United States Army Quartermaster General. He graduated from West Point in 1888 and was the first cadet appointed from the Dakota Territory. For almost a decade he was at frontier posts in the west serving the 7th Cavalry, as its Regimental Quartermaster Officer until June 1898. At the outbreak of the Spanish-American War, he was assigned to the Department of Colorado as chief commissary and to the Quartermaster's Department, Washington as Captain in 1900. On July 27, 1903, he was promoted to Major as assistant to the Commissary General of the Army. In February 1911, he was assigned to the San Francisco Army Transport Service as assistant depot Quartermaster and was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel on March 6, 1913. During WW I, he was promoted Colonel in the Quartermaster Corps, serving as Quartermaster of the Southern Department from July 10, 1917 to January 1, 1918. From March 1918 to April 1919, he served at St. Nazaire, France, as Base Quartermaster for the American Expeditionary Forces. For his successful administration, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal and the Legion of Honor by the French government in recognition of his services in the Allied cause. After the war he established effective measures of downsizing Army depots without interfering with the efficient supply of the Army. On August 28, 1922, he was appointed the 26th Quartermaster General with the rank of Major General. He was the second Quartermaster General to die while in office and was buried with full military honors.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
United States Army Quartermaster General. He graduated from West Point in 1888 and was the first cadet appointed from the Dakota Territory. For almost a decade he was at frontier posts in the west serving the 7th Cavalry, as its Regimental Quartermaster Officer until June 1898. At the outbreak of the Spanish-American War, he was assigned to the Department of Colorado as chief commissary and to the Quartermaster's Department, Washington as Captain in 1900. On July 27, 1903, he was promoted to Major as assistant to the Commissary General of the Army. In February 1911, he was assigned to the San Francisco Army Transport Service as assistant depot Quartermaster and was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel on March 6, 1913. During WW I, he was promoted Colonel in the Quartermaster Corps, serving as Quartermaster of the Southern Department from July 10, 1917 to January 1, 1918. From March 1918 to April 1919, he served at St. Nazaire, France, as Base Quartermaster for the American Expeditionary Forces. For his successful administration, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal and the Legion of Honor by the French government in recognition of his services in the Allied cause. After the war he established effective measures of downsizing Army depots without interfering with the efficient supply of the Army. On August 28, 1922, he was appointed the 26th Quartermaster General with the rank of Major General. He was the second Quartermaster General to die while in office and was buried with full military honors.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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