A history of the Army Service Schools at Fort Leavenworth, now called the Command and General Staff College. This history was compiled from General Orders of the War Department, annual Reports of Commandants from 1881 to 1908 and other available...
Booklet recounts the highlights of Fort Leavenworth's establishment as a frontier outpost, its roll in the development of the Great American West, and its continued contribution to the armies of the Free World in the training program of the United...
The institutional self-study of the US Army Command and General Staff College which constitutes the College's application for membership status in the North Central Association as a masters' degree-granting institution. The self-study was developed...
Major John H. Stubbs signed this General Order while the Acting Adjutant General. Provides a description of the shoulder sleeve insignia for the Command and General Staff College (CGSC) in 1956.
For the United States Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC), this 2005 Self-Study Report for the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools concludes the first comprehensive review in a decade of the...
This dissertation examines the decisions taken during the development of the concept for the School of Advanced Military Studies and its subsequent refinement in the first ten years of its history. The other line of inquiry in the dissertation is...
The steps taken at various times by the War Department for the establishment of an army school of practice for young officers of the army, which have evolved the present "General Service and Staff College", are the subject of the following sketch....
Forward by David H. Petraeus: For 125 years, Fort Leavenworth has been the crossroads for the officer corps of the United States Army. It is at the Command and General Staff College that field grade officers receive an educational experience that...
Pursuant to the invitation of the Commandant, a survey of the U. S. Army Command and General Staff College was conducted by the Educational Survey Commission during the period 27 September-20 November 1962. The terms of reference of the Commission...
In 1956, $200,000 was appropriated for architectural design of J. Franklin Bell Hall with the assurance that the 84th Congress would give favorable consideration during session if plans were developed in time. The plans were approved and Congress...
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas began its' 125th Anniversary Celebration in the city of Leavenworth with the Pioneer Parade, 9 May 1952. The 371st Army Band of Fort Leavenworth, in their 1827 band uniforms, pass the receiving stand. Photo by George L....
Officers pose with automobile outside of Barth Hall, the first school house for the Command and General Staff College. The automobile was used in an experiment to test its application in warfare.
A reprint of the second edition ( of History of Fort Leavenworth) brought up to date by Walter E. Lorence. The original covered the first 110 years of Fort Leavenworth's history and provided a chronology of events that covered the Westward...
Drawing depicts covered wagons beginning the Oregon Trail from the Missouri River at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. The cut in the hill is still visible today.
Since the founding of Fort Leavenworth in 1827, the years have brought about a transition in atmosphere at the post from that of a frontier garrison to one of advanced military education. During these changing times in the development of our...
On the occasion of the 75th Anniversary of the founding of the Command and General Staff College and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, on 7 May 1956, the "Leavenworth Lamp" was officially adopted by the College as the symbol of its...
Centrally located on the main westward travel routes in the 19th century, one of the post's initial missions was to protect trade caravans over the Santa Fe Trail. In 1970 the Santa Fe Trail Ruts were listed on the National Register of Historic...
The hospital was built in the 1890's with subsequent additions in 1901, 1902, and 1910. It was altered to become an administration in 1984. It is currently post headquarters.