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In August 1906, the Quartermaster William Conway Monument was unveiled at Camden, a granite boulder affixed with a commemorative bronze plaque " honoring his sturdy loyalty.
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August and 1906
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August and Quartermaster
He was commissioned as a major, then became George Washington's aide-de-camp and, on August 14, 1775 Washington appointed him to become the army's first Quartermaster General under order of Congress.
In August, he resigned the office of Quartermaster General after a long and bitter struggle with Congress over the interference in army administration by the Treasury Board and by commissions appointed by Congress.
From August 1916 his appointment as Quartermaster general made him joint head ( with Paul von Hindenburg ), and chief engineer behind the management of Germany's effort in World War I until his resignation in October 1918.
For the rest of the 1920s his military career was a steady upward curve: he was appointed GOC Curragh Training Camp in August 1925, Quartermaster General in March 1927, and Chief of Staff in February 1929.
In August 1780, the Continental Congress elected Pickering Quartermaster General. Letter from Timothy Pickering to Major General Lord Sterling, 1777
He returned from that country in August 1925, to serve as Chief of Staff of the 1st Marine Brigade at Quantico, Virginia, until September 1926, as a student in the Marine Corps School, Quantico, from then until June 1927, and as Post Quartermaster of the Marine Barracks, Philadelphia Navy Yard, from July 1927 to March 1931.
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August and William
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