Peter Charles Harris

Peter Charles Harris (November 10, 1865 – March 18, 1951) was an American military officer who was Adjutant General of the United States Army from 1918 to 1922. He held the rank of Major General.

Harris was born on November 10, 1865, in Kingston, Georgia. He attended the United States Military Academy and graduated in the class of 1888. Among his classmates there were several men who would, like Harris himself, eventually attain the rank of general officer, such as James W. McAndrew, William M. Morrow, William Robert Dashiell, Robert Lee Howze, Peyton C. March, Eli Alva Helmick, Henry Jervey, William Voorhees Judson, John Louis Hayden, Edward Anderson, William H. Hart, Charles Aloysius Hedekin and William S. Peirce.

He received a commission for the 13th Infantry Regiment. He also served with the 9th Infantry, the 10th Infantry, and the Twenty-Fourth Infantry.

In June 1895, Harris was an honor graduate of the Infantry and Cavalry School at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

He participated in the Battle of San Juan Hill and the Siege of Santiago de Cuba, during the Spanish–American War.

He served in the Philippines from 1899 to 1900, from 1905 to 1907, from December 1912 to March 1914 and again from August 1914 to October 1915.

In 1908, Harris graduated from the Army War College. In March 1911, he was promoted to major.

In August 1914, he started service with the Adjutant General's Corps in the Philippines. In September 1914, his transfer from the infantry became official. In 1916, he joined the Adjutant General's Office in Washington, D.C.. Harris was promoted to lieutenant colonel in July 1916 and colonel in May 1917. He was appointed adjutant general on September 1, 1918. Harris accepted promotions to brigadier general in February 1918 and major general in October 1918.