Charles T. Menoher

Major General Charles Thomas Menoher (March 10, 1862 - August 11, 1930) was a U.S. Army general, first Chief of the United States Army Air Service from 1918-1921, and commanded the U.S. Army Hawaiian Department from 1924-1925. The son of a Civil War veteran, Menoher was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania in 1862 and graduated from the United States Military Academy at Westpoint, New York in 1886 with a commission as an artillery officer. He later graduated from the Army War College and was selected for the original General Staff Corps, where he served from 1903-1907. He was commander of the 5th Field Artillery Regiment from 1916-1917. After being promoted to brigadier general in August 1917, Menoher commanded the Rainbow Division in France...