US Marine Corps Base - Yearbook (Quantico, VA)

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WILLIAM A. WO RTON Colonel Assislani' Commandanl WILLIAM F. LANTZ Maier Adiulanf-Secrelary Marine Corps Schools l32l

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I SllMllEl. . HHRRINGTUN Gilead! Commandant, Marine Corps Schools Brigadier General Samuel M. Harrington was born at Annapolis, Mary- land, on November I3, l882. He is a graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy, and has a B.A. degree from Yale University. He is also a graduate of the Marine Officers' School, in l909, of the United States Infantry School, Advanced Course, in l927, and of the Naval War College, Senior Course, in l935. He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant, United States Marine Corps, January 22, l909, and served at sea 'l909-l9ll, being commissioned a First Lieutenant May 23, l9ll. ln l9ll-l9l3 he was Post Quartermaster at Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Norfolk, Virginia. From l9l3 to l9l6 he served with the American Legation Guard, Peking, China. In June, l9l6, he participated with the Fourth Regiment of Marines in the occupation of Santo Domingo, and took part in engagements at Las Trincheras, Dona Antonia, Guay- acanes, LaCeiba and Pimentel. He was commissioned Captain, August 29, l9l6, and Maior ltemporaryl July I, l9lB. He was commissioned Maior lpermanentl June 4, P7205 Lieutenant Colonel, May 29, l934g Colonel, June 30, l935, and Brigadier General, January I, l940. ln l920 he served on the staff of the Marine Corps Schools and again, in l926-27. From l922 to l925 he served in the Gendarmerle D'Haltl as Department Commander, E311 Central Department, Department of the North and Department ot the South. ln l925-l927 he was a student at the Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia, and an instructor in the Department of Tactics at the Marine Corps Schools, Quantico, Virginia. In l927-28 he was Chief of Staff of the Guardia Nacional de Nicaragua. From l929 to I934 he served at Headquarters, Marine Corps, as Inspector of Target Practice in the Division of Operations and Training. In I934-35 he attended the Naval War College, and in l935- l936 he served as Force Marine Officer, Battle Force, United States Fleet. In l936-37 he was in command of Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts, and in I937-38 he commanded the Fifth Marines. In the following year he was Executive Officer of the First Brigade, United States Marines, and in l939 was Chief of Staff, Marine Barracks, Quantico, Vir- ginia. ln l940-l94l he was President of the Naval Examining Board and Director of the Marine Corps Reserve, and on July 2, l94l, was appointed Commandant, Marine Corps Schools. Brigadier General Harrington holds the Expeditionar Medal with two bronze bars for duty in China, the Dominican Republic and Haiti, the Dominican Campaign Medal, the Victory Medal with West Indies clasp, the Second Nicaraguan Campaign Medal, the Nicaraguan Ribbon and the Distinguished Service Medal and Riibbon lHaitiant.

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EIIIHIS llltllllllltll AMES Galena! Commanding Reserve Officers' Class Colonel Evans 0, Ames was born in Boston, Massachusetts, April l2, lB95. He graduated from high school in Valleio, California, in I9I3 and later entered Saint Ignatius College in San Francisco as a law student. He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant, U. S. Marine Corps on Feb- ruary 6, I9I7, after successfully passing a competitive entrance examination from civil life. Upon entering the Marine Corps, Colonel Ames attended the Marine Officers' School fBasic Coursel Marine Barracks, Norfolk, Virginia, grad- uating on July 3, l9I7. His first assignment to duty was with the Marine Detachment, USS FREDERICK, which was then engaged on convoy duty in the North Atlantic. Promoted to First Lieutenant and Captain while on this assignment, he was detached from the FREDERICK in March, l9l8, and ordered to foreign duty on the island of Guam. Leaving Guam in June, I920, Colonel Ames served at San Diego and Mare Island, California, followed by eighteen months of recruiting duty at Salt Lake City, Utah. In June, l723, he was assigned to the First Brigade of Marines at Port au Prince, Haiti, where he served as Regimental Adiutant of the'Eighth Regiment for two years. In December, l925, Colonel Ames reported for duty at Marine Barracks, Quantico, Virginia, and was Provost Marshal of this Post for six months prior to entering the Company Officers' Course, Marine Corps Schools, in August, I926. Upon graduating from this course, he proceeded on ex- peditionary duty at Shanghai and Tientsin, China, under General Smedley D. Butler. Returning from China early in l928, he was assigned duty as Executive Officer of the Marine Barracks, Mare Island, California. From June, l929, to August, l93I, Colonel Ames commanded the Marine Detach- ment, U. S. S. CALIFORNIA. Returning to Quantico, Virginia, in August, l93l, he was assigned as a student in the Field Officers' Course, Marine Corps Schools, graduating in June, l932. From l932 to l937, he served at Norfolk, Virginia, San Diego, California, and Quantico, Virginia, being promoted to rank of Maior in May, I934. In August, I937, he went to Shanghai, China, a ain. This time on the Staff of the Regimental Commander of the Sixth tjarines during the start of the Chinese-Japanese hostilities in China. During l938 and I939, Colonel Ames was in command of the Marine Barracks, Olongapo and Cavite, Philippine Islands. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in May, l938. Returning to the United States in l939, Colonel Ames was assigned on the Staff of the Marine Corps Schools as Chief of the Logistic Section. Early in l94l, an expanded officer procurement program was undertaken and Colonel Ames was placed in command and organized the present Reserve Officers' Class. He was promoted to the rank of Colonel in January, l942. na-or - I