Charles Justin Bailey (June 21, 1859 – September 21, 1946) was a major general in the United States Army who commanded the 81st Infantry Division during World War I.

[1] He attended the United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point, New York, from where he graduated, eighth in a class of 52, in June 1880.

Among his fellow classmates there at the academy were several men who would, like Bailey himself, eventually attain the rank of brigadier general or higher in their military careers, such as George W. Goethals, William C. Rafferty, John L. Chamberlain, Frederick S. Strong, James B. Aleshire, James B. Erwin, William S. Scott, George Bell Jr., and Henry G. Sharpe.

[2] On August 5, 1917, Bailey was promoted to major general in the National Army and assigned to command the Philippine Department.

[2] In 1919, Bailey was selected to command the Middle Atlantic Coast Artillery District at Fort Totten, and returned to his permanent rank of brigadier general.

[2] He was again promoted to major general, and commanded the Third Corps area at Fort Howard, Maryland, until retiring in 1922.

[2] He was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal, the Order of Leopold (Belgium), the Croix de Guerre with palm, and was an officer of the Legion of Honor.