The Adjutant General of North Carolina is the head of the North Carolina National Guard. The position was created in 1806, when the Militia Acts of 1792 required the state to establish the position to better train the state militia. The office is appointed by the Governor of North Carolina and requires five years prior military service.

History

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 of America to fight in the American Civil War, 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]

Duties and structure

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]

List of Adjutant Generals

This is a list of persons who have held the office of Adjutant General of North Carolina.[5]

Picture Name Hometown Term
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 1863-1863
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 Jan. 1877 - Dec. 1888
- James Dodge Glenn Guilford County Jan. 1889
- Francis Hawkins Cameron Wake County 1893-1896
- Andrew Duvall Cowles Iredell County Feb. 1897 - Dec. 1898
- Beverly S. Royster Granville County Dec. 1898 - Dec. 1904
- Thomas R. Robertson Mecklenburg County Jan. 1905 - Mar. 1909
- Joseph Franklin Armfield Iredell County Apr. 1909 - Oct. 1910
- Roy Lutterell Leinster Iredell County Nov. 1910 - Aug 1912
- Gordon Smith Wake County Nov. 1912 - Jan 1913
- Lawrence W. Young Buncombe County Jan. 1913 - Jun. 1916
- Beverly S. Royster Granville County Jun. 1916 - Aug. 1917
- Lawrence W. Young Buncombe County Sep. 1917 - Aug. 1918
- Beverly S. Royster Granville County Sep. 1918 - Jun. 1920
John Van Bokkelen Metts Wake County Jun. 1920 - Jul. 31, 1951
- Thomas B. Longest Wake County (formerly of Biscoe, Virginia) Aug. 1 - Sep. 30, 1951
- John H. Manning Durham County Oct. 1, 1951 - Aug. 16, 1957
- Capus Miller Waynick Guilford County Aug. 16, 1957 - Jan. 31, 1961
- Claude T. Bowers Halifax County Feb. 1, 1961 - Jan. 31, 1970
- Ferd Leary Davis Lenoir County Feb. 1, 1970 - Feb. 16, 1973
- William M. Buck Robeson County Jun. 1, 1973 - Feb. 28, 1975
- Clarence Bender Shimer Dare County Mar. 1, 1975 - Apr. 25, 1977
- William Emmett Ingram Pasquotank County (born Richmond, Virginia) Apr. 26, 1977 - Oct. 16, 1983
- Hubert M. Leonard Candor, Montgomery County Oct. 17, 1983 - Sep. 30, 1985
- Charles E. Scott Wake County Oct. 1, 1985 - Mar. 5, 1989
- Nathaniel H Robb Jr. Columbia, South Carolina Mar. 6, 1989 - Apr. 4 1993
Gerald A. Rudisill Jr. Badin, Stanly County Apr. 5, 1993 - Jul. 15, 2001
William Emmett Ingram Jr. Pasquotank County Jul. 16, 2001 - Sep. 30, 2010
Gregory A. Lusk Clinton, Sampson County Oct. 1, 2010[6] - Nov. 30, 2019
Marvin Todd Hunt Cary,[7] Wake County Dec. 1, 2019–present[8]

References

  1. 1 2 Walker 1968, p. 1.
  2. 1 2 Howard, Jeffrey Allen (2006). "Adjutant General". NCPedia. North Carolina Government & Heritage Library. Retrieved October 21, 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Walker 1968, p. 2.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Williams, Wiley J. (2006). "National Guard". NCPedia. North Carolina Government & Heritage Library. Retrieved October 21, 2022.
  5. ↑ Brown, Richard M. (17 August 2015). "Adjutant Generals of North Carolina". North Carolina Military Historical Society. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  6. ↑ "NC DPS: Major General Gregory A. Lusk". www.ncdps.gov. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
  7. ↑ "Governor Cooper Announces Brig. Gen. Todd Hunt as the Adjutant General of North Carolina". governor.nc.gov. Retrieved 2019-12-30.
  8. ↑ "NC DPS: Major General M. Todd Hunt". www.ncdps.gov. Retrieved 2019-12-30.

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