Peyton C. March
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General Peyton Conway March was a senior officer of the United States Army. He served in the Philippines, on the Mexican border, and World War I. March was the ninth Chief of Staff from 1918 to 1921,
Official portrait, 1919
March as a first lieutenant in 1898.
General March depicted in a portrait by Nicodemus David Hufford III
The Army Distinguished Service Medal presented by Secretary of War Newton D. Baker to several World War I generals, including March (far left, wearing his Army DSM), in January 1919
Society of the Cincinnati
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The Society of the Cincinnati is a fraternal, hereditary society founded in 1783 to commemorate the American Revolutionary War that saw the creation of the United States. Membership is largely restric
Peyton C. March
…a large group of military, civilian, and foreign dignitaries headed by Vice President Richard M. Nixon. Also in attendance were representatives of the Society of the Cincinnati, the descendants of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence, and the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, to all of which General March had belonged…
General George Washington, first President General of the Society of the Cincinnati
Cincinnatus Abandons the Plow to Dictate Laws to Rome, by Juan Antonio Ribera (Museo del Prado).
The Verplanck House (present-day Mount Gulian), Fishkill, New York, Steuben's headquarters, where the Society was instituted May 13, 1783.
Insignia of the Society, c. 1783.