caption branch commands death_date death_place birth_place awards placeofburial_label battles birth_date placeofburial rank image article_title name
major general charles t. menoher 20px 42nd hawaiian department ix corps infantry division vi corps us army air service 11 august 1930 washington , d.c. johnstown , pennsylvania distinguished service medal place of burial world war i 10 march 1862 arlington national cemetery 25px major general charles t menoher.jpg charles t. menoher
 charles t. menoher
charles t. menoher

major general charles thomas menoher -lrb- march 10 , 1862 - august 11 , 1930 -rrb- was a u.s. army general , first chief of the united states army air service from 1918-1921 , and commanded the u.s. army hawaiian department from 1924-1925 .
the son of a civil war veteran , menoher was born in johnstown , pennsylvania in 1862 and graduated from the united states military academy at west point , new york in 1886 with a commission as an artillery officer .
he later graduated from the army war college and was selected for the original general staff corps , where he served from 1903-1907 .
he was commander of the 5th field artillery regiment from 1916-1917 .
after being promoted to brigadier general in august 1917 , menoher commanded the rainbow division in france during world war i , participating in the champagne-marne offensive and in the successful allied offensives of saint mihiel and meuse-argonne .
menoher was succeeded by general douglas macarthur in this position .
at war 's end , menoher commanded the vi corps -lrb- united states -rrb- and received the distinguished service medal , along with foreign awards from france , belgium , and italy .
following world war i , menoher became first director and then chief of air service , where he began a famous -lrb- and ultimately losing -rrb- conflict with his assistant chief , brigadier general billy mitchell .
he was promoted to major general in march 1921 .
requesting an assignment with troops , menoher then took command of the hawaiian division in 1922 before taking over the entire hawaiian department .
after this , he commanded the ix corps area in san francisco until his mandatory retirement on march 20 , 1926 .
he died on august 11 , 1930 .
menoher boulevard in johnstown , pennsylvania is named after him .
his three youngest sons all graduated from west point , and served in the army during world war ii .
pearson -lrb- 1892-1958 -rrb- , a classmate of dwight d. eisenhower , reached the rank of major general during the korean war .
