Kentucky Marine: Major General Logan Feland and the Making of the Modern USMC

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271 Appendix Key Dates in the Life of Major General Logan Feland, USMC 1869, August 18 Born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky 1892 Graduates from Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1898–1899 Serves in Third Kentucky Regiment during Spanish-American War 1899, July 1 Appointed first lieutenant, USMC 1899, December Arrives in Manila, Philippines 1902, March Ordered to Annapolis, Maryland, to oversee construction of Marine Barracks 1903, July Promoted to captain 1903, December Sent on expedition to Panama 1904, November Assigned as instructor at School of Application, Annapolis 1905, May Posted to study submarine mining at Torpedo School, Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island 1905, December Assigned to command Marine Guard on USS Massachusetts 1906, October– Sent on expedition to Cuba December 1907, February 14 Marries Katherine Cordner Heath in New York City 1907, March Assigned to command Marine Guard on USS Minnesota and participates in Great White Fleet, sailing around South America to U.S. West Coast 272 Appendix 1910, July Assigned as instructor at Advanced Base School, New London, Connecticut 1911, March Sent on expedition to Cuba 1911, July Moves to Advanced Base School’s new headquarters in Philadelphia 1912, May Sent on expedition to Cuba 1913, February Sent on expedition to Cuba 1914, January As captain of mining company, participates in advanced base exercise at Culebra, Puerto Rico 1914, April Participates in occupation of Vera Cruz, Mexico 1915–1916 Serves in Advanced Base Force at Philadelphia 1916, September Promoted to major and serves as head of Philadelphia Military Training Camp 1917, March Promoted to lieutenant colonel 1917, May Sails to France on SS Baltic with General Pershing’s advance party 1917, June Becomes second in command of Fifth Regiment in France 1918, June Participates in Battle of Belleau Wood 1918, July Promoted to colonel and assumes command of Fifth Regiment in France 1918, July–November Commands Fifth Regiment in battles at Soissons, Saint-Mihiel, and Blanc Mont and in the Meuse-Argonne offensive 1919, March Temporarily appointed brigadier general 1919, December Assumes command of Second Provisional Brigade in Dominican Republic 1920, December Becomes director of the Division of Operations and Training, Headquarters Marine Corps, Washington, D.C. 1921, March Appointed permanent brigadier general 1923, July Appointed Assistant to the Commandant 1925, August Appointed commander, East Coast Expeditionary Force, Quantico, Virginia 1926 Serves as commander of Eastern Mail Guard 1927, March Sent to Nicaragua to command Second Brigade Appendix 273 1927, August Returns to United States to command Marine Barracks, Parris Island, South Carolina 1928, January Returns to Nicaragua to command Second Brigade 1928, April Returns to United States from Nicaragua 1929, July Sent to command Department of the Pacific in San Francisco, California 1929, November Appointed major general 1930, July Candidate for Commandant, USMC 1933, September Retires from USMC 1936, July 17 Dies in Columbus, Ohio ...