Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1874, Sept. 28 | Born, Evanston, Ill. |
| 1899 | Graduated, United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y. |
| 1899-1900 | Served in Ninth Calvary in Arizona and Texas |
| 1900-1907 | Served in the Philippine Islands |
| 1903 | Married Alice A. Dodds (divorced 1924) |
| 1907 | Commander, I Troop, Fifth Cavalry, Fort Wingate, N.Mex. |
| 1909 | Graduated Army Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kans. |
| 1911 | Graduated Army War College, Washington, D.C. Member, general staff corps; assigned to duty in the Militia Division, War Department, and placed in charge of all cavalry matters |
| 1916-1917 | Stationed on Mexican border |
| 1917 | Stationed in France with Fifth Field Artillery, First Division, American Expeditionary Forces Member of general staff of John J. Pershing; assigned to Fourth Section, American Expeditionary Forces |
| 1917-1919 | Chief, Fourth Section, American Expeditionary Forces |
| 1919 | Member, Harbord Commission to the Near East |
| 1919-1920 | Rejoined general staff of John J. Pershing; accompanied him on tour of the United States |
| 1920-1921 | Commander, Second Field Artillery Brigade, Second Division, Camp Travis, Tex. |
| 1921 | Detailed by President Warren G. Harding as an assistant to Charles G. Dawes in organizating of the Bureau of the Budget |
| 1922-1924 | Commander, Fort Sheridan, Ill., and during the summers commander of a training camp at Camp Custer, Mich. |
| 1924-1927 | Commander, Eleventh Field Artillery Brigade, Schofield Barracks, Honolulu, Hawaii |
| 1927-1929 | Commander, First Division, Fort Bliss, Tex.; participated in operations during the Mexican revolution of 1929 |
| 1929-1930 | Executive officer to assistant secretary of war |
| 1930 | Married Florence Du Bois |
| 1930-1933 | Deputy chief of staff of the army while Douglas MacArthur was chief of staff |
| 1933-1934 | Commander, Fifth Corps Area |
| 1934-1938 | Commander, Fourth Corps Area |
| 1936-1938 | Commander, Third Army |
| 1938 | Retired from military service |
| 1960, Nov. 7 | Died, Atlanta, Ga. |