Annual Report of Major General Adna R. Chaffee, U. S: Army, Commanding, Division, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)
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Annual Report of Major General A dna R. Chaffee, U. S: A rmy, Commanding, Division was written by A dna Romanza Chaffee Philippines Military Governor in 1901. This is a 428 page book, containing 116045 words and 14 pictures. Search Inside is enabled for this title.
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Jumping and Cross Country Riding (Classic Reprint)
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LiMPING AND CROSS COUNTRY RIDING By 1st Lieutenant A dna R. Chaffee, Jr., Thirteenth Cavalry. WHAT practical value is there in having a horse which can jump? Do you expect the average soldier, mounted on the remount furnished in time of war to get over big fences? Why is so much time spent at theM ounted Service School in exercises over obstacles? These are questions which have been asked in the service and will be asked again. They come from practical men and must have practical answers. The primary value of this work is as a physical exercise for man and horse. The cavalry soldier must be as good a horseman as we can make him in order that we may have a maximum of mobility, marching power, and fighting power in the saddle. A ny exercise which will lead to a firm seat in the saddle under all circumstances, endurance, quick thinking, resolution, and daring will increase our efficiency in the three qualities mentioned. Jumping does this. The horses which we ride in time of peace may all have to be replaced during the course of a war. The trooper who has a good tight seat in his saddle will train his remount much quicker and make him a serviceable horse sooner than one who has not had the benefit of such exercise. As a suppling exercise, to establish and keep a firm seat in the saddle during violent movements of the horse, jumping is the best means at our disposal. For the officer it does more. If he schools his own horse to carry him over obstacles, his pleasure and interest in his daily riding are greatly increased.
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Adna Romanza Chaffee Jr. was a major general in the United States Army, called the "Father of the Armored Force" for his role in developing the U. S. Army's tank forces.
Background
Adna Romanza Chaffee was born on September 23, 1884 in Junction City, Kansas, United States. He was the third of four children and only son of Adna Romanza Chaffee and his second wife, Annie Frances (Rockwell) Chaffee. The elder Chaffee, a cavalry officer who had first enlisted in the army during the Civil War, held important commands in the Spanish-American War and the Boxer Rebellion and served as the army's Chief of Staff (1904 - 06). He saw to it that his son was taught to ride as soon as he was able to sit on a horse.
Education
The boy attended local public schools in the Southwest, as the family moved from one army post to another, and at the age of fourteen was sent to St. Luke's School for Boys at Wayne, Pa. In 1902 he entered the United States Military Academy at West Point. Upon graduating in 1906, he was commissioned and assigned to the 15th Cavalry, with which he served in Cuba. For two years (1907 - 09) he attended the Mounted Service School at Fort Riley (1907 - 09). Chaffee's skill as a horseman led to his assignment to the Army War College Detachment. He took part in mounted competitions at home and abroad and was sent to the cavalry school of the French army at Saumur, where he graduated in 1912.
Career
Back home, he served as an instructor at the Mounted Service School (1912 - 13) and then with the cavalry in the Philippines (1914 - 16), after which he was appointed an instructor at West Point (1916 - 17). When the United States entered World War I, Chaffee, now a major, went overseas with the 81th Division. He served as a student and instructor at the A. E. F. General Staff College at Langres, France, and saw action with the 81th Division and the IV, III, and VII Corps; he was promoted to colonel and awarded the Distinguished Service Medal and the Victory Medal with four Battle Clasps. Upon his return to the United States in 1919, Chaffee reverted to his permanent grade of captain, but was soon promoted to major. Duty as an instructor at the Fort Leavenworth School of the Line (1919 - 20) was followed by important command positions, general staff assignments, and graduation from the Army War College in 1925. He commanded a squadron at Fort Myer, for two years, and then was detailed to the G-3 Division (Operations and Training), War Department General Staff, where he served for four years and was promoted to lieutenant colonel. Chaffee's historical importance lies in his leadership in the development of an American armored force. He had witnessed the use of tanks in World War I, and during the 1920's he came increasingly to believe that the cavalry's function of providing mobility on the battlefield would have to be performed by armored, motor-powered vehicles. When in 1927 Secretary of War Dwight F. Davis, impressed by British tests along these lines, asked the General Staff to organize an experimental mechanized force, supervisory responsibility fell to Chaffee. The resulting report, based largely on Chaffee's ideas, urged the development of a separate striking force, independent of both cavalry and infantry, to be made up of tanks, motorized infantry, and motorized guns. Chaffee's recommendations met much opposition within the army and stirred interbranch rivalries, but in 1930 an experimental mechanized unit was organized at Fort Eustis. To head it Chaffee secured Col. Daniel Van Voorhis, who soon became wholeheartedly committed to the new concept. When a War Department restudy in 1931 threatened the disbanding of this force and the possible elimination of the cavalry as well, Chaffee attempted to save them both by proposing that the mechanized force be attached to the cavalry. This suggestion was sharply criticized by some influential cavalry officers, who feared that it would mean the end of the horse cavalry. The War Department's final report directed every branch of the army to develop its own mechanized program. The Fort Eustis unit, as Chaffee had proposed, was turned over to the cavalry, and in June 1931 he was made the detachment's executive officer. Late the same year he accompanied cavalry elements to Camp Knox (later Fort Knox), where he worked doggedly to create a permanent post and then the nucleus of a mechanized force in the 16th Cavalry (Mechanized) Regiment. Taking part in the 1934 spring maneuvers at Fort Riley, Chaffee's unit demonstrated the superior speed and mobility of a mechanized force over horse cavalry, thus supporting Chaffee's argument that they must be used separately. In July 1934 Chaffee returned to the War Department General Staff as chief of the budget and legislative planning branch. In this key assignment he worked to expand the mechanized cavalry. On November 1, 1938--promoted to brigadier general--he was given command of the 7th Cavalry Brigade (Mechanized). Further maneuvers, in 1939 and in May 1940, again showed the effectiveness of Chaffee's mechanized command, but his performance was overshadowed by the stunning success of German mechanized Panzer divisions in the "blitzkrieg" phase of World War II. On July 10, 1940, the army at last authorized an Armored Force, "for purposes of service test, " with Chaffee as chief. By October he had set up two armored divisions and had been promoted to major general. But long hours of labor over a prolonged period of time had wasted away Chaffee's tall, lean body. For much of the last year of his life he was hospitalized.
Achievements
The M24 Chaffee light tank was later named after him. Fort Chaffee, Arkansas, near Fort Smith, Arkansas, was named in his honor.
Earlier an Episcopalian, he was apparently a Christian Scientist at the time of his death.
Connections
On December 15, 1908 he married Ethel Warren Huff of Columbus. They had one son, also named Adna Romanza.
Father:
Adna Romanza Chaffee
He was a cavalry officer who had first enlisted in the army during the Civil War, held important commands in the Spanish-American War and the Boxer Rebellion and served as the army's Chief of Staff (1904 - 06)