Colonel Charles Marion Mitchell
Kentucky Post, Wednesday, 23 January 1935, page 1
PROMOTION-Reports received in northern Kentucky from Washington today stated that Col. Charles L Mitchell, on detail at the National Guard Bureau, Washington, was relieved from duty there yesterday and assigned to the 10th Infantry, Ft Thomas. The Ft Thomas commandant detail also includes that of commanding officer of the Eastern Kentucky District, Civilian Conservation Corps. Col. Mitchell enlisted in the military service during the Spanish American War.
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Kentucky Post, Wednesday, 27 February 1935, page 2
ORDERS-War Department orders received at Ft Thomas within the past few days state that upon his return from leave Col. Charles M Mitchell, who was recently assigned to the post will become commandant of the Eastern Kentucky District Civilian Conservation Corps.
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Kentucky Post, Friday, 22 March 1935, page 1
NEW HEAD-Colonel Charles L Mitchell formally assumed command of the Ft Thomas Military Post, the Tenth Infantry and the Civilian Conservation Corps. Colonel Mitchell, a native of Maryland, entered the military service as a member of the First Delaware Infantry May 14, 1898, and served in that unit until Dec 19 of that year. He was engaged in service with Battery C, Fourth Coast Artillery as private, corporal and sergeant until October 1902.
During that month he was commissioned a second lieutenant. Following that time he was elevated to the rank of first lieutenant then to a captain and to the temporary rank of major. He was permanently made a major July 1, 1920 and given the rank of lieutenant colonel Jan 8, 1926. He was transferred to the militia bureau, Washington, July 1, 1932. He was promoted to the rank of colonel during the last year. He is a member of the General Staff Corps Eligible List, and has been graduated from the Army War College Command and General Staff School, and the Infantry Advance Course. His decorations include the Silver Star citation and the Purple Heart.