Word: nolen
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Brigadier-General Dennis E. Nolen, head of the instruction in military intelligence in the Army War College in Washington, will be the guest of honor and principal speaker at the meeting of the James-A, Shannon Post of the American Legion, to be held in the Living Room of the Union at 8 o'clock this evening. P. B. Elliott will also speak and officers for next year will be elected...
Brigadier-General Dennis E. Nolen, head of the military intelligence service of the A. E. F., will speak at the meeting of the Shannon Post of the American Legion to be held in the Living Room of the Union at 8 o'clock tomorrow evening. At this meeting P. B. Elliott, Occ., will also speak, and the election of officers for next year will be held...
...General Nolen, who will speak on "The Spirit of the A. E. F.", is at present at the Army War College in charge of instruction in military intelligence work with a peace-time rank of Lieutenant Colonel. During the war, as the head of the military intelligence service in the A. E. F., he did signal service in organizing and conducting this department. It was due chiefly to his efforts and those of Colonel Arthur L. Conger '94 that the Military Intelligence Department attained such a high grade of efficiency during the war. General Mangin, of the French Army...
...addition to being an efficient staff officer. General Nolen won also the reputation of being one of the most capable line officers in the Expeditionary Forces. During the Argonne drive in the early fall of 1918, he was put in charge temporarily of the 28th Division and led it through that crucial period with distinction...
During the war General Nolen was attached to the General Staff, holding the position of Assistant Chief of Staff G-2 to General Pershing. It was due chiefly to his efforts and those of Colonel Arthur L. Conger '94, of the General Staff, that the American Intelligence Service attained such a high order of excellence during the war. General Nolen managed this department so efficiently that General Mangin of the French army remarked that "The Intelligence Department of the A. E. F. was the first branch of the American Staff to learn to function properly, under modern conditions...