Johnson Hagood (1873–1948)
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Major General Johnson Hagood |
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Official Portrait of Major General Johnson Hagood
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June 16, 1873 Orangeburg, South Carolina |
| Died |
December 22, 1948 (aged 75) Chicago, Illinois |
| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch |
 United States Army
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| Years of service | 1896–1936 |
| Rank |
 Major General
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| Commands held |
 Third Army
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James L. Holloway, Jr. Johnson Hagood (uncle) |
Major General Johnson Hagood (June 16, 1873 – December 22, 1948) was born in Orangeburg, South Carolina, graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1896, was commissioned in the artillery, and served in France in World War I, where he created the Services of Supply. He retired in 1936 after publicly criticizing New Deal funding.
Among his inventions were the Hagood tripod mount, mortar deflection board, and other apparatus connected with sea-coast defense.
Toward the end of the career, Hagood was embroiled in political controversy when he criticized President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal, saying their funding was "stage money". Soon after his comments became public on February 10, 1936, he was relieved from command of the Eighth Corps Area (headquartered at Fort Sam Houston, Texas). Hagood requested a meeting with Roosevelt to explain himself, and was granted three months leave. Hagood's friends in the U.S. Congress pressured Roosevelt to give him a new command, however, and less than half the leave had elapsed before he was given command of the Fifth Corps Area, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Just one day after assuming command May 1, he asked for and was granted immediate retirement. After one month of leave, he officially left the U.S. Army on May 31, 1936.
Hagood's decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal, Commander of the Légion d'honneur (French), Commander Order of the Crown of Italy, Grand Officer Order of the Sacred Treasure (Japanese).
His homes were in Charleston, S.C., and San Antonio, Texas.
Asked how to say his name, he told The Literary Digest: "The name, peculiar to the South, is pronounced in a southern way. During all the years of my boyhood in South Carolina, I never knew there was anything unusual about it, for I never heard it in any other way than as haig'-wood. The name was originally spelt Haguewood, and is still properly so pronounced."
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