Charles E. Stanton

Charles Egbert Stanton (November 22, 1858 – May 8, 1933) was an officer in the United States Army, and attained the rank of colonel. A veteran of the Spanish–American War, he served as chief disbursing officer and aide to General John J. Pershing during World War I.

Quotes

• Lafayette, we are here!
  • Spoken at the tomb of Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette, Paris (4 July 1917), as quoted in John H. George and Paul Boller, They Never Said It (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989), p. 104; the quote is often misattributed to John J. Pershing.