General of the Armies in chief of the Army of the [United States]". but only wore the three-star insignia of an Army lieutenant general. As of 1782, when Washington was listed as a lieutenant general on the rolls of the United States Army, his rank was informally called "three-star general". The United States at this point had no four-star general rank and would not until 1866. At that time, the European rank of captain general was shortened to simply "general"; there would also be no lieutenant generals in the American army until Winfield Scott was "brevetted" to the rank of lieutenant general in 1855.
Major general name, as are all general officers; thereafter by subordinates as "sir" or "ma'am" as applicable in English or "mon général" in French. Major-generals are normally entitled to staff cars. In the Estonian military, the major general rank is called "kindralmajor". The Finnish military equivalent is "kenraalimajuri" in Finnish, and "generalmajor" in Swedish and Danish. The French equivalent to the rank of major general is "général de division". In the French military, "major général" is not a rank but an appointment conferred on some generals, usually of "général de corps d'armée" rank, acting as head of staff of one of the