Archie Miller (Medal of Honor)

President Taft presented Capt. Archie Miller the Medal of Honor in the East Room of the White House on 23 November 1912[2]

• Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, 6th U.S. Cavalry.
• Place and date: At Patian Island, Philippine Islands, July 2, 1909.
• Entered service at: St. Louis, Missouri.
• Birth: Fort Sheridan, Illinois.
• Date of issue: 23 Nov 1912.

Citation:

While in action against hostile Moros, when the machinegun detachment, having been driven from its position by a heavy fire, 1 member being killed, did, with the assistance of an enlisted man, place the machinegun in advance of its former position at a distance of about 20 yards from the enemy, in accomplishing which he was obliged to splice a piece of timber to one leg of the gun tripod, all the while being under a heavy fire, and the gun tripod being several times struck by bullets.[3]

A New York Times headline summed up the action in which 1st Lt. Archie Miller and a fellow trooper would be awarded the Medal of Honor, "Battled on Ledge with Moro Outlaws. Jikiri's Band Wiped Out Only After Desperate Hand-to-Hand Fighting. SOUGHT SAFETY IN CAVE Driven Out by the American Fire, Jikiri Tries to Behead Lieut. Wilson, but Is Shot Down."[4]

	First lieutenant Missouri Infantry, United States Volunteers: August 4, 1898; honorably mustered out May 10, 1899.[5]
No Insignia in 1899	Second lieutenant 32nd Infantry, U.S.V.: July 5, 1899, accepted July 14.[5]
	First lieutenant, U.S.V.: September 1, 1900; honorably mustered out May 8, 1901. 6th Cavalry Regiment, United States Army: February 28, 1901[5]
	Captain of Cavalry U.S. Army: April 13, 1911; Quartermaster May 2, 1912; assigned to 2nd Cavalry December 9, 1915.[5]
	Major (Temp) Aviation Section, Signal Corps: August 5, 1917.[5]
	Lieutenant Colonel (Temp) Aviation Section, Signal Corps: August 5 to March 10, 1918, accepted October 5, 1917.[5]
	Colonel (Temp) Signal Corps, National Army: September 29, 1917, accepted March 11, 1918.[5]
	Lieutenant Colonel of Cavalry, U.S. Army: July 1, 1920;[5] transferred to Q.M.C. August 23, 1920.

During World War I, Miller was the commanding officer at Kelly and Rich Fields, Texas, and Camp Greene, North Carolina. In July 1918, Lieutenant Colonel Miller was placed in charge of all United States Army Air Service activities on Long Island, New York. As a member of the Air Service, Miller participated in the New York-to-Toronto-and-return air race and the transcontinental race.[6] In 1919, Col. Miller testified before Congress to the Subcommittee on Aviation of the Committee on Military Affairs, which was considering a bill to create a "united" Air Service separate from either the Army or the Navy. In his testimony, Miller stated, "I was perhaps one of the original advocates of a united Air Service, immediately after the Armistice."[7]