Brigadier General Brice Pursell Disque (July 19, 1879 – February 29, 1960)[citation needed] was a U.S. Army officer and businessman.

He is best remembered for having headed the Spruce Production Division during World War I, for conceiving the idea of sending military troops to work in the logging industry to spur wartime wood production, and as the creator of a government-sponsored union, the Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen.

In February 1901, he mustered out of the volunteers to accept a regular's commission as a 2nd lieutenant in the 5th Cavalry, with temporary duty at Fort Thomas, Kentucky.

Disque was a Distinguished Graduate of the Infantry and Cavalry School at Fort Leavenworth in 1904–1905, then completed the Staff Course in 1905–1906, where his thesis was in law: The Suspension of the Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus in the United States.

They convinced him to remain a civilian and investigate the lumber shortage, caused by a combination of labor union strikes and mill owner profiteering, which was hindering airplane production.

He also served on various private and public boards and commissions such as the Anthracite Institute and the Solid Fuels Administration for War.

[7] Citation: The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Brigadier General Brice Pursell Disque, United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War I, in connection with the organization and administration of the spruce production activities of the Bureau of Aircraft Production while serving as Officer in Charge of the Spruce Production Division and President of the United States Spruce Production Corporation.