General Frank McIntyre

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• Residence: 1910, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
• Residence: 1920, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
• Residence: 1930, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
• Residence: 1935, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
• Residence: 1940, Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama, USA
• Obituary: 16 Feb 1944

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Biography
[Source: Wikipedia, www.wikipedia.org, Frank McIntyre, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_McIntyre, accessed 20 Apr 2014.]

Frank McIntyre was educated in public and private schools in Montgomery and at The University of Alabama (1880-82). While a student in Tuscaloosa, his professors noted his talents and successfully recommended him for his home district's vacancy at West Point. He enrolled at the United States Military Academy in 1882, and graduated from West Point in 1886. A classmate and roommate of McIntyre was General John J. Pershing. McIntyre entered the United States army as a second lieutenant in the 19th Infantry, serving in various ranks until he attained that of brigadier-general in 1912. Meanwhile he saw duty at different posts, chiefly on the Mexican border, until the war with Spain, in which he participated in the Porto Rico expedition in 1898. McIntyre served in the Philippines from 1899 to 1902, after which he served with the general staff.

McIntyre was attached to the Bureau of Insular Affairs in 1905 and became its Chief in 1912, relieving General Clarence Ransom Edwards. During the War in Europe he was assistant chief of staff with the rank of major-general. For his role in the First World War, McIntyre received decorations including the French Legion of Honor, the highest decoration in France, established by Napoleon Bonaparte, First Consul of the First Republic, founded in May 1802, and Knight Commander of the Bath, (K.C.B.) military division, [The Most Honourable Order Of The Bath (1725)] from Great Britain, and the Distinguished Service Medal of the United States of America. McIntyre served as long-time Chief of the Bureau of Insular Affairs and played a significant role in the governance of the Philippines and Puerto Rico throughout this period. With respect to Puerto Rico, McIntyre wavered on the wisdom of granting United States citizenship to Puerto Ricans but ultimately supported the Jones-Shafroth Act of 1917. At times, McIntyre had strained relations with other officials in Puerto Rico, such as U.S. District Judge and fellow Alabama nativePeter J. Hamilton during the 1910s and Governor E. Mont Reily during the 1920s.

McIntyre retired from the Army in 1929 and died in 1944. During his later years he maintained a home in Montgomery where he helped oversee the large plantation and cotton business established by his brothers Jim and John McIntyre. The plantation, named Killybegs after the ancestral hometown, is located in Ramer, Montgomery County, Alabama. Over 2700 acres remain in the McIntyre family as of 2014. McIntyre was buried at Arlington National Cemetery. He was married in 1892 in Dallas to the former Marie Dennett, a native of New Orleans who was raised in Texas. She was the daughter of James Wilson Dennett, a native of Huntsville, Alabama, and Marie Dufilho, who was from New Orleans and was a descendant of several of that city's early Creole families. The McIntyres were the parents of six children, who grew up primarily in Washington, DC: Frank Jr. James, Edward, Margaret, Marie, and Nora. James continued the military tradition established by his father and retired as a major general in the United States Air Force. He served as the legislative liaison for the Air Force to Congress in the late 1940s, and is credited with helping establish the Air Force as an independent branch of the military through his efforts to help pass the National Security Act of 1947.

Frank's other brother was Cornelius Patrick "Pat," who graduated from Columbia Law School and served as a circuit court judge in Montgomery, was a member of the City Commission, and also served a brief term as the county judge of probate. Frank's sisters were Mary, Kate, Nora and Ellen. Frank was the only one of the eight children of Dennis and Mary to be married. McIntyre Community Center and the McIntyre Middle School in Montgomery (which closed in 2011) were named in honor of the family.

Arlington National Cemetery Website Memorial
[Source: Arlington National Cemetery Website, http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net. Frank McIntyre bio by Michael Stein, accessed 12 Apr 2014. http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/frank-mcintyre.htm.]

Frank McIntyre
Major General, United States Army Alabama State Flag
Frank McIntyre of Alabama
Appointed from Alabama, Cadet, United States Military Academy, 1 September 1882 (10)
Commissiond Second Lieutennat, 19th United States Infantry, 1 July 1886
First Lieutenant, 3rd Untied States Infantry, 4 July 1892
Transferred to the 19th United States Infantry, 12 August 1892
Captain, 2 March 1899

Courtesy of Michael Stein:
Major General Frank McIntyre
Born in Montgomery, Alabama January 5, 1865
Died February 16, 1944

Son of Denis & Mary (Caughan) McIntyre
Married to Marie Dennett July 12th, 1892
Children:
James Dennett
Frank
Edward
Marie Dennett
Margaret Dennett
Nora

Student, University of Alabama 1880-82
Cadet, U. S. Military Academy 1882-86
Graduated as No. 3106, Class of 1886

Second Lieutenant July 1, 1886
First Lieutenant July 4, 1892
Captain March 2, 1899
Major (Temporary) March 7, 1907
Major July 18, 1908
Colonel March 24, 1910
Brigadier General August 24, 1912
Major General (Temporary) October 6, 1917
Major General August 17, 1928 (Date of Rank October 6, 1917)

Served with 19th Infantry Regiment 1886-92
Student, Infantry & Cavalry School 1887-89
Instructor ( Mathematics), U. S. Military Academy 1890-94
Served with 3rd Infantry Regiment 1892
Served with 19th Infantry Regiment 1892-03
Served with Staff of Major General Guy V. Henry in Puerto Rico 1898-99
Regimental Adjutant, 19th Infantry Regiment 1899-03
Adjutant-General, 2d District, Department of Viayas, Philippines 1899-02
Served with the Army General Staff 1903-05
Served with Bureau of Insular Affairs 1905-06
Served at Havana, Cuba 1906
Assistant to Chief, Bureau of Insular Affairs 1907-08
Served with 8th Infantry Regiment, Inspecting Dominican Customs Receivership, Santo Domingo July-August 1908
Served with Bureau of Insular Affairs 1908-10
Assistant Chief, Bureau of Insular Affairs 1910-12
Chief, Bureau of Insular Affairs 1912-18
Assistant Army Chief of Staff July 10th, 1918 - December 31st, 1919
Chief, Bureau of Insular Affairs 1920-29
Retired January 5th, 1929
Distinguished Service Medal

GENERAL MCINTYRE, 78, IN ARMY 43 YEARS
Assistant Chief of Staff in the First War Dies
Was Insular Bureau Chief
MIAMI BEACH, Florida, February 16, 1944 - Major General Frank McIntyre, retired, who as Assistant Chief of Staff during the First World War and a West Point classmate of General John J. Pershing, died in a hospital here today at the age of 78.

General McIntyre retired from the Army on January 5, 1929, having reached the statuary age limit of 64 years. He had spent forty-three years in the service.

Born in Montgomery, Alabama, he went through his early childhood and early education in the period of upheaval immediately following the Civil War. By 1882 he had begun studies at the University of Alabama, distinguishing himself in mathematics. He soon withdrew from the university, however, and entered West Point and was graduated from the Military Academy in 1886, tenth man in his class.

He was sent to Puerto Rico as a Captain of the Nineteenth Infantry during the Spanish-American War. Soon after peace was declared he was transferred to the Philippines, where he was one of the officers who aided in bringing about the surrender of the insurgents. Recalled to Washington in 1903 for service in the Bureau of Insular Affairs, he became the chief in 1912, rising meanwhile in rank to Brigadier General.

For a time during World War I General McIntyre served as Army Censor, taking that post when General Douglas MacArthur, who had held it, was relieved to proceed overseas. Still later General McIntyre became Assistant Chief of Staff under General Peyton C. March.

Following the war, he toured the Philippines, and upon his return resumed charge of the Bureau of Insular Affairs, retraining that post until his retirement.


Obituary:
Frank McIntyre, distinguished in military and diplomatic affairs of the nation, died at Miami Beach, Florida, February 16, 1944. His service to the country, especially in the field of the development and government of its insular possessions, had won for him friendships in both military and civil life throughout the world. He had been connected with the Bureau of Insular Affairs of the War Department during most of his military career. When he retired from active service in the Army in January 1929, Pedro Guevara, Philippines' Resident Commissioner at Washington said, “Major General McIntyre is the father of the Philippines. He has done more for our islands than any other American. It is with a genuine feeling of regret and a keen sense of loss that we see him leave the Bureau of Insular Affairs which he has administered so well for so many years.”

A native of Montgomery, Alabama, General McIntyre was born January 5, 1865, a son of parents who had come from County Donegal in Ireland. He entered the Military Academy in 1882 and was graduated with John J. Pershing and others of that distinguished class in 1886. His first station after graduation was in the "wilderness" of Texas with the old 19th Infantry. Later he was enrolled as a student in the Infantry and Cavalry School at Fort Leavenworth from which he was graduated with honors in 1889. After service as instructor in mathematics at the Military Academy, he was made Regimental Adjutant in 1894.

Frank McIntyre saw his first war service in Puerto Rico in 1898. when he landed with the first expedition in the Spanish American War. After that war he served for a short period on the Staff of General Guy V. Henry, Military Governor of Puerto Rico. The following year he was ordered to the Philippines where he served as Regimental Adjutant and participated in the fighting at Subic. He returned to the United States in 1902 and was selected as a member of the first General Staff. Shortly thereafter began his long service with the Bureau of Insular Affairs. When William Howard Taft became Secretary of War, Captain McIntyre was made Acting Chief of the Bureau during the illness of Colonel Clarence R. Edwards. When Colonel Edwards became a general officer in 1912, Colonel McIntyre was made Chief of the Bureau. First in his long career in that post was the administration of the Receivership of Santo Domingo. Next were investigations under Presidents Taft and Woodrow Wilson in the Philippines. Finally came the World War with all its ramifications for the well being and operation of our island domain.

During the World War, in addition to his other duties, he was Chief Military Censor from June 1917 to June 1918. On July 1, 1918, he was appointed Executive Assistant to the Chief of Staff, General Peyton C. March. After the war he returned to the Bureau of Insular Affairs where he remained until his retirement ten years later.

In 1919 he was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal with the following citation:

"For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services as Executive Assistant to the Chief of Staff. His breadth of view and sound judgment have contributed materially to the formation and carrying out of policies essential to the operation of the military establishment."

The government of China presented him with the Order of the Striped Tiger with this citation:

“An American officer in whom the allied nations place every confidence and one who has fully earned the respect of his colleagues. This officer has shown the highest regard for his profession, and has fulfilled every trust. His tactical skill and high military attainments and knowledge of a professional science have contributed extensively to the successes achieved by all troops in this conflict and we are proud to honor him with this slight token.”

The government of Czechoslovakia presented him with its War Cross as "An admirable officer of rare vision, distinguished abilities and great resources. As executive assistant to the Chief of Staff of the American Expeditionary Force, he was sympathetic toward the allied governments with whom he came into contact, rendering services of inestimable value, never failing to exercise sound judgment. He has contributed in a great way to the success achieved by the Allied in the war."

He was also made a commander of the Legion d’Honneur by the French Government and a Knight Commander of the Bath by Great Britain.

Funeral services were held at Fort Myer with Requiem Mass at 10:00 A.M., February 19th. Burial with full military honors took place at Arlington National Cemetery.

He is survived by two sons, Colonel James D. McIntyre, a member of the Staff of the Chief of Ordnance of the Army, and Edward McIntyre of Montgomery, Alabama; and two daughters, Mrs. H. Gabriel Murphy of Washington, D.C., and Mrs. Eugene Munger, of Montgomery, Alabama. In July 1892 General McIntyre married Marie Dennett who died in 1935 in Washington, D.C.

In the passing of this distinguished member of the famous Class of 1886, the Army and the nation have tost a great soldier and distinguished administrator whose influence upon military progress and American international relations will be felt increasingly for many years to come.

[Source: Website of West Point Association of Graduates Memorial Articles (West Point, NY, West Point Association of Graduates), www.westpointaog.org, Frank McIntyre obituary, accessed 29 Apr 2014. http://apps.westpointaog.org/Memorials/Article/3106/.]

Buried:
Section SOUT, Site 1768

Frank married Marie Alice Dennett on 12 Jul 1892 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA. Marie (daughter of James Wilson Dennett and Marie Dufilho) was born on 7 Jul 1870 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; died on 3 Aug 1935; was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
Lieut. Frank McIntyre,, instructor of mathematics at WestPoint, and Miss Marie Dennett of Dallas were married last Tuesday evening at the pro cathedral on Bryan street, Rev. Father J. F. Coffey officiating. Lieut. McIntyre graduated at West Point from Mobile, Ala.