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 Oct 1936 Sep 1938 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 24 May 1938-Dec 1939 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 SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES. These fall into the following principal categoriesTraining, headquarters, and research and development establishments. Depots. Army terminal establishments. Industrial installations. Some of the foregoing are active; others, for the moment, inactive. Below are alphabetical lists of such 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. Auburn Depot Activity Belle Mead Depot Activity Benicia Arsenal Black Hills Ordnance Depot Blue Grass Ordnance Depot Charleston Transportation Depot Columbus General Depot, U. S. Army Decatur Signal Depot Eastern Chemical Depot (Activity at Army Chemical Center) Erie Ordnance Depot Fort Worth General Depot, U. S. Army Granite City Engineer Depot Jeffersonville Depot Activity Letterkenny Ordnance Depot Lexington Signal Depot Louisville Medical Depot Marion Engineer Depot ... ... Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. Anniston, Ala. Forest Park, Ga. North Charlestown, S. C. Decatur, Ill. Army Chemical Center, Md. Port Clinton, Ohio Arsenal, Ark. New Cumberland, Pa. Philadelphia, Pa. Pueblo, Colo. Texarkana, Tex. Huntsville, Ala. Savanna, Ill. Schenectady, N. Y. Romulus, N. Y. Lathrop, Calif. Herlong, Calif. Sidney, Nebr. Tobyhanna Signal Depot Tooele Ordnance Depot Umatilla Ordnance Depot Utah General Depot, U. S. Army Wingate Ordnance Depot Tobyhanna, Pa. Tooele, Utah Ordnance, Ore. 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