Adjutant General of North Carolina | |
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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 |
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.
In its early history, North Carolina's militia lacked organization. [1] Following the passage of the Militia Acts of 1792 and 1795 by the United States Congress, the North Carolina General Assembly created the Department of the Adjutant General in 1806 to provide more structure to the militia system. [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] [4] 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] [4]
The adjutant general is appointed by the governor of North Carolina. A candidate for the office is required to have at least five years of active service in the United States Armed Forces. The adjutant general serves as the director of the North Carolina National Guard. [2]
This is a list of persons who have held the office of adjutant general of North Carolina. [5]
Portrait | Name | County | Term |
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Benjamin Smith | Brunswick County | 1806–1807 | |
Edward Pasteur | Craven County | 1807–1808 | |
Calvin Jones | Wake County | 1808–1812 | |
Robert Williams | Surry County | 1812–1821 | |
Beverly Daniel | Wake County | 1821–1840 | |
Robert Williams Haywood | Wake County | 1840–1857 | |
Richard C. Cotten | Chatham County | 1857–1860 | |
John Franklin Hoke | Lincoln County | 1860–1861 | |
James Green Martin | Pasquotank County | 1861–1863 | |
Daniel Gould Fowle | Wake County | 1863 | |
Richard Caswell Gatlin | Lenoir County | 1864–1865 | |
John Alexander Gilmer | Guilford County | 1866–1868 | |
Abiel W. Fisher | Bladen County | 1868–1872 | |
John C. Gorman | Wake County | 1872–1877 | |
Johnstone Jones | Wake County | January 1877–December 1888 | |
James Dodge Glenn | Guilford County | January 1889 | |
Francis Hawkins Cameron | Wake County | 1893–1896 | |
Andrew Duvall Cowles | Iredell County | February 1897–December 1898 | |
Beverly S. Royster | Granville County | December 1898–December 1904 | |
Thomas R. Robertson | Mecklenburg County | January 1905–March 1909 | |
Joseph Franklin Armfield | Iredell County | April 1909–October 1910 | |
Roy Lutterell Leinster | Iredell County | Nov. 1910–Aug 1912 | |
Gordon Smith | Wake County | Nov. 1912–Jan 1913 | |
Lawrence W. Young | Buncombe County | January 1913–June 1916 | |
Beverly S. Royster | Granville County | June 1916–August 1917 | |
Lawrence W. Young | Buncombe County | September 1917–August 1918 | |
Beverly S. Royster | Granville County | September 1918–June 1920 | |
John Van Bokkelen Metts | Wake County | June 1920–July 31, 1951 | |
Thomas B. Longest | Wake County | August 1–September 30, 1951 | |
John H. Manning | Durham County | October 1, 1951–August 16, 1957 | |
Capus Miller Waynick | Guilford County | August 16, 1957–January 31, 1961 | |
Claude T. Bowers | Halifax County | February 1, 1961–January 31, 1970 | |
Ferd Leary Davis | Lenoir County | February 1, 1970–February 16, 1973 | |
William M. Buck | Robeson County | June 1, 1973–February 28, 1975 | |
Clarence Bender Shimer | Dare County | March 1, 1975–April 25, 1977 | |
William Emmett Ingram Sr. | Pasquotank County | April 26, 1977–October 16, 1983 | |
Hubert M. Leonard | Montgomery County | October 17, 1983–September 30, 1985 | |
Charles E. Scott | Wake County | October 1, 1985–March 5, 1989 | |
Nathaniel H Robb Jr. | Wake County | March 6, 1989–April 4 1993 | |
Gerald A. Rudisill Jr. | Stanly County | April 5, 1993–July 15, 2001 | |
William E. Ingram Jr. | Pasquotank County | July 16, 2001–September 30, 2010 | |
Gregory A. Lusk | Sampson County | October 1, 2010–Nov. 30, 2019 [6] | |
Marvin Todd Hunt | Wake County | December 1, 2019–present [7] [8] |
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