Dates of Rank
| No pin insignia in 1915 | Second Lieutenant, United States Army: June 12, 1915 |
| First Lieutenant, United States Army: July 1, 1916 | |
| Captain, United States Army: May 15, 1917 | |
| Major, National Army: June 17, 1918 | |
| Lieutenant Colonel, National Army: October 14, 1918 | |
| for 2 days | Captain, Regular Army (reverted to peacetime rank): June 30, 1920 |
| Major, Regular Army : July 2, 1920 | |
| Lieutenant Colonel, Regular Army: July 1, 1936 | |
| Colonel, Regular Army: March 11, 1941 | |
| Brigadier General, Army of the United States: September 29, 1941 | |
| Major General, Army of the United States: March 27, 1942 | |
| Lieutenant General, Army of the United States: July 7, 1942 | |
| General, Army of the United States: February 11, 1943 | |
| General of the Army, Army of the United States: December 20, 1944 | |
| General of the Army rank made permanent in the Regular Army: April 11, 1946 |
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