Hugh L. Scott

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General Hugh L. Scott official portrait

This article is about the U.S. Army Chief of Staff, for the Pennsylvanian senator see Hugh Scott

Hugh Lenox Scott (September 22, 1853 - April 30, 1934) was a post-Civil War West Point graduate who immediately saw service on the frontier. As a young commissioned lieutenant in the 7th Cavalry, he was assigned to the quarters only recently vacated by the widow of George Armstrong Custer. In fact, Scott was sent out to the Little Big Horn battle site to mark gravesites for Custer's men killed in the battle. He also had the opportunity to interview many of the Native Americans who fought on both sides on that hot June 25, 1876 day.

Scott served extensively on the frontier and in staff duties before becoming Superintendent of West Point, and later, as America entered World War I, Army Chief of Staff. His son was killed in action. Scott served as superintendent of West Point from 1906 to 1910 and Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1914 to 1917, including the first few months of American involvement in World War I.

Selected Kiowa Stories from the Papers of Hugh Lenox Scott (1920; Digitized page images & text)

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Preceded by Albert Leopold Mills	Superintendents of the United States Military Academy 1906–1910	Succeeded by Thomas Henry Barry
Preceded by William W. Wotherspoon	Chief of Staff of the United States Army 1914–1917	Succeeded by Tasker H. Bliss