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 [decorative delimiter] Class of 1887

Vol. III
p414
3221

(Born Md.)

Charles Gerhardt

(Ap'd N. C.)

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Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1883, to June 12, 1887, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Second Lieut., 20th Infantry, June 12, 1887.

Served: on frontier duty at Camp Poplar River, Mon., Sep. 27, 1887, to Oct. 17, 1889, — and Ft. Assinniboine, Mon., to –––––.

Vol. IV
p454
[Supplement, Vol. IV: 1890‑1900]

Military History. — Served: At Fort Assinniboine, Mont., 1890‑94 (in the field during the Pine Ridge campaign, winter 1890‑91). — Distinguished marksman, 1892. — (Acting Regimental Adjutant, 1894.) — College duty, Lebanon, Ten., 1894‑98.

(First Lieut. of Infantry, 8th Infantry, Aug. 1, 1894)

— Member of Military Committee, Tennessee Centennial, 1896‑97. — Post  p455 duty, Fort D. A. Russell, Wyo., 1898. — With regiment at Havana, Cuba, Feb. 4, 1899 to ––––

(Captain of Infantry, 8th Infantry, March 2, 1899)

Vol. V
p411
[Supplement, Vol. V: 1900‑1910]

Military History. — Served: With regiment at Havana, Cuba, from Feb. 4, 1899 to July 18, 1900; with company at Fort Snelling, Minn., July 27 to Sept. 8, 1900; Fort Harrison, Mont., Sept. 9, 1900 to July 4, 1902; Fort Gibbon, Alaska, Aug. 4, 1902 to July 18,  p412 1904; Fort McHenry, Md., Nov. 21, 1904 to March 15, 1905; Columbus Barracks, Ohio, March 16, 1905 to Feb. 20, 1906; Camp Jossman, P. I., April 6 to July 22, 1906; in field in Leyte, P. I., July 23 to Oct. 28, 1906; at Camp Jossman, P. I., Oct. 29, 1906 to March 5, 1907; post of Iloilo, P. I., March 6, 1907 to March 2, 1908; with company at School of Musketry, Presidio, Monterey, Cal., May 14, 1908 to –––––.

Vol. VI
p476
[Supplement, Vol. VI: 1910‑1920]

(Born March 19, 1863)

Military History. —

Captain, 8th Infantry, March 2, 1899.

At Presidio of Monterey, Cal., with Company at School of Musketry May 14, 1908, to July 31, 1908; (Chief Range Officer, Pacific Rifle and Pistol Competition, July 17 to 29, 1908); at Fort Leavenworth, Kans., student officer at Army Service Schools, Aug. 2, 1908, to

(Major, 10th Infantry, July 12, 1910)

July 29, 1910; (on Staff Class Ride, Chattanooga, Tenn., to Atlanta, Ga., July 3 to 17, 1910); at Leon Springs, Texas, Umpire at Maneuvers, Aug. 1 to 31, 1910; at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind., Umpire at Maneuvers, Sept. 1 to 30, 1910, and with regiment to Mar. 8, 1911; at San Antonio, Texas, in camp with regiment as part of Maneuver Division, March 11 to Aug. 12, 1911; at Fort Benjamin Harrison, on detached service, to Sept. 19, 1911; at San Antonio, Texas, with regiment, to Sept. 26, 1911; at Camp E. S. Otis, Panama Canal Zone, Oct. 7, 1911, to Aug. 9, 1912; (local member, Land Defense Board Committee; observer of registration and elections, Republic of Panama); at Washington, D. C., student officer, Army War College, Aug. 16, 1912, to June 30, 1913; at Gettysburg, Pa., Instructor at Student camp, July 1 to Aug. 15, 1913; on leave of absence to Sept. 16, 1913; at Camp E. S. Otis, Canal Zone, with regiment, Sept. 23, 1913, to Aug. 3, 1914; on leave of absence in U. S., Aug. 10 to Sept. 14, 1914; at Plattsburg Bks., N. Y., Umpire at Maneuvers, to Oct. 4, 1914; at Camp E. S. Otis, Canal Zone, with regiment, Oct. 22, 1914, to Jan. 29, 1916; (member Land Defense Board); at Washington, D. C., with Militia Bureau, War Department, Feb. 10, 1916, to

(Lieut.‑Colonel of Infantry, July 1, 1916)

(Colonel of Infantry, May 15, 1917)

(Assigned to 4th Infantry, Oct. 3, 1917)

Oct. 30, 1917; at Camp Greene, N. C., and at Camp Stuart, Va., commanding regiment and preparing for foreign service, Oct. 31, 1917, to April 6, 1918; en route to France, April 6 to

(Brigadier-General, National Army, April 12, 1918)

April 15; arrived at training area, April 21; assigned to duty with Services of Supply, May 3; organized new Base Section No. 7, S. O. S., and on duty there to Oct. 21; attached to 35th Division in trenches near Verdun, Oct. 23 to Nov. 9; en route to join 2nd Army when Armistice took effect; at Langres, France, for Course of Instruction at Center of Information, Nov. 14 to Dec. 7; commanding 183rd Infantry Brigade, 92nd Division, in France, Dec. 7, 1918, to Feb. 17, 1919; en route to U. S. to Feb. 24; Brigade Hdqrs. demobilized March 7; at Camp Grant, Ill., with 161st Depot Brigade; organized Brigade as a demobilization group and engaged in demobilizing emergency men to April 30, 1919;

(Returned to Grade of Colonel, April 30, 1919)

(Assigned to 49th Infantry, April 30, 1919)

 p477  at Washington, D. C., on temporary duty in office, Chief of Operations, War Department, assisting in organizing uniform system of demobilization, to May 17, 1919; at Camp Sherman, Ohio, on demobilization duty; at Fort Leavenworth, Kans., commanding regiment, May 24, to Aug. 9, 1919; at Fort Snelling, Minn., commanding regiment and post, Aug. 10, 1919, to ––––

Officer of the Legion of Honor, French.

Vol. VII
p263
[Supplement, Vol. VII: 1920‑1930]

Military History: —

Colonel of Infantry, May 15, 1917.

Brigadier-General, National Army, Apr. 12, 1918.

Returned to Grade of Colonel, April 30, 1919.

At Fort Snelling, Minn., commanding regiment and post, Aug. 10, 1919, to Oct. 12, 1920; at Camp Devens, Mass., commanding post, Nov. 11 to Nov. 29, and commanding 36th Infantry, Nov. 30, 1920, to Aug. 13, 1921; at Washington, D. C., student officer at Army War College, Aug. 15, 1921, to June 30, 1922, when he was graduated; at Fort Jay, N. Y., commanding 16th Infantry and post, Sept. 2, 1922, to May 8, 1923; at Camp Dix, N. J., commanding regiment, May 9 to Sept. 4; at Fort Jay, N. Y., commanding regiment and post, Sept. 5, 1923, to May 17, 1924; at Camp Dix, N. J., commanding regiment, May 18 to Sept. 1; at Hartford, Conn., Chief of Staff, 76th Division, Organized Reserves, Nov. 8, 1924, to March 19, 1927.

Colonel, U. S. A., Retired, Mar. 19, 1927,
By Operation of Law.

Brigadier-General, U. S. A., Retired, June 21, 1930,
Act of June 21, 1930.

Officer of the Legion of Honor.

Vol. VIII
p75
[Supplement, Vol. VIII: 1930‑1940]

Military History: —

Col., Ret., Mar. 19, 1927.

Brig.‑Gen., Ret., June 21, 1930.

Vol. IX
p52
[Supplement, Vol. IX: 1940‑1950]

Military History: —

Col Ret 19 Mar 27

Brig Gen Ret 21 Jun 30

Civil History: — Mendham NJ

Died, June 5, 1957, at Mendham, N. J.: Aged 94.​a

Buried, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA.


Thayer's Note:

a Gen. Gerhardt died after the publication of Vol. IX (1950), the most recent volume of the Supplements to Cullum's Register available to me, which may also be the most recent volume in the public domain. The date and place of his death are from the memorial article and biographical sketch at West Point Association of Graduates.


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