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Portrait of Brigadier-General Joseph Augustus Baer

Baer

Joseph Augustus, Brigadier-General

(1878 – 1958)

1917
Adjutant, Plattsburg Military Training Camps, New York
1917
Attached to the Office of the Inspector-General
1918
Division Inspector, 15th Cavalry Division
1918
Attached to the Office of the Inspector-General, Southern Department
1918
Assistant to Inspector-General, American Expeditionary Force [France]
1919
Inspector, Base Section No. 8, Services of Supply [Italy]
1919
Attached to the Office of the Inspector-General, American Expeditionary Force [France]
1920
Attached to the Office of the Inspector-General
1920
- 1921
Attending the Army War College
1921
- 1922
Attending the Army School of the Line
1922
- 1923
Attending the General Staff School
1924
- 1927
Attached to G-3 Division, War Department General Staff
1927
Attending a Refresher Course, Cavalry School
1927
- 1929
Executive Officer, 11th Cavalry
1928
Commanding Officer 11th Cavalry Regiment
1929
Attached to the Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff (G-2), War Department General Staff
1929
- 1933
Military Attaché to Austria
1933
- 1935
Commanding Officer 7th Cavalry Regiment
1935
Commanding Officer 2nd Cavalry Brigade
1935
- 1939
Chief of Staff, 3rd Corps Area
1939
- 1940
National Guard Officer, 2nd Corps Area
1940
- 1941
Acting Chief of Staff, 2nd Corps Area
1941
- 1942
Chief of Staff, 2nd Corps Area
1942
- 1944
Chief of Staff, 2nd Service Command
1943
Retired, but remained employed
1944
Retired
Picture source: From: 'The Plattsburger', 1917