Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1874, Oct. 29 | Born, Lewiston, Pa. |
| 1893-1897 | Attended and graduated, United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y. |
| 1897 | Commissioned second lieutenant, 8th Cavalry and then 7th Cavalry Regiments, Fort Meade, S.D. |
| 1898 | Transferred to 10th Cavalry, Chickamaugua Park, Ga. Served in Santiago de Cuba Campaign and wounded at San Juan Hill |
| 1899 | Returned to Cuba |
| 1900 | Aide-de-camp to Leonard Wood, military governor of Cuba, and supervisor of insular finances |
| 1901 | Commissioned first lieutenant |
| 1902 | Junior aide to President Theodore Roosevelt; accompanied General Leonard Wood to Germany for grand maneuvers |
| 1903-1906 | Departed with General Leonard Wood and Major Hugh L. Scott for Philippine Islands stopping in Egypt, India and Java to study colonial administration Commissioned captain in August, 1903; in Philippines, aide-de-camp to General Leonard Wood, commanding general, Department of Mindanao, and governor of Moro Province Held civilian offices including provincial engineer Participated in military operations against the Moros, including 1905 expedition he commanded against Datto Ali |
| 1906 | Returned to United States and accompanied Peace Commission to Cuba, serving as aide to William H. Taft |
| 1906-1908 | Senior aide to President Theodore Roosevelt and concurrently served with 14th Cavalry in Yosemite National Park |
| 1907-1908 | Attended and graduated, National War College |
| 1908-1910 | Commanding officer, 3rd Squadron, 3rd Cavalry, and of Fort Wingate, N. M. |
| 1911-1914 | On general staff, Washington, D.C., ; undertook confidential investigation with Sherwood Cheney of proposed inter-oceanic canal routes via Cupica Bay, the Atrato River, and Gulf of Darien |
| 1914-1915 | Aide-de-camp to General Leonard Wood then commanding the Department of the East, Governors Island, N.Y. |
| 1915-1917 | Troop commander, 3rd Cavalry, serving on Mexican border. Initially commanded Mission Cavalry Patrol District and later served as chief of staff, Brownsville District Commanded several engagements with Mexican bandits |
| 1917 | Served five months as military attache, Mexico City, Mexico Commissioned major Went to France in June as assistant to chief of staff, Major General James G. Harbord, and as secretary of the general staff at General Headquarters, American Expeditionary Forces Made brevet lieutenant colonel Published Principles of Military Training. New York: P.F. Collier & Sons |
| 1918 | Made brevet colonel Took command in May of 165th Infantry Regiment (New York’s “Fighting 69th”) of 42nd (Rainbow) Division in the Baccarat Sector for Champaign Defensive and Marine-Aisne Offensive In August became brevet brigadier general assigned to 53rd Infantry Brigade, 32nd Division, which he commanded in Ose-Aisne Offensive and Mouse-Argonne Offensive |
| 1918-1919 | Ordered from Germany to Tours as director, Army Transport Service; later became deputy director general and director general of transportation |
| 1919 | Chief of staff, Aug.-Nov., American Military Mission to Armenia, headed by General James G. Harbord. |
| 1920 | Commanded Arizona District at Douglas Commissioned colonel; became assistant department adjutant, Central Department in Chicago, and then assistant chief of staff, Operations, VI Corps Area, FortSheridan, III. |
| 1921-1925 | Chief of staff, Special Mission of Investigation to the Philippines, and technical assistant for civil affairs to Governor General Leonard Wood, with trips to China and Japan |
| 1922 | Commissioned brigadier general |
| 1923 | In charge of American Relief Mission to Japan after earthquake, and director general, Red Cross |
| 1924 | Married Frances Field Judson |
| 1925 | Returned to United States via Europe and served in Bureau of Insular Affairs |
| 1926 | Attended Infantry School in Georgia and assumed command of 3rd Infantry Brigade, 2nd Division, Fort Sam Houston, Tex. |
| 1927 | Commanded 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Fort Meade, Md. Special representative of President Calvin Coolidge to supervise elections in Nicaragua |
| 1928 | Represented United States at Pan American Conference, Washington, D.C. |
| 1929 | Appointed chairman, Commission of Inquiry and Conciliation, Bolivia and Paraguay, Washington, D.C. |
| 1929-1932 | Commanded IV Corps Area, headquarters at Fort McPherson, Ga. |
| 1932 | Appointed by President Hebert Hoover as United States member of Lytton Commission to investigate the Sino-Japanese dispute over Manchuria |
| 1933 | Commanded 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Bliss, Tex. |
| 1933-1935 | Took command of VII Corps Area, Omaha, Nebr. |
| 1935 | Commanded 2nd Army and VI Corps Area, Chicago, Ill. |
| 1936-1938 | In May, 1936, sent to Governors Island, N.Y., where he commanded II Corps Area and from January, 1938, also the 1st Army |
| 1938 | Retired by law from active service |
| 1939-1945 | President, Foreign Policy Association |
| 1941 | Toured South American countries on behalf of coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State, for systematizing procedures affecting civil aviation Member, Roberts Commission investigating attack on Pearl Harbor |
| 1942 | Appointed president of military commission that tried Nazi saboteurs landed by submarine on East Coast of United States |
| 1943 | Chairman, War Department Procurement Review Board. |
| 1945-1949 | Member and first chairman, Far Eastern Advisory Commission |
| 1954, June 4 | Died, Washington, D.C. |