Charles Ruggles Boardman was an American journalist, businessman, and Army National Guard officer. He served 16 years as Adjutant General of Wisconsin (1897–1913) and commanded the 64th Brigade of U.S. Infantry during World War I. In civilian life, he was a founder and president of the Wisconsin National Life Insurance Company.
From Volume III (1930) of History of the Fox River Valley, Lake Winnebago, and the Green Bay Region
John Archer Lejeune was a United States Marine Corps lieutenant general and the 13th Commandant of the Marine Corps. Lejeune served for nearly 40 years in the military, and commanded the U.S. Army's 2nd Division during World War I. After his retirement from the Marine Corps he became superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute.
John A. Lejeune, (Major General) U.S. Marine Corps, 13th Commandant of the Marine Corps (1920–1929)
The senior officers of the 1st Marine Brigade photographed at Veracruz in 1914. Front row, left to right: Lt. Col. Wendell C. Neville; Col. John A. Lejeune; Col. Littleton W. T. Waller, Commanding; and Maj. Smedley Butler.
Major General Omar Bundy, former commander of the 2nd Division, and Major General John A. Lejeune of the USMC, the division's current commander, at Marbache, France, August 11, 1918.
Lejeune with his insignia of commander in the French Légion d'honneur.
