| 词条 | Clarence Page Townsley |
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|name =Clarence Page Townsley |image =Clarence P.Townsley.jpg |caption = |birth_date ={{Birth date|1855|09|24}} |death_date ={{Death date and age|1926|12|28|1855|09|24}} |placeofburial_label = |placeofburial = West Point Cemetery, West Point, New York |birth_place =De Kalb, New York |death_place =Washington, D.C. |placeofburial_coordinates = |allegiance ={{flag|United States of America}} |branch = United States Army |serviceyears = 1881–1918 |rank = Major General |unit =United States Army Field Artillery Branch United States Army Coast Artillery Corps |commands =Pensacola Coast Artillery District U.S. Army Coast Artillery School Superintendent of the United States Military Academy 30th Division |battles =Spanish–American War World War I |awards = |relations = |laterwork = }} Clarence Page Townsley (September 24, 1855 – December 28, 1926) was a career United States Army officer who became Superintendent of the United States Military Academy. Early lifeClarence Townsley was born September 24, 1855, at De Kalb, New York, son of Elias P. Townsley and his wife Louise Thompson.[1] Townsley's grandfather Gideon had become postmaster, was elected town supervisor and operated a tannery close to the Oswegatchie River. Townsley's father Elias was also postmaster, was elected De Kalb town supervisor and also to the New York State Assembly.[1] The younger Townsley was raised in the harsh St. Lawrence County winters in the shadow of the Adirondack Mountains. He attended preparatory school at St. Lawrence Academy in nearby Potsdam,[1] and graduated from Union College in Schenectady, New York in 1876. Townsley spent a year in Sioux City, Iowa working as a civil engineer on the Covington, Columbus and Black Hills Railroad,[2] then was appointed from Iowa to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York in July 1877, graduating 14th out of 53 in his USMA cadet class.[3] Military careerOn graduation in 1881, Townsley entered the 4th Artillery regiment, and the artillery corps is where he would spend his entire career. After a brief tour in California, Townsley returned to upstate New York, then to several coastal artillery posts. He spent three years teaching drawing at the academy, then back to garrison duty.[3] During the Spanish–American War, Townsley commanded the Ordnance office of 1st Division, 4th Army Corps in Huntsville, Alabama, and then the Ordnance office for the Department of Havana, Cuba. In 1905, Major Townsley commanded the Artillery District of Pensacola for a period, then was promoted to lieutenant colonel of the Coast Artillery Corps and was put in command of the Coast Artillery School and the artillery district of Chesapeake Bay in 1909.[4] Townsley commanded several artillery garrisons before returning to the academy to occupy the superintendent's billet in 1912. Townsley was in command of the USMA during the outbreak of World War I, and continued to serve in this capacity until July 1916, when he was promoted to brigadier general and returned to garrison duty. As the U.S. Army was preparing for entry into the war, Townsley commanded the coastal defenses of the South Atlantic district before brief assignment to Corregidor Island, Philippines, inspecting the formidable artillery emplacements of Manila and Subic Bays.[4] Recalled to the United States to train and command the 30th Infantry Division (United States), Townsley was promoted to temporary major general before deployment with his command to France. Townsley was in Walter Reed Hospital and on sick leave until just before the Armistice, and then briefly commanded the North Pacific Coast Artillery District. He retired in December 1918.[4] Notes1. ^1 2 Curtis, ed., Chapter 28: The Town of De Kalb 2. ^Dodge ed., The Delta Upsilon Decennial Catalogue, p. 202 3. ^1 Cullum, (1891) Biographical Register, #2892 4. ^1 2 Cullum, (1920) Biographical Register: Supplement, #2892 References
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