Background
Martin, Charles Irving was born on January 25, 1871 in Ogle County, Illinois, United States. Son of William H. and Mary (Nettleton) Martin.
Martin, Charles Irving was born on January 25, 1871 in Ogle County, Illinois, United States. Son of William H. and Mary (Nettleton) Martin.
Graduate Fort Scott (Kansas) Normal School, 1892. Bachelor of Laws, University of Kansas, 1907.
Lillia Mae Markley. Clerk District Court, Bourbon County, Kansas, 1901-1905. Member Kansas Senate, 1905-1909. Admitted to Kansas bar, 1907, and practiced in Fort Scott, Topeka and Wichita, Kansas.
Admitted to bar of Supreme Court, United States, 1923.
Enlisted as private Company F. 1st Infantry K.N.G., August 26, 1890. Second lieutenant 1st Infantry, April 6, 1893.
Captain, August 1894. Captain 20th United States Volumes, April 30, 1898.
Major 20th Kansas Volunteer Infantry, July 22, 1899.
Participated in 27 engagements in Philippine Islands Colonel inspector general, K.N.G., March 4, 1907. Brigadier general, April 29, 1909.
Adjutant general of Kansas, 1909-1917, 1919-1923. Brigade general United States Army, August 5, 1917.
Commanding 70th Infantry Brigade, 35th Division, American Expeditionary Force.
Observer with British troops in front line trenches, May 1918. Commanded sector in front line trenches, July 20-September 1, 1918. Participated in Saint Mihiel offensive.
Honorary discharged, December, 1918.
Brigadier general Ken. National Guard, commanding 69th Infantry Brigade, 1921-1932, major general commanding 35th Division, National Guard troops Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska, 1932-1935.
Retired. Manager Veteran Administration Facility, Wadsworth, Kansas, 1927-1941.
Now assistant adjutant general of Kanas. President Adjutants General Association of the United States, 1912-1923.
Former president National Guard Association United States. Member Philippine Veterans, Spanish War Veterans, American Legion, Forty and Eight, Sojourners, Military Order of the World War, et cetera
Mason, et cetera; Club: Rotary.
Married Lou Ida Ward, November 28, 1894.