On July 1, 1907, he was promoted to captain, detailed to the Ordnance Corps, and posted to Sandy Hook Proving Ground in New Jersey.

[5] By November 1918, he was in France and in charge of the Construction and Maintenance Division for the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) Ordnance staff section.

He returned to the United States in August 1919 to assume command at Aberdeen Proving Ground, but elected to resign his commission before taking that post.

He became vice-president of the American Clay Machinery Company, but resigned his position after nine months and reentered the Army as a major on July 1, 1920.

His tour at Aberdeen Proving Ground concluded in March 1929, at which time he was posted to London, England, as assistant military attache.

General Wesson assumed responsibility for the Army's materiel buildup in preparation for World War II.

[2] Wesson married Anne Dunbar Davis on May 31, 1904, in Washington, D.C. She was the daughter of Army Judge Advocate General George B.

[7] Wesson suffered a head injury and his wife was killed as a result of the January 1922 Knickerbocker Theatre roof collapse.