Background
COTTON, Robert Christie was born on May 7, 1885 in Shelbina, Missouri, United States. Son of Chester and Mary Elizabeth Christie Cotton.
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Robert Christie COTTON
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United States Military Academy. Infantry. School. Adv. Course; Command and General Staff School.
Georgetown University, Master of Arts.
Career
Second Lieutenant, 1908. First Lieutenant, 1915. Detailed Signal Corps, 1915-1917.
Captain of Infantry., 1917. Major, National. Army, 1917. Major, Infantry. Regl.
Army, 1920. One of Founders of Roosevelt Memorial Association. Division. Signal Officer, Assistant Chief of Staff, Acting Chief of Staff, 29 Division., 1917-1918. Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff, V. Army Corps, France, 1918, participated in Belfort Sector, St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne, World War.
Contributor, Dictionary of American Biography. 1930 Encyclopaedia Britannica. 1930 edition Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary.
Joint Author: Military Field Note Book. Du Picq’s Battle Studies. Editor, United States Infantry.
Connections
Spouse Charlotte Louise Severance, 1915, (December). Second, Sara Lenord Cambios, 1924, Los Angeles, California.
