who was charles p. summerall and what was his contribution to the army, and why is his memoirs important? i suspect numbers of people in this room have heard the name of charles p. summerall if for no other reason than summerall field is where you have had a change of command ceremonies or retirement ceremonies, but summerall field was named for the general i believe because charles p. summerall bliss chief of staff of the army from 1926 230. over the course of his career, which began in 1888, when he went to west point, to the time he retired from the army in 1930, the army had a fault considerably from a frontier constabulary to a colonial force that pacified, protected and governed newly acquired insular possessions. two during world war i a modern 20th century fighting force which was na coalition war in europe. summerall, summerall's career therefore sort of parallels the evolution of the army in the late 19th and early 20th century. he was a poor boy from the rural south, born in 1867, went to west point in

the result was about 30 pages of over 500 different notes and who was charles p. summerall and what was his contribution to the army, and why is this memoir important? other reason than summerall change of command ceremonies our retirement ceremonies, but summerall field was named for the general, i believe, because charles p. summerall was chief 1946-30. but over the course of his career, which began at 1888 when he went to west point, to the time he retired from the army in 1930, the army had evolved considerably from a front to constabulary to a colonial force that pacified, protected and governed new the acquired insular possessions, too, during world war i, a fairly modern 20th century fighting force that was in a coalition war in europe. summerall, summerall's career, therefore, sort of parallels the evolution of the army in the late 19th and early 20th century he was a poor boy from the rural south born in 1867, went to west point, in 1888 as i mentioned, graduated in 1892. captain of the corps of cadets. he graduated 20 out of 64 in his class. so he made a mark on t