Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1870, 23 Apr. | Born, Carlinville, Ill. |
| 1892 | B.S., United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y. Commissioned second lieutenant, Fifteenth Infantry Regiment |
| 1893 | Married Maude Laning |
| 1899 | Assigned to occupation duty in Cuba |
| 1900 | Served in the China Relief Expedition during the Boxer Rebellion |
| 1901-1906 | Instructor of chemistry, United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y. |
| 1906-1907 | Governor, Lanao district, Philippine Islands |
| 1908-1910 | Student, United States Army School of the Line and the Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kans. |
| 1911-1912 | Served on the Army General Staff where he proposed tactical reorganization of the United States Army |
| 1916 | Published An Army of the People. New York and London: G. P. Putnam’s Sons |
| 1916-1920 | Returned to the Army General Staff and participated in the organization of the American Expeditionary Forces |
| 1917 | Assisted in writing the Draft Act of 1917 Selected by John J. Pershing as assistant chief of staff for operations for the American Expeditionary Forces |
| 1918 | Commanded the Fifty-eighth Infantry Brigade of the Twenty-ninth Division in assault of the Hindenburg line north of Verdun |
| 1919-1920 | Military adviser, Senate Committee on Military Affairs |
| 1920 | Assisted in writing the Defense Act of 1920 |
| 1921-1923 | Aide-de-camp to John J. Pershing |
| 1922 | Promoted to brigadier general |
| 1923-1925 | Commander, Nineteenth Infantry Brigade, Canal Zone, Panama |
| 1926 | Retired |
| 1927 | Published Statesmanship or War. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Co. |
| 1930 | Published Washington, Lincoln, Wilson. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran & Co. |
| 1937 | Published General von Steuben. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press |
| 1940 | Assisted in writing the Selective Service Act of 1940\ |
| 1941 | Published America in Arms. London: H. Milford, Oxford University Press |
| 1941-1946 | Recalled to active duty as adviser to George C. Marshall |
| 1955, 26 Oct. | Died, Washington, D.C. |