Editing James Basevi Ord (section)

==Between the wars==
[[File:James Basevi Ord by Oscar Lazar.jpg|thumb|right|Portrait by Oscar Lazar, 1932]]
Promoted to major on 17 June 1918, Ord reverted to the grade of captain on 30 June 1920, only to return to being a major two days later. He attended the ''[[Ecole Supérieure de Guerre]]'' in Paris. Returning to the United States in July 1924. He reverted to captain again on 4 November 1922, but then was promoted to major again on 20 September 1924. From June 1925 to June 1926 he was a student at the [[Command and General Staff School]] at [[Fort Leavenworth]], Kansas. After graduation, he was posted to the Philippines, as commander of the 3rd Battalion, [[31st Infantry Regiment (United States)|31st Infantry]], and then, in May 1928, to the American Embassy in Paris as Assistant Military Attaché.{{sfn|Cullum|1930|pp=1078–1079}} He was technical adviser at the Army General Disarmament Conference, in [[Geneva]], Switzerland, from 2 February to 19 June 1932.{{sfn|Cullum|1940|p=295}}

Ord attended the [[United States Army War College|Army War College]] from 1932 to 1933, and then was an instructor in [[military intelligence]] there from 1933 to 1935.{{sfn|Cullum|1940|p=295}} That year, the outgoing [[Chief of Staff of the United States Army]], Major General [[Douglas MacArthur]], was appointed [[Office of the Military Advisor to the Commonwealth Government (Philippines)|Military Advisor]] to the [[Commonwealth of the Philippines]]. MacArthur was permitted to select his own staff, so as his chief of staff, he chose Dwight Eisenhower, who had been his assistant for the previous two and a half years. In turn, Eisenhower was permitted to choose his own assistant, and he chose Ord for his staff skills and his knowledge of Spanish.{{sfn|James|1970|pp=484–486}} MacArthur had previously been acquainted with Ord in Paris when MacArthur was Chief of Staff.{{sfn|James|1970|p=372}}