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BRENNER, Victor David:
Medalist; born Shavly, Russia, June 12, 1871; son of George and Sarah (Margolis) Brenner; in 1890 came to the United States; 1898, studied at Paris under Louis Roty; exhibited his works in Paris Salon
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and at the exposition of 1900, where he received awards, as also from the Buf- falo Pan-American, 1901; among his better know works are Seals: New York Public Library; Fine Arts Federation of New York; Carnegie Institute, Life of Washington, etc .; portraits of G. A. Lu- cas, Wm. M. Evarts, C. P. Huntington, etc .; medals: American Geographical So- ciety, American Commission to the Paris Exposition, 1900; Typothetae of New York; Prince Henry Commemorating His Visit to America; Michigan State to Her Soldiers and Sailors, etc. Address, 147 West 23rd St., New York.
BRESLIN, James H .:
President Brooklyn Heights Realty Company, Congress Hotel Company, Knickerbocker Trust Company and Gar- field National Bank; trustee Excelsior Savings Bank and Garfield Safe Deposit Company. Office, 263 Lexington Ave., New York City.
BRETT, George P .:
President of the Macmillan Company; member of the Chamber of Commerce, and of the following clubs: The Century Association, the Grolier, the players, the New York Athletic. Address, 2812 Irving Place, New York City.
BREWER, John Hyatt:
Organist and composer; son of William and Annie E. Brewer (Scotch-English) ; was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 18, 1856; began music at seven as boy-so- prano in choirs of New York and Brook- lyn, viz., with Organist Frank Gilder at St. John's P. E. Church (Brooklyn); with Dr. H. E. Cutler at Zion Church (New York) ; with Dr. W. W. Walter at Trinity Chapel (New York); returning to St. John's, where he remained until his fif- teenth year; his vocal studies were with Dr. Cutler, Dr. Walter and James M. Wilder; he studied pianoforte and har- mony with Rafael Navarro, organ with W. A. M. Diller, V. W. Caulfield, S. B. Whiteley, and ten years of organ, har- mony and composition under Dudley Buck (from 1877); his first organ position was at City Park Chapel, 1871-73; thence to Church of the Messiah, 1873-77; thence to Clinton Avenue Congregational Church, 1877-81, and to the Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church in 1881, which posi- tion he still occupies (1903). He was one of the earliest active members of the New York State. Music Teachers' Asso- ciation, and New York Manuscript So- ciety, and is a member of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences (secretary of music department); conductor of vari- ous glee clubs and societies, notably for three years of Hoadley Amateur Orches- tra, and for nine years of the Cecilia Ladies' Vocal Society; co-founder and fellow of the American Guild of Organists; charter member and accompanist for twenty-five years of Brooklyn Apollo
Club, and elected conductor of same upon retirement of Dudley Buck (1903); pro- fessor of music at Adelphi College since 1899; is an instructor in voice, pianoforte, organ and theory. His compositions in- clude for women's voices cantatas: "Hes- perus," "Sea and the Moon," "Herald of Spring," "Twilight Pictures," etc .; for male voices: "Autumn,' "Cavalry Song," "Birth of Love," "Sing, Sing, Music was Given," "Break, Break, Break," etc .; for mixed voices: "Dreamland," "Glad Tidings," and sacred cantata "Holy Night" and other compositions (over 100), comprising sacred and secular songs, duets, quartets, anthems, glees, choruses; pieces for pianoforte, organ and strings; duos for organ and pianoforte; also a suite for orchestra; his music is published by the houses of A. P. Schmidt, Oliver Ditson Co., Novello, Ewer & Co. and G. Schirmer; was married, in 1888, to Miss Emma A. Thayer. Residence, 88 South Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
BREWER, William A., Jr .:
President of the Washington Life In- surance Company of New York; was born Boston, Mass., Oct. 9, 1835; graduated from the scientific department of Harvard College, in 1854, with the degree of S. B .; following the vocations of civil engineer and architect, he was for two years en- gaged on the construction of the Lexing- ton and Big Sandy Railroad of Kentucky; in April, 1857, he entered the actuarial de- partment of the Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York, under Mr. Sheppard Homans; in 1860 he was appointed actu- ary and secretary of the Washington Life; April 13, 1869, he was advanced to the vice-presidency, and June 30, 1879, he succeeded the late Mr. Curtiss as president. Mr. Brewer resides at South Orange, N. J., where he has served in various public capacities-two terms as president of the village; he has been fourteen years an officer, two of them as president, of the New England Society of Orange, and he is connected with most of the prominent clubs in the Oranges; by appointment of the Supreme Court of New Jersey, he is member of the Essex County Park Commission; he is also member of the Chamber of Commerce of New York, the Down Town Association, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and New York Zoological Society. Office address, 141 Broadway, New York.
BREWERTON, Henry F .:
Major U. S. Army; born New York, June 30, 1838; appointed from Maryland, civil life; actual rank, second lieutenant Fifth Artillery, May 14, 1861; accepted, June 24, 1861; first lieutenant, March 1, 1862; captain, Sept. 8, 1868; brevet rank, captain, Oct. 19, 1864, gallant and meri- torious services in the battle of Cedar Creek, Va .; service, assigned to Light Battery K, Fifth Artillery, and at Light Artillery School of Instruction, Camp Cameron, Pa .; Artillery Reserve, Army
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of the Potomac, to Jan., 1862; signal offi- cer Art. Brigade to March, 1862; on re- cruiting service, mustering and disbursing duty and assistant commissary to mus- ters, Dept. of Susquehanna, Dec., 1863, to July, 1864; with Light Battery B, Fifth Artillery, at Cumberland, Md., to Oct., 1865; Fort Monroe, Va., Jan., 1867, to March, 1869; at Fort Preble, Me., to June, 1873; at Fort Preble, Me., at St. Albans, Vt., during Fenian raid; on special duty at Newport, R. I., 1873, under the orders of the major-general commanding the division, and transferred to the command of the light battery of the regiment same year at Fort Adams, R. I .; at Charleston, S. C,. from Feb. 3 to Feb. 21, 1877; at Jeffersonville, Ind., purchasing horses for Light Artillery service, from May 4 to May 17, 1877; at Louisville, Ky., purchas- ing horses, from June 6 to July 9, 1878; at Atlanta, Ga., from April 18, 1879; at Washington, D. C., member light artil- lery board, from July 9 to Sept. 3, 1881; at McPherson Barracks, Ga., from Nov. 12, to Dec. 6, 1881; at Fort Hamilton, N. Y. H., commanding Light Battery F, Fifth Artillery, from Dec. 9, 1881, to Jan. 17, 1883; transferred to Battery C, Fifth Artillery, at Fort Monroe, Va., as in- structor at the Artillery School, Dec. 19, 1882; transferred at his own request from Battery C to Battery K, Fifth Artillery, Jan. 10, 1883; at Fort Schuyler, N. Y. H., and assumed command of Battery K, Jan. 18, 1883; staff positions occupied- acting R. Q. M. to Oct., 1861; adjutant Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to Jan., 1862; battalion adjutant Fifth Artillery and A. A. A. G. to March, 1869; battles, skirmishes, etc .- engaged in the Peninsula campaign from Manassas (in- cluding siege of Yorktown, Williamsburg to Chickahominy), and in command of section of Light Artillery protecting pas- sage of troops during battles of Fair Oaks and Seven Pines, and during bat- tles of seven days (Gaines' Mills, Mechan- icsville and Malvern Hill) with Horse Battery C, Third Artillery, under Gen- eral Stoneman; commanding section cov- ering retreat of the army; with General Averell; commanding section of Horse Battery C, Third Artillery, at White Oak Swamp and White Oak Swamp Bridge; with General Sheridan in Shenandoah campaign and commanding Light Battery B, Fifth Artillery; captured, Oct. 19, 1864, and prisoner of war in Libby Prison, Va., from Oct., 1864, to April, 1865, exchanged; commands held-battery and post at Fort Preble, Me., 1870; Battery M and Bat- talion, Fifth Artillery, at St. Albans, Vt., during Fenian raids; McPherson Bks., Ga., from Nov. 12 to Dec. 6, 1881; retired with rank of major, Nov. 28, 1892. Ad- dress, 1037 E. Jersey St., Elizabeth, N. J.
BREWSTER, Eugene V .:
Lawyer, author and public speaker; born Bay Shore, N. Y., Sept. 7, 1869; ed- ucated at Hackettstown (N. J.) Boarding School, Pennington Seminary and Prince-
ton College, pursuing at latter institution a special course, leaving 1890; studied law, and was admitted to bar, 1894; has since 'engaged in practice of law; is an able lawyer and eloquent speaker, and has won numerous difficult cases in court; is a Democrat in politics, and a strong campaign orator; was president of Muni- cipal Union of Brooklyn, which made such a strong fight for nomination of Judge Gaynor for Mayor of Brooklyn, 1897; origi- nated the idea of the "Bryan Dollar Din- ner," 1899; has delivered many lectures; also regular paid contributor to Brooklyn Eagle and other papers. Residence, 42 Hawthorne St .; office, 26 Court St., Brooklyn.
BREWSTER, Henry Colvin:
Banker; was born in the city of Roches- ter in 1845; became a clerk in the Traders National Bank, 1863, and was elected cashier of that bank in 1868; was the first president of the Rochester Clearing House Association, and filled that position for four years; he has been president of the Rochester Chamber of Commerce twice, 1893 and 1902, and represented the thirty- first Congressional district of New York in the Congress of the United States for two terms, having been elected in 1894 and served 1895 to 1899; is a member of the Union League Club of New York and of the Genesee Valley Club of Rochester; was married, in 1876, to Alice, daughter of the late Louis Chapin; is president of the Traders National Bank of Rochester and of the Genesee Valley Trust Company of Rochester, and a director of the Con- solidated National Bank, New York. Ad- dress, 353 East Ave., Rochester, N. Y.
BRICKER, Alfred T .:
Artist; born Portsmouth, N. H., 1839; self-taught; in dry goods business in Bos- ton until twenty-one, and began painting there; removed to New York in 1870; elected A. N. A., 1878; member of Ameri- can Water Color Society; specialty marine subjects, formerly heavy surf on cliffs; latterly still bays, with glassy wa- ter and masses of seaweed at low tide. Studio, 2 W. 14th St., New York; resi- dence, New Dorp, S. I.
BRIDGEMAN, Charles S .:
Republican Assemblyman, representing Orleans County; born Kendall, Orleans County, N. Y., June 5, 1849; educated in the common schools of his town and the Brockport State Normal School; since has been engaged in farming and fruit grow- ing; has served his town three years as Assessor and four years as Supervisor; elected member of Assembly, Nov. 4, 1902; appointed member of following commit- tees: Internal Affairs, Agriculture, Print- ed and Engrossed Bills. Address, Ken- dall, N. Y.
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BRIDGES, Robert ("Droch"):
Assistant editor of Scribner's Magazine since its first volume, 1887; was born in Shippensburg, Pa., July 13, 1858; educated at Princeton, graduating with class of 1879; among his classmates are President Woodrow Wilson, of Princeton Univer- sity; Cyrus H. McCormick, of Chicago, president of the International Harvester Company; Mayor Talcott, of Utica; At- torney General McCarter and Judge Pit- ney, of New Jersey; Judge Henderson, of Maryland; Major John McGaw Woodbury, of New York, and many other men dis- tinguished in the professions and in busi- ness; he went to Rochester in 1880, and began his work as a writer on the Demo- crat and Chronicle, of that city; the next year he came to New York, and was one of the news editors of the Evening Post for six years, doing at the same time a great deal of outdoor literary work; soon after the founding of Life, in 1883, he began to write its literary reviews, which he signed Droch-a part of the Highland Scotch word which means Bridge; for seventeen years, till 1900, he continued to write those articles, cov- ering a wide range of current literature; in one series he adopted a new form of criticism-as characters invented by a novelist appearing as critics of their cre- ator; these dialogues were illustrated by Oliver Herford, and appeared in book form in 1894 under the title of "Over- heard in Arcady"; a second volume of criticism in a different vein was pub- lished in 1895, entitled "Suppressed Chap- ters"; during all his career as editor and critic he has been a writer of verse for various periodicals; in 1902 he collected his poems in a volume, entitled "Bramble Brae"; he is a member of the following clubs: University, Century, Princeton, Ardsley, Aldine, and the St. Andrew's Society of New York; and The Ivy Club of Princeton. Residence, 19 West 31st St .; office, 153 Fifth Ave., New York.
BRIGHT, Marshal Huntington:
Journalist; born Hudson, N. Y., Aug. 18, 1834; received academic education, 1852-53, at Lawrence Scientific School; A. M. from Rutgers; 1853 associate edi- tor of Albany Argus, reporting for New York State Senate; served in Civil War; on staff of Generals Robert Anderson, D. C. Buell, W. S. Rosencrans and George H. Thomas; brevetted major for services; at close of war resigned to direct silver mines in Nevada; since 1873 edited Christian at Work in New York; con-
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sociological magazines; public speaker. Co-author with Hamilton W. Mabie of "The Story of America" (1895). Residence, Tarrytown-on-Hudson; office, 90 Bible House, N. Y.
BRIGGS, Charles Augustus:
Clergyman, teacher and writer; son of Alanson Tuthill and Sarah Mead Briggs;
born in New York City Jan. 15th, 1841; studied at University Virginia, 1857-60; with Seventh Regiment, N. Y., in Wash- ington, 1861; studied at Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1861-63; assisted father as merchant, 1863-66; married Ju- lie Valentine, Oct. 19, 1865; studied at University Berlin, 1866-69; ordained by Presbytery of Elizabeth, June 30th, 1870; pastor in Roselle, N. J., 1870-74; professor in Union Theological Seminary, New York, of Hebrew and Cognate languages, 1874-91; of Biblical theology, 1891; charged with heresy, April, 1891; case dismissed by Presbytery of New York, Nov., 1891; trial ordered by General Assembly at Portland, 1892; tried by Presbytery of New York; acquitted, Dec. 30th, 1892; suspended by General Assembly at Wash- ington, May, 1893; united with Protestant Episcopal Church, 1898; ordained as priest, 1899; received degrees of D. D., College of New Jersey, 1876; University Edinburgh, 1884; Williams College, 1893; University Glasgow, 1901; and D. Litt. University, Oxford, 1901. Wrote transla- tion and enlargement of Moll's "Com- mentary on Psalms i-lxxii," 1872, and of Schultz's "Commentary on Ezra," 1876, both in the Schaff-Lange series; also "Biblical Study," 1883; "American Pres- byterianism," 1885; "Messianic Prophecy," 1886; "Whither ?'' 1889; "Authority of Holy Scripture" (inaugural address upon which the charges of heresy were based), 1891; "Bible, Church and Reason," 1892; "Higher Criticism of Hexateuch," 1892; "Messiah of the Gospels," 1894; "Messiah of the Apostles," 1895; "Study of Holy
Scripture," 1899; "Incarnation of the Lord," 1902; also portions of "How Shall We Revise?" 1890; "Cornerstones," 1901; "New Hebrew Lexicon" (published in twelve parts), 1891-1904; "Case Against and Defence of Professor Briggs" (three parts), 1892-93; manager and joint-editor of Presbyterian Review, 1880-1890; Amer- ican editor of International Theological Library (in thirty-four vols., ten already published), 1891, and of International Critical Commentaries (forty-two vols., eleven already published), 1895; writer of numerous articles in American Presby- terian Review, Presbyterian Review, Bibliotheca Sacra, Reformed Review, Lutheran Review, Forum, North Ameri- can, Science Monthly, American Journal of Theology, etc., etc. Address, 700 Park Ave., New York.
BRILL, Fred. J .:
Republican Assemblyman, representing Second Assembly district; born West- morehead, Oneida County, 1850; educated in Cazenovia Seminary, and since 1873 has been farmer and cattle raiser; owns Lowell cheese factory and is large stock- holder in the Lowell Canning Company, in Oneida County; Supervisor from West- morehead; on Board of Supervisors of Oneida County, 1890 and 1891; member of Patrons of Industry, and in 1899 county president of that order; elected Assembly-
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man in 1900; appointed member of fol- lowing committees: Internal Affairs, Agriculture, and Excise; re-elected, 1901 and 1902; in 1903 was appointed member of following Assembly committees: Rail- roads, Excise, and Labor and Industries. Address, Westmoreland, N. Y.
BRINKER, John M .:
First president of the Pan-American Exposition Company and a director un- der the plan of reorganization; to him is due the credit of having fostered the ex- position idea from its feeble infancy through many struggles until it attained strength and vitality sufficient to make its active life possible; but for him- the idea would have languished and probably would have died entirely; was born 62 years ago, on a Pennsylvania farm; he went into partnership, in 1855, in the mer- cantile business with R. W. Jones, and the partnership endured for over forty years; in 1861 he was commissioned cap- tain in the Seventy-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers, Fourteenth Army Corps; after a long and honorable service in the war he returned to former business; he and Mr. Jones built the low grade of the Alle- gheny Railroad; they entered the coal
business in 1873, and in 1882 Captain Brinker came to Buffalo with his family; here he has been engaged in many enter- prises, particularly in the building of the Gorge Road, recently reorganized; in 1897 he was one of the citizens' executive com- mittee of the Grand Army Encampment. Address, Buffalo, N. Y.
BRINTON, Christian:
Editor; born Thornbury, Chester Coun- ty, Pa., Sept. 17, 1870; was graduated from Haverford College, 1892; studied at Uni- versity of Heidelberg and University of Paris; was pupil of Felix Galipaux, Vau- deville Theatre, Paris; acted in Paris and London; first appeared on New York stage with Empire Stock Company. Associate editor of The Critic from June, 1900, to Oct., 1903; at present art editor of Every- body's Magazine. Author of numerous papers on art and literature in The Critic, Everybody's and other magazines; mem- ber of the Arctic, the Players, the Uni- versity (Philadelphia), and the West Chester Country Clubs; also of the Na- tional Art Theatre Society and the Irish Literary Society. Residence, 16 Gram- ercy Park; office, 31 East 17th St., New York.
BRISTOL, Charles Lawrence:
Professor of biology in New York Uni- versity; son of Lawrence W. and Caro- line (Hawkins) Bristol; was born in Ballston Spa, Saratoga County, and pre- pared for college in the public school of that place; he was graduated from New York University in 1883 with the degree of B. S., and was given M. S. from the same institution in 1888; after teaching a few years in Riverview Academy, Pough- keepsie, N. Y., he was called to the chair
of zoology in the University of South Dakota, where he remained until 1891, when he was made a fellow of Clark Uni- versity; in the following two years he continued research work as a fellow of the University of Chicago, from which in- stitution he received the degree of Ph.D. in 1895; in 1894 he was called to the chair of biology in New York University, which he continues to occupy at this date; has directed annual expeditions to Bermuda, during the last seven years, for the purpose of making zoological studies of the coral reefs, and has suc- ceeded in transporting tropical marine animals alive to the New York Aquari- um; fellow New York Academy of Sci- ences; member of American Society of Naturalists, American Society of Zoolo- gists, New York Zoological Society. Au- thor of "The Metamerism of Nephelis," Journal of Morphology, 1899; "Treasures of the New York Aquarium," Century Magazine, 1899; "The Sea Gardens of Bermuda," same, 1904; also various con- tributions to zoology. Address, New York University, University Heights, New York City.
BRISTOL, John Isaac Devoe:
Manager of the New York City agen- cies of the Northwestern Mutual Life In- surance Company; was born at Spring- wells, Mich., March 16, 1845; at the age of twenty-three years he entered the office of the general agents of the Con- necticut Mutual at Detroit, and two years later was sent to Leavenworth, Kan., to take charge of the agencies of the de- partment, of which that city was the headquarters; in 1874 he was appointed Wisconsin state agent for the same com- pany; in Jan., 1881, he became connected with the Northwestern Mutual Life as the special Western agent, and in 1883 was transferred to New York City. Ad- dress, 1 Madison Ave., New York.
BRITT, Philip J .:
Lawyer; born City of New York, 1866; educated at De La Salle Institute; grad- uated therefrom in 1883; graduated from Manhattan College with degree of Bach- elor of Arts in 1885; searcher of titles to real estate in office of the register of the County of New York; studied law in of- fice of O. W. Flanagan and at Columbia College; admitted to practice at the City of New York in 1892; engaged in gen- eral practice, representing largely the wholesale butcher interests in the City of New York; became counsel to the sheriff of New York County in 1898 and acted as counsel to the sheriffs of New York County from that time until 1902, during which time was engaged in pri- vate practice, making corporation law and sheriff law specialties. In July, 1903, became assignee for the benefit of cred- itors of the banking and brokerage house of Talbot J. Taylor & Co., and which was the largest and most important failure seen in Wall Street in many years; set-
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tled with creditors and arranged for a resumption of business by the firm in eight weeks; member of the Manhattan, New York Athletic, Democratic, Home, Coney Island Jockey and Turf and Fieid Clubs. Address, 170
Broadway, New York.
BRITTON, Nathanlei Lord:
Botanist; born New Dorp, Staten Is- land, N. Y., Jan. 15, 1858; graduated Co- lumbia College School of Mines, 1879; degree E. M .; 1881, Ph. D .; 1879-88, as- sistant in geology and paleontology; 1888- 96, professor botany in School of Mines; five years botanist and assistant geolo- gist to New Jersey Geological Survey; 1888-98, editor Bulletin of the Torrey Bo- tanical Club; has published papers in scientific journals; "Catalogue of the Flora of Richmond County, Staten Island, N. Y.," 1879; "The Geology of Staten Is- land," 1880; "Catalogue of the Flora of New Jersey," 1882; "Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada"; president of Botanical Society of North America, 1896-98; at present, director New York Botanical Garden. Residence, 2965 Decatur Ave .; office, Bronx Park, New York.
BRONSON, Miles:
Superintendent Harlem Division New York Central & Hudson River Railroad; born May 8, 1875; he was educated in the public schools; entered railway service at Detroit, Mich .; 1890, Law Dept. Grand Trunk Railroad; 1895-98, secretary to president New York Central and St. Louis Railroad, at Cleveland, Ohio; 1898-1900, assistant to president New York Central and Hudson River Railroad, New York; Nov. 1, 1900, to date superintendent Har- lem Division New York Central and Hud- son River Railroad. Office address, White Plains, N. Y.
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BROOKS, Fred Emerson:
Poet-humorist and lecturer; was born Dec. 5, 1850, in Waverly, N. Y .; he grad- uated from Madison University (now Col- gate), Hamilton, N. Y., class of 1873; his Greek letter society is Delta Kappa Epsilon; took the honors in elocution and oratory. Is the author of notable poems, "Pickett's Charge," "Sherman's March," "Old Ace," "Palestine," "Tlie Orthod-ox Team;" his first volume of poems was "Battle Ballads," published in San Fran- cisco, Cal., 1886; "Old Ace" and other poems in New York, 1899; "Pickett's Charge" and other poems, 1903; has writ- ten several librettos for cantatas, etc .; he stands among the first on the lyceum and lecture platform, giving recitals from his works; in this capacity he travels over the United States and Canada almost continually; the public rendition of his battle poems makes him a great favorite with Grand Army Veterans. Residence, 564 West 182d St., New York.
BROOKS, Hildegard (Miss) :
Author; born Germany, 1875; daughter of the late Major Thomas Benton Brooks. "Without a Warrant," Scribner's, 1901, "The Master of Caxton," Scribner's, 1902. Home address, New Windsor, N. Y.
BROOKS, John C. W .:
Captain, United States Army; born New York; appointed to United States Mili- tary Academy from Pennsylvania, July 1, 1881; graduated therefrom and ap- pointed a second lieutenant of Fourth Ar- tillery, June 14, 1885; first lieutenant, Aug. 14, 1889; captain of Sixth Artillery, March 2, 1899; transferred to Fourth Artillery, April 21, 1899. Volunteer service-Captain- acting quartermaster, May 17, 1898; ma- jor quartermaster, Nov. 12, 1898; honora- bly discharged, June 30, 1901; services as in Powell thence continued at West Point, N. Y., as instructor till Aug., 1894; gar- rison duty at Fort Adams, R. I., and Fort Riley, Kan., to Nov., 1896; profes- sor of military science at Wisconsin State University to April, 1898; garrison duty, Fort McHenry, Md., till May, 1898; staff duty as acting quartermaster and quartermaster during war and till 1901; garrison duty at Fort Barranca, Fla., 1902. Address, Fort Riley, Kan.
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