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Charles Treat

Charles Gould Treat (December 30, 1859 – October 11, 1941) was a major general in the United States Army.

Charles Gould Treat was born in Dexter, Maine, on December 30, 1859, and was a direct descendant of Governor Robert Treat. He was raised in Monroe, Wisconsin, and graduated from Monroe High School in 1878. His father, Joseph B. Treat, was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate and Chairman of the Republican State Central Committee and his grandfather, Nathaniel Treat, was a member of the Maine House of Representatives. Treat graduated, 13th in a class of 37, from the United States Military Academy in 1882, and was commissioned a second lieutenant of Artillery.

He attended Columbia Law School in 1884 and 1885, while stationed at Fort Schuyler.

Treat served in Artillery assignments in the United States, including postings to the western states during the American Indian Wars and duty as aide-de-camp to Oliver O. Howard. During the Spanish–American War he served in Cuba as Assistant Adjutant of an Artillery brigade. From 1901 to 1905 he served as Commandant of Cadets at West Point. Treat was inspector general for US forces in Cuba from 1906 to 1908. In 1910 he graduated from the United States Army War College.

Treat served on the Army's General Staff for several years, and commanded the Hawaiian Department in 1917.

During World War I Treat commanded the 37th Infantry Division at Camp Sheridan, near Montgomery, Alabama, receiving temporary promotion to major general. In 1918 he was assigned to command the Western Department, stationed at Fort Mason, California.

He was chief of the U.S. Military Mission to the Italian Army from 1918 to 1919, and took part in the Battle of Vittorio Veneto.

After the war Treat returned to his permanent rank of brigadier general and served as commander of Fort Stotsenburg, Philippines, remaining on active duty until retiring in 1922.

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