John C. Bates

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John Coalter Bates (born August 26, 1842 in St. Charles County , Missouri , † February 4, 1919 in San Diego , California ) was an American lieutenant general in the US Army , who was among other things Chief of Staff of the Army was.

Life

Civil War and Spanish-American War

Bates was the son of the politician Edward Bates , who was a member of the US House of Representatives from Missouri and between 1861 and 1864 Attorney General ( US Attorney General ) in the cabinet of President Abraham Lincoln , as well as his wife Julia Davenport Coalter Bates. After a brief study at the Washington University in St. Louis himself stood in May 1861 shortly after the beginning of the Civil War in the US Army and was a lieutenant transferred to the 11th Infantry Regiment, which for Potomac Army ( Army of the Potomac ) belonged to. After he was promoted to captain in 1863 , he found between 1863 and the end of the Civil War on June 23, 1865 use as aide-de-camp of the Commander-in-Chief of the Potomac Army, Major General George Gordon Meade . As such, he was awarded the brevet rank as a major in August 1864 and as a lieutenant colonel in April 1864 .

After the end of the Civil War, Bates stayed as an officer in the US Army and took part in numerous battles in the Indian Wars in the West . He was promoted to major in May 1882 and to lieutenant colonel in October 1886, and after his promotion to colonel in April 1892 he took over the post of commander of the 2nd infantry regiment. Shortly after the start of the Spanish-American War , he was in May 1898. Brigadier General of the volunteer units (US Volunteers) and commander of the eponymous Bates' Independent Brigade appointed nominally the 3rd Division to that of General William Rufus Shafter commanded V. Army Corps belonged. After the US intervention troops landed in Cuba , he became commandant of the Siboney base on June 25, 1898, and on July 1, 1898, his unit joined the 2nd Division, commanded by Major General Henry Ware Lawton , for the attack on El Caney . In the last days of the fighting around Santiago de Cuba , he was in July 1898 in the temporary rank (Temporary rank) of a major general promoted and self-appointed commander of the 3rd Division. He was later from January to May 1899 commander of the Army Department stationed in Santa Clara .

Filipino-American War and Chief of Staff of the Army

After completing his temporary appointment to major general, Bates was reappointed Brigadier General of the United States Volunteer Forces in April 1899. He was then sent to the Philippines , where he assumed the post of commander of the 1st Division of the Eighth Army Corps, commanded by General Elwell Stephen Otis . In this role he was responsible for the US troops in Jolo and Mindanao during the Philippine-American War . In August 1899, a treaty was negotiated with the Sultan of Sulu , in which he recognized the supremacy of the USA over the Philippines. In January 1900 he was again Major General of the US Volunteer Forces and then in February 1901 Brigadier General of the regular US Army.

After his return to the USA, Bates was commander of the Army Divisions of Missouri and the Great Lakes between 1901 and 1904, and as such was promoted to major general in the regular US Army in July 1902. He then acted from 1904 to December 1905 as commander of the North Department of the US Army. After his promotion to lieutenant general on January 1, 1906, he was on 15 January 1906 by Lieutenant General Adna Chaffee as Chief of Staff of the US Army ( Chief of Staff of the Army ) . Three months later, on April 14, 1906, he resigned from active military service at his own request, whereupon Major General J. Franklin Bell was his successor.

After his death on February 4, 1919, he was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

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SURNAME Bates, John C.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bates, John Coalter (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American Lieutenant General
DATE OF BIRTH August 26, 1842
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Charles County , Missouri
DATE OF DEATH February 4, 1919
Place of death San Diego , California