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{{Infobox military person<br />
|name=John Loomis Chamberlain<br />
|image=John L Chamberlain.jpg<br />
|caption=John L. Chamberlain<br />
|birth_date = {{birth date|1858|01|20}}<br />
|death_date = {{death date and age|1948|11|14|1858|01|20}}<br />
|birth_place = [[Livonia (town), New York|South Livonia, New York]], U.S.<br />
|death_place = [[Washington, D.C.]]<br />
|placeofburial = [[Arlington National Cemetery]]<br />
|placeofburial_label = Place of Burial<br />
|allegiance = [[United States]]<br />
|branch = [[United States Army]]<br />
|serviceyears = 1880–1921<br />
|servicenumber = 0-9<br />
|rank = [[Major general (United States)|Major General]]<br />
|commands = [[List of Inspectors General of the U.S. Army|Inspector General of the U. S. Army]]<br />
|battles = <br />
{{tree list}}<br />
* [[American Indian Wars]]<br />
** [[Ghost Dance War]]<br />
* [[Spanish–American War]]<br />
* [[Philippine–American War]]<br />
* [[World War I]]<br />
* [[Occupation of the Rhineland]]<br />
{{tree list/end}}<br />
|awards = [[Army Distinguished Service Medal]]<br />
|spouse = Carolyn Marrow (m. 1896)<br />
|children = 2<br />
}}<br />
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'''John Loomis Chamberlain''' (January 20, 1858 – November 14, 1948) was career officer in the [[United States Army]]. A veteran of the [[American Indian Wars]], [[Spanish–American War]], [[Philippine–American War]], and [[World War I]], he attained the rank of [[Major general (United States)|major general]] and was most notable for his service as [[List of Inspectors General of the United States Army|Inspector General of the United States Army]] from 1917 to 1921.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Chamberlain{{efn|Chamberlain changed his name from "Chamberlin" to "Chamberlain" in 1896.<ref name="Cullum">{{cite web |url=https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/America/United_States/Army/USMA/Cullums_Register/2831*.html |title=John L. Chamberlain in Cullum's Register, Volumes III–IX |last=Cullum |first=George W. |author-link=George Washington Cullum |date=May 15, 2016 |website=Bill Thayer's Web Site |publisher=Bill Thayer |location=Chicago, IL |access-date=October 20, 2022}}</ref>}} was born in [[Livonia (town), New York|South Livonia, New York]] on January 20, 1858, the son of Jabez L. Chamberlin and Charity (Hart) Chamberlin.<ref name="Contemporaries">{{cite book |date=1910 |title=Men and Women of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporaries |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KOgUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA316 |location=New York, NY |publisher=L. R. Hamersly & Company |page=316 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> He was educated at District School Number 10 in South Livonia,<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Coe |first=Lewis E. |date=January 19, 1915 |title=Town School Histories: Livingston County; Livonia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kiQVAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA2-PA28 |magazine=Livingston County Historical Society: Thirty-ninth Annual Meeting |location=Geneseo, NY |publisher=Republican Print |pages=27–28 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> then attended the Geneseo Normal School (now the [[State University of New York at Geneseo]]).<ref name="Contemporaries"/> In 1876, he competed for appointment to the [[United States Military Academy]].<ref name="Qualified">{{cite news |date=August 17, 1876 |title=New York State News: John L. Chamberlain |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/111655331/qualified/ |work=Buffalo Commercial Advertiser |location=Buffalo, NY |page=2 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> He was rated as the most qualified applicant, received the appointment, and began attendance at the academy in September 1876.<ref name="Qualified"/> He graduated in 1880 ranked fifth of 52 and received his commission as a [[Second Lieutenant (United States)|second lieutenant]] of [[Field Artillery Branch (United States)|Field Artillery]].<ref name="Cullum"/><br />
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==Start of career==<br />
Chamberlain was assigned to the [[1st Air Defense Artillery Regiment|1st Artillery Regiment]] and assigned to [[Fort Columbus]], [[New York (state)|New York]], where he served from September 1880 to November 1881.<ref name="Cullum"/> He served at [[Fort Alcatraz]], [[California]] from November 1881 to December 1882, when he began attendance at the [[Willets Point, Queens|Willets Point]], New York Torpedo School.<ref name="Cullum"/>{{efn|Torpedoes were [[Submarine mines in United States harbor defense|underwater mines]] used for harbor defense.<ref>{{cite book |last=Bogart |first=Charles H. |author-link= |date=2003 |title=Controlled Mines: A History of Their Use by the United States |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QU_uamU3g2gC&pg=PA19 |location=Bennington, VT |publisher=Merriam Press |page=19 |isbn=978-1-57638-036-9 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref>}} Chamberlain served again at Fort Alcatraz from June to October 1883, then was posted to the [[Presidio of San Francisco]], where he remained until July 1884.<ref name="Cullum"/> In August 1884, Chamberlain was assigned to the faculty of the United States Military Academy as assistant professor of chemistry, mineralogy, and geology, and he held this position until August 1888. He was also an instructor of [[United States Cavalry|Cavalry]] tactics from December 1884 to August 1885, and instructor of [[Infantry Branch (United States)|Infantry]] tactics from August 1885 to February 1889. He received promotion to [[First lieutenant (United States)|first lieutenant]] in August 1887.<ref name="Cullum"/><br />
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From September 1888 to July 1890, Chamberlain was a student at the [[Fort Monroe]], [[Virginia]] [[United States Army Field Artillery School|Field Artillery School]].<ref name="Cullum"/> He was then assigned to the [[Washington Navy Yard]], where [[John T. Thompson]] and he studied and experimented with artillery design and construction.<ref name="Cullum"/><ref>{{cite news |date=July 17, 1890 |title=Items for the Army: John L. Chamberlin |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/111777829/items/ |work=[[Kansas City Times]] |location=Kansas City, MO |page=1 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> Chamberlain carried out this duty until the end of March 1892, except for temporary duty during the [[Ghost Dance War]] with Light Battery E, 1st Artillery, at the [[Pine Ridge Indian Reservation]] in [[South Dakota]] in January 1891.<ref name="Cullum"/><br />
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From April 1892 to August 1893, Chamberlain served as chief [[United States Army Ordnance Corps|ordnance]] officer for the [[Department of the Missouri|Department of Missouri]]. He was posted to [[Fort Wadsworth]], New York with the 1st Artillery from August 1893 to January 1895.<ref name="Cullum"/> Chamberlain was instructor of military science and tactics at [[Peekskill Military Academy]] in [[Peekskill, New York]] from January 1895 to July 1896.<ref name="Cullum"/> He was then assigned to Battery D, 1st Artillery and served at [[Sheridan Reserve Center|Fort Sheridan, Illinois]] and [[Washington Barracks]], District of Columbia from October 1896 to July 1897.<ref name="Cullum"/> Chamberlain served as U.S. [[military attaché]] in [[Vienna]], [[Austria]] from August 1897 to May 1898.<ref name="Cullum"/><br />
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==Continued career==<br />
During the [[Spanish–American War]], Chamberlain returned to the United States and performed recruiting in [[New York City]] from June to July 1898.<ref name="Cullum"/> In July, he was promoted to temporary [[Major (United States)|major]] and assigned as adjutant and ordnance officer for the Siege Artillery Train organized in [[Tampa, Florida]] and intended for service in [[Cuba]].<ref name="Cullum"/> In August, he was assigned as chief ordnance officer of 1st Division, [[Seventh Army Corps (Spanish–American War)|Seventh Army Corps]], in addition to performing duty as the corps' chief mustering officer from August to October 1898.<ref name="Cullum"/> He was assigned as division adjutant in September, and served until the end of October.<ref name="Cullum"/> Chamberlain became ill during the autumn of 1898, and recuperated while on sick leave from October 1898 to February 1899.<ref name="Cullum"/><br />
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In March 1899, Chamberlain was promoted to permanent [[Captain (United States O-3)|captain]] in the 1st Artillery and assigned as adjutant of the 1st Artillery.<ref name="Cullum"/> He served in this post until November 1900, when he was promoted to permanent major and assigned to [[Office of the Inspector General of the United States Army|Inspector General]] duties in the Washington, D.C. Office of the Inspector General.<ref name="Cullum"/> He was promoted to [[Lieutenant colonel (United States)|lieutenant colonel]] in March 1901, and in April was appointed inspector general of the [[Department of California]].<ref name="Cullum"/> In December 1902, he was assigned to [[Philippine–American War]] duty as inspector general of the Department of [[Mindanao]].<ref name="Cullum"/> From June 1903 to January 1905, Chamberlain was inspector general of the [[Philippine Division (United States)|Philippine Division]], and he was promoted to [[Colonel (United States)|colonel]] in November 1904.<ref name="Cullum"/><br />
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Chamberlain served in the Office of the Inspector General from April 1905 to December 1906.<ref name="Cullum"/> He was assigned as inspector general of the [[Pacific Division (United States Army)|Pacific Division]] from December 1906 to June 1907.<ref name="Cullum"/> From August 1907 to July 1909, he served as inspector general of the Department of the East.<ref name="Cullum"/> From September 1909 to August 1911, he served again as inspector general of the Philippines Division.<ref name="Cullum"/> He was inspector general of the [[Department of the West|Western Department]] from September 1911 to August 1912.<ref name="Cullum"/> From January to March 1912, Chamberlain attended a special course at the [[Fort Leavenworth]], [[Kansas]] School of the Line (now the [[United States Army Command and General Staff College]].<ref name="Cullum"/><br />
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==Later career==<br />
Chamberlain was a student at the [[United States Army War College]] from September 1912 to June 1913.<ref name="Cullum"/> He served as inspector general of the Western Department from June 1913 to September 1914.<ref name="Cullum"/> From September 1914 to February 1917, Chamberlain was inspector general of the Eastern Department.<ref name="Cullum"/> Chamberlain was promoted to temporary [[brigadier general (United States)|brigadier general]] in February 1917 and assigned as Inspector General of the United States Army.<ref name="Cullum"/> He served throughout [[World War I]] and was promoted to temporary [[Major general (United States)|major general]] in October 1917.<ref name="Cullum"/> From July to September 1918, Chamberlain was in France to inspect the [[American Expeditionary Forces]].<ref name="Cullum"/><br />
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From June to October 1920, Chamberlain served in Europe, where he performed post-war inspector general duties for [[American Forces in Germany]], graves registration, and other activities within the purview of the [[United States Department of War]].<ref name="Cullum"/> He reverted to his permanent rank of colonel in February 1921, but was promoted to major general again in March.<ref name="Cullum"/> From July to November 1921, Chamberlain was on an extended leave of absence while he conducted observation tours of several countries on behalf of the War Department, including all of the [[Balkans|Balkan States]], [[Turkey]], [[Syria]], [[Mandatory Palestine|Palestine]], and [[Egypt]].<ref name="Cullum"/> In November 1921, Chamberlain requested retirement, which was approved, and he left the military shortly before reaching the mandatory retirement age of 64.<ref name="Cullum"/><br />
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==Awards and honors==<br />
He was awarded the [[Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Army)|Army Distinguished Service Medal]], the citation for which reads:<br />
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{{Quote|The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Major General John Loomis Chamberlain, United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War I. As Inspector General of the Army, General Chamberlain has contributed to the efficiency of all departments and bureaus of the Military Establishment and to the successful execution of the military program.<br />
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://valor.militarytimes.com/recipient.php?recipientid=17355|title=Valor awards for John Loomis Chamberlain|publisher=Military Times}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite book |last=Davis |first=Henry Blaine Jr. |title=Generals in Khaki |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fJvvAAAAMAAJ |publisher=Pentland Press |location=Raleigh, NC |year=1998 |ISBN=978-1-5719-7088-6 |oclc=40298151 |pages=71–72 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref>}}<br />
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He also received the following medals:<br />
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*[[Indian Campaign Medal]]<br />
*[[Spanish War Service Medal]]<br />
*[[Philippine Campaign Medal]]<br />
*[[Mexican Border Service Medal]]<br />
*[[World War I Victory Medal (United States)|World War I Victory Medal]]<br />
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==Later life and death==<br />
In retirement, Chamberlain was a resident of Washington, D.C.<ref>{{cite news |date=December 1, 1923 |title=Society: Maj. Gen. John L. Chamberlain |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/111841048/chamberlain/ |work=[[The Washington Star|The Evening Star]] |location=Washington, DC |page=7 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> He died in Washington on November 14, 1948.<ref name="Dies">{{cite news |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=November 15, 1948 |title=World War I General Dies at Age of 90 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/111791082/chamberlain/ |work=[[Hartford Courant]] |location=Hartford, CT |page=4 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> At the time of his death, he was the oldest living graduate of the United States Military Academy.<ref name="Dies"/> Chamberlain was buried at [[Arlington National Cemetery]].<ref name=":0" /><br />
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==Family==<br />
In 1896, Chamberlain married Carolyn Marrow in [[Narragansett Pier, Rhode Island]].<ref name="Contemporaries"/> They were the parents of two children, army officer John L. Chamberlain Jr. and Carolyn Chamberlain, the wife of Frederick M. Bradley.<ref name="Contemporaries"/><ref name="Dies"/><br />
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*[https://ancexplorer.army.mil/publicwmv/#/arlington-national/search/results/1/CgtjaGFtYmVybGFpbhIHY2Fyb2x5bg--/ John Loomis Chamberlain] at Arlington National Cemetery<br />
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