Evening star., 1922-05-01

MAI. GEN. JAMES w. McANDREWS.
/! Maj. Gen. James William Mean
drew, L. S. A, chief of staff of the
American expeditionary forces and
| cormandant of the Army War Col
lege, Washington barracks, and for
nearly forty years prominently identi-
fed in military annals, died shortly
before II o'clock last night AT Walter
| Reed Hospital. Death came after all
! illness of two and a half years, caused
| by arterlo-sceroSis and valvulaT
| heart disease, ending the life of one or
| the first great American leaders of the
world war. Gen. John ]. Pershing, q
warm friend; his wife. Mrs. Nellie
Elizabeth NcAndrew: two sisters. Mrs,
]. Z. Creighton of New York and
Mrs. John Hawley of Pennsylvania,
and Col j. b. Gowcn. executive officer
| of Washington barracks. were at the
bedside. Funeral arrangements have
| not yet been completed, but it is
( known that the services will be held
| Wednesday, followed by intermcnt il
| Arlington national cemetery.
| Under orders issued by the War De
| partment today all troops in the vi
cinity of Washington will partici-
| pate in the funeral Gen. Pcrshine
/ and senior officers stationed in Wash
| ington will act as honorary pail
bearers.
! Born in Pennsylvania.
! Gen. McAndrew, the son of John
! RI,n ru d4Iu Eliza tCain) McAndrew.
| was born June %. 1862. az Fawley.
| Pa. He received his preliminary ed
! uCation in the public schools of Haw-
/ ley and al ST. Francis Navier College.
| New York city. He was graduated
from West Point in 1888. the twelfth
| in his class. A degree of LII. d. was
4 given to him in 1913 by Fordham
| University. On the day of his grad
| uation from the United States Mill
| tary Academy he was comm ssioned
second lieutenant and assigned to the
| 21st Infantry. participating in the
| Sioux Indian campaign OF lssO-sl.
| He was promoted first lieutenant In
1895 and assigned TO the Sd Infantry.
! He served in the Santiago campaign,
| Spanish-American war, and was en-.
| gagged in the battle of Ell Caney and
| the battles before Santiago He went
| with the Sd Infantry to the Philip
pines and was promoted captain In
! 1899.
| He served as quartermaster Of the
| Sd Infantry in both the Santiago and
Philippine campaigns, also of Bates
Independent Brigade and Division in
the Santiago campaign: In the PM.
! ippines he was engaged in action At
| Caloocon and in the advance on Ma
lolos. In 1901 he was detailed pay
master and served in that corps until
/ 1905 He was on duty at the school
of the Line, Army STAFF College, and
as instructor in the Army Service
Schools during 1909-12, having been
promoted major of infantry in 1871.
He was honor graduate from the
Army School of the line in 1910, Army
Staff College in 1911 and Army War
College in 1913. He was on DUTY as
instructor Army War College during
il9l2-14 and at Naval War College.
Newport, summer of 1913; Promoted
lieutenant colonel in 1916, he served
on the general staff for a year. and
as assistant commandant and COM
mandant, Army Service Schools. and
was then promoted colonel He was
! then assigned to the 18th Infantry
for duty with the 1st Division to go
to France in the American expedi-
tionary forces.
He was with this command until
promoted brigadier general. National
Army, in 1917, and was then assigned
to command the End Brigade, 1st d.
vision.
World War Record.
He was on duty in the organization
of lst Corps schools. A. Z. f. IN
France. during August-October. 1917.
and was then detailed as commandant
of the general staff college and the
Army schools, A L. F., and sent to
Langres to organize. equip and In
stitute those schools He was pro-
NOTED major general in 1913. one
month later he became chief of stan.
A. f. F.. continuing as such through
out the period of active operations in
France. He was then detailed as
commandant of the general stan col
lege (now the Army War College).
| Washington barracks. d. c. He was
promoted major general, Regular
Army, March 5, 1921.
He was entitled to wear the cam
paign badges OF the Sioux Indian
war, Spanish-American war. Cuban
occupation and Philippine insured
lion: also the victory medal Of the
/ allied forces in the war with Ger.
many. He received the distinguished
| service medal from the United Sts.es
! government and the following dec
| orations from foreign governments:
knight commander. Order OF St
Michael and st. George. British gov
iernment; commander of the Order of
St. Maurice and st. Lazarus. Italian
government; grand offtcer OF the
crown. Belgian government; com :
mander of the Legion OF aohor, ana
croix de guerre with Two palms.
French gov -Sament: PpInce Danilo 1
de Montenegro. from Montenegrin
He was a member Of the Society Of
Santiago. Society OF the Cara6ao' so.
New York city). and Army and Navy
Club (Washington). He married at
Scranton, Pa. November 26. 1889. Mel
lie Elizabeth. daughter or John Z.
Roche. a resident OF Scranton. They
had one child, Mary AloysiI Mean
drews, who died in 1908.
Gen. McAndrews received the DIS
tinguished service medal, with the
following citation:
"For exceptionally meritorious and
distinguished services as chief OF
STAFF of the American expeditionary
forces. The development of the Army
schools in Franco is largely due to
his marked ability as an organizer
and to his brilliant professional at
tainments. As chief OF stan OF the
American expeditionary forces during
the period of active operations he
has met every demand of his impor-
tant position; by his advice and de-
cision he has materially contributed
to the success of these forces. and
. he has, at all times. enjoyed in fuli
the confidence of the commander-in-
chief" EXT