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Henry Martyn Robert (May 2, 1837 – May 11, 1923) was an American soldier officer and general, engineer, and author. In 1876, Robert published the first edition of his reference manual of parliamentary procedure, Robert's Rules of Order, which remains today 150 years later, as the most common parliamentary authority on democratic parliamentary procedure in the United States.
By 1944 Roberts was finding it difficult to manage the varying national interests and the strong personalities of some members of his unit. He relinquished his appointment at the AIB on 17 October 1944 and was placed on the supernumerary list. [1] He was discharged from the army on 9 December 1944, with the permanent rank of lieutenant colonel. [5]
Northwest Passage is an historical novel by Kenneth Roberts, published in 1937.Told through the eyes of primary character Langdon Towne, much of the novel follows the exploits and character of Robert Rogers, the leader of Rogers' Rangers, who were a colonial force fighting with the British during the French and Indian War.
Lieutenant Colonel Archibald E. Roberts (1915–2006) was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Army on 19 December 1942 and served as a paratrooper in the 11th Airborne Division. In 1959 he served as the information officer for Major General Edwin Walker who was the commander of the 24th Infantry Division in Germany. [ 3 ]
At the outbreak of the Civil War, Roberts was major of the 3rd U.S. Cavalry. He served in Arizona and New Mexico in 1861 and 1862. He was promoted to brigadier general of Volunteers on July 16, 1862, and assigned to General John Pope's staff as Chief of Cavalry and Inspector General for the Army of Virginia during the Northern Virginia Campaign.
In the United States Army, Marine Corps, Air Force and Space Force, major is a field officer above the rank of captain and below the rank of lieutenant colonel. It is equivalent to the rank of lieutenant commander in the Navy and Coast Guard. Although lieutenant commanders are considered junior officers by their services, majors are senior ...
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General Sir Abraham Roberts gained the rank of colonel in the service of the Honourable East India Company and was the commander of the 1st Bengal European Regiment and the Lahore Division. [1] He fought in the First Afghan War. Roberts was invested as a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB).