Warren Whitside

Warren Webster Whitside was a career U.S. Army Colonel who served as a Cavalry and Quartermaster officer. Colonel Whitside was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on November 2, 1875, the son of a career cavalry officer, Brig. Gen Samuel M. Whitside. He spent the first fifteen years of his life among soldiers and Indians on the Western plains. He was educated at Kemper Military School, Boonville, Missouri, and the Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia. In May 1898 Colonel Whitside left college just before graduating in answer to President William McKinley’s call to service during the Spanish American War. He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant of Cavalry in 1899, and served for the next seven years as a lieutenant in the 10th...