Dates of Rank
| No pin insignia in 1902 | Second Lieutenant, United States Army: February 2, 1902 |
| First Lieutenant, United States Army: March 7, 1907 | |
| Captain, United States Army: July 1, 1916 | |
| Major, National Army: August 5, 1917 | |
| Lieutenant Colonel, National Army: January 5, 1918 | |
| Colonel, National Army: August 27, 1918 | |
| Captain, Regular Army (reverted to peacetime rank): June 30, 1920 | |
| Major, Regular Army : July 1, 1920 | |
| Lieutenant Colonel, Regular Army: August 21, 1923 | |
| Colonel, Regular Army: September 1, 1933 | |
| Brigadier General, Regular Army: October 1, 1936 | |
| Major General, Regular Army: July 1, 1939 | |
| Lieutenant General, Regular Army: August 1, 1939 | |
| General, Regular Army, for service as Army Chief of Staff: September 1, 1939 | |
| General of the Army, Army of the United States: December 16, 1944 | |
| General of the Army rank made permanent in the Regular Army: April 11, 1946 |
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