Arthur Johnson

Brigadier General Arthur Johnson (July 9, 1861 – February 3, 1946) was a United States Army officer who served during World War I.

Early life and education Arthur Johnson was born on July 9, 1861 He had one brother, Franklin Oliver Johnson, who also served as an officer.

Military service Following graduation from USMA, Johnson commissioned into the infantry and performed frontier duty with the 11th and 17th Infantry Regiments on the frontier in Arizona.

From 1901 to 1907, Johnson held a variety of posts commanding small units within the US and abroad.

Following that, Johnson was promoted to major on December 1, 1909, and assigned a battalion of the 19th Infantry Regiment in the Philippines. Following his service in the Philippines, he instructed and inspected the Minnesota Militia until September 2, 1913, when he was transferred to Texas where he commanded a battalion of the 22nd Infantry Regiment until December 1914. Johnson was moved from Texas to Minnesota, where he was promoted to lieutenant colonel in May 1916, and back, where he served as acting commander of the 3rd Texas Infantry Regiment at Galveston in May 1917.

Postwar and retirement Johnson was reverted to the rank of colonel on March 15, 1920. He commanded the 41st Infantry Regiment at Camp Meade, Maryland from November 1920 to August 1921. Johnson retired on July 9, 1925, having reached the mandatory retirement age of 64. An act of Congress restored his wartime rank of brigadier general in June 1930.