with the War Department General Staff, serving until September 1939. He was then ordered to Fort Ethan Allen at Essex Junction, Vermont, where in October 1939, he was assigned as Chief of the Artillery Section of the 1st Division. In October 1940 he became Commandant of the Command and General Staff School and Commanding General of the Seventh Corps Area, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. In the late evening hours of May 30, 1941, Gruber died unexpectedly during a game of bridge. He was cremated and his ashes were interred in the Arlington National Cemetery. Music Edmund L. Gruber was one of the most popular artillerymen of his time and was a noted Army polo team champion, but he would make his enduring mark with music. In 1908 he wrote the 5th Artillery Regimental song, titled "The Caissons Go Rolling Along." This was transformed into a march by John Philip Sousa in 1917 and renamed the "U.S. Field Artillery Song." With revised lyrics by Harold W. Arberg, the song was adopted in 1956 as the official song of the United States Army and retitled, "The Army Goes Rolling Along." It is typically called "The Army Song." Awards and honors Edmund L. Gruber was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal, with the following citation: "He displayed exceptional ability in planning the organization of Field Artillery brigade firing centers; in April, 1918, established such a center at Fort Sill and during the remainder of the war displayed rare judgment and high professional attainments in the administration of this center." In February 1942, as part of the War Department's build-up for World War II, an infantry training camp was constructed, near Braggs, Oklahoma. The camp was named "Camp Gruber," after General Edmund L. Gruber, who had served as an artillery officer at Fort Sill, Oklahoma for many years. Today Camp Gruber is a training center for the Oklahoma Army National Guard. Fort Bragg also named one of its major roads after General Gruber. References Sources XVIII Airborne Corps: Edmund L. Gruber Images and text used in this article were taken from the United States Army Center of Military History. They are presumed to be in the public domain. 1879 births 1941 deaths United States Army Field Artillery Branch personnel Commandants of the United States Army Command and General Staff College Military music composers Military personnel from Cincinnati Military personnel from Ohio Recipients of the Distinguished Service