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James Franklin Bell (January 9, 1856 – January 8, 1919) was an officer in the United States Army who served as Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1906 to 1910. Bell was a major general in the Regular United States Army, commanding the Department of the East, with headquarters at Governors Island, New York at
James F. Bell, a Navy captain and pilot who was held prisoner for seven and a half years during the Vietnam War, died Sept. 30 at an Alexandria care facility. He was 83. The cause was...
He executed the Gordon Gray portrait for the Secretarial Portrait Gallery at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., and his paintings of other public figures hang in the United States Capitol, the Supreme...
2 de mar. de 2024 · No other words could more aptly describe the avowed professionalism and selfless devotion to duty of General James Franklin Bell. He is recognized as one of the most brilliant and courageous soldiers of his time.
James Franklin Bell graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1878. From April 14, 1906 to April 21, 1910 he served as the 4th Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army.
He served as Army Chief of Staff from 14 April 1906 to 21 April 1910. While he was the Chief of Staff, Bell helped prepare legislation which provided for increases in strength, pay, technical services, and reserve forces. He commanded the Army of Cuban Pacification and led the Army’s relief efforts after the San Francisco earthquake.
James Franklin Bell. (1856—1919) Quick Reference. (1856–1919) brigadier general, born near Shelbyville, Kentucky. Bell wrote the first U.S. Army manual on the conduct of maneuvers. Bell was the commandant of the General Service and Staff College ... From: Bell, James Franklin in The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military »
