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Home Town Princeton, New Jersey
Last Address Washington, DC
Date of Passing Apr 30, 1934
Location of Interment Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia
Hugh Lenox Scott was the 7th Chief of Staff of the United States Army . A West Point graduate, he served as superintendent of West Point from 1906 to 1910 and as Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1914 to 1917, which included the first few months of American involvement in World War I.
Scott graduated from West Point in 1876, and was commissioned in the Cavalry. For some twenty years thereafter he served on the Western frontier, chiefly with the 7th United States Cavalry. He was assigned to the quarters only recently vacated by the widow of George Armstrong Custer. In fact, Scott was sent out to the Little Big Horn battle site to mark gravesites for Custer's men killed in the battle.
Scott first retired in 1917, and was succeeded as Army Chief of Staff by Tasker H. Bliss. Despite being retired, Scott was immediately recalled to active duty. He served stateside and became commander of the 78th Division at Camp Dix, New Jersey, in December and of Camp Dix again in March 1918.
Scott retired again in May 1919 and served on the Board of Indian Commissioners from 1919 to 1929 and was Chairman of the New Jersey State Highway Commission from 1923 to 1933. In 1928, he published an autobiography, Some Memories of a Soldier.
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Namesakes:
The US Navy lead transport ship USS Hugh L. Scott (AP-43)
Scott Middle School in Fort Knox, Kentucky
