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He attained the rank of major general, and was most notable for his service as chief of staff of the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I.A native of Hawley, Pennsylvania, McAndrew graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1888 and was commissioned as a second lieutenant of Infantry.  His early assignments were in the western United States, and he took part in the Ghost Dance War of 1890-1891.  He served in Cuba during the Spanish\u2013American War, including the Battle of El Caney and the Siege of Santiago, and in the Philippines during the Philippine\u2013American War.As McAndrew’s career progressed, he completed the Army School of the Line (1910), Command and General Staff College (1911), and Army War College (1913).  At the start of World War I, he was promoted to colonel as commander of the 18th Infantry Regiment.  He commanded the regiment until he was promoted to temporary brigadier general as commander of 2nd Brigade, 1st Division.  After service as commandant of the American Expeditionary Forces Staff College in Langres, McAndrew was promoted to major general and assigned as AEF chief of staff.  He served in this position until the end of the war, and received credit for steps to improves the AEF staff’s efficiency with respect to its planning process and preparation of operations orders.       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4After the war, McAndrew was assigned as commandant of the Army War College.  He suffered health problems brought on by overexerting himself during his AEF service, and died in Washington, D.C., on April 30, 1922.  He was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.Table of ContentsEarly life[edit]Start of career[edit]Later career[edit]World War I[edit]Post-World War I[edit]Death and burial[edit]References[edit]Sources[edit]Newspapers[edit]Internet[edit]External links[edit]Early life[edit]James William McAndrew was born in Hawley, Pennsylvania, on June 29, 1862, the son of John Richard and Eliza (Kane) McAndrew.[1] McAndrew attended the schools of Hawley, and then St. Francis Xavier College in New York City.[1] Among his classmates there were several men who would, like McAndrew himself, eventually attain the rank of general officer, such as Peyton C. March, William M. Morrow, William Robert Dashiell, Robert Lee Howze, Peter Charles Harris, Eli Alva Helmick, Henry Jervey Jr., William Voorhees Judson, John Louis Hayden, Edward Anderson, William H. Hart, Charles Aloysius Hedekin and William S. Peirce.       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Start of career[edit]Assigned to the 21st Infantry Regiment, McAndrew served initially in the western United States, and took part in the Ghost Dance War against the Sioux in 1890\u20131891.[1] McAndrew served in Cuba during the Spanish\u2013American War, and took part in the Battle of El Caney and the Siege of Santiago.[1] From 1905 to 1906, he served with the 3rd Infantry in Skagway, Alaska.[1] He was an honor graduate of his Army School of the Line class in 1910, and graduated from the Command and General Staff College in 1911, after which he remained on the faculty and was promoted to major.[2] In 1913 he graduated from the Army War College, after which he served on the Army staff at the War Department.[2]  He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1916, and was appointed as commandant of the Army Service Schools.[1] He led his regiment to France, and commanded it until he was promoted to temporary brigadier general in August 1917 and appointed to command 2nd Brigade, 1st Division.[1] He was promoted to permanent major general in 1921.[1] He died at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D.C., on April 30, 1922.[1] He was buried at Arlington National Cemetery, Section 3 Grave 2519.[6]McAndrew’s siblings included: Richard, who was ordained as a priest in 1877 and served for many years in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania;[7] Patrick, a career Army surgeon who attained the rank of colonel;[7] Jane, the wife of Scranton, Pennsylvania, merchant M. J. Healey;[7] Mary, a school teacher; Harriet, an Ursuline nun who lived and worked in Youngstown, Ohio;[7] Eliza, the wife of locomotive construction superintendent Thomas F. Howley of Dunmore, Pennsylvania;[7] and Kathryn, the wife of Erie Railroad agent John Creighton, of Caldwell, New Jersey.[7]On November 26, 1889, McAndrew married Nellie Elizabeth Roche of Scranton.[1]For his World War I service, McAndrew was a recipient of the Army Distinguished Service Medal, Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (Great Britain),Croix de Guerre with two Palms and Officer of the Legion of Honor (France), Grand Officer of the Order of the Crown (Belgium),Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus and Order of the Crown of Italy (Italy),Order of Prince Danilo I (Montenegro), and Medal of La Solidaridad (Panama).In 1918, McAndrew received the honorary degree of LL.D. from Fordham University.References[edit]Sources[edit]Newspapers[edit]Internet[edit]External links[edit]     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki40\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki40\/james-w-mcandrew-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"James W. 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