on November 19th, 1865, in Alabama; member of the Society of the Cincinnati; died on September 17th, 1944, at Montgomery, Alabama, at the age of 78.