William J. Glasgow

William J. Glasgow (18 May 1866 – 4 August 1967) was a career officer in the United States Army. A veteran of the Spanish–American War, Military Government of Cuba, Philippine–American War, Mexican Border War, and World War I, he commanded Cavalry and Infantry units and attained the rank of brigadier general.

A native of St. Louis, Glasgow was raised and educated in St. Louis and was an 1891 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point. Assigned to the Cavalry, he served with Cavalry regiments at the start of his career, and during the late 1890s and early 1900s he was frequently assigned as aide-de-camp to brigade and division commanders. During the First World War, he commanded an infantry brigade and a depot brigade as a temporary brigadier general, after which he took part in a post-war observation and inspection tour of battlefields in France.

After World War I, Glasgow graduated from the United States Army Command and General Staff College and United States Army War College, and commanded the 3rd Cavalry Regiment and the post at Fort Myer, Virginia. In March 1927 he was promoted to permanent brigadier general, and he retired in May. After his military retirement, he was director of personnel for a copper refinery in El Paso, Texas. Glasgow died in El Paso on 4 August 1967 and was buried at Fort Bliss National Cemetery.