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War(s) Served:

Spanish American War

Unit/Regiment:

Quartermaster

Company:

Field & Staff

Rank:

MAJ. GEN.

Cemetery:

Arlington National Cemetery (GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 38.88377, Longitude: -77.06535)

Burial Location:

Rt. 110 (Jeff Davis Hwy.) (Plot: Section 2, Lot 1108-A)
Arlington, VA

Burial County:

Arlington

Inscription:

JAMES BUCHANAN ALESHIRE
1856 - 1925
MAJOR GENERAL
QUARTERMASTER . GENERAL . US ARMY
JULY 1907 - SEPT. 1916

Notes:

James Buchanan Aleshire Was A United States Army General Who Graduated From The United States Military Academy At West Point, New York In 1880. James Was Posted As A 2nd Lieutenant In The 1st United States Cavalry Regiment. He Fought In Actions Against The Apache And Sioux Indians, Where He Frequently Filled Various Staff Roles In Addition To Being In Command Of Troops. He Transferred To The Quartermaster's Department From The Cavalry In 1894 Where He Would Rise To Lieutenant Colonel Of US Volunteers In The Spanish-American War, Serving First As The United States Army's 1st Corps Quartermaster, Then As Chief Quartermaster For The American Forces In Cuba. James Would Then Serve In The Boxer Rebellion And The Philippine Insurrection Before Being Assigned To The Quartermasters Office In Washington, DC. In 1907 He Was Appointed Brigadier General And 23rd Chief Quartermaster Of The United States Army By President William H. Taft. Aleshire Re-organized The Department, And Did Away With Many Of The Outmoded Procurement Methods, Some Of Which Dated Back To The Civil War. He Produced Itemized Estimations Of Quartermaster Budget Needs (now A Vital Common Practice In Business) And In Doing This He Was The First War Department Head To Do So. When The Quartermaster's Department And The United States Army Commissary Of Subsistence Departments Were Consolidated Into The Quartermasters Corps In 1912, James Was Advanced To Major General And Placed In Command Of The Newly Established Corps. He Served Until 1916, When The Arduous Nature Of His Efforts Forced Him Into Retirement Due To Disability. He Served As The Chairman Of The Priority Committee For The Council Of National Defense During World War I. Aleshire Died In 1925 In Sheridan, Wyoming, Amongst The Midwestern Plains Which He Came To Love During His Early Cavalry Service. (bio By: Russ)

Information Concerning James Buchanan Aleshire And His Burial Location Have Been Obtained From His Find A Grave Memorial Provided By "Russ" And "Find A Grave."

The Tombstone Inscription Has Been Obtained From The Tombstone Photograph On His Find A Grave Memorial Provided By Bill Heneage.