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States entered the World War. From
october, 1917, to September, 1918, he was
assigned to the general staff in Wash
ington. He is 81 years old.
The oldest of the group, Gen. Brees,
who will reach retirement age June IL,
1941, was commandant OF the General
Staff School at Fort Leavenworth In
1885. He was born at Laramie, Wyo.
In June, 1918, he sailed for France
as chief of staff of the 91st Division
and was acting commander Of the 7th
Army Corps when Germany surrendered.
In these positions he won both the Silver
Star and the Distinguished Service
Medal.
De Witt Under Fire Many Times.
Gen. De Witt has specialized in sup
plies and transportation. He was born
so years ago at Fort Sidney, Nebr. He was
many times under fire during the Philip
pine Insurrection. He went to France
as a quartermaster of the Rainbow"
Division and became chief of staff for
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for its supplies and transportation dur
ing the Champa gne- -Marne, Aisne -Marne,
st. Mihiel and Meuse- -Argonne offensives.
Beginning February. 1880, he was for
four years quartermaster general OF the
United States Army. From 1887 to 1899
he was commandant of the Army War
College.
Gen. Emmons was born at Hunting
ton. w. Va. and after being gradu-
ated from the United States Military
Academy in 1909 was commissioned a
second lieutenant of infantry. In July,
1917 he was detailed to the aviation
section of the Signal Corps, and his
career has since lain in the sky. He
was graduated from the air service
course at Harvard University in 1921.
In March, 1889, he was appointed COM
mander of the General HEADQUARTERS
Air Force
Gen. McNairs speciality is artillery.
Born 81 years ago at Verndale Mimi,
he was graduated from West Point in
1900, and commissioned a second lieu
tenant Of artillery. He was sent abroad
to witness French artillery practice in
1913, and sailed again for France in
June, 1917, and served with the lst Di-
vision, then at general headquarters
OF the American Expeditionary Force,
and finally with the 1st Division dur
ing the occupation of Germany. In
July OF this year he became chief of
staff at general headquarters.
Chaffee in France.
Gen. Chaffee, who is 56 years old,
was born at Junction City, Kans., and
was commissioned second lieutenant of
the 18th Cavalry after his graduation
from West Point in 1906. He was sent
to France in February, 1913 attended
the General Staff College at Langres,
and served as artillery instructor and
then in turn as assistant chief of staff
Tor operations of the 4th, 7th and Sd
Army Corps, taking part in the Oise-
Alsne and Meuse-Argonne offensives and
the occupation of the St. Die sector
In Lorraine. When the lst Armored
Corps was organized last June, he was
designated as its chief.
Next in rank to the field army among
tactical units stands the corps. There
are to be nine of these subdivisions. but
the commanders of only five have at this
writing been appointed. They are Mai.
Gen. Walter Campbell Short, command.
ing lst Corps, with headquarters at Co.
lumbia, S. c.; Maj. Gen. Jay Leland
Benedict former superintendent of West
Point, commanding 4th Corps, with
headquarters at Fort Blanding, Fla;
Maj. Gen. Campbell Blackshear Hodges,
5th Corps, Camp Beauregard, La; Mai.
Gen. Walter Kruger, 9th Corps, Fort
Sam Houston, Tex, and Maj. Gen. Ken
yon Ashe Joyce, 9th Corps, Fort Lewis,
Wash. A 9Th Corps commander, Mai.
Gen. Walter K. Wilson, is still unas-
signed
There are several other officers whom
men Of the new Army may regard as
touching their welfare and happiness In
vital respects. Responsible for the
doughboy's pay is Maj. Gen Howard K.
Loughry, chief of finance and budget
officer of the War Department. Charged
with his health is Maj. Gen. James c.
Magee, surgeon general, and with his
spiritual well-being, 1t. Col. William
Richard Arnold, chief of chaplains, who
was ordained Roman Catholic priest
in 1908. The soldier guilty Of breaking
military laws will have one ultimate
parsonage to dread He is Mai. Gen.
Allen w. Gullion. Judge advocate general.
Then there are Brig. Gen. Lewis Blaine
Hershey, military head of the Selective
Service System, and Maj. Gen. John r.
williams. chief Of the National Guard
Bureau.