Deputy Chief of Staff of the United States Army

The office of Deputy Chief of Staff of the United States Army was organized under the office of the Chief of Staff of the United States Army which existed between 1921 and 1948 before being disbanded in favor of the Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army.

Duties

The duties of the original single Deputy was "The Deputy Chief will assist the Chief of Staff and will act for him . . . will report directly to the Secretary of War in all matters not involving the establishment of military policies."

From 1921 to 1939 this office had no statutory basis for existence, an attempt was made to rectify this in the 3 June 1938 amendment to the National Defense Act of 1920 failed to correct this. Thus, office was established administratively in 1921.[1]

List
Deputy Chiefs of Staff[2]
# Name Term
1. MG James G. Harbord 1 September 1921-4 December 1922
2. MG John L. Hines 5 December 1922-13 September 1924
3. MG Dennis E. Nolan 14 September 1924-8 March 1926
4. MG Fox Connor 9 March 1926-30 April 1927
5. MG Briant H. Wells 1 May 1927-8 March 1930
6. MG Preston Brown 10 March 1930-11 October 1930
7. MG Ewing E. Booth 12 October 1930-21 December 1930
8. MG George Van Horn Moseley 22 December 1930-22 February 1933
9. MG Hugh A. Drum 23 February 1933-1 February 1935
10. MG George S. Simonds 2 February 1935-28 May 1936
11. MG Stanley D. Embick 29 May 1936-30 September 1938
12. BG George C. Marshall 16 October 1938-30 June 1939
13. BG Lorenzo D. Gasser (acting) 1 July 1939-30 May 1940
14. MG William Bryden 1 June 1940-16 March 1942
15. MG Richard C. Moore (Additional Deputy Chief of Staff) 22 July 1940-8 March 1942
16. LTG Henry H. Arnold (Acting Additional Deputy Chief of Staff for Air) 11 November 1940-8 March 1942
17. LTG Joseph T. McNarney 9 March 1942-21 October 1944
18. LTG/GEN Thomas T. Handy 22 October 1944-9 June 1946

10 June 1946-30 August 1947

19. LTG Joseph Lawton Collins 1 September 1947-14 November 1948

References
  1. "Chief of Staff: Prewar Plans and Preparations". United States Army Center of Military History. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
  2. Hewes, James E. (1975). From Root to McNamara : Army organization and administration, 1900-1963. Center of Military History, U.S. Army. OCLC 2119052.
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