Who's who in New York City and State, 1st ed, Part 126

Author: Hamersly, Lewis Randolph, 1847-1910; Leonard, John William, 1849-; Mohr, William Frederick, 1870-; Knox, Herman Warren, 1881-; Holmes, Frank R
Publication date: 1904
Publisher: New York : L.R. Hamersly Co.
Number of Pages: 751


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THOMAS, Chauncey:


Commander, U. S. Navy; born in New York, April 27, 1850; appointed to Naval Academy from Pennsylvania, Sept. 26, J


1867; Naval Academy, to June 6, 1871; frigate Wabash, European Station, Oct. 5, 1871; store-ship Supply, July 21, 1873; fri- gate Colorado, North Atlantic Station, Dec. 1, 1873; frigate Wabash, April 2, 1874; waiting orders, April 28, 1874; or- dered to examination for promotion, June 4, 1874; waiting orders, June 17, 1874. Commissioned ensign, July 14, 1872; fri- gate Colorado, North Atlantic Station, July 13, 1874; sloop Canandaigua, Septem- ber 21, 1874; flagship Worcester and to staff of Rear Admiral Mullany, Sept. 27, 1874; flagship Colorado, March 31, 1875; flagship Worcester, May 10, 1875; sloop Plymouth (special duty), June 24, 1875; ordered to examination for promotion, Sept. 25, 1875, and commissioned master from April 14, 1875; returning to duty on board the Plymouth; ordered to flagship Hartford and to staff of Rear Admiral LeRoy, Feb. 14, 1876; to staff of Rear Admiral Trenchard, Aug. 31, 1876; flag- ship Powhatan, July 4, 1877; awaiting or- ders, June 15, 1878; Nautical Almanac. Office, Navy Department, Washington, D. C., Julv 8, 1878; waiting orders, July 8, 1881; ordered to sloop Adams, Pacific Station, Sept. 10, 1881, and to examina- tion for promotion, May 26, 1882. Com- missioned lieutenant from March 10, 1882; waiting orders, Sept. 9, 1884; Nautical Al- manac Office, Navy Department, Wash- ington, D. C., Nov. 15, 1884; appointed as- sistant superintendent Nautical Almanac, Nov. 25, 1884; detached and ordered to special duty as aide to Admiral Porter, March 10, 1886, which duty continued till after the death of Admiral Porter; March 15, 1891, was ordered to U. S. training- ship Monongahela; detached July 10, 1893, and ordered to Bennington; Hydrographic Office, April, 1894-96; navigator U. S. S. Oregon. Dec. 15, 1896; executive officer, U. S. S. Wheeling, Dec. 26, 1897; execu- tive officer, U. S. S. Yorktown, Nov. 17, 1898; promoted to lieutenant commander, March 3, 1899; executive officer, U. S. S. Oregon, June 1, 1899; command, U. S. S. Monadnock, July 15, 1899; U. S. flagship Baltimore, assistant chief of Rear Admi-


ral Watson's staff, Aug. 15, 1899. Home and awaiting orders, Dec. 17, 1899; tem- porary duty, naval gun factory, Wash- ington, Jan. 15, 1900; hydrographic office, April 14, 1900; command U. S. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross, Oct. 26, 1901; promoted to commander, Oct. 26, 1901; command U. S. S. Bennington, March 2, 1903. Home and awaiting orders Dec. 15. 1903. Present address, College Park, Md.


THOMAS, Eben B .:


President Lehigh Valley Coal Company, Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, Na- tional Storage Company, and New Jersey, & New York Railroad Company; director American Steel Foundries Company, Cen- tral Railroad Company of New Jersey, Temple Iron Company, and United States


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Mortgage & Trust Company. Address, 26


Cortlandt St .; residence, 175 West 58th St., New York.


THOMAS, James Milton:


Jurist 'and president of the Telephone, Telegraph and Cable Company; was born in Clarksburg, O., April 24, 1858; son of Archibald' A. and Mary E. Thomas. was educated in the schools of his native town, and afterward at the Ohio Wes- leyan University, where he took a class- ical course in 1881. He studied law un- der Judge W. H. Safford, being admitted to the Ohio bar in 1884, and to the bar of the U. S. Supreme Court in 1886. He entered upon his practice at Chillicothe, O., in 1884, continuing until 1894, when he was elected judge of the Probate Court, holding the position for six years. Mak- ing a specialty of corporation and com- mercial law, he became interested in telephone patents, and in 1900 he moved to Cleveland to accept the presidency of the United States Telephone Company; was afterward made president of the In- dependent Telephone Association, a posi- tion which he still holds; also largely in- terested in many subordinate telephone companies and in traction lines of Cleve- land. In 1887 Mr. Thomas married Flora E. Mayland, of Chillicothe. He is a mem- ber of the Century and Colonial Clubs of Cleveland and of the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce. Address, 100 Broadway, New York.


THOMPSON, Edward:


Publisher; born Aug. 21, 1845; son of John and Ann Thompson; educated in the public schools of New York, and learned the trade of machinist; while so employed was severely injured, causing his removal to St. Lukes Hospital; after his recovering he became assistant to Dr. Muhlenburg and remained at the hospital for a number of years. Afterward was for several years superintendent of the St. Johnland Home on Long Island. In 1882 he established himself at Northport, N. Y., in the publication of law books. He was excise commissioner and assessor of the town of Huntington, L. I., and was appointed Fisheries, Game and Forest Commissioner in 1895. He is president of the Edward Thompson Company,; a prom- inent member of the Northern Electric Light Company, the Northport Steam- boat Company, the Northport Real Estate & Improvement Company, the Northport Bank, and the Northport Oyster Company. He is a member of the Wyandauch Club, of Smithtown, L. I .; the Albany Club, of Albany, N. Y .: the New York State So- ciety for the Protection of Fish and Game; Manhattan Lodge, F. & A. M., No. 82, of New York; and Asharoken


Chapter, U. D., of Northport. He was married, in 1874, to Miss Sarah Buchanan. Address, Northport, Long Island, N. Y.


THOMPSON, Frederick Diodati, Count:


Author; born in New York, Dec. 17, 1850; son of David and Sarah (Diodati) Thompson; a descendant of Lion Gardi- ner, first Englishman seated in New York, Governor Roger Ludlow, Governor Roger Wolcott, also Major General Governor Roger Griswold and Governor Matthew Griswold, also of Count Jules Diodati, Count of the Holy Roman Empire and general under Wallenstein, killed at the siege of Mayence; educated, private schools; graduated, Columbia Law School; admitted to New York bar and bar Su- preme Court United States. Turkish commissioner to World's Columbian Ex- position, 1893; made a Roman count, 1902. Member of New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, New York Histori- cal Society, Long Island Historical So- ciety, Suffolk County Historical Society, St. George Society. Italian Benevolent So- ciety, Historical Society of New York, Society of Colonial Wars, Sons Revolu- tion, Order Cincinnati, Chevalier Order St. Maurice and St. Lazarus, Chevalier Order Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem; grand officer Order of the Osmanie, and of Order of the Medjidie, Turkey. Clubs, Union, Knickerbocker, Metropolitan. Author of "In the Track of the Sun"; contributor to newspapers and magazines. Address, Union Club, and Sagtikas Manor, New York.


THOMPSON, John F .:


Vice-president Bankers' Trust Company, New York; born in Chautauqua Co., N. Y., July 12, 1860; married, Sept., 1880, Hattie Dow, daughter of Amos Dow. East Ran- dolph, N. Y. Entered Wesleyan Univer- sity, Middletown, Conn., in class of 1881, but did not graduate, owing to ill health. With Bradford National Bank, Bradford, Pa., 1878-82; last two years as assistant cashier; cashier State Bank of Bolivar, N. Y., 1882-84; Seaboard National Bank, New York, 1884-1903; assistant cashier, 1887-1891; cashier, 1891-1903; resigned Feb. 1, 1903, to accept vice-presidency Bankers' Trust Company, organizing. Member Union League, Metropolitan, Lawyers, Republican, Psi Upsilon Clubs. Resi- dence, Summit, N. J.


THOMPSON, J. Walter:


Advertising agent; born at Pittsfield, Mass., Oct. 28, 1847. His parents removed to Ohio while he was still quite young, and the early part of his life, including its educational period, was passed in that State; he came to New York, early in the sixties, in which city he shortly after- wards entered upon a mercantile career.


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This first venture in the active business life was made in 1864, when he was sev- enteen years of age; he began his career in the metropolis under the same condi- tions as did Horace Greeley and many others who have achieved success, being without money and without influence, but possessed of that energy and spirit of en- terprise which. as a rule, win good fortune by commanding it. He was employed in a minor capacity, in that field of labor which was to become the work of his later life, his first position being that of clerk in an advertising establishment; later he entered into business on his own account securing control of a number of theatre programmes as profitable channels for ad- vertising; to these he soon added the programmes of several New York thea- tres: the first stage in his independent career was followed by others, advance and by an in position in the firm in whose service he was engaged. until he eventually purchased and became successor to its business; to this business he has, since acquiring complete control of it, steadily added, developing its im- portance and magnitude, particularly in the special field of magazine advertising. He was married in 1877 to Miss Margaret R. Bogle, daughter of the late James Bogle, the celebrated portrait painter, and a prominent member of the New York Academy of Design. Address, Times Building, New York.


THOMPSON, Robert Means:


Financier; born Corsica, Jefferson Co., Pa., March 2, 1849; son of Judge John J. Y. Thompson, for many years a lay judge of the Jefferson County Court, Pennsyl- vania; married Sarah Gibbs, daughter of William Channing Gibbs, of Newport, R. I. Appointed to Naval Academy in 1864; graduated in class of 1868; served on board the Centoocook, Franklin, Rich- mond and Guard; commissioned ensign, 1869, and master, 1870; in 1871 served on board the Wachusett; resignation from Navy accepted latter part of 1871; then studied law and graduated from Dane Law School of Harvard University in 1874. Member of Boston Common Coun- cil in 1876, 1877 and 1878; for many years president of the Orford Copper Company, smelters of copper and nickel, and now chairman of board of directors of Inter- national Nickel Company; president of the U. S. Naval Academy Alumni Asso- ciation and member of University, Cen- tury, Metropolitan. Players, Racquet and Tennis, Military Order of Loyal Legion, Down Town, Lawyers and other clubs. Address, 3 East 69th St .; office, 41 Wall St., New York.


THOMPSON, Robert William, Jr .:


Lawyer; born New York, May 20, 1874. educated in the public schools and the College of the City of New York;


received A. M. from Columbia in 1894 and LL.B. in 1896; was admitted to the bar in the latter year and has been in active practice ever since. He is a Republican in politics. Member of the following organizations: Alpha Delta Phi and Phi Delta Phi fraternities, Albion Lodge F. & A. M., Association of the Bar, Republican Club of the City of New York, Englewood Golf Club, Columbia University Club and West End Association; is a member of the law firm of Thompson & Warren. His family have resided upon West 97th Street, in New York for a continuous pe- riod of sixty-five years. His grandfather, Adam Thompson, once cultivated a farm of some four or five acres near the present site of Broadway and 97th Street. Ad- dress, 49-51 Wall St., New York.


THOMPSON, W. Gilman, M.D .:


Physician; born in New York, Dec. 25, 1856; Ph.B. Yale, 1877; M. D., College Physicians and Surgeons, New York, 1881; visiting physician to Presbyterian Hospital and to Bellevue Hospital; pro- fessor of medicine in Cornell University Medical College. Member of Academy of Medicine, Clinical Society, Association of American Physicians, Practitioners' Soci- ety, New York State Medical Association. Address, 34 East 31st St., New York.


THOMSON, Clifford:


Insurance journalist; was born at Ful- ton, Oswego Co., N. Y., April 15, 1834. After an education in the common schools his experiences for the period of a score of years were, like those of most Americans who have their own way to make in the world, varied and interesting. He learned the printer's trade, was a miner in California, lived among the In- dians in northwestern Minnesota, worked on the New York Tribune doing reporter's work un to 1861, when he enlisted from the Tribune editorial rooms for the war and longer; served five years in the cav- alry, most of the time on the staff of Major General Alfred Pleasonton, and rose from private to major of cavalry. He received the Congressional medal of honor for "distinguished services" at


Chancellorsville, and was twice brevetted for "gallantry." In 1866 he was on the editorial staff of the New York Times, and then on that of the Evening Mail. He was four years in the internal revenue service with General Pleasonton when United States commissioner of internal revenue, and finally, in 1877, he was called to the Spectator, of which he became edi- tor and part proprietor, and so remains. He resides at East Orange, N. J., where he is a member of the Riding and Driving Club; he is also a member of the New York Commandery of the Loyal Legion and of the Army and Navy Club; he is vice-president of the Spectator Company and of the Acme Ball Bearing Company;


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director of the Carpenter Steel Company; director and secretary of the F. B. Ste- vens Company; director of the United National Bank. Address, 95 William St., New York.


THOMSON, William Hanna, LL.D., M.D .:


Graduated A. B., from Wabash College, 1850, A. M., 1857; Albany Medical Col- lege, 1859, M. D .; LL.D., New York Uni- versity, 1885; assistant physician, Quaran- tine Hospital, New York, 1859; United States medical inspector from 1861 to 1865; physician to Charity Hospital since 1868; physician to Bellevue and Roose- velt Hospital. Member American Asso- ciation of Physicians and Academy of Medicine. Address, 23 East 47th St., New York.


THORNDIKE, Edward Lee:


Teacher; professor of educational psy- chology Teachers' College, Columbia University; received A. B., Wesleyan Uni- versity, 1895; A. B., Harvard University, 1896; A. M., 1897; Ph.D., Columbia Uni- versity, 1898; instructor in education and teaching, Western Reserve University, College for Women, 1898-99; instructor in genetics psychology, Teachers' College, 1899-1901; adjunct professor, 1901. Mem- ber of the American Psychological Asso- ciation; fellow of the American Associa- tion for the Advancement of Science; fel- low of the New York Academy of Science. Author of "Animal Intelligence," "The Mental Life of the Monkeys," "The Hu- man Nature Club," "Notes on Child Study," "Educational Psychology." Ad- dress, Teachers College, Columbia Uni- versity, New York.


THORNTON, George H .:


Stenographer; graduated from Univer- sity of Rochester in 1872; member of the firm of Slocum & Thornton, stenogra- phers, Buffalo, N. Y., 1872-80; official sten- ographer, Supreme Court, Eighth Judicial District, New York, 1883 to date. Editor of Modern Stenographic Journal, Buffalo, N. Y., 1883. Author of "Modern Sten- ography," 1882; "Phonographic Copy Books," 1884. Address, Buffalo, N. Y.


THURSBY, Emma C .:


Singer and teacher of music; born in' Brooklyn, N. Y., 1854; began her musical education under Julius Meyer, studying later under Achille Errani, Madame Ru- dersdorff and Maurice Strakosch; was soloist at the Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, for one year. and subsequently at the Broadway Tabernacle,; appeared in prin- cipal cities of the United States and Can- ada under the management of Maurice Strakosch; later in England and the cities of the Continent. Was for some time soloist with the Thomas Orchestra in its


performances in the United States; has during this year given concerts in Japan and India. Address, 34 Gramercy Park, New York.


THURSTON, Robert H .:


Director of Sibley College, Cornell Uni- versity; born in Providence, R. I., in 1839; was graduated civil engineer from Brown University in 1859. He went to work in his father's shops until the outbreak of the civil war, when he joined the Navy; third assistant engineer, July 29, 1861; second assistant engineer, Dec. 18, 1862; first assistant engineer, Jan. 30, 1865; re- signed April 1, 1872; acting professor of natural philosophy, U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, 1865 to 1871; professor of me- chanical engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology, 1871 to 1885; since the latter year has been director of the Sibley College, Cornell University, and professor of mechanical engineering at the Univer-


sity. Member of the American Associa tion for the Advancement of Science, American Society of Mechanical En- gineers (and its first president), American Institute of Mining Engineers. Is author of numerous books on mechanical en- gineering and of papers to scientific jour- nals. Address, Ithaca, N. Y.


TIFFANY, Charles C .:


Protestant Episcopal clergyman anđ author; born in Baltimore, Md., Oct. 5, 1829; was graduated from Dickinson Col- lege, Carlisle, Pa., 1850, and from Ando- ver Theological Seminary, 1854. After studying in Germany for two years, served as a Congregational minister in Derby, Conn., from 1857 to 1864, when he became chaplain of the Seventh Connec- ticut Regiment, U. S. Volunteers, and served till the end of the war in Virginia and North Carolina. In 1866 he was or- dained deacon in the Protestant Episcopal Church and ordained priest by Bishop Clarke, of Rhode Island, in November of the same year; rector of St. James' Church, Fordham, N. Y., 1867-1871; as- sistant minister, on the Green Founda- tion, of Trinity Church, Boston, Mass., and in charge of St. Mark's Church, 1871-74; rector in New York City of the Church of the Atonement and of Zion Church. 1874-90; archdeacon of New York, 1894-1902: examining chaplain to the bishop of New York, 1883-1902; lecturer on liturgies, New York Training School for Deacons, 1901-02; general chairman of the American Church Congress since 1897; D. D., Dickinson College, 1883; St. Steph- en's College. 1894; Yale University, 1897. Author of "A History of the Protestant Episcopal Church," 1895; "The Prayer Book and the Christian Life" (Bohlen Lectures), 1897, and various pamphlets and articles on theology, ethics and art. Address, 165 West 58th St .; office, 29 Lafayette Place, New York.


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TIFFT, Mrs. A. H .:


President Memorial Hospital for


Women and Children, Brooklyn, N. Y. The hospital is managed and conducted by women, with women physicians and nurses, for women and children; the nurses are trained at the hospital, and are in such demand that it is almost im- possible to supply all that are desired for outside work. Address, Clarendon Hotel, Brooklyn, N. Y.


TIFFT, William C .:


Educator; graduted from University of Rochester (A. B.), 1886; A. M., 1894; headmaster Hillside Seminary, Norwalk, Conn., 1886-87; principal High School, Poultney, Vt., 1887-91; High School, Sandy Creek, N. Y., 1891-93; student of peda- gogy, Colgate University, 1893-94; princi- pal Marion Collegiate Institute, Marion, N. Y., 1894 to date; member American In- stitute of Civics. Address, Marion, N. Y.


TILFORD, Frank:


Capitalist; born New York, July 22, 1852, and received his education at the Mount Washington Collegiate Institute. It was thought and suggested at the time that he should embrace a profession, but this not being in accordance with his wishes, on the termination of his studies, he en- tered the employ of his father's firm, Park & Tilford, working his way upward, in course of time becoming a partner. In 1890 the business was formed into a close partnership, with John M. Tilford as vice-president; subsequently, on the death of that gentleman, Frank Tilford was elected to fill the position, which he still holds. Prior to this, in 1899, Mr. Tilford organized the Bank of New Am- sterdam (now the New Amsterdam Na- tional Bank), he being the vice-president. The bank was a success from its incep- tion, and attracted a clientele of the highest grade; in Jan., 1896, he was elected president; at that time the de- posits were a little over one million dol- lars, and its stock was quoted at $150 per share. When he resigned the presidency, Jan. 9, 1901, the deposits had increased to over seven millions of dollars, and the value of its stock had risen to $725 per share. During the past few years there has been a change in banking meth- ods, while the city is growing larger the banks are numerically decreasing, not because there is less business, but be- cause the older and larger banks, by purchase, absorb the smaller, and use them as branches or feeders of the par- ent stem. Mr. Tilford was aware of all this and was not disturbed. A syndicate expressed the willingness to take over the Bank of New Amsterdam, to which he had no objection, provided they paid the price, which was by no means a modest one; they paid it, and the Bank of New Amsterdam is now a link in a chain of banks of which Charles W. Morse


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is chairman. Mr. Tilford is largely in- terested in many other prominent enter- prises; he is president of the Standard Gas Light Company, New York & Queens Electric Light & Power Company, New- town & Flushing Gas Company, and the College Point Gas Company; also a trus- tee of the Consolidated Gas Company of New York, and director of the Consoli- dated Gas Company of Baltimore, Md., besides being a director in many other gas and electric companies throughout the country, and president of many in- dustrial corporations. He is trustee of the Henry Clay-Bock Company of Eng- land and Havana, vice-president of the Universal Tobacco Company of New York, and of the Havana Consolidated Tobacco Company; is also a member of the direc- torate of the Harry Weissinger Company, of Louisville, Ky., and of the Havana Commercial Company. Mr. Tilford origin- ated and formed the Fifth Avenue Trust Company, of which he is a trustee, as he is also of the New York Security and Trust Company; likewise a director in many corporations in New York City, and an active member of the Chamber of Commerce. He was one of the Presiden- tial electors in 1900; was instrumental in the success of the Grant Monument Association, being a member of the ex- ecutive committee. His sincere patriot- ism was very recently particularly evinced by the generous gift of a colossal bust of General George Washington to each of the public schools in the Borough of Manhattan; the presentations with ap- propriate ceremonies on Jan. 29, 1902, at- tracted wide attention and flattering com- ment. He originated and is vice-presi- dent of the Lincoln Trust Company; the Lincoln Trust Company will occupy on its completion a grand building running through the block and fronting on Broad- way, as well as Fifth Avenue. He is a member of the Union League, Lotos, Re- publican, Colonial, Aldine, and New York Athletic Clubs: the Society of the Sons of the Revolution, American Society, and of the executive committee of the New York Historical Society. He owns the magnificent steam yacht Norman, and is an ardent yachtsman is commodore of the Indian Harbor Yacht Club, as well as a member of all the leading yacht clubs in this country. Address, 208 Fifth Ave., New York.


TILLSON. George William:


Civil engineer; born in Thomaston, Me., Dec. 18, 1852; was graduated at Bowdoin College in 1877, and afterwards received the degree of Civil Engineer from that in- stitution. Was assistant engineer in charge of sewer construction in Memphis, Tenn., under Colonel George E. Waring, Jr., in 1880; in 1880 and 1881 planned and supervised the construction of a sewer system for Kalamazoo, Mich .; in Oct., 1881, went to Omaha, Neb., where he had


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charge of sewer and pavement construc- tion until 1887, when he was appointed city engineer, holding this position till 1892; from 1892 to 1895 was engaged in engineering and contract work in Nebras- ka, Wyoming, Texas, Colorado and other States. In 1895 he came to Brooklyn, N. Y., where he was appointed assistant en- gineer, Department of City Works, in charge of pavement construction, holding this position until 1902, when he was ap- pointed chief engineer of the Bureau of Highways, Borough of Brooklyn, a posi- tion which he now holds. Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, American Society of Municipal Improve- ments (of which he is now secretary), Brooklyn Engineers' Club, Municipal En- gineers of the City of New York, Phi Beta Kappa Alumni Association of the City of New York, Zeta Psi fraternity, Midwood Club of Flatbush, Crescent Ath- letic Club and the Maine Club. Author of "Street Pavements and Paving Materi- als," a book of about 500 octavo pages, published by John Wiley's Sons in 1900. Has been a frequent contributor to tech- nical magazines and periodicals on mat- ters pertaining to pavements; also to the American Society of Civil Engineers and the American Society for Municipal Im- provements. Residence, 93 Lenox Road; office, Room 12, Municipal Building, Brooklyn. N. Y.


TILLSON, John C. F .:


Major, U. S. Army; born at Elmira, N. Y., May 26, 1856; was graduated from Elmira Free Academy, 1874; appointed to U. S. Military Academy, 1874; gradu- ated, 1878. Additional second lieutenant, Fifth Infantry. June 14, 1878; second lieu- tenant, Fifth Infantry, June 21, 1878; first lieutenant. Fifth Infantry, March 24, 1883; captain, Fourteenth Infantry, March 18, 1897; major, Fourth Infantry, March 12, 1902. Served with the Fifth Infantry at Fort Keogh, Mont., 1878 to 1888; in Texas, 1888 to 1891; in Florida, Louisiana and Georgia, 1891 to 1897. Professor of mili- tary science North Georgia Agricultural College, 1897 to 1898; recruiting officer, Cleveland, O., 1898 to 1899; with the Fourteenth Infantry in the Philippines and the China Relief Expedition, 1900; provost marshal, American district, Pekin, 1900 to 1901. Received the thanks of Prince Ching and Li Hung Chang for. humane administration in American dis- trict of Pekin. On duty at Fort Porter, N. Y., 1901 to 1902; in command of Fort McIntosh, Tex., 1902 to 1903. Professor of Military science at North Georgia Agricultural College, 1903. Present sta- tion, Dahlonega, Ga.




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