What number of President was the man for whom George W. McCrary was United States Secretary of War ?
Rutherford B. Hayes Rutherford Birchard Hayes (October 4, 1822 – January 17, 1893) was the 19th President of the United States (1877–81). He became president at the end of the Reconstruction Era of the United States through a complex Compromise of 1877. As president he ended Army support for Republican state governments in the South, promoted civil service reform, and attempted to reconcile the divisions left over from the Civil War and Reconstruction.
Llewellyn Chilson Llewellyn Morris Chilson (April 1, 1920 – October 2, 1981) was an American and United States Army master sergeant. He was one of the most decorated U.S. Army infantry soldiers in World War II. He received twelve individual decorations for combat from the Army including three Distinguished Service Crosses, three Silver Stars, and three Purple Hearts. The President of the United States personally decorated Chilson with seven individual decorations for combat after the war.