Maj. General Hanson E. Ely Retirement

1931

To Maj. General Hanson E. Ely, upon the eve of his retirement. This tablet is dedicated with esteem and affection by the officers and enlisted men of the sixteenth United States Infantry. The precedent for duty well performed established by these, his illustrious predecessors in command, has been most ably perpetuated under his administration.

Maj. General Henry Dearborn • Maj. General Jacob Brown • Lieut. General Winfield Scott • Maj. General John E. Wool • Maj. General Hugh Brady • Maj. General Edmund P. Gaines • Brig. General James Bankhead • Colonel Ichabod B. Crane • Brig. General John B. Walbach • Maj. General Edwin D. Morgan • Maj. General John A. Dix • Maj. General John J. Peck • Maj. General Joseph Hooker • Maj. General George G. Meade • Maj. General Thomas W. Sherman • Maj. General Irvin McDowell • Maj. General Winfield S. Hancock • General Philip H. Sheridan • Lieut. General John M. Schofield • Maj. General Oliver O. Howard • Lieut. General Nelson A. Miles • Maj. General Thomas H. Ruger • Maj. General Wesley Merritt • Brig. General Royal T. Frank • Brig. General George L. Gillespie • Maj. General William R. Shafter • Maj. General John R. Brooke • Lieut. General Arthur McArthur • Lieut. General Adna R. Chaffee • Lieut. General Henry C. Corbin • Maj. General Fredrick D. Grant • Maj. General James F. Wade • Maj. General Leonard Wood • General Tasker H. Bliss • Maj. General Thomas H. Barry • Brig. General R. K. Evans • Maj. General J. Franklin Bell • Brig. General Eli D. Hoyle • Maj. General William A. Mann • Lieut. General Robert L. Bullard • General Charles P. Summerall • Maj. General James H. McRaeMajor General Hanson E. Ely

Marker is on Evans Road, on the right when traveling south.

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