Adjutant General of North Carolina

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Adjutant General of North Carolina
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Incumbent
Major General Todd Hunt, NCARNG
since December 1, 2019 (2019-12-01)
Militia of North Carolina
Member of National Guard
Reports toThe governor
Seat Raleigh, North Carolina
AppointerThe governor
with Senate advice and consent
Term length No fixed term
Inaugural holderBrigadier General Benjamin Smith, North Carolina Militia
Formation1806

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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History

In 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

The 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

This is a list of persons who have held the office of adjutant general of North Carolina. [5]

PortraitName County Term
Governor Benjamin Smith.jpg Benjamin Smith Brunswick County 1806–1807
Blank.gif Edward Pasteur Craven County 1807–1808
Calvin Jones Freemason.jpg Calvin Jones Wake County 1808–1812
Robert Williams (Mississippi Governor).jpg Robert Williams Surry County 1812–1821
Blank.gif Beverly Daniel Wake County 1821–1840
Blank.gif Robert W. Haywood [6] Wake County 1840–1857
Blank.gif Richard C. Cotten Chatham County 1857–1860
John Franklin Hoke.png John Franklin Hoke Lincoln County 1860–1861
James Green Martin.jpg James Green Martin Pasquotank County 1861–1863
NCG-DanielFowle.jpg Daniel Gould Fowle Wake County 1863
Gatlin.jpg Richard Caswell Gatlin Lenoir County 1864–1865
Blank.gif John Alexander Gilmer Guilford County 1866–1868
Blank.gif Abiel W. Fisher Bladen County 1868–1872
Blank.gif John C. Gorman Wake County 1872–1877
Blank.gif Johnstone Jones [7] Burke County 1877–1888
Blank.gif James Dodge Glenn Guilford County 1889
Blank.gif Francis Hawkins Cameron Wake County 1893–1896
Blank.gif Andrew Duvall Cowles Iredell County 1897–1898
Blank.gif Beverly S. Royster Granville County 1898–1904
Blank.gif Thomas R. Robertson Mecklenburg County 1905–1909
Blank.gif Joseph Franklin Armfield Iredell County 1909–1910
Blank.gif Roy Lutterell Leinster Iredell County 1910–1912
Blank.gif Gordon Smith Wake County 1912–1913
Blank.gif Lawrence W. Young Buncombe County 1913–1916
Blank.gif Beverly S. Royster Granville County 1916–1917
Blank.gif Lawrence W. Young Buncombe County 1917–1918
Blank.gif Beverly S. Royster Granville County 1918–1920
John Van Bokkelen Metts.jpg John Van Bokkelen Metts Wake County 1920–1951
Blank.gif Thomas B. Longest Wake County 1951
MG John H. Manning.jpg John H. Manning Durham County 1951–1957
Blank.gif Capus Miller Waynick Guilford County 1957–1961
Blank.gif Claude T. Bowers Halifax County 1961–1970
Blank.gif Ferd Leary Davis Lenoir County 1970–1973
Blank.gif William M. Buck Robeson County 1973–1975
Blank.gif Clarence Bender Shimer Dare County 1975–1977
William E. Ingram, Sr.jpg William Emmett Ingram Sr. Pasquotank County 1977–1983
Blank.gif Hubert M. Leonard Montgomery County 1983–1985
Blank.gif Charles E. Scott Wake County 1985–1989
Blank.gif Nathaniel H Robb Jr. Wake County 1989–1993
Gerald A. Rudisill, Jr.jpg Gerald A. Rudisill Jr. Stanly County 1993–2001
Lieutenant General William E. Ingram, Jr. is the Director, Army National Guard.jpg William E. Ingram Jr. Pasquotank County 2001–2010
Gregory A. Lusk.jpg Gregory A. Lusk [8] Sampson County 2010–2019
Marvin T. Hunt (3).jpg Marvin Todd Hunt [9] [10] Wake County 2019–present

References

Citations

  1. 1 2 Walker 1968, p. 1.
  2. 1 2 Howard 2006, p. 3.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Walker 1968, p. 2.
  4. 1 2 Williams 2006, p. 777-78.
  5. ↑ Brown, Richard M. (August 17, 2015). "Adjutant Generals of North Carolina". North Carolina Military Historical Society. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
  6. ↑ Haywood 1851, p. 140.
  7. ↑ Jones 1879, p. 1.
  8. ↑ "NC DPS: Major General Gregory A. Lusk". www.ncdps.gov. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Governor Cooper Announces Brig. Gen. Todd Hunt as the Adjutant General of North Carolina". governor.nc.gov. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
  10. ↑ "NC DPS: Major General M. Todd Hunt". www.ncdps.gov. Retrieved December 30, 2019.

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