Shortly after Germany's blitzkrieg attacks in Europe, Major General Adna Chaffee, the first Chief of the U. S. Army's newly created Armored Force was finally able to convince Congress of the need for armored divisions.

The American commander General Adna Chaffee banned looting by American soldiers, but the ban was ineffectual.

Popular opinion states that the city was named for the Spanish-American War hero, General Adna Chaffee, but in all likelihood it was simply named for the real estate company that owned the land.

Orwell is the birthplace of General Adna Chaffee, and of Russell Allen, as of 2006 the oldest living American Olympic cyclist.

In British service it was given the service name Chaffee, after the United States Army General Adna R. Chaffee, Jr., who helped develop the use of tanks in the United States armed forces.

* Adna Romanza Chaffee ( 1842 – 1914 ): U. S. General

* Adna R. Chaffee, Jr. ( 1884 – 1941 ): U. S. General

Adna Romanza Chaffee ( April 14, 1842 – November 1, 1914 ) was a Lieutenant General in the United States Army.

Adna Chaffee, Jr. was the son of Lieutenant General Adna R. Chaffee, Sr .. Born in Junction City, Kansas on September 23, 1884, he was commissioned a Lieutenant of Cavalry in 1906 after graduating from the United States Military Academy, and won recognition as the " Army's finest horseman.

A few months after the Balangiga Massacre of September 1901, President Theodore Roosevelt ordered Bell's commander General Adna Chaffee to adopt, " in no unmistakable terms ," " the most stern measures to pacify Samar.

Two days later on 10 February 1879, the Colorado General Assembly split Carbonate County into the new Chaffee County and the renamed Lake County.

Of the two references, General Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg, the German military attaché in London, commented that Ribbentrop had been a brave soldier in World War I, while the wife of the Italian Ambassador to Germany, Elisabetta Cerruti, called Ribbentrop " one of the most diverting of the Nazis ".

In 1912 General von Moltke commented, " I consider war to be unavoidable, and the sooner the better.

General Franz Halder after reading some of Raeder's memos wrote in his diary of " navalism run amuck " and commented that Raeder and other admirals that: " These people dream in continents ".

) Oskar Alfred-Berger's letters, Stauffenberg had commented openly on the ill-treatment of the Jews when he " expressed outrage and shock on this subject to fellow officers in General Staff Headquarters in Vinnitsa ( Ukraine ) during the summer of 1942.

New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo commented: " Despite repeated denials, we now know that Premier itself cannot demonstrate the circumstances that led to the death of the individuals.

On visiting Corsica in 1943, General George S. Patton commented on how the Free French forces had liberated the birthplace of Napoleon, and promised that the Americans would liberate the birthplace of Lafayette.

General Wesley Clark when discussing soft power commented that, “ it gave us an influence far beyond the hard edge of traditional balance-of-power politics .” Joseph Nye, Author of Soft Power

As commented in Jean-Jacques Rousseau's 1762 book The Social Contract, " Citizenship is the expression of a sublime reciprocity between individual and General will " ( Schama ; 1989 ; 354 ).

A JCS / Pentagon document ( Ed Lansdale memo ) dated 16 March 1962 titled MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT, 16 MARCH 1962 reads: " General Lemnitzer commented that the military had contingency plans for US intervention.

Indeed, General Douglas Haig commented that the 51st was, at the time of Festubert, “ practically untrained and very green in all field duties ”.

and Larry Zolf commented: " The Governor General must take all steps necessary to thwart the will of a ruthless prime minister prematurely calling for the death of a Parliament.

A British General commented that Sumter " fought like a gamecock ", and Cornwallis paid him the finest tribute when he described the Gamecock as his greatest plague.

After the Medina execution, Florida Attorney General Bob Butterworth commented, " People who wish to commit murder, they'd better not do it in the state of Florida because we may have a problem with the electric chair.

On 11 October 1939 speaking to Hassel of German war crimes in Poland, Goerdeler commented that both General Halder and Admiral Canaris were afflicted with nervous complaints as a result of " our brutal conduct of the war " in Poland.

He also commented on the leading members of the Soviet leadership and suggested Joseph Stalin be removed from his position as General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party's Central Committee.

Michael Ashley commented that the setting of the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is reminiscent of Sector General.

General Norman Schwarzkopf commented in 1995:

General George Crook, a contemporary United States military officer, commented that:

Pakistan's Major General Shaukat Sultan commented the claims of bin Laden being in that mountain range were " ridiculous " and without basis.

ESO's Director General commented in a 2011 press release that " With the new E-ELT design we can still satisfy the bold science goals and also ensure that the construction can be completed in only 10-11 years.

General Beauregard declared, " You Georgians saved me ," though the Georgia Rome Weekly Courier newspaper commented, " Col. Bartow's fine Regiment of Georgians were nearly annihilated ".

While stressing the need for uniforms to be simple and rugged, with no need for gimmicks and gadgets, General Pate commented: There is one item of equipment about which I have a definite opinion.

Bernard Freyberg, the General Officer Commanding of the 2NZEF, commented, " No infantry had a more distinguished record, or saw more fighting, or, alas, had such heavy casualties, as the Maori Battalion.

At General Power's seat in the balcony there is also a gold phone.

What I want is to have this evidence come before Congress and if the Attorney General does not report it, as I am very sure he won't, as he has refused to do anything of the kind, I then wish that a committee of seven Representatives be appointed with power to take the evidence.

Remembering the step-by-step fate of Danzig and the West German misgivings about `` salami '' tactics, it is to be hoped that the dispatch of General Clay to West Berlin as President Kennedy's representative will mark a stiffening of response not only to future indignities and aggressions but also to some that have passed.

But if any realism and feeling for truth remain in the General Assembly, it is time for men of courage to measure the magnitude of the failure and urge some new approach.

In other words, the Secretary General is to be a nonpartisan, international servant, not a political, national one.

-- Your July 26 editorial regarding the position of Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy on prospective tax relief for DuPont stockholders is based on an erroneous statement of fact.

A Member of the United Nations which is in arrears in the payment of its financial contributions to the Organization shall have no vote in the General Assembly if the amount of its arrears equals or exceeds the amount of the contributions due from it for the preceding two full years ''.

According to the official interpretation of the Charter, a member cannot be penalized by not having the right to vote in the General Assembly for nonpayment of financial obligations to the `` special '' United Nations' budgets, and of course cannot be expelled from the Organization ( which you suggested in your editorial ), due to the fact that there is no provision in the Charter for expulsion.

The appointment of U Thant of Burma as the U.N.'s Acting Secretary General -- at this writing, the choice appears to be certain -- offers further proof that in politics it is more important to have no influential enemies than to have influential friends.

if such person is deceased or is under a legal disability, payment shall be made to his legal representative: Provided, That if the total award is not over $500 and there is no qualified executor or administrator, payment may be made to the person or persons found by the Comptroller General of the United States to be entitled thereto, without the necessity of compliance with the requirements of law with respect to the administration of estates ; ;

in the case of a partnership or corporation, the existence of which has been terminated and on behalf of which an award is made, payment shall be made, except as provided in paragraphs ( 3 ) and ( 4 ), to the person or persons found by the Comptroller General of the United States to be entitled thereto ; ;

Whenever the Secretary of the Treasury, or the Comptroller General of the United States, as the case may be, shall find that any person is entitled to any such payment, after such payment shall have been received by such person, it shall be an absolute bar to recovery by any other person against the United States, its officers, agents, or employees with respect to such payment.

Competitors came to receive higher percentage of General Motors business in later years, but it is `` likely '' that this trend stemmed `` at least in part '' from the needs of General Motors outstripping Du Pont's capacity.

Moreover, the hearing officer's report is but intradepartmental, is directed to the Attorney General and, of course, is not the recommendation of the Department.

It is not essentially different from a memorandum of an attorney in the Department of Justice, of which the Attorney General receives many, and to which he may give his approval or rejection.

Mr. Smith, like the present Secretary General, is a lawyer ; ;

Among the more familiar plans for dual-channel advancement is that of General Electric.

Old Order, acted and atonally sung by Grunnfeu Arapacis, the lovely Serbantian import, then entered and delivered the well-known invocation to the god Phineoppus, whereupon the stage is quite unexpectedly visited by a company of wandering Gorshek priests, symbolizing Love, Lust, Prudence and General Motors, respectively.

Should Congress authorize the Attorney General to file suit to accomplish admission of a child to a school to which he is denied entrance??