Lincoln Clark Andrews
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| Born | November 21, 1867 |
| Died | November 23, 1950 (aged 83) |
| Education | Cornell University, United States Military Academy |
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Brigadier general in the United States Army during World War I, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury |
| Title | Assistant Secretary of the Treasury |
| Term | April 1, 1925 to August 1, 1927 |
| Predecessor | Roy Asa Haynes |
| Spouse(s) | Charlotte Graves |
| Children | John G. Andrews |
Lincoln Clark Andrews (1867–1950) was a brigadier general in the United States Army during World War I and Assistant Secretary of the Treasury starting in 1925. As Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, he was in charge of Prohibition enforcement. Time magazine called his forces the Prohibition Army.
He was born on November 21, 1867 to Charles T. Andrews and Mary Clark Andrews. He attended Cornell University from 1888 to 1889.
He attended the United States Military Academy, graduating number thirteen of fifty-one in 1893.
As a 2nd lieutenant, he commanded Troop G of the 3rd Cavalry.
With Troop G, he served during the Pullman Strike riots in Chicago in 1894.
During the Spanish–American War, he served as an aide to Gen. Edwin Vose Sumner, the Commanding General of the cavalry division.
He was briefly an instructor of physics at the United States Military Academy.
From 1899 to 1903, he served in the Philippines as governor of the island of Leyte and participated in the campaign against the Moros.
He returned to the United States Military Academy in 1903 to teach cavalry tactics. From 1911 to 1915, he taught cavalry tactics for the New York National Guard and also at the training camp near Plattsburgh, New York.
Between 1916 and 1917, he trained the Philippine National Guard Division.
He was promoted to lieutenant colonel on June 28, 1917.
He served as a brigadier general of the 172nd Infantry Brigade, 86th Division at Camp Grant, Illinois. He took this brigade to France in August 1918.
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