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Portrait of Brigadier-General Hamilton Smith Hawkins

Hawkins, Hamilton Smith

Brigadier-General

* 25th of September 1872

† 19th of October 1950

(Regular Army)

Promotions

1917-07-28 Lieutenant-Colonel
1917-08-05 Colonel (National Army)
1919-09-25 Termination of rank Colonel (National Army)
1920-07-01 Colonel
1928-09-05 Brigadier-General

Service

1916-06-11 1917-08-XX Attached to 4th Cavalry Regiment
1917-09-01 1918-01-18 Officer in Charge of Schools, 89th Infantry Division
1918-01-20 1918-04-01 Instructor at Brigade & Field Officers' School
1918-02-01 1918-06-10 Attached to the General Staff
1918-07-XX 1918-08-XX Attending the Army Staff College at Langres [France]
1918-08-28 1918-09-18 Assistant Chief of Staff (G-3), 2nd Infantry Division [France]
1918-09-18 1918-09-30 Chief of Staff, 35th Infantry Division [France]
1918-09-30 1918-10-03 Commanding Officer 69th Brigade [France]
1918-10-04 1919-04-01 Chief of Staff, 35th Infantry Division [France]
1919-05-22 1919-07-31 Commanding Officer 1st Cavalry Regiment
1919-08-02 1923-04-01 Assistant Commandant of the Cavalry School
1923-04-09 1926-08-05 Commanding Officer 3rd Cavalry Regiment
1923-11-05 1924-02-12 Commanding Officer District of Washington
1926-08-XX 1928-09-05 Chief of Staff Philippine Division
1928-09-05 1929-09-11 Commanding Officer 14th Infantry Brigade
1929-09-12 1934-04-01 Commanding Officer 1st Cavalry Brigade
1934-04-02 1936-07-06 Commanding General 1st Cavalry Division
1936-03-19 1936-04-04 Commanding General 8th Corps Area
1936-09-30 Retired
1940-05-15 1940-06-08 Member of the President's Emergency Board in accordance with Labor Railway Act
1941-09-26 Recalled
1941-09-XX 1943-09-XX Member of the Secretary of War's Personnel Board
1941-09-XX 1943-09-XX Member of the Army Retiring Board
1943-11-13 Retired
1945-02-XX Member of the President's Emergency Board in accordance with Labor Railway Act