and coordination of mobilization plans and programs. Broad Management of Logistic Activities in the United States. This covers the planning, direction, and control of logistic activities in support of Active Army and Reserve Forces assigned to the command, including the maintenance of facilities and equipment, operation of laundries and commissaries, provision of medical service, and the furnishing of supplies and equipment. In 1958 there were, under the Com Lt. Gen. Lesley J. McNair 9 July 1940-8 March 1942 Lt. Gen. Ben Lear 14 July 1944-20 January 1945 Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell 24 January 1945-22 June 1945 Gen. Jacob L. Devers 23 July 1945-9 March 1948 10 March 1948-30 September 1949 Gen. Mark W. Clark 1 October 1949-5 May 1952 Gen. John E. Dahlquist 24 August 1953-31 January 1955 manding General, USCONARC, more than 400,000 military personnel of the Active Army (nearly half its total strength); 75,000 civilians; and nearly 2,000,000 persons in the reserve forces. The majority of them were distributed among about a hundred posts and stations throughout the country. Commanders. The following have served as head of the United States Continental Army Command or its predecessor agencies Chief of Staff, General Headquarters, US Army .Commanding General, Army Ground Forces Chief of Army Field Forces Chief of Army Field Forces ...Chief of Army Field Forces 1 February 1955-28 February 1956 ...Commanding General, Continental Army Command Gen. Willard G. Wyman 1 March 1956-31 July 1958 .......Commanding General, Continental Army Command" Gen. Bruce C. Clarke.Commanding General, U.S. Continental Army Command a Redesignated United States Continental Army Command effective 1 January 1957. 1 August 1958 ZONE OF THE INTERIOR ARMIES AND ARMY AREAS. For the purposes of overall control of Army activities, the continental United States is divided into six major geographical areas, plus a smaller area known as the Military District of Washington. A Zone of the Interior Army is located in each of these areas except MDW. The armies and areas are as follows First United States Army, with headquarters at Governors Island, New York City; the States of Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, and New Jersey. Second United States Army, with headquarters at Fort George C. Meade, Maryland; the States of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia, less those areas in the latter two States which are included in the Military District of Washington. Third United States Army, with headquarters at Fort McPherson, Georgia; the States of Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida. Fourth United States Army, with headquarters at Fort Sam Houston, Texas; the States of Arkansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Texas, and Louisiana. Fifth United States Army, with headquarters at Chicago, Illinois; the States of Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, and Wyoming. Sixth United States Army, with headquarters at the Presidio of San Francisco, California; the States of Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona. The Military District of Washington, with headquarters in Washington, D.C.; the District of Columbia, the adjacent counties of Arlington, Fairfax, King Georges, Prince William, Stafford and Westmoreland, and the city of Alexandria, in Virginia; and the counties of Calvert, Charles, Montgomery, Prince Georges, and St. Marys in Maryland. In general the responsibilities of the commanding general of each of these areas include, but are not limited to, the following: command and support of all assigned or attached units, activities, and installations; logistical and administrative support of other units, activities, or installations as directed or covered by agreement; preparation and execution of plans and programs in accordance with overall Army policies; training, equipping and combat readiness of, and deployment of, assigned combat forces and support elements; conduct of field exercises, troop tests, and training tests, and conduct of local field and command post exercises; command of training centers within his geographical area; conduct of rifle and pistol matches; providing training aids and publications for assigned training; conducting industrial defense surveys; providing domestic transportation of materials and personnel; personnel; providing medical care, including physical and mental examinations, of military personnel within his geographical area; providing assistance to civilian agencies in time of disaster; operation of assigned personnel recruiting and processing facilities; operation of communication and pictorial service; conduct of intelligence and industrial security activities; command and supervision of the Army Reserve and ROTC and the support of the National Guard of the United States within his geographical area, including supervision of their training; conducting the sale, salvage, or destruction of surplus or excess military property; operation and maintenance of installations and facilities under his command (Class I installations and activities), and provision of certain support services for installations and activities under the command of heads of Headquarters Department of the Army staff agencies (Class II' installations and activities). Various special responsibilities have been assigned to certain armies that are not common to all. Chief among these are administrative and other support responsibilities for units or activities outside the Continental United States, and responsibilities assigned to the Military District of Washington, incident to the location of the seat of Federal government within that area. Among the latter are foreign liaison activities, conduct of military ceremonies, exhibits and demonstrations, coordination and provision for military funerals, and maintenance and provision of the honor guard for the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. With respect to the National Guard and Reserve, the Commanding General of USCONARC has delegated to the Zone of Interior Army commanders the responsibility of supervising the training of individuals and units of the Army National Guard in accordance with policies and criteria established by Headquarters, USCONARC. He has also transferred to the Commanding General, United States Army Air Defense Command, the training supervision responsibility (including inspection and testing) for Army National Guard Task Organization units (assigned continental United States air defense missions) meeting minimum prescribed training criteria, when those units are designated by the Commanding General, USCONARC, to the Army National Guard Antiaircraft Special Security Force. Zone of Interior Army commanders command all Army Reserve units in their respective areas, and are responsible for implementing all USCONARC training directives and policies pertaining thereto. They supervise, inspect, report status of training, program and furnish necessary annual field training sites, and provide active Army support for both reserve duty and annual unit training of both reserve components. They furnish necessary administrative and logistical support of units and individuals of the Army Reserve. They maintain close liaison with the several State adjutants general in matters pertaining to the Army National Guard. The Commanding Generals of United States Army Corps (Reserve), which were established within each Army area beginning in the fall of 1957, are responsible for the operation, training, ad A Class I installation is one under the command of the Commanding General of a Zone of Interior Army. A Class I activity is one under the direct command of the Commanding General, US CONARC. or of the Commanding General of a Zone Interior Army. A Class II installation is one under the command of the head of a Headquarters, Department of the Army agency. A Class II activity is one under the command of a Headquarters, Department of the Army agency, or of the Commanding General, United States Army Air Defense Command. ministration, and support of the Army Reserve, and the Reserve Officers Training Corps and National Defense Cadet Corps programs within their respective areas, as delegated by the Zone of Interior Army commander. Commanders. The following have served as commanding generals of the First to Sixth Armies, and of the Military District of Washington, since these organizations were established 31 Jul 1918-11 Oct 1918 12 Oct 1918-20 Apr 1919 First United States Army .Gen. John J. Pershing .....Lt. Gen. Hunter Liggett First Army dissolution was effective 20 April 1919. On 9 August 1932 under the reorganization of the Army, four field armies were constituted as inactive units of the Regular Army. First Army was assigned First, Second, and Third Corps Areas. On 11 September 1933 First Army was activated at Fort Jay more or less as a paper army. It was commanded by, and moved as necessary, to the headquarters of the senior commander of the First, Second, and Third Corps Areas. Although the Department of Army Records Administration Center, St. Louis, Missouri reports that records of First Army Commanders for this period are incomplete, other records show that Major General Dennis E. Nolan was commander from 1 November 1933 to 30 April 1936 and that Major General Fox Conner was commander from 1 May 1936 to 4 November 1938. 5 Nov 1938-7 Oct 1943 1 Jan 1944-31 Jul 1944 29 Mar 1949-30 Sept 1950 1 Oct 1950-31 Oct 1950 1 Nov 1950-31 Dec 1952 1 Jan 1953-30 Nov 1954 1 Dec 1954 -31 Jul 1957 1 Aug 1957 12 Oct 1918-15 Apr 1919 20 Oct 1940-25 Apr 1943 Nov 1918-Jul 1919 Feb 1943-Jan 1944 Second United States Army Third United States Army Lt. Gen. Hugh A. Drum .Lt. Gen. George Grunert Gen. Omar N. Bradley .Gen. Courtney H. Hodges .Maj. Gen. Roscoe B. Woodruff Gen. Walter Bedell Smith .Maj. Gen. Roscoe B. Woodruff .Lt. Gen. Willis D. Crittenberger .Lt. Gen. Withers A. Burress .Lt. Gen. Thomas Wade Herren .Lt. Gen. Blackshear M. Bryan .Lt. Gen. Robert L. Bullard .Maj. Gen. Frank P. Parker .Lt. Gen. Ben Lear .Lt. Gen. Lloyd R. Fredendall .Lt. Gen. William H. Simpson Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer .Maj. Gen. John T. Lewis .Lt. Gen. Leonard T. Gerow .Lt. Gen. James A. Van Fleet .Lt. Gen. Edward H. Brooks Lt. Gen. Floyd L. Parks .Lt. Gen. Charles E. Hart .Lt. Gen. George W. Read, Jr. ..Maj. Gen. Joseph T. Dickman Maj. Gen. George Van Horn Moseley .Maj. Gen. Stanley D. Embick .Lt. Gen. Herbert J. Brees Lt. Gen. Walter Krueger .Lt. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges Gen. George S. Patton, Jr. .Lt. Gen. Lucien K. Truscott, Jr. ..Lt. Gen. Geoffrey Keyes .Maj. Gen. Ernest N. Harmon .Lt. Gen. Oscar W. Griswold .Maj. Gen. Edward H. Brooks .Lt. Gen. Alvan C. Gillem, Jr. ...Lt. Gen. John R. Hodge .Maj. Gen. William A. Beiderlinden .Lt. Gen. Alexander R. Bolling .Lt. Gen. Thomas F. Hickey .....Lt. Gen. Clark L. Ruffner .... a There is one period, from the reactivation on 9 August 1932 until Major General George Van Horn Moseley took command in October 1936, for which no commanders are listed. During this period the location of the headquarters alternated between Fort Sam Houston, headquarters of the 8th Corps Area and Atlanta, Georgia, headquarters of the 4th Corps Area, the actual location depending upon the senior corps commander at the time. 15 Aug 1932-Oct 1936 20 Oct 1936-23 May 1938 5 Dec. 1939-Sep 1943 Fourth United States Army .Maj. Gen. Johnson Hagood Maj. Gen. George S. Simonds .Maj. Gen. Albert J. Bowley Lt. Gen. John H. DeWitt .Lt. Gen. William H. Simpson ..Maj. Gen. John P. Lucas .Lt. Gen. Alexander M. Patch (Sixth Army inactivated 29 Jan 1946, reactivated 1 Mar 1946) 1 Mar 1946-12 Oct 1946 13 Oct 1946-Jun 1947 Jun 1947-30 Sep 1949 1 Oct 1949-31 July 1951 1 Aug 1951-28 Feb 1954 1 Mar 1954-30 Jun 1955 1 Jul 1955-30 Sep 1957 1 Oct 1957-5 Jan 1958 6 Jan 1958-16 Mar 1958 17 Mar 1958 6 May 1942-14 May 1942 14 May 1942-2 Sep 1944 6 Sep 1944-14 Jul 1945 15 Jul 1945-15 Jun 1946 15 Jun 1946-7 Nov 1947 6 Nov 1947-6 Aug 1949 6 Aug 1949-28 Feb 1950 1 Mar 1950-15 May 1952 9 Jun 1952-15 Apr 1954 26 Feb 1954-5 Feb 1956 6 Feb 1956— Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell .Maj. Gen. George P. Hays .Gen. Mark W. Clark .Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer .Lt. Gen. Joseph M. Swing .Lt. Gen. Willard G. Wyman ..Lt. Gen. Robert N. Young .Lt. Gen. Lemuel Mathewson Maj. Gen. Robert L. Howze .Lt. Gen. Charles D. Palmer Military District of Washington tive, .Brig. Gen. Albert L. Cox .Maj. Gen. John T. Lewis .Maj. Gen. Charles F. Thompson .Brig. Gen. Robert N. Young .Brig. Gen. Claude B. Ferenbaugh Maj. Gen. Hobart N. Gay Col. John T. Cole .Maj. Gen. Thomas W. Herren .Maj. Gen. E. K. Wright .Maj. Gen. John H. Stokes, Jr. .Maj. Gen. John G. Van Houten establishments, both active and inacwith their postoffice addresses. It is to be understood that the lists omit great numbers of service establishments of a purely local character. For example, in addition to the hospitals and depots here listed, every active Army post of any size is likely to have a hospital serving its own personnel, and depots which stock the equipment and supplies consumed on the post. |