Daniel Bradford Devore (May 14, 1860 – March 10, 1956) was a

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officer in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In

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he became a brigadier general and commanded a regiment of the US army.

Military career

Devore was born on May 14, 1860, in

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. he graduated from the

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(USMA) at

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in 1885. His classmates included Willard A. Holbrook, Robert A. Brown, Robert Michie,

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, Henry P. McCain,

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, Charles H. Muir, John D. Barrette, John M. Carson Jr., William F. Martin, George W. Burr and

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. All of these men would, like Devore himself, attain the rank of

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. He was commissioned into the 23rd Infantry Regiment. After serving from 1891 to 1892 as an aide to Major General David S. Stanley, Devore taught mathematics at the U.S. Military Academy from 1892 to 1897. Between 1897 and 1898, he served on special duty for the

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, purchasing 538 reindeer in

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and transporting 537 of them to

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in order to be used in Alaska. Devore served in the Philippines between 1899 and 1901 as well as between 1903 and 1906, and between 1906 and 1907, he served as the constructing quartermaster at the

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. Devore was serving with his regiment at the

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and at the

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's dedication. After commanding a post between 1908 and 1909 in

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, Devore served on the

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between 1911 and 1914. Between 1916 and early 1917, he commanded the 10th Infantry Regiment in the

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. Devore organized the 45th and 46th Infantry Regiments, with soldiers from the 10th Infantry, after

began. After his temporary promotion to the rank of

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on August 5, 1917, he called the Illinois National Guard into service and commanded the 167th Infantry Brigade in France between September and December 1918. After returning to the U.S., Devore, now a colonel again, commanded Camp Logan, served in

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, commanded the 10th Infantry in

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, and served as adjutant general in New York. Though retiring on April 5, 1922, as a colonel, Devore had his brigadier general rank restored by Congress in June 1930. He died in

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, on March 10, 1956.

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