This picture is about Matthew Bunker Ridgeway, he is the son of Colonel Thomas Ridgeway and become a General U.S Army Chief of Staff from 1953-1955, Matthew was born March 3, 1859,Ft Monroe, Virginia, and in 1917, he was commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S Army
Base on the photo, the light is insufficient, and the subject is serious the photographer want to send a message to the public that this man is worth it and honest for his job and one of the most respected leader who lived.