Draft:Milutin Stanojevic

Milutin (Mihailo) Stanojević-Šarkamenac (Negotin, 27 February 1882 – Belgrade, 12 July 1961) was an infantry brigadier general, a participant in the Balkan and First World wars, head of the Adjutant Department of the Ministry of the Army and Navy, judge of the Great Military Court.

Biography

He was born on February 27, 1882 in Negotin.[1] He went to school in Negotin, and finished the sixth grade of high school in Zaječar. He graduated from the junior military academy in the 31st class from September 5, 1898 to July 23, 1900, passing with the lower ranks of corporal, corporal and sergeant. After graduating from the Lower Military Academy on July 23, 1900, he was promoted to the rank of infantry second lieutenant[2] and became a platoon officer of the XIII Infantry Regiment of the Timočka Division.[3] He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant on June 26, 1904. At the annual gathering of the officers of the Negotin garrison, he was elected a member of the Board of Directors of the officers' reading room for 1905.[4] At the beginning of November 1907, he passed the exam for the rank of active infantry captain, and immediately after that, on November 13, 1907, he was appointed commander of the 4th company of the 2nd battalion of the XIII infantry regiment "Hajduk Veljka".[5]

Before the Austro-Hungarian annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina on August 27, 1908, Stanojević was appointed captain of the II class of the XIII infantry regiment of the Timočka division of the first call.[6] In 1909, he specialized in a machine gun course in Belgrade, and on April 3, 1910, he became the commander of the machine gun department of the XIII Infantry Regiment.[7] He was promoted to captain first class on May 5, 1911, and entered the Balkan Wars with that rank.[8]

Balkan wars

Barracks of the XIII Infantry Regiment in Negotin, built in 1901. During the First Balkan War in 1912-1913. was the commander of the machine gun division of the XIII Infantry Regiment of the Timoča Division under the command of General Vladimir Kondić. After successful battles and battles near Kumanovo and Bitolje[9], as part of the Second Army, Captain Stanojević was sent with his division to help the Bulgarians during the siege of Jedren. He was promoted to the rank of major on April 6, 1913, after the very end of hostilities in the First Balkan War.[10]

During the outbreak of the Second Balkan War in 1913, he was the commander of the 4th battalion of the first call of the Timočka Division and participated in difficult battles in the defense of the border, especially at Pirot.

First World War

In the First World War, as a major, he led the 2nd battalion of the X infantry "Takovsky" regiment of the Šumadija division of the first call, which was then commanded by General Stevan Hadžić. After the start of hostilities, his unit was directed towards the slopes of Cer, cooperating with the strike group of the Second Army of General Stepa Stepanović.

With great success, Stanojević participated in the difficult battles on the Drina and Kolubara in 1914, which is why he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel on October 1, 1915.[10] During the German offensive, during the retreat to the south, his unit was constantly in combat. He participated in the battles at Vučjak in 1915 and was with his unit in constant battles against the Germans, Austrians and Bulgarians during the retreat to the river Sitnica. After retreating through Montenegro and Albania in the winter of 1915/1916, he went to the island of Corfu and during the summer of 1916, the formation of the Thessaloniki Front. Milutin Stanojević with his unit 2nd Battalion X Infantry Regiment of the Šumadija Division marched towards Veternik, where he was already wounded in the first battles with the Bulgarians on August 9, 1916 at "Kovilovo".[10] Due to war actions, he was lying wounded at the front during the whole day. Due to the consequences of his injuries and the possible occurrence of gangrene, his leg was amputated below the knee in the field hospital near the front. He was then transferred to the hospital in Thessaloniki, where a new operation was performed on his leg and a prosthesis was fitted. As he lost his leg, he could not return to the front, he was sent to France to recover.

Advancement in service

Although he remained disabled as a good officer, he remained in the army even after the First World War. Stanojević met the end of the war in the same rank, but on October 14, 1920, he was promoted to the rank of colonel.[11] He worked in the general department of the Ministry of the Army and Navy. He was elected a member of the Board of Directors of the Officers' Cooperative on April 26, 1922.[12]

King Aleksandar I Karađorđević, and at the suggestion of the Minister of Army and Navy Dušan P. Trifunović, promoted Milutin M. Stanojević to the rank of Brigadier General on November 28, 1925.[13]

He remained in active military service as Chief of the Adjutant Department of the Ministry of the Army and Navy until June 16, 1936, when he was appointed a temporary judge of the Grand Military Court.[1] A month before his retirement, he was appointed a member of the disciplinary court. He was retired on October 12, 1937 and transferred to the reserve.

He died suddenly in his family on the day of St. Peter's Day, July 12, 1961. He was buried at the New Cemetery.

In the assessment of his work, there are notes that "he belonged to the ranks of our pre-war elite infantry officers, he was a very good commander and throughout the war in the first battle line, until he was seriously wounded, as a result of leg amputations..." he performed his service conscientiously, from his own motivation (own initiative