Appendix
B
PRINCIPAL OFFICIALS OF THE WAR DEPARTMENT AND DEPARTMENT OF
THE ARMY, 1900-1963
Secretaries of War |
Elihu Root |
1 August 1899-31 January 1904 |
William Howard Taft |
1 February 1904-30 June 1908 |
Luke E. Wright |
1 July 1908-11 March 1909 |
Jacob M. Dickinson |
12 March 1909-21 May 1911 |
Henry L. Stimson |
22 May 1911-4 March 1913 |
Lindley M. Garrison |
5 March 1913-10 February 1916 |
Maj. Gen. Hugh L. Scott(ad interim) |
11 February 1916-8 March 1916 |
|
Newton D. Baker |
9 March 1916-4 March 1921 |
John W. Weeks |
5 March 1921-13 October 1925 |
Dwight F. Davis |
14 October 1925-5 March 1929 |
James W. Good |
6 March 1929-18 November 1929 |
Patrick J. Hurley |
9 December 1929-4 March 1933 |
George H. Dern |
5 March 1933-27 August 1936 |
Harry H. Woodring |
25 September 1936-20 June 1940 |
Henry L. Stimson |
10 July 1940-21 September 1945 |
Robert P. Patterson |
27 September 1945-17 July 1947 |
Kenneth C. Royall |
18 July 1947-17 September 1947 |
Secretaries of the Army
|
Kenneth C. Royall |
18 September 1947-27 April 1949 |
Gordon Gray |
20 June 1949-11 April 1950 |
Frank Pace, Jr. |
12 April 1950-20 January 1953 |
Robert T. Stevens |
4 February 1953-20 July 1955 |
Wilber M. Brucker |
21 July 1955-20 January 1961 |
Elvis J. Stahr, Jr. |
24 January 1961-30 June 1962 |
Cyrus R. Vance |
5 July 1962-27 January 1964 |
Under Secretaries of War
|
Robert P. Patterson |
16 December 1940-26 September 1945 |
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Kenneth C. Royall |
9 November 1945-23 July 1947 |
William H. Draper, Jr. |
29 August 1947-17 September 1947 |
Under Secretaries of the Army
|
William H. Draper, Jr. |
18 September 1947-28 February 1949 |
Gordon Gray |
25 May 1949-19 June 1949 |
Tracy S. Voorhees |
22 August 1949-24 April 1950 |
Archibald Alexander |
24 May 1950-11 April 1952 |
Karl R. Bendetsen |
7 May 1952-3 October 1952 |
Earl D. Johnson |
6 October 1952-25 January 1954 |
John Slezak |
8 February 1954-16 January 1955 |
Charles G. Finucane |
9 February 1955-30 April 1958 |
Hugh M. Milton II |
25 August 1958-20 January 1961 |
Stephen Ailes |
27 February 1961-27 January 1964 |
Assistant Secretaries of War
George D. Meiklejohn |
16 April 1897-13 March 1901 |
William Cary Sanger |
14 March 1901-28 August 1903 |
Robert Shaw Oliver |
29 August 1903-29 April 1913 |
Henry S. Breckenridge |
30 April 1913-10 February 1916 |
William M. Ingraham |
20 April 1916-9 November 1917 |
Benedict Crowell (Director of Munitions) |
10 November 1917-26 June 1920
28 August 1918-26 June 1920 |
Edward R. Stettinius (Second Assistant for Supply) |
9 April 1918-27 August 1918 |
Frederick P. Keppel (Third Assistant for Personnel) |
23 April 1918-1 June 1919 |
John D. Ryan (SecondAssistant for Air) |
28 August 1918-23 November 1918 |
William R. Williams |
30 July 1920-27 March 1921 |
Johnathan M. Wainwright |
28 March 1921-3 March 1923 |
Dwight F. Davis |
5 March 1923-13 October 1925 |
Hanford MacNider |
16 October 1925-11 January 1928 |
Trubee F. Davison (AssistantSecretary for Air) |
20 February 1926-15 December 1932 |
Charles Burton Robbins |
12 January 1928-14 March 1929 |
Patrick J. Hurley |
15 March 1929-8 December 1929 |
Frederick H. Payne |
20 December 1929-5 April 1933 |
Harry H. Woodring |
7 April 1933-24 September 1936 |
Louis A. Johnson |
28 June 1937-25 July 1940 |
Robert P. Patterson |
31 July 1940-15 December 1940 |
John J. McCloy |
24 April 1941-29 November 1945 |
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Robert Lovett (AssistantSecretary
for Air) |
26 April 1941-15 December 1945 |
Howard Peterson |
29 December 1945-31 July 1947 |
W. Stuart Symington(Assistant
Secretary for Air) |
1 February 1946-17 September 1947 |
Assistant Secretaries of the Army
|
Gordon Gray |
24 September 1947-24 May 1949 |
Tracy S. Voorhees |
17 June 1948-21 August 1949 |
Archibald S. Alexander |
22 August 1949-23 May 1950 |
Karl R. Bendetsen (General Management) |
2 February 1950-6 May 1952 |
Earl D. Johnson (Researchand Materiel after 7
May1952) |
31 May 1950-5 October 1952 |
Francis Shackleford (GeneralCounsel) |
24 July 1950-25 August 1952 |
Fred Korth (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) |
22 May 1952-20 January 1953 |
Bernard A. Monaghan(General
Counsel) |
26 August 1952-14 August 1953 |
Francis Shackleford (GeneralManagement) |
26 August 1952-20 January 1953 |
James P. Mitchell(Manpower) |
4 May 1953-8 October 1953 |
John Slezak (Materiel) |
4 May 1953-7 February 1954 |
John G. Adams (GeneralCounsel) |
1 October 1953-31 March 1955 |
Hugh M. Milton II(Manpower and ReserveAffairs) |
19 November 1953-24 August 1958 |
George H. Roderick(Financial
Management) |
9 February 1954-25 August 1954 |
Frank Higgins (Logistics andResearch
and DevelopmentLogistics from 21 July 1955) |
26 August 1954-31 March 1959 |
George H. Roderick (Civil-Military Affairs) |
26 August 1954-29 February 1957 |
Charles G. Finucane(Financial
Management) |
26 August 1954-8 February 1955 |
Chester R. Davis (Financial Management) |
10 March 1955-15 December 1956 |
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Frank G. Millard (GeneralCounsel) |
1 April 1955-28 February 1961 |
William Martin (Director ofResearch
and Development) |
29 August 1955-25 May 1959 |
George H. Roderick (Financial Management) |
1 March 1957-20 January 1961 |
Dewey Short (Civil-MilitaryAffairs) |
15 March 1957-80 November 1958 |
Dewey Short (Manpower andReserve
Affairs) |
1 December 1958-20 January 1961 |
Courtney Johnson (Logistics) |
1 April 1959-20 January 1961 |
Richard S. Morse (Director of Research and Development
ASA from 3 March 1961) |
1 June 1959-31 May 1961 |
William F. Schaub (Financial Management) |
2 March 1961-31 December 1962 |
Powell Pierpoint (General Counsel) |
6 April 1961-30 June 1968 |
Paul R. Ignatius (Installations and Logistics) |
22 May 1961-27 February 1964 |
Finn J. Larsen (Research and Development) |
14 August 1961-80 July 1968 |
Edmund T. Pratt, Jr.(Financial Management) |
23 March 1963-25 November 1964 |
Chiefs of the Bureau of Insular Affairs
1900-1939 |
Brig. Gen. Clarence R. Edwards (Chief of Customs and Insular
Affairs to 1 July 1902) |
12 February 1900-23 August 1912 |
Brig. Gen. Frank McIntyre |
24 August 1912-5 January 1929 |
Brig. Gen. Charles S. Walcutt (Acting) |
17 July 1918-1 July 1920 |
Brig. Gen. Francis LeJ. Parker |
6 January 1929-8 January 1953 |
Brig. Gen. Creed F. Cox |
9 January 1983-23 May 1987 |
Brig. Gen. Charles S. Burnett |
24 May 1937-30 June 1989 |
On 1 July 1939 the Bureau of Insular Affairs was transferred to the Department
of the Interior.
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Chiefs of Information
|
Maj. Gen. Robert C. Richardson, Jr. |
11 February 1941-25 July 1941 |
Maj. Gen. Alexander D. Surles |
6 August 1941-31 December 1945 |
Lt. Gen. J. Lawton Collins |
1 January 1946-20 July 1947 |
Lt. Gen. Manton S. Eddy |
21 July 1947-2 January 1948 |
Lt. Gen. Raymond S. McLain |
3 January 1948-31 July 1949 |
Maj. Gen. Floyd L. Parks |
2 September 1949-31 August 1953 |
Maj. Gen. Gilman C. Mudgett |
1 November 1953 August 1955 |
Maj. Gen. Guy S. Meloy, Jr. |
3 January 1956-16 August 1957 |
Maj. Gen. Harry P. Storke |
10 September 1957-31 May 1959 |
Maj. Gen. William W. Quinn |
1 August 1959-30 September 1961 |
Maj. Gen. Charles G. Dodge |
1 October 1961-2.8 January 1963 |
Maj. Gen. George V. Underwood |
1 February 1963-31 January 1966 |
Before 11 February 1941 this agency was a subordinate branch of G-2. On that
date it was redesignated the Bureau of Public Relations and attached to the
Secretary's Office where it has remained. From 16 January 1955 the Chief of
Public Information has also served as Chief of Information of the Army under
the Chief of Staff.
Chiefs of the Legislative and Liaison Division |
Maj. G. W. Cocheu |
1 September 1921-20 December 1921 |
Lt. Col. J. H. Bryson |
21 December 1921-30 June 1925 |
Col. F. R. Brown |
1 July 1925-13 May 1928 |
Lt. Col. J. L. Benedict |
6 August 1928-30 June 1930 |
Maj. A. W. Bloor |
2 August 1930-9 February 1931 |
Maj. L. S. Tillotson |
10 February 1931-29 April 1931 |
Maj. L. H. Hedrick |
30 April 1931-31 July 1935 |
Lt. Col. Allen M. Burdett |
1 August 1935-18 November 1937 |
Col. Russel H. Brennan |
19 November 1937-24 June 1942 |
Maj. Gen. Wilton B. Persons |
9 March 1942-28 July 1948 |
Maj. Gen. Clark L. Ruffner |
29 July 1948-7 August 1950 |
Maj. Gen. Miles Reber |
5 August 1950-30 September 1953 |
Maj. Gen. Clarence Hauck |
1 October 1953-11 July 1956 |
Maj. Gen. John H. Michaelis |
1 November 1956-24 August 1959 |
Maj. Gen. Russell L. Vittrup |
6 August 1959-19 January 1961 |
Maj. Gen. Harrison A. Gerhardt |
13 March 1961-16 September 1962 |
Maj. Gen. Frederick C. Weyand |
17 September 1962-5 July 1964 |
The Legislative and Liaison Division was established first as a Legislative
Branch under the Deputy Chief of Staff on 1 September 1921.
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It was merged with the Budget Section as the Budget and Legislative Planning
Branch of the War Department General Staff on 3 February 1931. As the Legislative
and Liaison Division it was designated a War Department Special Staff division
on 9 March 1942, and on 26 September 1945 placed under the general supervision
of the Chief of Public Information. On 17 February 1955 it was attached to the
Office of the Secretary of the Army.
Chiefs of Staff |
Lt. Gen. Samuel B. M. Young |
15 August 1903-8 January 1904 |
Lt. Gen. Adna R. Chaffee |
9 January 1904-14 January 1906 |
Lt. Gen. John C. Bates |
15 January 1906-13 April 1906 |
Maj. Gen. J. Franklin Bell |
14 April 1906-21 April 1910 |
Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood |
22 April 1910-21 April 1914 |
Maj. Gen. William W.Wotherspoon |
22 April 1914-16 November 1914 |
Maj. Gen. Hugh L. Scott |
17 November 1914-22 September 1917 |
General Tasker H. Bliss |
23 September 1917-19 May 1918 |
General Peyton C. March |
20 May 1918-30 June 1921 |
General of the Armies John J. Pershing |
1 July 1921-13 September 1924 |
Maj. Gen. John L. Hines |
14 September 1924-20 November 1926 |
General Charles P. Summerall |
21 November 1926-20 November 1930 |
General Douglas MacArthur |
21 November 1930-1. October 1935 |
General Malin Craig |
2 October 1935-31 August 1939 |
General of the Army George C. Marshall |
1 September 1939-18 November 1945 |
General of the Army DwightD. Eisenhower |
19 November 1945-6 February 1948 |
General Omar N. Bradley |
7 February 1948-15 August 1949 |
General J. Lawton Collins |
16 August 1949-14 August 1953 |
General Matthew B. Ridgway |
15 August 1953-29 June 1955 |
General Maxwell D. Taylor |
30 June 1955-30 June 1959 |
General Lyman L. Lemnitzer |
1 July 1959-30 September 1960 |
General George H. Decker |
1 October 1960-30 September 1962 |
General Earle G. Wheeler |
1 October 1962-2 July 1964 |
Secretaries of the General Staff |
Brig. Gen. Henry A. Greene |
15 August 1903-30 June 1904 |
Brig. Gen. Benjamin Alvord |
1 July 1904-27 June 1905 |
Col. Robert E. L. Mechie |
28 June 1905-31 July 1907 |
Maj. Gen. William M. Wright |
1 August 1907-6 April 1908 |
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Maj. Gen. Fred W. Sladen |
7 April 1908-19 January 1911 |
Maj. Gen. William S. Graves |
20 January 1911-25 June 1912 |
Brig. Gen. Jesse McI. Carter |
26 June 1912-10 June 1913 |
Brig. Gen. Henry C. Hodges |
11 June 1913-31 August 1914 |
Maj. Gen. William S. Graves |
3 September 1914-22 March 1918 |
Col. Percy P. Bishop |
23 March 1918-11 September 1918 |
Maj. Fulton W. C. Gardner |
12 September 1918-14 August 1921 |
Lt. Col. Lorenzo D. Gasser |
17 August 1921-27 March 1925 |
Col. Edwin S. Hartshorn |
28 March 1925-30 June 1928 |
Lt. Col. Joseph A. Atkins |
1 July 1928-30 July 1929 |
Lt. Col. William B. Wallace |
1 August 1929-31 May 1930 |
Lt. Col. Clement H. Wright |
1 June 1930-14 August 1932 |
Col. Charles F. Severson |
15 August 1932-2 July 1935 |
Col. Robert L. Eichelberger |
3 July 1935-9 November 1938 |
Lt. Col. Harold R. Bull |
10 November 1938-2 July 1939 |
Brig. Gen. Orlando Ward |
3 July 1939-30 August 1941 |
Brig. Gen. Walter B. Smith |
31 August 1941-3 February 1942 |
Brig. Gen. John R. Deane |
4 February 1942-3 September 1942 |
Col. Robert N. Young |
4 September 1942-13 March 1943 |
Col. William T. Sexton |
14 March 1943-14 January 1944 |
Col. Frank McCarthy |
15 January 1944-21 August 1945 |
Col. H. Merrill Pasco |
22 August 1945-11 November 1945 |
Col. John W. Bowen |
12 November 1945-11 May 1948 |
Brig. Gen. James E. Moore |
12 May 1948-24 October 1950 |
Brig. Gen. Martin F. Hass |
25 October 1950-3 June 1952 |
Brig. Gen. John C. Oakes |
4 June 1952-29 August 1953 |
Brig. Gen. Frank W. Moorman |
31 August 1953-19 July 1955 |
Maj. Gen. William C. Westmoreland |
20 July 1955-2 March 1958 |
Maj. Gen. Charles H. Bonesteel III |
3 March 1958-30 September 1960 |
Maj. Gen. John E. Throckmorton |
1 October 1960-8 June 1962 |
Maj. Gen. Vernon P. Mock |
10 June 1962-13 May 1965 |
The General Staff 1903-1917
Assistants to the Chief of Staff and Chiefs
of the Mobile Army Division |
Maj. Gen. William H. Carter |
26 May 1911-27 August 1912 |
Maj. Gen. William W. Wotherspoon |
1 September 1912-20 April 1914 |
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Brig. Gen. Hugh L. Scott |
21 April 1914-15 November 1914 |
Maj. Gen. Tasker H. Bliss |
15 February 1915-21 September 1916 |
The Mobile Army Division was abolished by the National Defense
Act of 3 June 1916.
Assistant to the Chief of Staff |
Maj. Gen. Tasker H. Bliss |
22 September 1916-5 April 1917 |
Presidents of the Army War College |
Maj. Gen. S. B. M. Young(Army
War College Board) |
1 July 1902-15 August 1908 |
Brig. Gen. Tasker H. Bliss |
16 August 1903-24 June 1905 |
Lt. Col. William W.Wotherspoon |
25 June 1905-3 December 1905 |
Brig. Gen. Thomas H. Barry |
4 December 1905-20 February 1907 |
Brig. Gen. William W.Wotherspoon |
21 February 1907-19 June 1909 |
Brig. Gen. Tasker H. Bliss |
21 June 1909-30 November 1909 |
Brig. Gen. William W.Wotherspoon |
1 December 1909-1 February 1912 |
Brig. Gen. Albert L. Mills |
2 February 1912-31 August 1912 |
Brig. Gen. William Crozier |
1 September 1912-30 June 1913 |
Brig. Gen. Hunter Liggett |
1 July 1913-21 April 1914 |
Brig. Gen. Montgomery M.Macomb |
22 April 1914-12 October 1916 |
Brig. Gen. Joseph E. Kuhn |
1 February 1917-5 April 1917 |
Chiefs of Artillery |
Brig. Gen. Wallace F. Randolph |
27 February 1903-21 January 1904 |
Brig. Gen. John P. Story |
22 January 1904-19 June 1905 |
Brig. Gen. Samuel M. Mills |
20 June 1905-30 September 1906 |
Brig. Gen. Arthur Murray |
1 October 1906-30 June 1908 |
Chiefs of Coast Artillery
|
Maj. Gen. Arthur Murray |
1 July 1908-14 March 1911 |
Maj. Gen. Erasmus M. Weaver |
15 March 1911-5 April 1917 |
1917-1921
Assistant to the Chief of Staff
|
Maj. Gen. Tasker H. Bliss |
7 April 1917-21 September 1917 |
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Executive Assistant to the Chief of Staff
|
Brig. Gen. William S. Graves |
22 September 1917-8 July 1918 |
Maj. Gen. Frank McIntyre |
9 July 1918-31 December 1919 |
Maj. Gen. William M. Wright |
1 January 1920-30 June 1921 |
Operations Division |
Maj. Gen. Henry Jervey(Director) |
12 December 1917-31 August 1921 |
War College Division |
Brig. Gen. Joseph E. Kuhn |
6 April 1917-24 August 1917 |
Col. P. D. Lochridge (Acting) |
25 August 1917-10 January 1918 |
Col. Daniel W. Ketcham(Acting) |
11 January 1918-30 April 1918 |
Brig. Gen. Lytle Brown(Director) |
1 May 1918-13 June 1918 |
Maj. Gen. William G. Haan(Director) |
14 June 1918-31 August 1921 |
After 9 February 1918 the War College Division was known as the
War Plans Division.
Military Intelligence Section
|
Col. Ralph H. Van Deman |
3 May 1917-4 June 1918 |
Brig. Gen. MarlboroughChurchill |
5 June 1918-19 August 1920 |
Brig. Gen. Dennis E. Nolan |
20 August 1920-31 August 1921 |
After 9 February 1918 the Military Intelligence Section was known as the Military
Intelligence Division.
Storage and Traffic Division
|
Maj. Gen. George W. Goethals |
28 December 1917-15 April 1918 |
Purchase and Supply Division |
|
Brig. Gen. Palmer E. Pierce |
14 January 1918-15 April 1918 |
Brig. Gen. Hugh S. Johnson |
16 April 1919-31 August 1918 |
Brig. Gen. Robert E. Wood |
12 September 1918-12 February 1919 |
Purchase, Storage, and Traffic Division
|
Maj. Gen. George W. Goethals |
16 April 1918-28 February 1919 |
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Maj. Gen. George W. Burr |
1 March 1919-11 August 1920 |
Maj. Gen. William M. Wright |
1 September 1920-30 June 1921 |
After 1 July 1920 the Purchase, Storage, and Traffic Division was known as
the Supply Division.
Chiefs of Coast Artillery |
Maj. Gen. Erasmus M. Weaver |
7 April 1917-28 May 1918 |
Maj. Gen. Frank W. Coe |
24 May 1918-30 June 1920 |
Chief of Field Artillery |
Maj. Gen. William J. Snow |
10 February 1918-80 June 1920 |
Chemical Warfare Service |
Maj. Gen. William L. Sibert (Director) |
28 June 1918-80 June 1920 |
Tank Corps |
Col. Ira C. Welborn (Director) |
9 March 1918-14 August 1919 |
Brig. Gen. Samuel D. Rockenbach (Chief) |
15 August 1919-80 June 1920 |
Tank Corps abolished by the National Defense Act amendments of 4 June 1920.
Division of Military Aeronautics |
Maj. Gen. William L. Kenly Bureau of Aircraft
Production |
21 May 1918-27 December 1918 (Director)
|
John D. Ryan (Director) |
29 May 1918-27 August 1918 |
Air Service |
John D. Ryan (Director) |
27 August 1918-27 December 1918 |
Maj. Gen. Charles T. Menoher (Chief from 29 January
1919) |
2 January 1919-4 October 1920 |
1921-1942 Executive Assistant to the Chief of
Staff |
Maj. Gen. James G. Harbord |
1 July 1921-31 August 1921 |
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Deputy Chiefs of Staff |
Maj. Gen. James G. Harbord |
1 September 1921-4 December 1922 |
Maj. Gen. John L. Hines |
5 December 1922-13 September 1924 |
Maj. Gen. Dennis E. Nolan |
14 September 1924-8 March 1926 |
Maj. Gen. Fox Connor |
9 March 1926-30 April 1927 |
Maj. Gen. Briant H. Wells |
1 May 1927-8 March 1930 |
Maj. Gen. Preston Brown |
10 March 1930-11 October 1930 |
Maj. Gen. Ewing E. Booth |
12 October 1930-21 December 1930 |
Maj. Gen. George Van Horn Moseley |
22 December 1930-22 February 1933 |
Maj. Gen. Hugh A. Drum |
23 February 1933-1 February 1935 |
Maj. Gen. George S. Simonds |
2 February 1935-28 May 1936 |
Maj. Gen. Stanley D. Embick |
29 May 1936-30 September 1938 |
Brig. Gen. George C. Marshall |
16 October 1938-30 June 1939 |
Brig. Gen. Lorenzo D. Gasser (Acting) |
1 July 1939-30 May 1940 |
Maj. Gen. William Bryden |
1 June 1940-16 March 1942 |
Maj. Gen. Richard C. Moore (Additional Deputy Chief of Staff) |
22 July 1940-8 March 1942 |
Lt. Gen. Henry H. Arnold (Acting Additional Deputy Chief of
Staff for Air) |
11 November 1940-8 March 1942 |
Assistant Chiefs of Staff, G-1 |
Brig. Gen. James H. McRae |
1 September 1921-18 September 1922 |
Brig. Gen. Charles H. Martin |
19 September 1922-15 September 1924 |
Brig. Gen. Campbell King |
29 May 1925-30 April 1929 |
Maj. Gen. Albert J. Bowley |
1 May 1929-14 September 1931 |
Brig. Gen. Andrew Moses |
7 October 1931-7 October 1935 |
Maj. Gen. Harry E. Knight |
27 November 1935-31 August 1937 |
Brig. Gen. Lorenzo D. Gasser |
1 September 1937-19 April 1939 |
Brig. Gen. William E. Shedd |
1 October 1939-18 February 1941 |
Brig. Gen. Wade H. Haislip |
19 February 1941-19 January 1942 |
Brig. Gen. John H. Hilldring |
20 January 1942-8 March 1942 |
Assistant Chiefs of Staff, G-2 |
Brig. Gen. Stuart Heintzelman |
1 September 1921-10 November 1922 |
Col. William K. Naylor |
27 November 1922-30 June 1924 |
Col. James H. Reeves |
1 July 1924-30 April 1927 |
Col. Stanley H. Ford |
1 May 1927-1 September 1930 |
Brig. Gen. Alfred T. Smith 3 |
January 1931-2 January 1935 |
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Brig. Gen. Harry E. Knight
|
1 February 1935-26 November 1935 |
Col. Francis H. Lincoln |
27 November 1935-29 June 1937 |
Col. E. R. Warner McCabe |
1 July 1937-29 February 1940 |
Brig. Gen. Sherman Miles |
30 April 1940-31 January 1942 |
Brig. Gen. Raymond E. Lee |
1 February 1942-8 March 1942 |
Assistant Chiefs of Staff, G-3 |
Brig. Gen. William Lassiter |
1 September 1921-31 October 1923 |
Brig. Gen. Hugh A. Drum |
4 December 1923-8 April 1926 |
Maj. Gen. Malin Craig |
9 April 1926-1 April 1927 |
Maj. Gen. Frank Parker |
2 April 1927-2 April 1929 |
Maj. Gen. Edward L. King |
16 July 1929-1 February 1932 |
Maj. Gen. Edgar T._ Collins |
2 February 1932-10 February 1933 |
Maj. Gen. John H. Hughes |
6 July 1933-15 April 1937 |
Brig. Gen. George P. Tyner |
16 April 1937-6 March 1938 |
Maj. Gen. Robert McC. Beck |
7 March 1938-3 August 1939 |
Maj. Gen. Frank M. Andrews |
4 August 1939-22 November 1940 |
Brig. Gen. Harry L. Twaddle |
23 November 1940-8 April 1941 |
Brig. Gen. Harry J. Maiony |
9 April 1941-23 April 1941 |
Brig. Gen. Harry L. Twaddle supply Division
|
24 April 1941-8 March 1942
|
Maj. Gen. James G. Harbord |
1 July 1921-31 August 1921 |
Assistant Chiefs of Staff, G-4 |
Brig. Gen. William D. Connor |
1 September 1921-9 November 1922 |
Brig. Gen. Stuart Heintzelman |
10 November 1922-30 November 1923 |
Brig. Gen. Dennis E. Nolan |
1 December 1923-13 September 1924 |
Maj. Gen. Fox Connor |
1 December 1924-8 March 1926 |
Brig. Gen. Briant H. Wells |
9 March 1926-30 April 1927 |
Brig. Gen. Ewing E. Booth |
1 May 1927-11 October 1930 |
Brig. Gen. Robert E. Callan |
19 January 1931-18 January 1935 |
Brig. Gen. Charles S. Lincoln |
13 February 1935-31 May 1936 |
Brig. Gen. George R. Spalding |
1 June -1936-15 April 1937 |
Brig. Gen. George P. Tyner |
16 April 1937-20 January 1940 |
Brig. Gen. Richard C. Moore |
21 January 1940-20 July 1940 |
Col. Eugene Reybold (Acting) |
4 August 1940-8 September 1941 |
Brig. Gen. Brehon B. Somervell |
25 November 1941-8 March 1942 |
Chiefs of the War Plans Division |
Brig. Gen. Briant H. Wells |
1 September 1921-30 October 1923 |
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Brig. Gen. Stuart Heintzelmari |
1 December 1923-1 July 1924 |
Brig. Gen. Leroy Eltinge |
2 July 1924-19 April 1925 |
Maj. Gen. Harry A. Smith |
1 July 1925-31 May 1927 |
Brig. Gen. George S. Simonds |
1 September 1927-1 September 1931 |
Brig. Gen. Joseph P. Tracy |
2 September 1931-31 August 1932 |
Brig. Gen. Charles E. Kilbourne |
1 September 1932-11 February 1935 |
Maj. Gen. Stanley D. Embick |
12 March 1935-28 May 1936 |
Brig. Gen. Walter Krueger |
29 May 1936-30 June 1938 |
Brig. Gen. George C. Marshall |
6 July 1938-15 October 1938 |
Brig. Gen. George V. Strong |
16 October 1938-14 December 1940 |
Brig. Gen. Leonard T. Gerow |
16 December 1940-15 February 1942 |
Brig. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower |
16 February 1942-8 March 1942 |
Air Corps |
Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick |
5 October 1921-13 December 1927 |
Maj. Gen. James E. Fechet |
20 December 1927-19 December 1931 |
Maj. Gen. Benjamin D. Foulois |
22 December 1931-21 December 1935 |
Maj. Gen. Oscar Westover |
25 December 1935-31 September 1938 |
Maj. Gen. Henry H. Arnold |
28 September 1938-8 March 1942 |
Until 2 July 1926 the Air Corps was designated the Air Service.
Chiefs of Coast Artillery |
Maj. Gen. Frank W. Coe |
1 July 1920-19 March 1926 |
Maj. Gen. Andrew Hero, Jr. |
20 March 1926-21 March 1930 |
Maj. Gen. John W. Gulick |
22 March 1930-21 March 1934 |
Maj. Gen. William F. Hase |
26 March 1934-20 January 1935 |
Maj. Gen. Harry L. Steele |
21 January 1935-31 March 1936 |
Maj. Gen. Archibald H. |
1 April 1936-31 March 1940 |
Sunderland |
|
Maj. Gen. Joseph A. Green |
1 April 1940-9 March 1942 |
The Office of the Chief of Coast Artillery was abolished 9 March 1942.
Chiefs of Field Artillery |
Maj. Gen. William J. Snow |
1 July 1920-19 December 1927 |
Maj. Gen. Fred T. Austin |
20 December 1927-15 February 1930 |
Maj. Gen. Harry G. Bishop |
10 March 1930-9 March 1934 |
Maj. Gen. Upton Birnie, Jr. |
26 March 1934-25 March 1938 |
Maj. Gen. Robert M. Danford |
26 March 1938-9 March 1942 |
The Office of the Chief of Field Artillery was abolished 9 March 1942.
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Chiefs of Infantry |
Maj. Gen. Charles S. Farnsworth |
1 July 1920-27 March 1925 |
Maj. Gen. Robert H. Allen |
28 March 1925-27 March 1929 |
Maj. Gen. Stephen O. Fuqua |
28 March 1929-5 May 1933 |
Maj. Gen. Edward Croft |
6 May 1933-30 April 1937 |
Maj. Gen. George A. Lynch |
24 May 1937-30 April 1941 |
Maj. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges |
31 May 1941-9 March 1942 |
The Office of the Chief of Infantry was abolished 9 March 1942.
Chiefs of Cavalry |
Maj. Gen. Willard A. Holbrook |
1 July 1920-23 July 1924 |
Maj. Gen. Malin Craig |
24 July 1924-20 March 1926 |
Maj. Gen. Herbert B. Crosby |
21 March 1926-20 March 1930 |
Maj. Gen. Guy V. Henry |
22 March 1930-21 March 1934 |
Maj. Gen. Leon B. Kromer |
26 March 1934-25 March 1938 |
Maj. Gen. John K. Herr |
26 March 1938-9 March 1942 |
The Office of the Chief of Cavalry was abolished 9 March 1942.
1942-1946 Deputy Chiefs of Staff
|
Lt. Gen. Joseph T. McNarney |
9 March 1942-21 October 1944 |
Lt. Gen. Thomas T. Handy |
22 October 1944-9 June 1946 |
Operations Division |
Maj. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower |
9 March 1942-23 June 1942 |
Lt. Gen. Thomas T. Handy |
24 June 1942-21 October 1944 |
Lt. Gen. John E. Hull |
22 October 1944-15 June 1946 |
Assistant Chiefs of Staff, G-1 |
Brig. Gen. John H. Hilldring |
9 March 1942-1 July 1942 |
Brig. Gen. Donald Wilson |
2 July 1942-1 September 1942 |
Maj. Gen. Miller G. White |
2 September 1942-18 August 1944 |
Maj. Gen. Stephan G. Henry |
19 August 1944-22 October 1945 |
Maj. Gen. Willard S. Paul |
26 October 1945-9 June 1946 |
Assistant Chiefs of Staff, G-2 |
Brig. Gen. Raymond E. Lee |
9 March 1942-4 May 1942 |
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Maj. Gen. George V. Strong |
5 May 1942-6 February 1944 |
Maj. Gen. Clayton Bissell |
7 February 1944-25 January 1946 |
Lt. Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg |
26 January 1946-9 June 1946 |
Assistant Chiefs of Staff, G3 |
Brig. Gen. Harry L. Twaddle |
9 March 1942-25 March 1942 |
Brig. Gen. Harold R. Bull |
25 March 1942-5 May 1942 |
Maj. Gen. Idwal H. Edwards |
16 May 1942-15 May 1943 |
Maj. Gen. Ray E. Porter |
16 May 1943-13 February 1945 |
Maj. Gen. Idwal H. Edwards |
14 February 1945-9 June 1946 |
Assistant Chiefs of Staff, G-4 |
Brig. Gen. Raymond G. Moses |
9 March 1942-1 September 1943 |
Maj. Gen. Russell L. Maxwell |
30 September 1943-14 March 1946 |
Maj. Gen. Stanley L. Scott (Acting) |
15 March 1946-9 June 1946 |
1946-1948 Deputy Chiefs of Staff
|
Lt. Gen. Thomas T: Handy |
10 June 1946-30 August 1947 |
Lt. Gen. J. Lawton Collins |
1 September 1947-14 November 1948 |
Director of Personnel and Administration |
Lt. Gen. Willard S. Paul |
10 June 1946-14 November 1948 |
Directors of Intelligence |
Lt. Gen. Stephen J. Chamberlin |
11 June 1946-19 October 1948 |
Maj. Gen. Stafford LeRoy Irwin |
20 October 1948-14 November 1948 |
Directors o f Organization and Training |
Maj. Gen. Idwal H. Edwards |
11 June 1946-9 July 1946 |
Lt. Gen. Charles P. Hall |
10 July 1946-11 November 1948 |
Directors of Service, Supply, and Procurement
|
Lt. Gen. LeRoy Lutes |
11 June 1946-4 January 1948 |
Lt. Gen. Henry S. Aurand |
5 January 1948-14 November 1948 |
The Director of Service, Supply, and Procurement was redesignated Director
of Logistics on 19 February 1948.
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Directors of Plans and Operations |
Lt. Gen. John E. Hull |
11 June 1946-15 June 1946 |
Lt. Gen. Lauris Norstad |
16 June 1946-29 October 1947 |
Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer |
31 October 1947-14 November 1948 |
Research and Development Division |
Lt. Gen. Henry S. Aurand |
10 June 1946-1 January 1948 |
Agency abolished and functions transferred to Directorate of Service, Supply,
and Procurement on 1 January 1948.
Comptrollers of the Army |
Maj. Gen. George J. Richards |
2 January 1948-15 July 1948 |
Maj. Gen. Edmond H. Leavey |
16 July 1948-14 November 1948 |
From 7 July 1943-1 January 1948 General Richards was Chief of the Budget Division
of the War Department Special Staff. See below under Chiefs of Finance.
1948-1950 Vice Chiefs of Staff |
Lt. Gen. J. Lawton Collins |
15 November 1948-15 August 1949 |
General Wade H. Haislip |
23 August 1949-28 February 1950 |
Deputy Chiefs of Staff for Administration |
Lt. Gen. Wade H. Haislip |
15 November 1948-22 August 1949 |
Lt. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway |
1 September 1949-28 February 1950 |
Deputy Chiefs of Staff for Plans and Combat
Operations |
Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer |
15 November 1948-19 September 1949 |
Lt. Gen. Alfred M. Gruenther |
20 September 1949-28 February 1950 |
Comptrollers |
Maj. Gen. Edmond H. Leavey |
15 November 1948-30 June 1949 |
Lt. Gen. Raymond S. McLain |
1 August 1949-28 February 1950 |
Directors of Personnel and Administration
|
Lt. Gen. Willard S. Paul |
15 November 1948-31 December 1948 |
Lt. Gen. Edward H. Brooks |
1 January 1949-28 February 1950 |
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Director of Intelligence |
Maj. Gen. Stafford LeRoy Irwin |
15 November 1948-28 February 1950 |
Directors of Organization and Training |
Maj. Gen. Harold R. Bull |
15 November 1948-7 June 1949 |
Maj. Gen. Clift Andrus |
8 June 1949-28 February 1950 |
Directors of Logistics |
Lt. Gen. Henry S. Aurand |
15 November 1948-20 March 1949 |
Lt. Gen. Thomas B. Larkin |
21 March 1949-28 February 1950 |
Directors of Plans and Operations |
Maj. Gen. Ray T. Maddocks |
15 November 1948-15 May 1949 |
Maj. Gen. Charles L. Bolts |
16 May 1949-28 February 1950 |
1950-1955 Vice Chiefs of Staff |
General Wade H. Haislip |
1 March 1950-31 July 1951 |
General John E. Hull |
1 August 1951-6 October 1953 |
General Charles L. Bolts |
7 October 1958-30 April 1955 |
General Williston B. Palmer |
1 May 1955-2 January 1956 |
Deputy Chiefs of Staff for Administration |
Lt. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway |
1 March 1950-23 December 1950 |
Lt. Gen. John E. Hull |
1 January 1951-31 July 1951 |
Lt. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor |
1 August 1951-6 February 1953 |
Lt. Gen. Anthony C. McAuliffe |
7 February 1953-22 October 1953 |
Lt. Gen. Walter L. Weible |
23 October 1953-31 December 1955 |
After 1 August 1951 the Deputy Chief of Staff for Administration was redesignated
the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Administration.
Deputy Chiefs of Staff for Plans |
Lt. Gen. Alfred M. Gruenther |
1 March 1950-13 February 1951 |
Lt. Gen. Charles L. Bolts |
15 February 1951-31 July 1952 |
Lt. Gen. Lyman L. Lemnitzer |
1 August 1952-24 March 1955 |
Lt. Gen. James M. Gavin |
25 March 1955-9 October 1955 |
Lt. Gen. Clyde D. Eddleman |
10 October 1955-31 December 1955 |
The Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans was redesignated the Deputy
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Chief of Staff for Plans and Research on 15 January 1952 and Deputy Chief of
Staff for Plans again on 10 October 1955.
Comptrollers |
Lt: Gen. Raymond S. McLain |
1 March 1950-30 April 1952 |
Lt. Gen. George H. Decker |
1 May 1952-6 February 1955 |
Lt. Gen. Laurin L. Williams |
7 February 1955-31 December 1955 |
Deputy Chiefs of Staff for Logistics |
Lt. Gen. Williston B. Palmer |
8 September 1954-30 April 1955 |
Lt. Gen. Carter B. Magruder |
1 May 1955-31 December 1955 |
Chief of Research and Development |
Lt. Gen. James M. Gavin |
10 October 1955-31 December 1955 |
Assistant Chiefs of Staff, G-1, Personnel |
Lt. Gen. Edward H. Brooks |
1 March 1950-22 May 1951 |
Lt. Gen. Anthony C. McAuliffe |
1 August 1951-5 February 1958 |
Maj. Gen. Robert N. Young |
6 February 1953-4 May 1955 |
Maj. Gen. Donald P. Booth |
5 May 1955-31 December 1955 |
Assistant Chiefs of Staff, G-2, Intelligence |
Maj. Gen. Stafford LeRoy Irwin |
1 March 1950-22 August 1950 |
Maj. Gen. Alexander R. Boiling |
23 August 1950-10 August 1952 |
Maj. Gen. Richard C. Partridge |
11 August 1952-15 November 1953 |
Maj. Gen. Arthur C. Trudeau |
16 November 1953-8 August 1955 |
Maj. Gen. Ridgely Gaither |
9 August 1955-31 December 1955 |
Assistant Chiefs of Staff, G-3, Operations |
Maj. Gen. Charles L. Bolts |
1 March 1950-12 February 1951 |
Maj. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor |
13 February 1951-31 July 1951 |
Maj. Gen. Reuben E. Jenkins |
1 August 1951-4 August 1952 |
Maj. Gen. Clyde D. Eddleman |
5 August 1952-31 March 1954 |
Maj. Gen. James M. Gavin |
1 April 1954-24 March 1955 |
Maj. Gen. Paul D. Adams |
25 March 1955-24 July 1955 |
Maj. Gen. Paul D. Harkins |
25 July 1955-31 December 1955 |
Assistant Chiefs of Staff, G-4, Logistics |
Lt. Gen. Thomas B. Larkin |
1 March 1950-20 December 1952 |
Lt. Gen. Williston B. Palmer |
21 December 1952-7 September 1954 |
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1956-1963 Vice Chiefs of Staff |
General Williston B. Palmer |
3 January 1956-80 May 1957 |
General Lyman L. Lemnitzer |
22 July 1957-SO June 1959 |
General George H. Decker |
1 August 1959-30 September 1960 |
General Clyde D. Eddleman |
1 November 1960-31 March 1962 |
General Barksdale Hamlett |
1 April 1962-3 September 1964 |
Comptrollers |
Lt. Gen. Laurin L. Williams |
3 January 1956-30 June 1957 |
Lt. Gen. William S. Lawton |
1 July 1957-31 May 1960 |
Lt. Gen. David W. Traub |
1 ,June 1960-81 July 1962 |
Lt. Gen. Charles B. Duff |
1 August 1962-19 August 1963 |
Deputy Chiefs of Staff for Personnel |
Lt. Gen. Walter L. Weible |
3 January 1956-25 December 1956 |
Lt. Gen. Donald P. Booth |
26 December 1956-14 March 1958 |
Lt. Gen. James F. Collins |
15 March 1958-31 March 1961 |
Lt. Gen. Russell L. Vittrup |
1 April 1961-31 May 1963 |
Deputy Chiefs of Staff for Operations |
Lt. Gen. Clyde D. Eddleman |
3 January 1956-31 May 1958 |
Lt. Gen. James E. Moore |
1 June 1958-81 October 1959 |
Lt. Gen. John C. Oakes |
1 November 1959-19 January 1961 |
Lt. Gen. Barksdale Hamlett |
20 ,January 1961-81 March 1962 |
Lt. Gen. Theodore W. Parker |
1 May 1962-30 June 1963 |
Deputy Chiefs of Staff for Logistics |
Lt. Gen. Carter B. Magruder |
3 January 1956-16 July 1959 |
Lt. Gen. Robert W. Colglazier, Jr. |
17 July 1959-81 July 1964 |
Chiefs of Research and Development |
Lt. Gen. James M. Gavin |
3 January 1956-81 March 1958 |
Lt. Gen. Arthur G. Trudeau |
1 April 1958-80 June 1962 |
Lt. Gen. Dwight E. Beach |
1 July 1962-19 August 1963 |
Assistant Chiefs of Staff for Reserve Components
|
Maj. Gen. Philip D. Ginder |
1 November 1956-19 December 1957 |
Maj. Gen. John W. Bowen |
2 January 1958-3 January 1961 |
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Maj. Gen. Charles G. Dodge |
16 January 1961-30 September 1961 |
Maj. Gen. Carl Darnell, Jr. |
1 October 1961-14 February 1963 |
Lt. Gen. W. H. Sterling Wright |
15 February 1963-30 November 1965 |
The Assistant Chief of Staff for Reserve Components was redesignated Chief,
Office of Reserve Components, on 1 June 1962.
Assistant Chiefs of Staff for Intelligence |
Maj. Gen. Ridgely Gaither |
3 January 1956-30 July 1956 |
Maj. Gen. Robert A. Schow |
3 August 1956-31 October 1958 |
Maj. Gen. John N. M. Willems |
1 November 1958-15 October 1961 |
Maj. Gen. Alva R. Fitch |
16 October 1961-5 January 1964 |
Assistant Chief of Staff for Force Development |
Lt. Gen. Ben Harrell |
15 February 1963-30 June 1965 |
War Department Special Staff, 1900-1963
The Inspector Generals |
Brig. Gen. Joseph C. Breckinridge |
27 January 1889-11 April 1903 |
Brig. Gen. Peter D. Vroom |
12 April 1903 |
Brig. Gen. George H. Burton |
12 April 1903-30 September 1906 |
Brig. Gen. Ernest A. Carlington |
1 October 1906-20 February 1917 |
Maj. Gen. John L. Chhmberlain |
21 February 1917-6 November 1921 |
Maj. Gen. Eli A. Helmick |
7 November 1921-27 September 1927 |
Maj. Gen. William C. Rivers |
28 September 1927-11 January 1930 |
Maj Gen. Hugh A. Drum |
12 January 1930-30 November 1931 |
Maj. Gen. John F. Preston |
1 December 1931-30 November 1935 |
Maj. Gen- Walter L. Reed |
1 December 1935-23 December 1939 |
Maj. Gen. Virgil L. Peterson |
24 December 1939-5 June 1945 |
Lt. Gen. Dan I. Sultan |
14 July 1945-14 January 1947 |
Maj. Gen. Ira T. Wyche |
30 January 1947-30 June 1948 |
Maj. Gen. Louis A. Craig |
1 July 1948-31 May 1952 |
Lt. Gen. Daniel Noce |
1 June 1952-31 October 1954 |
Maj. Gen. Wayne C. Zimmerman |
1 November 1954-31 January 1956 |
Lt. Gen. David A. D. Ogden |
1 February 1956-31 October 1957 |
Maj. Gen. Albert Pierson |
1 November 1957-31 July 1959 |
Maj. Gen. Edward H. McDaniel |
1 August 1959-30 November 1963 |
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The Judge Advocate Generals |
Brig. Gen. G. Norman Lieber |
3 January 1895-21 May 1901 |
Brig. Gen. Thomas F. Barr |
21 May 1901 |
Brig. Gen. John W. Clous |
22-23 May 1901 |
Maj. Gen. George B. Davis |
24 May 1901-14 February 1911 |
Maj. Gen. Enoch H. Crowder |
15 February 1911-14 February 1923 |
Maj. Gen. Walter A. Bethel |
15 February 1923-15 November 1924 |
Maj. Gen. John A. Hull |
16 November 1924-15 November 1928 |
Maj. Gen. Edward A. Kreger |
16 November 1928-28 February 1931 |
Maj. Gen. Blanton Winship |
1 March 1931-30 November 1933 |
Maj. Gen. Arthur W. Brown |
1 December 1933-30 November 1937 |
Maj. Gen. Allen W. Gullion |
1 December 1937-30 November 1941 |
Maj. Gen. Myron C. Cramer |
1 December 1941-30 November 1945 |
Maj. Gen. Thomas H. Green |
1 December 1945-30 November 1949 |
Maj. Gen. Ernest M. Brannon (Acting) |
3 January 1950-26 January 1954 |
Maj. Gen. Eugene M. Caffey |
27 January 1954-31 December 1956 |
Maj. Gen. George W. Hickman, Jr. |
1 January 1957-30 December 1960 |
Maj. Gen. Charles L. Decker |
1 January 1961-31 December 1963 |
National Guard Bureau |
Brig. Gen. Erasmus M. Weaver |
12 February 1908-14 March 1911 |
Brig. Gen. Robert K. Evans |
15 March 1911-12 January 1912 |
Brig. Gen. Albert L. Mills |
1 September 1912-18 September 1916 |
Brig. Gen. William A. Mann |
26 October 1916-4 August 1917 |
Maj. Gen. Jesse McI. Carter |
5 August 1917-14 August 1918 |
Brig. Gen. John H. Heavey |
15 August 1918-7 February 1919 |
Maj. Gen. Jesse McI. Carter |
8 February 1919-28 June 1921 |
Maj. Gen. George C. Rickards |
29 June 1921-28 June 1925 |
Maj. Gen. Creed C. Hammond |
29 June 1925-28 June 1929 |
Col. Ernest R. Redmond (Acting) |
29 June 1929-30 September 1929 |
Maj. Gen. William G. Everson |
1 October 1929-30 November 1931 |
Maj. Gen. George E. Leach |
1 December 1931-30 November 1935 |
Col. Harold J. Weiler (Acting) |
1 December 1935-16 January 1936 |
Col. John F. Williams |
17 January 1936-30 January 1936 |
Maj. Gen. Albert H. Blanding |
31 January 1936-30 January 1940 |
Maj. Gen. John F. Williams |
31 January 1940-31 January 1946 |
Maj. Gen. Butler B. Miltonberger |
1 February 1946-29 September 1947 |
Maj. Kenneth F. Cramer |
30 September 1947-4 September 1950 |
Maj. Gen. Raymond H. Fleming |
5 September 1950-15 February 1953 |
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Maj. Gen. Earl T. Ricks(Acting) |
16 February 1953-21 June 1953 |
Maj. Gen. Edgar C. Erickson |
22 .June 1953-31 May 1959 |
Maj. Gen. Winston P. Wilson (Acting) |
1 June 1959-19 July 1959 |
Maj. Gen. Donald W.McGowan |
20 July 1959-30 August 1963 |
The National Guard Bureau was originally established on 14 February 1908 as
the Bureau of Militia Affairs. It was redesignated the Militia Bureau on 22
July 1916 and as the National Guard Bureau on 15 January 1933. During World
War II from 9 March 1942 to 17 May 1945 it was a subordinate unit under the
jurisdiction of ASF. It was redesignated a special staff agency on 17 May 1945.
Chiefs of the Army Reserve |
Col. David L. Stone |
5 March 1927-30 June 1930 |
Brig. Gen. Charles D. Herron |
1 July 1930-30 June 1935 |
Brig. Gen. Edwin S. Hartshorn |
1 July 1935-15 September 1938 |
Brig. Gen. Charles F.Thompson |
16 September 1938-9 June 1940 |
Brig. Gen. John H. Hester |
21 June 1940-23 March 1941 |
Brig. Gen. Frank E. Lowe |
5 June 1941-10 August 1942 |
Brig. Gen. Edward W. Smith |
16 September 1942-14 October 1945 |
Brig. Gen. Edward S. Bres |
15 October 1945-30 November 1947 |
Brig. Gen. Wendell Westover |
1 December 1947-14 November 1949 |
Maj. Gen. James B. Cress |
1 January 1950-31 January 1951 |
Brig. Gen. Hugh M. Milton |
24 February 1951-18 November 1953 |
Brig. Gen. Philip F. Lindeman |
19 November 1953-31 July 1957 |
Maj. Gen. Ralph A. Palladino |
1 August 1957-31 May 1959 |
Maj. Gen. Frederick M. Warren |
1 September 1959-31 August 1963 |
The Chief of the Army Reserve was initially designated as Executive Officer
for Reserve Affairs until 8 May 1930 when the title was changed to Executive
for Reserve Officers of the War Department and on 16 June 1941 to Executive
for Reserve and ROTC Affairs. On 10 March 1942 it became a subordinate agency
under ASF and an Army special staff agency on 17 May 1945. On 7 December 1954
the title was changed to Chief, Army Reserve and ROTC Affairs, and on 13 February
1963 to Chief, Army Reserve.
Chiefs of Finance |
Brig. Gen. Herbert M. Lord |
11 October 1918-31 June 1922 |
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Maj. Gen. Kenzie W. Walker |
1 July 1922-22 April 1928 |
Maj. Gen. Roderick L.Carmichael |
23 April 1928-22 April 1932 |
Maj. Gen. Frederick W.Coleman |
23 April 1932-22 April 1936 |
Maj. Gen. Frederick W.Boschen |
23 April 1936-22 April 1940 |
Maj. Gen. Howard K. Loughry |
23 April 1940-1 June 1945 |
Maj. Gen. William H. Kasten |
14 July 1945-31 January 1949 |
Maj. Gen. Eugene M. Foster |
11 February 1949-31 May 1951 |
Maj. Gen. Bickford E. Sawyer |
28 July 1951-27 July 1955 |
Maj. Gen. John B. Hess |
28 July 1955-31 March 1956 |
Maj. Gen. Harry W. Crandall |
18 May 1956-31 August 1958 |
Maj. Gen. Paul A. Mayo |
1 September 1958-23 April 1964 |
From 11 October 1918 to 9 March 1942 the Chief of Finance was also the Budget
Officer of the War Department, see above under Comptroller.
Army Audit Agency |
Brig. Gen. Robert M. Cannon |
30 November 1952-30 August 1953 |
Brig. Gen. Charles R. Royce |
31 August 1953-6 September 1955 |
Maj. Gen. Einar B. Gjelsteen |
25 November 1955-15 June 1957 |
Brig. Gen. Ralph J. Butchers |
16 June 1957-22 March 1959 |
Maj. Gen. Lawrence R. Dewey |
23 March 1959-31 March 1961 |
Maj. Gen. Stanley W. Jones |
1 April 1961-23 February 1965 |
The Army Audit Agency was set up as a branch of the Chief of Finance on 12
November 1946, made an independent agency under the Chief of Finance on 30 August
1947, and reorganized as a separate functional activity under the Comptroller
of the Army on 10 January 1949. It was made an Army special staff agency on
3 November 1952.
Office of Civil Affairs |
Col. John H. F. Haskell |
1 March 1943-6 April 1943 |
Maj. Gen. John H. Hilldring |
7 April 1943-19 March 1946 |
Maj. Gen. Oliver P. Echols |
20 March 1946-20 December 1946 |
Maj. Gen. Daniel Noce |
21 December 1946-31 July 1948 |
Brig. Gen. George L. Eberle |
1 August 1948-21 March 1949 |
Maj. Gen. Carter B. Magruder |
22 March 1949-14 July 1949 |
Brig. Gen. Archelaus L. Hamblen |
13 April 1952-30 September 1952 |
Maj. Gen. William F. Marquat |
1 October 1952-11 September 1955 |
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Maj. Gen.,Charles K. Gailey |
14 September 1955-2 August 1959 |
Maj. Gen. Armistead D. Mead |
3 August 1959-30 June 1961 |
Maj. Gen. John E. Theimer |
27 July 1961-14 May 1962 |
The Office of Civil Affairs was organized as the Civil Affairs Division of
the Army special staff on 1 March 1943. It was discontinued as a separate staff
agency on 14 July 1949 and its functions transferred to the Under Secretary
of the Army's Office as the Office for Occupied Affairs. It was re-established
as a special staff agency on 13 April 1952 and designated the Office of the
Chief of Civil Affairs and Military Government. On 15 May 1959 it was redesignated
as the Office of Civil Affairs and on 26 April 1962 discontinued again and its
functions transferred to DCSOPS.
War Department Manpower Board |
Maj. Gen. Lorenzo D. Gasser |
9 March 1943-31 August 1945 |
Maj. Gen. Charles H. BonesteelII |
8 September 1945-1 September 1946 |
Maj. Gen. Leven C. Allen |
2 September 1946-15 September 1947 |
Col. H. J. Matchett (Acting) |
16 September 1947-1 January 1948 |
The War Department Manpower Board was established as an Army special staff
agency on 9 March 1943. It was disestablished and its functions transferred
to the Army Comptroller's Office on 2 January 1948.
Special Planning Division |
Maj. Gen. William F. Tompkins |
23 July 1943-29 June 1945 |
Maj. Gen. Ray E. Porter |
30 June 1945-9 June 1946 |
The Special Planning Division was established as an Army special staff agency
on 22 July 1943 and abolished on 9 June 1946.
New Developments Division |
Maj. Gen. Stephen G. Henry |
23 October 1943-17 August 1944 |
Maj. Gen. William A. Borden |
18 August 1944-27 March 1946 |
Col. Gervais W. Trichel(Acting) |
28 March 1946-9 June 1946 |
The New Developments Division was set up as an Army special staff agency on
23 October 1943. It was discontinued and its functions transferred to the Research
and Development Division of the Army General Staff on 9 June 1946.
Office of the Chief of Military History |
Maj. Gen. Edwin F. Harding |
17 November 1945-12 July 1946 |
Maj. Gen. Harry J. Malony |
13 July 1946-31 March 1949 |
Maj. Gen. Orlando Ward |
1 April 1949-31 January 1958 |
Maj. Gen. Albert C. Smith |
1 February 1953-9 September 1955 |
Maj. Gen. John H. Stokes, Jr. |
6 February 1956-16 October 1956 |
Maj. Gen. Richard W. Stephens |
17 October 1956-30 June 1958 |
Col. Warren H. Hoover(Acting) |
22 August 1958-31 July 1959 |
Brig. Gen. James A. Norell |
1 August 1959-31 May 1961 |
Brig. Gen. William H. Harris |
1 June 1961-25 May 1962 |
Brig. Gen. Hal C. Pattison |
6 August 1962-31 July 1970 |
On 5 March 1918 a Historical Branch was established under the Army War College/War
Plans Division of the War Department General Staff. This organization remained
in the Army War College until the end of World War II. On 3 August 1948 a Historical
Branch was established within the G-2 Division of the General Staff. These two
branches were consolidated and reorganized as a War Department Special Staff
Division on 17 November 1945. First designated as the Historical Division it
was renamed the Office, Chief of Military History, on 1 June 1949.
Office, Chief of Special Warfare |
Brig. Gen. Robert A. McClure |
17 January 1951-24 March 1958 |
Brig. Gen. William C. Bullock |
1 July 1953-16 April 1956 |
Maj. Gen. Orlando G. Troxel,Jr. |
1 June 1956-31 May 1958 |
The Office, Chief of Special Warfare, was organized on 17 January 1951 as the
Office, Chief of Psychological Warfare. It was redesignated the Office, Chief
of Special Warfare, on 6 November 1956. The agency was abolished and its functions
transferred to DCSOPS on 1 June 1958.
Administrative Services
The Adjutant Generals |
Maj. Gen. Henry C. Corbin |
25 February 1898-22 April 1904 |
Maj. Gen. Fred C. Ainsworth |
23 April 1904-16 February 1912 |
Brig. Gen. William P. Hall |
17 February 1912-11 June 1912 |
Brig. Gen. George Andrews |
5 August 1912-26 August 1914 |
Maj. Gen: Henry P. McCain |
27 August 1914-26 August 1918 |
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Maj. Gen. Peter C. Harris |
1 September 1918-81 August 1922 |
Maj. Gen. Robert C. Davis |
1 September 1922-1 July 1927 |
Maj. Gen. Lutz Wahl |
2 July 1927-30 December 1928 |
Maj. Gen. Charles H. Bridges |
31 December 1928-I February 1933 |
Maj. Gen. James F. McKinley |
2 February 1935-31 October 1935 |
Maj. Gen. Edgar T. Conley |
1 November 1935-30 April 1938 |
Maj. Gen. Emory S. Adams |
1 May 1938-2 March 1942 |
Maj. Gen. James A. Ulio |
3 March 1942-31 January 1946 |
Maj. Gen. Edward F. Witsell |
1 February 1946-30 June 1951 |
Maj. Gen. William E. Bergin |
1 July 1951-31 May 1954 |
Maj. Gen. John A. Klein |
1 June 1954-31 December 1956 |
Maj. Gen. Herbert M. Jones |
1 January 1957-31 October 1958 |
Maj. Gen. Robert V. Lee |
1 November 1958-30 September 1961 |
Maj. Gen. Joe C. Lambert |
1 October 1961-31 July 1966 |
Chiefs of Chaplains |
Col. John T. Axton |
15 July 1920-6 April 1928 |
Col. Edmund P. Easterbrook |
7 April 1928-22 December 1929 |
Col. Julian E. Yates |
23 December 1929-22 December 1933 |
Col. Alva Jennings Brasted |
23 December 1938-22 December 1937 |
Maj. Gen. William R. Arnold |
23 December 1937-14 February 1945 |
Maj. Gen. Luther D. Miller |
12 April 1945-1 August 1949 |
Maj. Gen. Roy H. Parker |
2 August 1949-27 May 1952 |
Maj. Gen. Ivan L. Bennett |
28 March 1952-30 April 1954 |
Maj. Gen. Patrick J. Ryan |
1 May 1954-30 October 1958 |
Maj. Gen. Frank A. Tobey |
1 November 1958-31 October 1962 |
Maj. Gen. Charles E. Brown,Jr. |
1 November-1962-31 July 1967 |
The Provost Marshal Generals |
Brig. Gen. Allen W. Gullion |
31 July 1941-27 April 1944 |
Brig. Gen. Archer L. Lerch (Acting from 16 December 1942) |
21 June 1944-3 December 1945 |
Brig. Gen. Blackshear M. Bryan |
4 December 1945-9 April 1948 |
Brig. Gen. Edwin P. Parker, Jr. |
10 April 1948-31 January 1953 |
Brig. Gen. William H. Naglin |
1 February 1953-30 September 1957 |
Brig. Gen. Haydon L. Boatner |
19 November 1957-31 October 1960 |
Maj. Gen. Ralph J. Butchers |
1 December 1960-30 June 1964 |
Chiefs of Special Services Division
|
Maj. Gen. Russell B. Reynolds |
10 June 1946-30 July 1949 |
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Maj. Gen. Thomas W. Herren |
1 August 1949-28 February 1950 |
The Office, Chief of Special Services Division, was established as the Morale
Branch in The Adjutant General's Office on 22 July 1940. Later it was transferred
to the Chief of Staff's Office. On 14 November 1941 the office was redesignated
the Chief of Special Services, and after 10 March 1942 it was a subordinate
agency under ASF. It became a separate Army administrative service on 10 June
1946, and on 28 February 1950 the office was abolished.
Technical Services
Chiefs of Engineers |
Brig. Gen. J. M. Wilson |
1 February 1897-30 April 1901 |
Brig. Gen. George L. Gillespie |
3 May 1901-22 January 1904 |
Brig. Gen. Alexander MacKenzie |
23 January 1904-25 May 1908 |
Brig. Gen. William L. Marshall |
2 July 1908-11 June 1910 |
Brig. Gen. William H. Bixby |
12 June 1910-11 August 1913 |
Brig. Gen. William T. Rossell |
12 August 1913-11 October 1913 |
Brig. Ben. Dan C. Kingman |
12 October 1913-6 March 1916 |
Maj. Gen. William M. Black |
7 March 1916-31 October 1919 |
Maj. Gen. Lansing H. Beach |
9 January 1920-18 June 1924 |
Maj. Gen. Harry Taylor |
19 June 1924-26 June 1926 |
Maj. Gen. Edgar Jadwin |
27 June 1926-6 August 1929 |
Brig. Gen. Herbert Deakyne |
7 August 1929-1 October 1929 |
Maj. Gen. Lytle Brown |
1 October 1929-1 October 1933 |
Maj. Gen. Edward M. Markham |
1 October 1933-17 October 1937 |
Maj. Gen. Julian L. Schley |
18 October 1937-30 September 1941 |
Lt. Gen. Eugene Reybold |
1 October 1941-30 September 1945 |
Lt. Gen. Raymond A. Wheeler |
1 October 1945-28 February 1949 |
Lt. Gen. Lewis A. Pick |
1 March 1949-25 January 1953 |
Lt. Gen. Samuel D. Sturgis, Jr. |
17 March 1953-30 September 1956 |
Lt. Gen. Emerson C. Itschner |
1 October 1956-31 March 1961 |
Lt. Gen. Walter K. Wilson |
19 May 1961-30 June 1965 |
The Surgeon Generals |
Brig. Gen. George M. Sternberg |
30 May 1893-7 June 1902 |
Brig. Gen. William H. Forwood |
8 June 1902-6 September 1902 |
Brig. Gen. Robert M. O'Reilly |
7 September 1902-13 January 1909 |
Brig. Gen. George H. Torney |
14 January 1909-27 December 1913 |
Maj. Gen. William C. Gorgas |
16 January 1914-3 October 1918 |
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Maj. Gen. Merritte W. Ireland |
4 October 1918-31 May 1931 |
Maj. Gen. Robert U. Patterson |
1 June 1931-31 May 1935 |
Maj. Gen. Charles R. Reynolds |
1 June 1935-31 May 1939 |
Maj. Gen. James C. Magee |
1 June 1939-31 May 1943 |
Maj. Gen. Norman T. Kirk |
1 June 1943-31 May 1947 |
Maj. Gen. Raymond W. Bliss |
1 June 1947-31 May 1951 |
Maj. Gen. George E. Armstrong |
1 June 1951-31 May 1955 |
Maj. Gen. Silas B. Hays |
1 June 1955-30 June 1959 |
Lt. Gen. Leonard D. Heaton |
1 July 1959-30 September 1969 |
The Quartermaster Generals |
Brig. Gen. Marshall I. |
3 February 1898-12 April 1903 |
Ludington |
|
Brig. Gen. Charles F. |
13 April 1903-30 June 1907 |
Humphrey |
|
Maj. Gen. James B. Aleshire |
1 July 1907-12 September 1916 |
Maj. Gen. Henry G. Sharpe |
13 September 1916-12 July 1918 |
Maj. Gen. George W. Goethals |
20 December 1917-9 May 1918 |
(Acting) |
|
Brig. Gen. Robert E. Wood |
10 May 1918-12 February 1919 |
(Acting) |
|
Maj. Gen. Harry L. Rogers |
22 July 1918-27 August 1922 |
Maj. Gen. William H. Hart |
28 August 1922-2 January 1926 |
Maj. Gen. B. Franklin |
3 January 1926-17 January 1930 |
Cheatham |
|
Maj. Gen. John L. DeWitt |
3 February 1930-2 February 1934 |
Maj. Gen. Louis H. Bash |
3 February 1934-31 March 1936 |
Maj. Gen. Henry Gibbins |
1 April 1936-31 March 1940 |
Lt. Gen. Edmund B. Gregory |
1 April 1940-31 January 1946 |
Maj. Gen. Thomas B. Larkin |
1 February 1946-20 March 1949 |
Maj. Gen. Herman Feldman |
21 March 1949-30 September 1951 |
Maj. Gen. George A. Horkan |
9 October 1951-31 January 1954 |
Maj. Gen. Kester L. Hastings |
5 February 1954-31 March 1957 |
Maj. Gen. Andrew T.McNamara |
12 June 1957-11 January 1961 |
Maj. Gen. Webster Anderson |
12 January 1961-31 July 1962 |
The Office of the Quartermaster General was abolished 31 July 1962.
Chiefs of Ordnance |
Brig. Gen. AdelbertR. Buffington |
5 April 1899-21 November 1901 |
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Maj. Gen. William Crozier |
22 November 1901-15 July 1918 |
Maj. Gen. Clarence C. Williams |
16 July 1918-1 April 1930 |
Maj. Gen. Samuel Hof |
2 June 1930-1 June 1934 |
Maj. Gen. William H.Tschappat |
2 June 1934-2 June 1938 |
Maj. Gen. Charles M. Wesson |
3 June 1938-31 May 1942 |
Lt. Gen. Levin H. Campbell,Jr. |
1 June 1942-31 May 1946 |
Maj. Gen. Everett S. Hughes |
1 June 1946-31 October 1949 |
Maj. Gen. Elbert L. Ford |
1 November 1949-31 October 1953 |
Maj. Gen. Emerson L.Cummings |
2 November 1953-7 February 1958 |
Lt. Gen. John H. Hinrichs |
8 February 1958-31 May 1962 |
Maj. Gen. Horace F. Bigelow |
1 June 1962-31 July 1962 |
The Office of the Chief of Ordnance was abolished on 31 July 1962.
Chief Signal Officers |
Brig. Gen. Adolphus W. Greely |
3 March 1887-9 February 1906 |
Brig. Gen. James Allen |
10 February 1906-13 February 1913 |
Bxig. Gen. George P. Striven |
5 March 1913-13 February 1917 |
Maj. Gen. George O. Squier |
14 February 1917-31 December 1923 |
Maj. Gen. Charles McK.Saltzman |
1 January 1924-8 January 1928 |
Maj. Gen. George S. Gibbs |
9 January 1928-30 June 1931 |
Maj. Gen. Irving J. Carr |
1 July 1931-31 December 1934 |
Maj. Gen. James B. Allison |
1 January 1935-30 September 1937 |
Maj. Gen. Joseph O.Mauborgne |
1 October 1937-30 September 1941 |
Maj. Gen. Dawson Olmstead |
1 October 1941-30 June 1943 |
Maj. Gen. Harry C. Ingles |
1 July 1943-31 March 1947 |
Maj. Gen. Spencer B. Akin |
1 April 1947-31 March 1951 |
Maj. Gen. George I. Back |
2 May 1951-30 April 1955 |
Lt. Gen. James D. O'Connell |
1 May 1955-30 April 1959 |
Maj. Gen. Ralph T. Nelson |
1 May 1959-30 June 1962 |
Maj. Gen. Earle F. Cook |
1 July 1962-30 June 1963 |
Chiefs of the Chemical Corps
|
Maj. Gen. William L. Sibert |
1 July 1918-30 June 1920 |
Maj. Gen. Amos A. Fries |
1 July 1920-27 March 1929 |
Maj. Gen. Harry L. Gilchrist |
28 March 1929-7 May 1933 |
Maj. Gen. Claude E. Brigham |
8 May 1933-23 May 1937 |
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Maj. Gen. Walter C. Baker |
24 May 1937-30 April 1941 |
Maj. Gen. William N. Porter |
31 May 1941-28 November 1945 |
Maj. Gen. Alden H. Waitt |
29 November 1945-30 September 1949 |
Maj. Gen. Anthony C.McAuliffe |
1 October 1949-31 July 1951 |
Maj. Gen. Egbert F. Bullene |
25 August 1951-31 March 1954 |
Maj. Gen. William M. Creasy |
7 May 1954-31 August 1958 |
Maj. Gen. Marshall Stubbs |
1 September 1958-31 July 1962 |
The Office of the Chief Chemical Corps was abolished 31 July 1962.
Chiefs of the Transportation Corps |
Maj. Gen. Charles P. Gross |
31 July 1942-30 November 1945 |
Maj. Gen. Edmund H. Leavey |
1 December 1945-10 June 1948 |
Maj. Gen. Frank A. Heileman |
11 June 1948-31 March 1953 |
Maj. Gen. Paul F. Yount |
1 April 1953-31 January 1958 |
Maj. Gen. Frank S. Besson |
17 March 1958-25 March 1962 |
Maj. Gen. Rush B. Lincoln, Jr. |
26 March 1962-23 June 1963 |
Major ZI Commands
Army Air Forces |
General Henry H. Arnold |
9 March 1942-9 February 1946 |
General Carl Spaatz |
10 February 1946-17 September 1947 |
Army Service Forces |
Lt. Gen. Brehon B. Somervell |
9 March 1942-31 December 1945 |
Lt. Gen. LeRoy Lutes |
1 January 1946-9 June 1946 |
United States Continental Army Command |
Lt. Gen. Lesley J. McNair |
9 July 1940-13 July 1944 |
Lt. Gen. Ben Lear |
14 July 1944-20 January 1945 |
Lt. Gen. Joseph G. Stilwell |
24 January 1945-22 June 1945 |
Lt. Gen. Jacob L. Devers |
23 July 1945-30 September 1949 |
General Mark W. Clark |
1 October 1949-5 May 1952 |
General John R. Hodge |
8 May 1952-30 June 1953 |
General John E. Dahlquist |
24 August 1953-29 February 1956 |
General Willard G. Wyman |
1 March 1956-31 July 1958 |
General Bruce C. Clarke |
1 August 1958-30 September 1960 |
General Herbert B. Powell |
1 October 1960-31 January 1963 |
General John K. Waters |
1 February 1963-29 February 1964 |
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The United States Continental Army Command was organized as General Headquarters
on 9 July 1940 and reorganized as Army Ground Forces on 10 March 1942. It was
reorganized as an Army staff agency and designated Office of the Chief of Army
Field Forces on 15 March 1948 and later reorganized as a major Army command
on 1 February 1955 and redesignated United States Continental Army Command.
United States Army Materiel Command
|
General Frank S. Besson |
8 May 1962-9 March 1969 |
Combat Developments Command |
Lt. Gen. John P. Daley |
20 June 1962-21 July 1963 |
Office of Personnel Operations |
Maj. Gen. Stephen R. Hanmer |
1 July 1962-31 May 1964 |
Sources: Army registers for various years; the Army Almanac (1949 edition);
Order of Battle of the United Staten Land Forces in the World War (1917-19),
Zone of the Interior; "Eighth Annual Army Secretarial Alumni Conference,
1 May 1970; " prepared by Esther Byrne; Robert W. Coakley, Secretary of
the Army Report, 1955 -1960 (Mr. Wilber Brucker), draft manuscript, OCMH; TAGO
special orders; General Officers Assignment Branch, DCSPER; TAGO Retired General
Officers files; NABS Records Center in St. Louis; Deceased General Officers
files; and the agencies concerned.
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