General History Glen C MorrisQuartermaster Professional Bulletin-Summer 1992 Ever since the U.S. Army drew its first “line in the sand” at Lexington, MA, in the days of the American Revolution, commanders have been responsible for providing their soldiers with quality subsistence in… read more Civil War By J. Britt McCarleyQuartermaster Professional Bulletin – December 1988 […]
From 1924 to 1962 the U.S Army Quartermaster Corps was responsible for the research, design and development of distinctive unit insignia, shoulder sleeve insignia (patches), flags, medals, seals, coats of arms and other heraldic items for the Army. In 1960, the Quartermaster Corp’s Institute of Heraldry became the only organization within the U.S. Government devoted […]
Transportation By LT. COL. EDGAR S. STAYERThe Quartermaster Review – March-April 1928 1928 Article on the main transportation depot and motor transport school for the Army Establishment Of Camp Holabird CAMP HOLABIRD is situated within the city limits of the city of Baltimore, about… read more Transportation By COLONEL T. M. KNOX, Q. M. C.The […]
U.S. Army Symbols Background: The traditional seal used during and since the Revolution was redesignated as the Seal of the Department of the Army by the National Security Act of 1947. The Department of the Army seal is authorized by Section 3011, Title 10, United States Code. The date… read more U.S. Army Symbols Background: […]
Army Quartermaster Foundation salutes the twenty-two Quartermasters inducted into the 2021 Class of the Quartermaster Corps Hall of Fame in a ceremony at the Fort Lee, Virginia Lee Club on May 4, 2022. BG Michelle K. Donahue, Quartermaster Commandant presided over the ceremony presenting each inductee with a certificate and the Hall of Fame medal. […]
COL Christopher H. Colavita Colonel Colavita is a native of Falls Church, Virginia. He commissioned into the Quartermaster Corps in May of 1994 from Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia. Colonel Colavita commanded Headquarters and Alpha Company, 325th Forward Support Battalion, 25th Infantry Division (Light), Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. He served as Chairman of the Joint […]
General Bowers graduated as a Reserve Officers’ Training Corps honor graduate from Mercer University in 1951 and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Quartermaster Corps. During the early years in his career, he was detailed to the Artillery Corps. Serving in Korea with the 2nd Division Artillery, he was wounded in action in 1952 […]
Korean War, Korean War By Ludlow KingQuartermaster Review March-April 1953Reprinted from the January-February Ordnance Lt. Rodney M. Brigg of the Body Armor Team, 40th Infantry Division, points to a bruise on Lt Frank Bassett, Co. G, 180th Inf Reg, made by hand grenade fragments. LT… read more Korean War, Korean War Office of the Quartermaster […]
Colonel Peter (Pete) Cofoni, was born in Westerly, Rhode Island. He entered the University of Rhode Island with the class of 1955 and earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration. He participated in Army ROTC, was a Cadet Company Commander, and a member of the Scabbard and Blade Military Honor Society. Upon graduation […]
One of the newest artifacts in the Army Quartermaster Museum is a WWI mobile laundry disinfecting unit. The laundry unit was able to destroy lice, and most importantly their eggs, in clothing by a combination of heated steam and formaldehyde at temperatures over… read more
U.S. Army Heraldry From 1924 to 1962 the U.S Army Quartermaster Corps was responsible for the research, design and development of distinctive unit insignia, shoulder sleeve insignia (patches), flags, medals, seals, coats of arms and other heraldic items for the Army. In 1960, the… read more World War I and Interwar Years By CAPTAIN WILLIAM […]
Command Sergeant Major Delgado is a native of New York and enlisted in the Army in 1987. He completed basic training at Fort Sill, OK. Command Sergeant Major Delgado’s assignments include Command Sergeant Major of U.S. Army Materiel Command; A 3/17th FA, Ansbach, Germany; SVS 3/17th FA, Fort Sill, Oklahoma; 706th Main Support Battalion, Fort […]
Medal of Honor recipient Richard Napoleon Batchelder was born in New Hampshire on July 7, 1832. At the beginning of the Civil War he was appointed as 1st Lieutenant and Regimental Quartermaster for the 1st New Hampshire Infantry on May 2, 1861. He then was appointed Quartermaster of the 7th Brigade, Army of the Shenandoah, […]
Last Quartermaster General appointed by the President. Webster Anderson was born in Boston on June 1, 1906. After graduating from high school in Tecumseh, Michigan in 1924, he was appointed to the U. S. Military Academy and graduated in 1928. When the US entered World War II, he was serving as Chief of the Defense […]
