10 Facts About Isaac Littell

Isaac William Littell was a United States Army brigadier general.

Isaac Littell was awarded the Army Distinguished Service Medal for meritorious and distinguished service during World War I Specifically, Littell was honored for building the camps and cantonments of the Army raised in the summer of 1917 as chief of the Cantonment Division of the Quartermaster General's Office.

Isaac William Littell was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, on 5 December 1857.

Isaac Littell was appointed from that state to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, where he graduated in June 1883, ranked 28th in his class of 52.

Isaac Littell was promoted to captain on 25 April 1895 while serving as 10th Infantry Regimental Adjutant and subsequently assigned to Fort Sam Houston, Texas where he served as quartermaster from May 1895 to October 1897.

Isaac Littell then served in the Philippines from 1899 to 1902, first as the quartermaster for the 1st Brigade, 2d Division, 8th Army Corps, and then Assistant to the Chief Quartermaster of the Division of the Pacific.

Isaac Littell then began another foreign service tour in the Philippines, where he served as chief quartermaster of the Philippine Department until June 1914.

On 16 May 1917, a few weeks after the American entry into World War I, Littell established and became the first head of the Cantonment Division.

For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War I As Chief of the Cantonment Division of the Quartermaster General's Office, General Littell was charged with the task of building the camps and cantonments of the Army raised in the summer of 1917 under conditions imposing almost insuperable obstacles.

Isaac Littell's completion of this task is a conspicuous example of the exercise of qualities of mind and character making up the highest type of officer.