The adjutant general of North Carolina, also known as the Adjutant General of the North Carolina National Guard, is the head of the North Carolina National Guard. The position was established in 1806, when the Militia Acts of 1792 required each U.S. state to establish the position to better train the militia. The adjutant general is appointed by the North Carolina governor and requires five years prior military service.
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| Militia of North Carolina | |
| Member of | National Guard |
| Reports to | The Governor |
| Seat | Raleigh, North Carolina |
| Appointer | The Governor with Senate advice and consent |
| Term length | No fixed term |
| Inaugural holder | Brigadier General Benjamin Smith, North Carolina Militia |
| Formation | 1806 |
History
editIn its early history, North Carolina's militia lacked organization.[1] The Militia Acts of 1792 and 1795 by the U.S. Congress, required the North Carolina legislature in 1806 to create the Adjutant General's Office to better organize and train the state militia.[2] The statutory duties of the adjutant general were to pass orders from the governor to the militia, supplying forms to militia officers, attending reviews of forces, and reporting to the governor, the General Assembly, and the president of the United States.[1]
Shortly after North Carolina seceded from the United States in 1861 and joined the Confederate States, the General Assembly passed a new militia law which authorized the adjutant general to serve as quartermaster and paymaster general and chief of ordnance of North Carolina's forces. The defeat of the Confederacy left the militia and the Department of the Adjutant General disorganized.[3] In 1877 the General Assembly reorganized the militia into the North Carolina State Guard, still under the leadership of the adjutant general.[4] During the Spanish–American War of 1898, state guard forces were not called into federal service, but the Department of the Adjutant General reorganized the North Carolina forces to allow members to leave and volunteer for federal duty.[3] In 1903 the name of the North Carolina State Guard was changed to North Carolina National Guard in compliance with federal legislation.[4]
The adjutant general assisted with federal deployments of the National Guard during the Pancho Villa Expedition and World War I, and helped administer the Selective Service System. The Department of the Adjutant General also assisted with a post-war reorganization of the National Guard.[3] In 1941 the General Assembly passed a law mandating that the adjutant general reestablished the State Guard while the state National Guard units were pressed into federal service, which had occurred due to the outbreak of World War II. The State Guard was disbanded in 1947 as the National Guard was relinquished from federal duty, and the adjutant general assisted with the post-war reorganization.[3]
Duties
editThe adjutant general, appointed by the governor, is director of the North Carolina National Guard.[2] A candidate for the office is required to have at least five years of active service in the U.S. Armed Forces.
List of adjutants general of North Carolina
editThis is a list of persons who have held the office of adjutant general of North Carolina.[5]
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Benjamin Smith | Brunswick County | 1806–1807 |
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Edward Pasteur | Craven County | 1807–1808 |
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Calvin Jones | Wake County | 1808–1812 |
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Robert Williams | Surry County | 1812–1821 |
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Beverly Daniel | Wake County | 1821–1840 |
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Robert W. Haywood[6] | Wake County | 1840–1857 |
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Richard C. Cotten | Chatham County | 1857–1860 |
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John Franklin Hoke | Lincoln County | 1860–1861 |
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James Green Martin | Pasquotank County | 1861–1863 |
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Daniel Gould Fowle | Wake County | 1863 |
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Richard Caswell Gatlin | Lenoir County | 1864–1865 |
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John Alexander Gilmer | Guilford County | 1866–1868 |
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Abiel W. Fisher | Bladen County | 1868–1872 |
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John C. Gorman | Wake County | 1872–1877 |
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Johnstone Jones[7] | Burke County | 1877–1888 |
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James Dodge Glenn | Guilford County | 1889 |
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Francis Hawkins Cameron | Wake County | 1893–1896 |
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Andrew Duvall Cowles | Iredell County | 1897–1898 |
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Beverly S. Royster | Granville County | 1898–1904 |
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Thomas R. Robertson | Mecklenburg County | 1905–1909 |
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Joseph Franklin Armfield | Iredell County | 1909–1910 |
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Roy Lutterell Leinster | Iredell County | 1910–1912 |
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Gordon Smith | Wake County | 1912–1913 |
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Lawrence W. Young | Buncombe County | 1913–1916 |
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Beverly S. Royster | Granville County | 1916–1917 |
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Lawrence W. Young | Buncombe County | 1917–1918 |
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Beverly S. Royster | Granville County | 1918–1920 |
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John Van Bokkelen Metts | Wake County | 1920–1951 |
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Thomas B. Longest | Wake County | 1951 |
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John H. Manning | Durham County | 1951–1957 |
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Capus Miller Waynick | Guilford County | 1957–1961 |
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Claude T. Bowers | Halifax County | 1961–1970 |
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Ferd Leary Davis | Lenoir County | 1970–1973 |
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William M. Buck | Robeson County | 1973–1975 |
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Clarence Bender Shimer | Dare County | 1975–1977 |
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William Emmett Ingram Sr. | Pasquotank County | 1977–1983 |
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Hubert M. Leonard | Montgomery County | 1983–1985 |
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Charles E. Scott | Wake County | 1985–1989 |
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Nathaniel H Robb Jr. | Wake County | 1989–1993 |
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Gerald A. Rudisill Jr. | Stanly County | 1993–2001 |
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William E. Ingram Jr. | Pasquotank County | 2001–2010 |
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Gregory A. Lusk[8] | Sampson County | 2010–2019 |
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Marvin Todd Hunt[9][10] | Wake County | 2019–present |
References
editCitations
edit- ^ a b Walker 1968, p. 1.
- ^ a b Howard 2006, p. 3.
- ^ a b c d Walker 1968, p. 2.
- ^ a b Williams 2006, p. 777-78.
- ^ Brown, Richard M. (August 17, 2015). "Adjutant Generals of North Carolina". North Carolina Military Historical Society. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
- ^ Haywood 1851, p. 140.
- ^ Jones 1879, p. 1.
- ^ "NC DPS: Major General Gregory A. Lusk". www.ncdps.gov. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
- ^ "Governor Cooper Announces Brig. Gen. Todd Hunt as the Adjutant General of North Carolina". governor.nc.gov. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
- ^ "NC DPS: Major General M. Todd Hunt". www.ncdps.gov. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
Sources
edit- Haywood, Robert W., ed. (1851). Muster Rolls of the Soldiers of the War of 1812: Detached from the Militia of North Carolina, in 1812 and 1814 (Report). Raleigh: Charles C. Raboteau. OCLC 1049666962. OL 22887233M. Retrieved July 3, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
- Howard, Jeffrey Allen (2006). "Adjutant General". In Powell, William S. (ed.). Encyclopedia of North Carolina. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North Carolina Press.
- Jones, Brig. Gen. Johnstone, ed. (1879). Report of the Adjutant-General (Report). Raleigh, North Carolina: The Observer. OCLC 1051739713. Retrieved July 3, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
- Walker, Jim (February 8, 1968), General Records. 1807-1950, Adjutant General's Department, North Carolina Army National Guard
- Williams, Wiley J. (2006). "National Guard". In Powell, William S. (ed.). Encyclopedia of North Carolina. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North Carolina Press.
External links
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