Individual Details

Married Mittie Fitch about 1903.

Panama Canal Zone
Service Record Card.
George E. Adamson, 11th Congressional District, St. Louis, Mo. Working as Executive Secretary, Stenographer. Date of Appointment, 18 Jul 1905. Took oath 21 Jul 1905. Pay $1500 per annum. Entered duty, 2 Aug 1905. Examination - Steno & Type 86%. Age 30, born, TX. Home Address: 4213 Olive St., St. Louis, Mo. and J. Q. Adamson, Sherman, TX
6 Apr 1906 Leave with pay, six weeks. Sailed 5/1906.
Ret to duty 2 Jun 1906
29 Jul 1906 Sick 7 days
3 Dec 1906 Leave, 14 days, pay
17 Dec 1906 Leave, 30 days without pay
1 Dec 1906 - $125 mo. Clerk Municipal Engineer
2 Feb 1907 - Resigned


World War I Service Card
George E. Adamson, of Rt. 3, Sherman, Grayson Co, TX was born Mar 20, 1875 in Collinsville. He served as a 1st Lt, 22 Dec 1917 and a Captain, 18 May 1918. He served in France - engagement at St. Mihiel. He served overseas from 26 May 1917 to 8 Sep 1919. He was in service at the termination of the War.

He was awarded a certificate of meritorious service, D.S.M. (Distinguished Service Medal) on 28 Nov 1922.
Adamson, George E.
Citation:
The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to George E. Adamson, Captain (Adjutant General's Corps), U.S. Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War I. As Confidential Secretary of the Commander in Chief, American Expeditionary Forces, and later of the General of the Armies, he has worked untiringly and given proof of marked ability and resourcefulness. In the multifarious details connected with his duties he has at all times displayed keen judgment, tact, unfailing courtesy, and loyalty. In the office of the Commander in Chief, American Expeditionary Forces, where there devolved upon Captain Adamson a great volume of work and a mass of detail, he handled each new problem which confronted him in an able and masterful manner and rendered invaluable services to the American Expeditionary Forces in a position of great responsibility and in times and circumstances of great importance.
War Department, General Orders No. 56 (1922)
Born: at Collinsville, Texas
Home Town: Sherman, Texas

The Battle of Saint-Mihiel was a World War I battle fought from 12–15 September 1918, involving the American Expeditionary Forces and 110,000 French troops under the command of General John J. Pershing of the United States against German positions. The United States Army Air Service (which later became the United States Air Force) played a significant role in this action.
This battle marked the first use of the terms "D-Day" and "H-Hour" by the Americans. The fighting was depicted in the 1927 film Wings.
The attack at the St. Mihiel salient was part of a plan by Pershing in which he hoped that the United States would break through the German lines and capture the fortified city of Metz. It was one of the first offensives launched solely by the United States in World War I, and the attack caught the Germans in the process of retreating. This meant that their artillery was out of place and the American attack, coming up against disorganized German forces, proved more successful than expected. The St. Mihiel attack increased the stature of the U.S. Army in the eyes of the French and British forces, and again demonstrated the critical role of artillery during World War I and the difficulty of supplying such massive armies while they were on the move. The U.S. attack faltered as artillery and food supplies were left behind on the muddy roads. The attack on Metz was not realized, as the Germans refortified their positions and the Americans then turned their efforts to the Meuse-Argonne offensive.

1920 Census. Precinct 10, Washington, DC, Hh 44
Lodging in the home of Charles L. Ferry:
Geroge E. Adamson, 44, b. TX, Officer, U.S. Army
Mrs. Mittie F. Adamson, 44, b. TX

1930 Census. Precinct 10, Washington, DC. Kenesaw Apts., Hh 49
George E. Adamson, 54, married at 27, Capt, U.S. Army
Mittie, F., wife, 54, married at 27

S. S. Washington, Sailing from Southampton, arriving New York, 11 Nov 1937
Passengers included George Adamson, age 62, and Mittie Adamson, age 63. He was born Collinsville, TX on 20 Mar 1875. Mittie was born in Sherman, 15 Sep 1874. Their address in the U.S. was Washington, DC, c/o Battle Monument Commission.

Found Photo at the Library of Congress website with the following caption:
Pershing long-time aide promoted to rank of Colonel. Washington, D.C., March 30. Capt. George E. Adamson, left, Quartermaster Corps, U.S. Army, whose nomination as Military Secretary to the General of the Armies with the rank of Colonel was confirmed by the Senate today, is pictured taking the oath as administered by Maj. Gen. Emory C. Adams, Adjutant General. Col. Adamson has been Military Secretary to General Pershing for approximately 23 years, including the periods of the punitive expedition into Mexico, the World War, and the period subsequent to the World War. 3-30-39

1940 Census. Precinct 10, Washington, DC. Kenesaw Apartments, Hh 310
Lived in same house in 1935
George E. Adamson, 65, Col. U.S.Army
Mittie F., 64

Buried Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA.
Stone reads:
George E. Adamson
Colonel
Untied States Army
1875-1957
His Wife
Mittie Fitch
1875-1946

Birth	20 Mar 1875	Collinsville, Grayson County, Texas
Death	5 Oct 1957

Father	Jonathan Adamson Jr. (1835 - 1896)
Mother	Margaret Evangeline Huffaker (1843 - 1902)
Sibling	Joseph Clarence Adamson (1860 - 1944)
Sibling	Jonathan Quincy Adamson (1862 - 1931)
Sibling	William Hardin Adamson (1864 - 1935)
Sibling	Jacob Walter Adamson (1866 - 1957)
Sibling	Mary "Mollie" Adamson (1867 - )
Sibling	Thomas W. Adamson (1872 - 1940)
Sibling	Alpheus Adamson (1873 - 1894)
Sibling	Mandy Maud Adamson (1877 - 1961)