=====Claude Ellsworth Bates=====
Commissioner Claude Ellsworth Bates is buried in [[Kensico Cemetery]].

^Commissioner Claude Ellsworth Bates||
^Rank|Commissioner|
^Birth Date|April 5, 1892|
^Death Date|1980|
^Relations|[[Edith Marie Holz Bates|Commissioner Edith Holz Bates (wife)]]|

====Apointments====
^Appointment^Rank^From^Until^
|Corps Officer - [[West Chester PA|West Chester, Pennsylvania]]| |1914|1916|
|Secretary for Naval and Military Operations - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania| |1916|1916|
|Secretary in Territorial Finance - [[Eastern Territory]]| |1917|1917|
|Private Secretary to Territorial Commander - [[Eastern Territory]]| |1918|1922|
|Secretary for Youth Work - Buffalo, New York| |1922|1925|
|Divisional Commander - Cincinnati, Ohio| |1925|1935|
|Principal - [[College for Officers Training - Eastern Territory]]|Lt. Colonel|January 1940|September 1941|
|Field Secretary for all Personnel| |1942|1947|
|Chief Secretary - [[Western Territory]]|Commissioner|1948|1953|
|Territorial Commander - [[Central Territory]]|Commissioner|1953|1962|

====Obituary====

====External====
  * [[https://prabook.com/web/claude_ellsworth.bates/417980|Claude Ellsworth Bates]]
  * [[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119969420/claude-e-bates|Find a Grave]]