page_title: Emile P. Moses
section_title: Early career
hierarchical_section_title: Emile P. Moses / Early career
caption_attribution_description: English: Emile Phillips Moses (May 27, 1880 - December 22, 1965) was a distinguished officer in the United States Marine Corps with the rank of Major General. A veteran of forty years of service and several expeditionary campaigns, Moses is most noted for his service as Commanding general, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island during World War II and for his efforts in the developing of Marine Corps Amphibious Warfare doctrine, especialy Landing Vehicle Tracked. Here shown as First lieutenant in 1908.
context_page_description: Emile Phillips Moses was a distinguished officer in the United States Marine Corps with the rank of major general. A veteran of forty years of service and several expeditionary campaigns, Moses is most noted for his service as commanding general, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island during World War II and for his efforts in the developing of Marine Corps Amphibious Warfare doctrine, especially Landing Vehicle Tracked.
context_section_description: Emile P. Moses was born on May 27, 1880, in Sumter, South Carolina, as the son of Jewish businessman Altamont Moses and Octavia Cohen. His father, Confederate Army veteran, had established the business as a cotton grower and also owned a life and fire insurance agency. Emile attended the Sumter Military Academy and subsequently enrolled the University of South Carolina, where he graduated with Bachelor of Arts degree in literary in June 1899.
  He then attended the Georgia Institute of Technology for one year, before accepted a job as Coach of football team at Sumter Military Academy in 1901. Moses remained in that capacity until April 23, 1904, when he entered the Marine Corps and was commissioned second lieutenant. He was ordered to the School of Application at Annapolis, Maryland, for basic officer training, which he completed at the beginning of February 1905.
  Moses was then ordered to the Marine barracks at New York Navy Yard, where he remained until December of that year, when he embarked for Panama Canal Zone for guard duty following the elections of first Panamian President, Manuel Amador Guerrero. He remained in that capacity until December 1906, when he returned to the United States for duty at Marine Barracks at Boston Navy Yard and was promoted to first lieutenant on January 1, 1908.
  He was ordered back to Panama in June 1908 during an election disturbances and remained in that country until August of that year, when the emergency was called off. Moses then returned to Boston and remained there until January 1909, when he sailed for Hawaii, where he was stationed at Marine Barracks, Honolulu until November 1910. He was then attached to the Marine detachment aboard the armored cruiser USS Washington and took part in the patrol cruises off the East Coast of the United States and later in the Cuban waters. He also saw action in Cuba during the putting down of an insurrection and in protecting American interests from dissident groups.
  Moses was detached from sea duties in October 1911 and served as an instructor at the Advanced Base School at Philadelphia Navy Yard until August 1912. He was then attached to the Marine expeditionary forces under Colonel Joseph H. Pendleton and sailed for Nicaragua in order to protect American interests during the failed Coup d'état led by anti-government forces under former Nicaraguan Secretary of War Luis Mena. Moses participated in the bombardment, assault and capture of Coyotepe Hill fortifications and in the capture and occupation of the City of León.
  Following the suppression of the rebellion, Moses returned to the United States in November 1912 and assumed duty at Marine Barracks, Puget Sound Navy Yard, Washington. While in this capacity, he was promoted to captain on July 12, 1914, and assumed command of the Marine detachment aboard the cruiser USS Galveston. He took part in the support operations during the Veracruz Expedition in fall 1914 and then sailed for Guam. Captain Moses participated with Galveston in the convoy duty between the Philippines and Guam until June 1916, when he was ordered back to the United States.
  Upon the United States declaration of War on Germany in April 1917, Moses was promoted to the temporary rank of major on May 22, and assumed duty at Marine Barracks, Quantico, Virginia. He remained in that capacity for the remainder of the war and participated in the training of Marines heading for combat in France. He was made a permanent major on October 7, 1918.
caption: Moses as first lieutenant in January 1908.
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