Chauncey Brooke Baker (August 26, 1860 – October 18, 1936) was an American army officer and Brigadier general active during
World War I
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.Marquis Who's Who, Inc. ''Who Was Who in American History, the Military''. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, 1975.P.24
Early life
Baker was born in
Lancaster, Ohio
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. He attended the
United States Military Academy
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and graduated number forty-one of seventy-seven in the class of 1886.
He also attended the Infantry and Cavalry School at
Fort Leavenworth
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, in Kansas where he graduated with honor in 1889.Davis, Henry Blaine Jr. ''Generals in Khaki''. Raleigh, NC: Pentland Press, 1998. P. 18
Career
Baker was aide to General
Alexander McDowell McCook
Alexander McDowell McCook (April 22, 1831June 12, 1903) was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War.
Early life
McCook was born in Columbiana County, Ohio. A Scottish family, the McCooks were prominent ...
from 1890 to 1895 as well as serving on frontier duty from 1886 to 1898. He was a depot quartermaster in
Havana
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Baker authored at least four books, including:
* ''Notes of Fire Tactics'', 1889
* ''Transportation of Troops and Materiel'', 1905.
* ''Handbook of Transportation by Rail and Commercial Vessels'', 1916.
* ''Coordination Between Transportation Companies and the Military Service'', 1916.
* ''Motor Transportation for the Army: A Lecture Delivered Before the Officers of the Quartermaster Reserve Corps at Washington, D.C., on May 29, 1917''. Washington .C. G.P.O., 1917.
Death and legacy
Chauncey Brooke Baker died in
Washington, D.C.
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, on October 18, 1936. He was buried at
Arlington National Cemetery
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