The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-09-07
GEN. PARKER
TO STAGE Biz
Army EXHIBIT
Distinguished Officer Re-
turning to Texas Today
for Duties
HAS LONG RECORD
OF WAR ACHIEVEMENT

Major General Frank Parker,
commanding the Third Field Army
and the Eighth Corps Area, with
headquarters at Fort Sam Hous-
ton, Texas, will leave today to re-
turn to his post in Texas after a
visit of several days with his
mother, Mrs. Arthur Parker, and
his sister, Mrs. Moore Wharton, at
Bonclarken.
General Parker came here by
plane last week from Atlanta,
where he had conferred with Maj.
Gen. Van Horn Moseley, COM
manding the Fourth Corps Area.
Through family ties, General
Parker is closely connected with
the Flat Rock section, and has
visited mere on a number of occa-
sions. 1t was his grandfather who
established what is now known as
the Seigling place, in Flat Rock,
about 100 years ago, and his
mother spends several months of
each year here.
Mrs. Parker has been coming to
Flat Rock for many years and was
residing at Flat Rock during the
War Between the States when
Union troops passed through this
section.
General Parker is a native of
Georgetown. county, South Caro-
lima. He attended the University
of South Carolina prior to enter
ing the U. S. Military Academy,
from which institution he gradu-
ated in 1894. After graduation
he was assigned to the 18th In
fantry, beginning a distinguished
career in the army which has now
extended over 46 years.
During the Spanish-American
war he was stationed at Tampa
and from 1898 to 1900 he was in
Porto Rico. He was military at
tache at Buenos Aires from 1905
to 1906 and spent several years IN
Cuba where he was instructor OF
Cuban cavalry.
On three occasions he has at
tended high French Army schools,
first in 1912, again in 1914, and
in 1921. He entered the Ecole de
Guerre in August, 1912, but was
called home to serve as a member
of the Cavalry board. In 1914 the
outbreak of the war interrupted
his studies, and after the war ne
graduated from the Ecole Supe-
rieure de Guerre, and later ne was
given the honor of being the only
foreign officer ever to attend the
courses of the French Center OF
High Studies.
He is also a graduate of the
Army War College, Washington,
and directed the command courses
there. Earlier in his career ne
graduated from the French Cav
airy school in 1904, served as IN
structor of languages at West
Point from 1900 to 1908. He also
graduated from the Command and
General Staff school, Fort LeaV-
enworth, and later served as IN
structor at Leavenworth.
He served as observer with the
French armies in 1916 and 1917
and was chief of the American
military mission at French gen
eral headquarters from April to
December, 1917.
During the war he served as
commander of the 18th Infantry,
First Division, commanded the
First Infantry Brigade of the First
Division, and in October, 1917, ne
was given command of the First
Division, which command ne re-
tanned until November, 1918.
CITED AND PROMOTED
AFTER MARINE BATTLE
AS commander of the 18th In
fantry, he was cited after the bat.
tie of Cantigny and the Second
Battle of the Marine and promoted
to brigadier general. The battle
of st. Mihiel and the Meuse-Ar-
come won him another citation
and command of the division.
His decorations include the Dis
tinguished Service Medal GU. S.,
Commander of the Legion of Hon
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