Lucius Roy Holbrook Lucius Roy Holbrook ( April 30 , 1875 – October 19 , 1952 ) was a Major General who commanded of the United States Army ' s Philippine Department from 1936 to 1938 . While stationed at Boise , Idaho , Holbrook met Henrietta Coffin , ( January 7 , 1877 – March 28 , 1965 ) , the daughter of Frank R . Coffin , a merchant and baker and Charlotte Irene ( Quivey ) Coffin . They were married on June 7 , 1899 , at the Presidio of San Francisco , California . Mrs . Coffin was reportedly the first Caucasian woman to enter Peking , following the Boxer Rebellion . Early life and family history . Holbrook was born in Arkansaw , Wisconsin . He was a son of Willard Francis and Mary ( Ames ) Holbrook . His father was born at Wrentham , Massachusetts , on April 27 , 1827 , and died September 17 , 1886 . Mary Ames , whom he married , was born November 19 , 1840 , at West Bridgewater , Massachusetts , and died July 12 , 1889 . Holbrook graduated from high school in Northfield , Minnesota , in 1892 . He was appointed to the United States Military Academy on June 15 , 1892 and graduated on June 12 , 1896 , as a second lieutenant in the Cavalry . His brother , Willard , would also serve as a Major General . His nephew , Willard , Jr . , would also serve as a Brigadier General . Military career . Holbrook served with the 4th Cavalry Brigade at Fort Walla Walla , Washington , until December 22 , 1896 , and at Boise Barracks , Forts Sherman and Wardner , Idaho , until May 1899 . On June 24 , 1889 , he was ordered to the Philippine Islands and during the Philippine - American War he participated in the Northern Campaign , and in battles at Arayat , Cabiao , San Isidro , Santa Rosa , and Talavera . Holbrook served with General Theodore Schwan ' s Southern Expedition from January 3 to February 18 , 1900 , and was at the Battles of Muntinlupa and Binan , Carmona and Silan , Tiaong , Candaleria and Tayabas . He was promoted to first lieutenant on January 23 , 1900 . In September 1900 , he was reassigned to Troop H , 6th Cavalry Brigade at Boise Barracks , Idaho , where he remained until February 11 , 1901 . Holbrook returned to the Philippines in March 1901 and served with Troop B , 15th Cavalry Brigade and Troop I , 4th Cavalry Brigade , based at Manila , until July 1 , 1901 and at Fort Riley , Kansas until August 7 , 1902 . He was promoted to Captain on July 15 , 1902 . He was then assigned to Camp Stotsenburg , in the Philippines , until June 14 , 1903 . He returned to the US and served at Fort Logan , Colorado , and Fort Huachuca , Arizona , until August 28 , 1904 . Holbrook was a distinguished graduate of the Infantry - Cavalry School at Fort Leavenworth , Kansas on July 2 , 1905 and then attended the Staff College , Fort Leavenworth until July 25 , 1906 . Holbrook was the umpire for maneuvers at Fort D . A . Russell , Wyoming ( later Fort Francis E . Warren ) until September 16 , 1906 . He then joined the 5th Cavalry Regiment at Fort Wingate , New Mexico until October 24 , 1907 . Holbrook was assigned to the Commissary Department where he commanded the first training school for army bakers and cooks until March 9 , 1911 . It was here that he wrote the army ' s first cooking manual . Holbrook then served as Assistant to the Chief Commissary , Maneuver Division , San Antonio , Texas , until July 21 , 1911 and at Fort Riley until September 20 , 1911 . He was then ordered to Paris , France , where he attended the Ecole de L ' Intendance ( the French Army School of Supply ) until December 15 , 1912 . Holbrook was stationed at Schofield Barracks , Hawaii until April 4 , 1916 and was then a Quartermaster at Fort Riley , until July 1916 . In 1916 , he served with General John J . Pershing ' s Mexican Expeditionary Forces , as commander of the bakeries . This was the first use of the army field oven , which he had invented . He was promoted to major on July 1 , 1916 . Holbrook then served at Fort Sam Houston , Texas , until March 7 , 1917 where he was in command of the 7th Field Artillery Brigade , of the 1st Division , and he sailed with it for France on July 31 , 1917 . When the United States became involved in World War I , this was the first artillery unit to be sent to France , and it fired the first US artillery shell against Germany . While with the American Expeditionary Force , Holbrook was at Le Valdahon , from August 14 to October 18 , 1917 ; at Sommerviller Sector , October 21 to November 20 , 1917 ; Ansauville Sector , January 19 to April 4 , 1918 ; Cantigny Sector , April 20 to June 8 , 1918 ; Montdidier - Noyon Defense , June 9 to 13 , 1918 ; and Saizerais Sector , August 4 , to 16 , 1918 . Holbrook was promoted to the temporary rank of general on August 16 , 1918 . He then commanded the 54th Field Artillery Brigade , in training until October 3 , 1918 ; served with the 1st Field Artillery Brigade , in the Meuse - Argonne Offensive , until November 7 , 1918 ; and again commanded the 54th Field Artillery Brigade , at Chateau Reynel and elsewhere until May 22 , 1919 . Holbrook returned to the United States in May 1919 and commanded Camp Bragg , North Carolina , from May 16 , 1919 until July 1 , 1919 , when he became the head of the Artillery Department of the Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth , Kansas . On July 15 , 1919 , he reverted to the rank of lieutenant colonel . On February 24 , 1920 , he was promoted to colonel . From January 27 , 1921 to May 4 , 1922 , Holbrook served as Assistant Chief of Staff for Supply , Ninth Corps Area ; and as Chief of Staff , Ninth Corps Area until June 30 , 1924 . After this assignment , he became the Chief of Staff , Non - Divisional Group , Organized Reserves , Ninth Corps Area , until June 30 , 1925 ; and Inspector , Ninth Corps Area , until October 19 , 1925 . He was promoted to Brigadier General on October 20 , 1925 . Holbrook then commanded troops at Fort Douglas , Utah , until August 19 , 1926 . Holbrook then commanded Camp Stotsenburg , in the Philippines until May 11 , 1929 . Afterwards , he commanded Fort Bragg , North Carolina , from August 20 , 1929 until October 5 , 1930 , when he became commander of the 1st Division and Fort Hamilton , New York , until November 9 , 1935 . He was promoted to Major General on December 28 , 1933 . On January 22 , 1936 , became commanding general of the Philippine Department until 1938 . Holbrook retired on January 31 , 1939 . Children . The Holbrooks became the parents of the following children : Death . Major General Lucius R . Holbrook died on October 19 , 1952 , at Letterman Army Hospital . His remains were taken by train to Boise , Idaho .