Harry Lovejoy Rogers

Harry Lovejoy Rogers (January 29, 1867 – December 12, 1925) was an officer in the United States Army. A specialist in quartermaster and food service activities, Rogers attained the rank of major general, and was most notable for his service as chief quartermaster of the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I and Quartermaster General of the United States Army from 1918 to 1922.

Early life Harry Lovejoy Rogers was born in Washington, D.C., on January 29, 1867, a son of J. Sumner Rogers and Jeanette Susan Wheeler Rogers. Sumner Rogers was superintendent of Michigan Military Academy beginning in 1877, and Harry Rogers was educated at MMA. In 1886, Rogers joined the staff at the academy and received a commission in the Michigan Militia. He was the school's quartermaster with the rank of major from 1887 to 1897, and commandant of cadets from 1897 to 1898.

In addition, he was a recipient of the Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (Great Britain), Commander of the Order of the Crown (Italy), Commander of the Order of Leopold (Belgium),

Later career

As quartermaster general, Rogers found that the Quartermaster Corps was split into the Transportation Service, Construction Division, Motor Transport Corps, and Purchase and Storage Division, all of which operated independently and reported directly to the War Department. Beginning with deceased veterans of World War I, gravestones were of the "General" design.

In 1939, the Army contracted for construction of a tugboat, which was christened Maj. Gen. Harry L. Rogers. The boat was used by the Quartermaster Corps until the early 1960s, when it was transferred to the Department of the Interior and then the government of the U.S. Virgin Islands.