Charles Egbert Stanton (November 22, 1858 – May 8, 1933) was an officer in the United States Army, and attained the rank of colonel.

[2] He served in the Philippines during the Spanish–American War, and after his 1901 discharge accepted a regular Army commission as a captain in the paymaster corps.

[5] He served as chief disbursing officer for the American Expeditionary Forces, and received the Distinguished Service Medal and the French Legion of Honor.

[6] The citation for Stanton's Army Distinguished Service Medal read: 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 Colonel (Quartermaster Corps) Charles E. Stanton, 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.

As Chief Disbursing Officer in the Office of the Finance Division, Quartermaster Corps, at Paris, Colonel Stanton performed his duties with unremitting zeal, displayed marked administrative ability and accurate judgment in solving problems of extraordinary difficulty, rendering services of marked worth.Service: Army Rank: Colonel Division: Quartermaster Corps General Orders: War Department, General Orders No.

70 (1919)[7]After retiring from the army, Stanton served as a member of San Francisco's Board of Public Works.