William Maroney
William Maroney (Marony) was appointed by General George Washington in January, 1776 to be the first Provost of the Army of the United Colonies. Under these orders, he was allowed a few provost guards to maintain order, investigate crimes and administer punishments.
Bartholomew Von Heer
On May 27, 1778, Congress authorized the Marechaussee Corps (provost troops). George Washington appointed Von Heer as commander of the corps and the Provost Marshal of the Continental Army. Nearly all of the Corps were men recruited in the Reading, PA area and were Pennsylvania German soldiers from Von Heers area. Von Heer had previously written to General Washington offering his resume where he pointed out that he had served in the Prussian, French and Spanish armies and suggesting options for a colonial military police force. Sometimes the Marechaussee Corps was called Von Heer’s Light Dragoons. According to law, his corps was to be made up of 63 men with four lieutenants, one Quartermaster and one clerk and trumpeters. Von Heers Dragoons were mounted.
Harry Hill Bandholtz USMA 1890 1864-1925
Born in Michigan, Harry worked in Chicago as a bookkeeper; while there, he enlisted in the National Guard of the United States. He went on to receive an appointment to West Point in the Class of 1890. He was sent to Cuba at the time of the Spanish American War before spending 13 years in the Philippines. He served as the Provincial Governor of the Tayabas Province being the only American elected by the Filipino people. In 1914, Bandholtz assisted in joining the US Spanish War Veterans with the Veteran Army of the Philippines which would lead to the creation of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW). Though he had served in the Infantry at the beginning of the WWI, he was appointed the U.S. Army Provost Marshall General in the American Expeditionary Forces in France. He would remain the Provost Marshall through the War until 1919. General Bandholtz reorganized the MP Corps, while in France, he established a Military Police School, and is considered the “father” of the Army’s Military Police Corps.
Theodore Shigeru Kanamine 1929 – 2023

Born in Hollywood California, Ted and his family were shipped in 1942 to an internment camp in Arkansas when he was just 12 years old. After their release, the family moved to Nebraska where Ted could eventually attend the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He studied criminal psychology and law and entered into the ROTC program there. He was commissioned into the Military Police in 1955. He later served in the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam in Saigon and was a part of the Tet Offensive. He later led the investigation into the MyLai incident. He served as an aide to General Creighton Abrams. As the Provost Marshall of United States Army, Europe and Seventh U.S. Army, he worked tireless to combat drug usage by American forces there. He was the first Japanese-American active duty General in the U.S. military.