Dates of Rank
- First Lieutenant, USV - July 13, 1898
- Private - June 18, 1899
- Corporal -
- Sergeant Major - 1900
- Second Lieutenant, USA - August 1901 (date of rank February 2)
- First Lieutenant, USA - March 30, 1905
- Captain, USA - December 24, 1915
- Major, National Army - August 5, 1917
- Lieutenant Colonel, National Army - May 1, 1918
- Captain, USA (reverted to peacetime rank) - December 24, 1915
- Lieutenant Colonel, USA - July 1, 1920
- Colonel, USA - February 18, 1930
- Brigadier General, USA - October 25, 1940
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