Henry Clay Hodges Jr. (April 20, 1860 – July 15, 1963) was a United States Army officer in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He served in several conflicts, including World War I.[2]
Hodges was commissioned into the 22nd Infantry Regiment, and he initially was stationed at Fort Clark, Texas. While there, he helped round up some Comanche Indians who had escaped their reservation. Hodges served as an aide to General Christopher C. Augur from 1884 to 1885, and he worked at USMA in 1886 as an assistant professor of mathematics. He then was stationed at Fort Keogh. Hodges taught at the Groton School and then at the University of New Hampshire as Professor of Military Science and Tactics. After serving at Fort Crook, Nebraska, starting in 1896, Hodges was sent to the Philippines in 1899. He participated in putting down the Moro Rebellion and fought in eleven battles there. After serving in Boston and Newport, Rhode Island, Hodges returned to the Philippines.[1][2]
Hodges lived in Connecticut as a retiree, first at Noroton, Connecticut, and then at Stamford, Connecticut, after his second wife's death.[1] He was advanced to major general on the retired list by act of Congress in June 1930.[5] Hodges died on July 15, 1963,[1] and at the time of his death, he was the oldest living graduate of USMA.[6] He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery with his first wife Netta Richmond Haines (1861–1919).[7]
Personal life
Hodges married Netta Richmond Haines on December 24, 1891, and they had three children together. She died in 1919. Hodges then married Carrie Jones on December 27, 1920, and they lived together until her death in 1949.[1]
