Stanley H. Ford Explained

Stanley Hamer Ford
Birth Place:Columbus, Ohio, United States
Death Place:Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, United States
Placeofburial:Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Placeofburial Label:Place of burial
Allegiance: United States
Branch: United States Army
Serviceyears:1898–1941
Rank: Lieutenant General
Unit: Infantry Branch
Commands:16th Infantry Regiment
1st Brigade
Philippine Department
1st Infantry Division
Seventh Corps Area
Sixth Corps Area
Second Army
Battles:Spanish–American War
World War I
World War II
Awards:Army Distinguished Service Medal
French Legion of Honor
Belgian Croix de Guerre
Spanish Campaign Medal
Philippine Campaign Medal
Cuban Pacification Medal
World War I Victory Medal
Laterwork:Deputy Director, New York State Civil Defense

Lieutenant General Stanley Hamer Ford (January 30, 1877 - January 19, 1961) was a senior officer of the United States Army. After serving in numerous conflicts and wars, including World War I, He was commander of the Philippine Department, 1st Infantry Division, Seventh Corps Area, Sixth Corps Area, and the Second Army

Early life

Ford was born on January 30, 1877, in Columbus, Ohio. Ford graduated from the Ohio State University with a Bachelor of Philosophy degree in 1898, and was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. He was then commissioned as a second lieutenant of Infantry in the United States Army.[1] [2]

Spanish–American War

Ford saw service in Cuba and the Philippines during the Spanish–American War, serving with the 16th Infantry in Cuba and the 25th Infantry in the Philippines.[3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Post Spanish–American War

After the war he served in a series of staff and command assignments, including Infantry and Quartermaster postings to Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, Washington, D.C., and the installation now known as Fort Drum, New York.[8] [9] [10] [11]

World War I

During World War I, he served as Assistant Chief of Staff of the 84th Infantry Division and Chief of Staff of the 27th Infantry Division.[12] [13] [14] [15] [16] In recognition of his services during the war he was awarded the Army Distinguished Service Medal. The citation for the medal reads:

Post World War I

Ford continued his Army career after the war, completing the General Staff College in 1920.[17]

He served as commander of the 16th Infantry Regiment from 1924 to 1926.[18] [19] [20]

From 1926 to 1930 Ford served as Assistant Chief of Staff of the Army's Military Intelligence Division.[21]

Ford attained the rank of brigadier general in 1930. In the early 1930s, General Ford served as military attache in Paris, France.[22] He then commanded 1st Brigade 1st Infantry Division.[23] [24] After his brigade command, Ford took command of the Philippine Department.[25]

Ford was promoted to major general in 1936[26] and successively commanded 1st Infantry Division[27] [28] [29] Seventh Corps Area,[30] Sixth Corps Area,[31] [32] and Second Army simultaneously with Sixth Corps Area.

In October 1938 Ford took command of the Second Army, which was responsible for overseeing U.S. Army organizations in several mid-western and southern states. On 5 August 1939, he was promoted temporarily to lieutenant general in accordance with "An Act To provide for the rank and title of lieutenant general of the Regular Army." He was one of the first four active duty officers promoted to lieutenant general since 1918.,[33] [34]

He was a member of the Military Order of Foreign Wars.

World War II

As commander of Second Army Ford oversaw execution of large scale maneuvers and exercises by active Army and National Guard troops that enhanced their readiness in anticipation of fighting in Europe and the Pacific during World War II.[35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] [41]

General Ford ended his military career upon reaching mandatory retirement age in January, 1941.[42] [43]

Post military career

During World War II he assisted John F. O'Ryan, the World War I commander of the 27th Infantry Division, during O'Ryan's assignment as New York State's Civil Defense Director.[44] [45]

Personal

General Ford married Lona Pace in 1904.[46] Their son Hamer Pace Ford (1905–1950) graduated from West Point in 1924 and was a career Army officer, attaining the rank of Colonel before his death in Berlin, Germany.[47] [48] [49] In 1933 General Ford married Katherine Welch of Philadelphia.[50]

Death and interment

General Ford died at the Army's Carlisle Barracks on January 19, 1961, while en route to John F. Kennedy's inaugural.[51] He was buried in Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery, Section K, Lot 214-SW 1/4.

Awards and decorations

In 1940 General Ford received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the Ohio State University.[58]

Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=jLEiAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22stanley+hamer+ford%22&pg=PA23 Annual report of the Board of Trustees
  2. https://books.google.com/books?id=xNoCAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22stanley+hamer+ford%22&pg=PA291 The Sixth General Catalogue of Sigma Alpha Epsilon
  3. List of Officers of the Army of the United States from 1779 to 1900, William Henry Powell, 1900, page 313
  4. Annual Report of Major General Arthur MacArthur, United States Volunteers, Commanding Division of the Philippines, Volume I, 1900, Index page XI
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20110628231736/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/access/1761160092.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Mar+04,+1906&author=&pub=The+Sun+(1837-1985)&desc=TO+FORCES+OF+LAND+AND+SEA&pqatl=google Newspaper article, To Forces of Land and Sea; Orders Issued to Members of Both Branches of the Service
  6. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1908/02/04/104795956.pdf Newspaper article, The United Service; The Army
  7. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1908-04-12/ed-1/seq-9.pdf Newspaper article, Army and Navy News
  8. https://books.google.com/books?id=QbEKAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22stanley+h+ford%22+army&pg=PA263 Reports of the Court of Claims
  9. https://books.google.com/books?id=NyJUc5BnBdIC&dq=%22stanley+h+ford%22+army&pg=PA120 Extracts from reports by regular and militia officers
  10. https://books.google.com/books?id=EwFPAAAAIAAJ&dq=%22stanley+h+ford%22+army&pg=PA296 Annual reports
  11. https://books.google.com/books?id=QCfOAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22ford%2C+stanley+h%22&pg=PA7 Ohio State University monthly
  12. The Ohio State University in the World War, Professor Wilbur H. Siebert, printed in Ohio Archaeological and Historical Publications, volume 31, published by the Ohio Historical Society, 1922
  13. America's Part in the World War, Richard Joseph Beamish and Francis Andrew March, 1919
  14. https://books.google.com/books?id=C84iAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22stanley+h+ford%22+army&pg=PA406 The American army in the European conflict
  15. https://books.google.com/books?id=T4QUAAAAYAAJ&dq=Ohio+archaeological+and+historical+quarterly+%22stanley+h+ford%22&pg=RA1-PA161 Ohio archaeological and historical quarterly
  16. https://books.google.com/books?id=D7_rJYZSi-sC&dq=Monk+Eastman:+The+Gangster+Who+Became+a+War+Hero+%22stanley+h+ford%22&pg=PA341 Monk Eastman: The Gangster Who Became a War Hero
  17. Official Army Register, U.S. Army Adjutant General's Office, 1922, page 35
  18. Philippine Magazine, Volume XXX, No. 1, June, 1933, Page 176
  19. https://www.nytimes.com/1926/08/25/archives/farewell-to-colonel-ford.html "Farewell to Colonel Ford"
  20. https://www.nytimes.com/1936/09/29/archives/gen-ford-honored-by-old-regiment-16th-infantry-new-yorks-own.html "Gen. Ford Honored by Old Regiment; 16th Infantry, 'New York's Own,' Parades for Leader Who Leaves Tomorrow"
  21. https://books.google.com/books?id=S3HHKu_kAK8C&q=%22stanley+hamer+ford%22 Chiefs of the Army Reserve: Biographical Sketches of the United States Army Reserve's Senior Officers
  22. https://www.nytimes.com/1933/02/17/archives/generals-to-new-posts-war-department-orders-transfer-of-four-in.html "Generals to New Posts; War Department Orders Transfer of Four in Early Summer"
  23. https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0A16F83E5B177A93C4A8178CD85F418385F9 "Gen. Ford Arrives Here; To Succeed Gen. DeWitt as Head of First Division Brigade"
  24. "Motor Troops Spell Doom Of Old Army," Syracuse Herald, August 21, 1935
  25. https://books.google.com/books?id=WHcVAAAAIAAJ&q=%22stanley+h+ford%22+death Philippine Magazine
  26. https://books.google.com/books?id=So0MAQAAMAAJ&q=stanley+hamer+ford Magazine column, Foreign Service
  27. http://www.riley.army.mil/bigredone/commandteam/former/cg.aspx Former Commanding Generals page
  28. https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0F15F8395B1B7B93C7AB1788D85F428385F9 "General Ford Named First Division Head; He Will Succeed Major General Frank Parker With Headquarters at Fort Hamilton"
  29. https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0F12FE3F59167B93C1A81782D85F428385F9 "Gen. Ford is Transferred; First Division Chief Will Succeed Bolles at Omaha"
  30. https://books.google.com/books?id=xg3aw2P-054C&dq=%22stanley+h+ford%22+7th+corps&pg=PA27 Beyond Little Rock: The Origins and Legacies of the Central High Crisis
  31. https://books.google.com/books?id=GXkYAQAAMAAJ&q=%22stanley+h+ford%22+6th+corps Army and Navy Journal
  32. https://web.archive.org/web/20110628224355/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/442223822.html?dids=442223822:442223822&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Nov+07,+1938&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=GEN.+STANLEY+H.+FORD+TO+TAKE+COMMAND+OF+6TH+CORPS+AREA+TODAY&pqatl=google "Gen. Stanley H. Ford to Take Command of 6th Corps Area"
  33. Web site: About this Collection | United States Statutes at Large | Digital Collections | Library of Congress. .
  34. https://web.archive.org/web/20110628224238/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/461664532.html?dids=461664532:461664532&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Aug+07,+1939&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=CHICAGO+CORPS+AREA+CHIEF+TO+BE+LIEUT,+GENERAL&pqatl=google "Chicago Corps Area Chief to be Lieut. General"
  35. https://web.archive.org/web/20110628224530/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/466579652.html?dids=466579652:466579652&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Jun+17,+1940&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=2D+ARMY+DRILLS+WILL+TEST+U.+S.+BLITZKRIEG+IDEA&pqatl=google "2D Army Drills Will Test U.S. Blitzkrieg Idea"
  36. The U.S. Army G.H.Q. Maneuvers of 1941, Christopher Richard Gabel, 1991
  37. https://books.google.com/books?id=MoccAAAAMAAJ&q=%22stanley+h+ford%22+army The American Year Book
  38. https://books.google.com/books?id=4F-qtvhO5ewC&dq=%22stanley+h+ford%22+army&pg=PA66 Minuteman: The Military Career of General Robert S. Beightler
  39. https://www.nytimes.com/1940/07/14/archives/wide-manoeuvres-set-for-august-300000-men-with-trucks-will-simulate.html "Wide Maneuvers Set For August"
  40. https://archive.today/20130131223504/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/857016472.html?dids=857016472:857016472&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Aug+04,+1940&author=&pub=Hartford+Courant&desc=America's+Part-Time+Army+Goes+to+'War'&pqatl=google "America's Part-Time Army Goes to 'War'"
  41. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MwUxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7uEFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3387,1677284&dq=general+stanley+ford&hl=en "Marshall Inspects Regular Army Forces On Maneuvers"
  42. https://archive.today/20130201070222/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/466733092.html?dids=466733092:466733092&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Aug+29,+1940&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=GEN.+FORD+TELLS+OFFICERS:+LEAD,+DON'T+PUSH,+MEN&pqatl=google "Gen. Ford Tells Officers: Lead, Don't Push Men"
  43. https://www.nytimes.com/1940/10/03/archives/gen-ford-will-retire-in-january.html "Gen. Ford Will Retire in January"
  44. https://www.nytimes.com/1941/07/24/archives/lieut-gen-ford-to-aid-oryan-on-civilian-defense.html "Lieut. Gen. Ford to Aid O'Ryan on Civilian Defense"
  45. https://www.nytimes.com/1942/04/23/archives/oryan-ford-quit-state-ocd-posts-director-and-aide-step-out-because.html "O'Ryan, Ford Quit State O.C.D. Posts"
  46. https://books.google.com/books?id=aIJNAAAAYAAJ&dq=stanley+hamer+ford&pg=PA81 Who's Who
  47. https://books.google.com/books?id=I3kUAAAAIAAJ&q=%22hamer+pace+ford%22 Assembly magazine
  48. https://books.google.com/books?id=QqspAQAAIAAJ&q=%22hamer+pace+ford%22 Register of Graduates and Former Cadets, United States Military Academy
  49. https://books.google.com/books?id=x0PdgqMhDFMC&dq=%22stanley+h+ford%22+brigadier+general&pg=PA223 The United States 15th Infantry Regiment in China, 1912–1938
  50. https://www.nytimes.com/1933/06/02/archives/gen-stanley-ford-weds-takes-miss-katherine-welch-of-philadelphia-as.html "Gen. Stanley Ford Weds; Takes Miss Katherine Welch of Philadelphia as His Bride"
  51. http://www.militarymemorialmuseum.org/bio/Ford.pdf Biography, Stanley H. Ford
  52. https://books.google.com/books?id=oYTOAAAAMAAJ&q=%22stanley+hamer+ford%22 History of the Ohio State University
  53. https://books.google.com/books?id=wQTFAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22stanley+h+ford%22+army&pg=PA895 The Story of the 27th Division
  54. Annual Report of the President, the Ohio State University, published by the university, 1941, page 39
  55. https://archive.org/stream/historyofohiosta43ohio#page/214/mode/2up History of the Ohio State University
  56. https://books.google.com/books?id=SxAaAAAAIAAJ&q=%22stanley+hamer+ford%22 The American Society Legion of Honor magazine
  57. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1921/11/10/107032572.pdf "Jacques Decorates and is Decorated"
  58. http://senate.osu.edu/committees/Honorary_Degrees/HDRecipients.html List of honorary degree recipients
  59. Official Register of Commissioned Officers of the United States Army. 1948. Vol. 2. pg. 2192.

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