James B. Aleshire

rdf:langString James B. Aleshire

rdf:langString James B. Aleshire

rdf:langString James B. Aleshire

rdf:langString Sheridan, Wyoming, U.S.

rdf:langString Gallipolis, Ohio, U.S.

rdf:langString Black and white head and shoulders photo of Major General James B. Aleshire in dress uniform, looking left

rdf:langString Wars

rdf:langString From the November 1912 issue of National Waterways magazine

rdf:langString Harriet A. Dana Aleshire

rdf:langString James B. Aleshire (October 31, 1856 – June 1, 1925) was a career officer in the United States Army. A 1880 graduate of the United States Military Academy (West Point), he served from 1876 to 1916, and attained the rank of major general. A veteran of the American Indian Wars, Spanish–American War, China Relief Expedition, and Philippine–American War, Aleshire was most notable for his service as Quartermaster General of the United States Army from 1907 to 1916, during which he was credited with combining the formerly separate Quartermaster, Subsistence and Pay Departments to create the consolidated U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps. A native of Gallipolis, Ohio, Aleshire attended West Point from 1876 to 1880 and at graduation received his commission as a second lieutenant of Cavalry. Assigned initially to the 1st Cavalry Regiment, Aleshire served in the 1880s on scouting and frontier duty during the American Indian Wars. Beginning in the early 1890s, he was posted primarily to quartermaster assignments. During the Spanish–American War, China Relief Expedition, and Philippine–American War, he carried out chief quartermaster postings for several units and departments, and headed the Army Transport Service in the Philippines. From July 1907 to September 1916, Aleshire was the Quartermaster General of the United States Army. When his first four year term expired in 1912, he was reappointed, and he continued to serve until retiring for disability. In addition to creating the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps by combining the Quartermaster, Subsistence and Pay Departments, Aleshire created efficiency and cost savings by creating five divisions within his headquarters to administer the Quartermaster Corps while decentralizing previously centralized day to day responsibilities to quartermaster officers at the department, division, and unit levels. When he retired in September 1916, Aleshire requested to return to active duty if the United States became involved in World War I. He was recalled in June 1917 and appointed to the Council of National Defense, the U.S. government body that coordinated transportation, industrial, farm production, and financial support for the war effort. Aleshire was selected for the chairmanship of the council's Priority Committee, and he served until retiring again in July 1918. In retirement, Aleshire resided in Sheridan, Wyoming. He died in Sheridan on June 1, 1925 and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

rdf:langString Service

rdf:langString Chief Quartermaster, China Relief Expedition

rdf:langString Chief Quartermaster, Department of Matanzas

rdf:langString Chief Quartermaster, First Army Corps

rdf:langString Manila Depot

rdf:langString Priority Committee, Council of National Defense

rdf:langString Chief Quartermaster, Department of Santiago and Puerto Principe