sentences:  He was graduated from Cumberland School of Law at Cumberland University at Lebanon, Tennessee, in 1900.In 1898 Kitchens served as a sergeant in Company I, First Arkansas Regiment, during the Spanish–American War and as a private in Company E, Twentieth and Second United States Infantry from 1900 to 1902 during the Philippine Insurrection.He was admitted to the bar in 1900 and practiced at Manila and at Lingayen, P.I.