Johnson Hagood (United States Army officer)
United States Army general (1873-1948)
Major General Johnson Hagood (June 16, 1873 – December 22, 1948) was born in Orangeburg, South Carolina, graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1896, was commissioned in the artillery, and served in France in World War I, where he created the Services of Supply. He retired in 1936 after publicly criticizing New Deal funding.
Early military career
Garrison service in Rhode Island, Connecticut, and South Carolina from 1896 to 1901.
Instructor in the department of philosophy, U.S. Military Academy, 1901–04.
Assistant to chief of artillery, Washington, D.C., 1905–07.
Member of the General Staff Corps, 1908.
Aide de camp to Maj. Gen. J.F. Bell, 1908–10.
Assistant to Major General Leonard Wood, re-detailed to General Staff Corps until 1912.
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