Julian Erskine Raymond

  Noted events in his life were:

• Nickname: Buggs.

• Census: District of Columbia - 1900 Federal Census, 19 Jun 1900, District of Columbia. ⁵ Washington, Washington, Dist 116, Sheet 29, Stamped Pg 162

• Census: District of Columbia - 1910 Federal Census, 18 Apr 1910, District of Columbia. ⁶ Washington, Pct 10, Dist 211, Sheet 5A, Stamped Pg 180

• Passport: He applied for a passport, 9 Oct 1917. ⁷ His passport was granted 17 Oct 1917.

• Census: Orange Co, NY - 1920 Federal Census, 15 Jan 1920, Orange Co, NY. ⁸ Highland, Dist 107, Sheet 6B, Stamped Pg 29. He was a cadete at the U.S. Military Academy - West Point

• Census: Monmouth Co, NJ - 1930 Federal Census, 7 Apr 1930, Monmouth CO, NJ. ⁹ Oceanport, Dist 97, Sheet 1A, Stamped Pg 46

• Obituary. ⁴ Julian Raymond was born on December 28, 1897 in the District of Columbia, the son of Dr. John U. Raymond. He was nicknamed Bugs after Bugs Raymond (1882-1912), a Major-League Baseball pitcher. He graduated from Central High School in 1917. He joined the United States Army and became a field clerk with the Army Engineers, serving in France from November 1917 to May 1918. He obtained an appointment to West Point from Congressman Igoe of Missouri, entering the Academy on June 14, 1918. At one point, due to the war, the Class of 1920 was the only class at the Academy. He also designed the class ring. He graduated after an abbreviated two-year course in June 1920. As an Infantry lieutenant, he was assigned to Governor's Island, Camp Gaillard in the Canal Zone and Fort Niagara. In June 1922, he married Mildred Clark, his childhood sweetheart. He was assigned to the Signal Corps, serving at Forts Monmouth and Benning. He then became aide-de-camp to General John L. Dewitt, moving with him to Fort Wadsworth, New York and the Philippines. After attending the 1938 class at Fort Leavenworth, he rejoined General DeWitt at the Army War College at Fort McNair. His orders to attend the college were canceled and he was assigned to join the General Staff under General Leslie J. McNair. He then became Chief of Staff of the 10th Armored Division in General Patton's Third Army which fought through France, Luxembourg and Bastogne. He earned two Bronze Star Medals for distinguished heroism in operations against the enemy and the Combat Infantryman Badge. Later, a Commendation Ribbon was added for distinguished service as Deputy Chief, Allied Airborne Reconnaissance Forces. After the war, he served as Commandant of the European Command Intelligence School in Oberammergau, Deputy Chief of the Counter Intelligence Corps at Fort Holabird and Post Commander at Fort McNair. Interested in the assassination of Lincoln, he requested the command of Camp A.P. Hill, just outside Bowling Green, Virginia, which included the Garrett farm, where John Wilkes Booth died. His last assignment was as Commandant of Camp Chickamauga in Japan. He retired after thirty-four with the United States Army. In civilian life, he became a traveling lecturer on Booth and Lincoln for Civil War round tables and ran successfully for mayor of Bowling Green. In 1957 he became the technical representative with the Signal Corps at Fort Monmouth for the Philco Corporation. He and his wife, Mildred, moved to Pork Chop Lake in Lincroft, New Jersey. After his 50th Reunion at West Point, Mildred entered the hospital and died in January 1972. In May 1975, he had an operation from cancer and then attended his 55th Reunion. He died on November 30, 1975. His collection of assassination documents was donated to the Army Historical Library at Carlisle Barracks. Survivors included two daughters: Mary Jane (1925-2004), who married Lieutenant Colonel James R. Walpole, United States Army, Retired and a second daughter who married Colonel Augustine S. Puchrik, USMA Class of 1945.
Source: United States Military Academy Association of Graduates memorial.

Julian married Mary Mildred Clark on 24 Jun 1922 in Washington, D. C..^{1 2} (Mary Mildred Clark was born on 3 Mar 1900 in District of Columbia ¹ and died in 1972 in Montgomery Co., MD ⁴.)