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Brooke Iron Company at Birdsboro, oper- ating furnaces, rolling mills, forges, nail works, ete .; also owning coal mines, iron mines, extensive quarries and many other properties. George Brooke has long been a prominent factor in the financial affairs of Berks County; he is President of the First National Bank of Reading, Presi- dent of the Pennsylvania Trust Com- pany, Director of the Wilmington and Northern Railroad Company, President of the Pennsylvania Diamond Drill Com- pany, Treasurer of the Keystone Coal Company of West Virginia, and a stock- holder in many other corporations; he has served in the Borough Council and in the School Board, and is in every way a public spirited citizen. In 1862 he married Mary B. Irwin, daughter of John H. Irwin, a grandson of Frederick Au- gustus Muhlenberg, the first Speaker of the National House of Representatives. Member of the Pennsylvania Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. Address, Reading, Pa.
BROOKE, Hunter:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; private 121th Pennsylvania In- fantry Aug. 11, 1862; honorably discharged May 15, 1863; Sergeant 29th Pennsylvania (Militia) Infantry June 20, 1863; honor-
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ably discharged Aug. 1, 1363; Second Lieutenant 192d Pennsylvania Infantry July 6, 1864; First Lieutenant July 16, 1864; honorably mustered out Nov. 11, 1864; elected Feb. 5, 1890. Address, 1905 Spruce St., Philadelphia, Pa.
BROOKE, John Rutter:
Major General United States Army; born July 21, 1838, at Philadelphia; in April, 1861, he enlisted in the Fourth Pennsylvania Infantry, and was promoted until he became Brigadier General of Volunteers May 12, 1364. On Aug. 1, 1864 he was made Brevet Major General; was com- missioned Lieutenant Colonel of the Thir- ty-seventh United States Infantry July 28, 1866, and was transferred to Third Infan- try March 15, 1869; March 20, 1870, was made Colonel of the Thirteenth Infantry; and of the Third Infantry June 11, 1879; Brigadier General April 6, 1888. He com- manded the Departments of Platte, Da- kota and Missouri, and on May 22, 1897, was made Major General. In April, 1898, he was sent to command troops at Chick- amauga Park; July, 199S, he was ordered to Porto Rico, head of Military Commis- sion, then Governor General of Porto Rico; in December, 1808, he was Governor General of Cuba and commanding Divi- sion of Cuba; May, 1900, he commanded the Department of the East, and was re- tired July 21, 1902. Member of the Penn- sylvania Commandery of the Military Or- der of the Loyal Legion. Address, Rose- mont, Pa.
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BROOKE, Mark:
Lieutenant in the United States Army; member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; eldest son of deceased Com- panion Major John Brooke; Cadet United States Military Academy June 18, 1898; Second Lieutenant Corps of Engineers United States Army June 12. 1902: elected May 1, 1901; first class in succession May 12, 1902. Address, Corcoran Building, Washington, D. C.
BROOKE, Rawle, William:
Lawyer; son of C. Wallace and Eliza- beth Tilghman (Rawle) Brooke; born Aug. 29. 1843; in 1863 was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania: married Eliz- abeth Norris Feb. 7. 1572; served in the Civil War as Lieutenant and Captain with the Third Pennsylvania Cavalry; was brevetted Major and Lieutenant Colonel;
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was Vice President of the Historical So- ciety of Pennsylvania. Author of "The Right Flank at
Gettysburg," "With Gregg in the Gettysburg Campaign," "Gregg's Fight at Gettysburg." Address, 230 South Twenty-second St .; office, 216 South Sixth St., Philadelphia, Pa.
BROOKE, William:
Captain United States Army; born in and appointed from Pennsylvania; Sec- ond Lieutenant Fourth Infantry Oct. 7, 1891; First Lieutenant April 26, 1898; Cap- tain Thirty-fifth United States Volunteer Infantry July 5, 1899; Major Forty-sixth United States Volunteer Infantry Aug. 17, 1899; honorably mustered out of Volun- teer service May 31, 1901; transferred from Fourth to Fifteenth Infantry Nov. 21, 1890; Captain Feb. 2, 1901. Address, Monterey, Cal.
BROOKFIELD, Robert Morris:
Soldier; born in and appointed from Pennsylvania Cadet at the United States Military Academy from June 18. 1892, to June 12. 1896, when he was graduated and promoted to Second Lieutenant of Infantry, Second Infantry, June 12. 1836; served at Fort Keogh, Mont., to Feb. 26, 1898; with Alaskan Exploring Ex- pedition to July 5, 189S; with regimental recruits Aug. 3 to Aug. 26, 1898; Atlanta, Fort MacPherson, and Lithia Springs, Ga., and en route to Montauk, L. I .. Aug. 3 to 26, 1998; Montauk, L. I., and Anniston, Ala., Aug. 26; First Lieu tenant of Infantry Sept. 28, 1838. Huntsville, Ala., and on leave of absence from Oct. 22 to Dec. 24. 199S; ordered to proceed with Twelfth Infantry to Ma- nila and to join Twenty-third Infantry there. Dec. 24, 1898; assigned to Twenty- third Infantry Jan. 1, 1899; transferred to Eleventh Infantry Feb. 28, 1893; with regiment. San Juan, Porto Rico; resigned Oct. 15, 1900. Address, $19 North Twen- tieth St., Philadelphia, Pa.
BROOKS. F. Edward. M. D .:
Superintendent of the public schools of Philadelphia since 1991; born in Stony Point, N. Y .; taught school at Cudde- bacville. N. Y., at the age of eighteen, and a year later entered the Liberty Normal Institute. Professor in the Uni- versity of Northern Pennsylvania, and Itter occupied the Chair of Literature and Mathematics in Monticello Academy, New York: became Professor of Mathe-
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matics at. the State Normal School of Millersville, Pa., in 1855, and made President of the same institution in 1866; eected President of the State Teachers' Association in 1876, and President of the Normal Department of the National Educational Association. Received de- gree of A. M. from Union College in 1858, and degree of Ph. D. from three promi- nent institutions. Author of many valu- able educational works. Address, Over- brook, Pa.
BROOKS, Geraldine:
Author; daughter of the late Elbridge Streeter and Melissa (de Baun) Brooks; born June 26, 1875, at Philadelphia; edu- cated at the Adelphi Academy, Brook- lyn; Somerville (Mass.), High Schools, and Radcliffe College from 1893 to 1897; she is unmarried; member of the Authors' Club at Boston; has written a number of works, among which are: "Dames and Daughters of Colonial Days," published in 1900; also "Dames and Daughters of the Young Republic," in 1901; and "Ro- mances of Colonial Days," in 1903. Ad- dress, 60 St. Nicholas Ave., New York.
BROOKS, Henry:
Manufacturer; born in Yorkshire, Eng- land; at an early age emigrated to this country; educated in West Philadelphia. Upon the death of his father, George Brooks, assumed control of the Oriental Mills, which he now operates. He has twice been elected Clerk of Quarter S sions. President of the Standard Fire Insurance Company, and member of the Manufacturers' and Young Republican Clubs. Address, 5300 Girard Ave., Phila- delphia, Pa.
BROOKS, James Croxall:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; Captain and Commissary of Sub- sistence United States Volunteers Jan. 1, 1863; honorably mustered out Dec. 19, 1865; brevetted Major United States Vol- unteers March 13, 1865. "for meritorious services in his department during the war"; elected May 6, 1821. Address, 117 North 33rd St., Philadelphia, Pa.
BROOKS, John Crafts Wright:
Captain United States Army; born in New York; appointed from Pennsylvania; Cadet Military Academy July 1. 1881; Second Lieutenant Fourth Artillery June
14, 1885; First Lieutenant Aug. 14, "1889; Captain Assistant Quartermaster of Vol- unteers May 17, 1898; Major Quartermas- ter of Volunteers Nov. 12, .189S; honorably discharged from Volunteer service June 30, 1901; Captain Sixth Artillery March 2. 1899; transferred to Fourth Artillery April 21, 1899; Artillery Corps Feb. 2, 1901. Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. Address, Fort Riley, Kans.
BROOKS, M. J. B .:
Postmaster; born in Elk (now Cameron County), Pa .. Aug. 28, 1545; educated in private schools; engaged in lumbering un- der the firm of John Brooks & Sons; en- tered Railway Mail Service in 1884; was appointed Postmaster at Driftwood, Pa., April 1, 1903. Address, Driftwood, Pa.
BROOKS, Thomas R .:
President of North Scranton Bank. Ad- dress, Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pa.
BROOKS, William Benthal:
Captain United States Navy; member of the Pennsylvania Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; ap- pointed Third Assistant Engineer United States Navy Feb. 16, 1852; Second As- sistant Engineer July 21, 1855; First As- sistant Engineer July 21, 185S; Chief En- gineer (Lieutenant) Aug. 1, 1861; Chief Engineer (Commander) Jan. 22, 1873; Chief Engineer (Captain) Dec. 18, 1SS5; retired (Captain) March 1, 1892; elected Nov. 1, 1882; in April, 1898 was called again to duty, and served during the Spanish-American War. Address, 437 West 6th St., Erie, Pa.
BROOMELL. I. Norman:
Dentist; son of Isaac and Rachel Broomell; born Nov. 25, 1$5S, in Chester County, Pa .; educated at the Friends' Central School, Philadelphia, where he received degree of A. M .; was graduated from the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery and received degree of D. D. S .; married Lidie T. Seabury. Since 1998 has been Professor of Dental Anatomy, Dental Histology and Prosthetic Dentistry at the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery. Member of the American Den- tal Association, Pennsylvania State Den- tal Society, Academy of Stomatology. Pennsylvania Association of Dental Sur- geons. New York State Dental Society. Author "Anatomy and Histology of the
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Mouth and Teeth," published in 1898; "The Teeth and Temperament," "Dental Cosmos," in 1897; "The Enamel Organ," "Items of Interest," in 1899; "Oral Em- bryology," in 1900. "Some Early Teach- ings Regarding the Teeth," 1903. He is a Republican in politics. Address, 302 North Fortieth St .; office, 1420 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
BROSIUS, William H .:
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Lancaster County; was born in Martic Township, Lancaster County, Nov. 30, 1839; educated at public and select schools; raised upon a farm, and is at present engaged in farming; was a member of the House of Repre- sentatives, sessions of 1883, 1885 and 1901; re-elected in November, 1902. Address, Marticville, Pa.
BROWER, Daniel Roberts:
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Physician; born 1839 at Philadelphia; was graduated from the Polytechnic College, Philadelphia, and received de- gree of M. S. in 1860; also M. D. at the University of Georgetown in 1864, and A. M. at the Wabash College, LL. D. at the Georgetown, Kenyon College, and St. Ignatius College, Ill. In 1864 was As- sistant Surgeon in the United States Vol- unteers; is Professor of Nervous and Mental Diseases at the Rush Medical Col- lege; also Professor of Nervous Diseases at the Post-Graduate School, Chicago. He is author of numerous monographs and text books on insanity. Address, 597 Jackson Boulevard, Chicago.
BROWER, I. J .:
President of Farmers and Mechanics' National Bank of Phoenixville. Address, Phoenixville, Chester County, Pa.
BROWN, Adam M .:
The first Recorder of Pittsburg; born in Brownsdale, Butler County, Pa., Aug. 3, 1530; comes of distinguished ancestry, his grandfather, Adam Brown, having served in the Continental Army under Wash- ington; his father was James Brown, for whom Brownsdale was named. He secured a liberal training in the county schools, and at the age of fifteen was a skilled debater; studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1$53; has been a life-long Republican and was a member of the Pittsburg Select Council for three years; vas a delegate to the convention that
nominated Abraham Lincoln for Presi- dent in 1864, and to the one that nomi- nated Grant in 186S. During his career at the bar he was regarded as one of the ablest members of the profession; he was appointed as Recorder of Pittsburg by former Governor Stone. Address, 433 Fifth Ave., Pittsburg, Pa.
BROWN, Ambrose C .:
Attorney at law; son of George W. Brown and Esther Badger Brown; born in Clarion County, Nov. 21, 1866; educated in the local public school, the Clarion Collegiate Institute, Rimersburg, Pa .; Grove City Colege, and the Clarion State Normal School, being a graduate of the latter institution. Taught school with marked success in the public schools of Clarion County and as principal of the Edenburg and Clarion public schools. After reading law with Hindman & Hoy of Clarion, he was admitted to practice in the courts of Clarion, Warren and Forest Counties; removed to Tionesta in 1902. Married July 14, 1898. to Milss Marian L. Brown of Huntingdon County, a sister of the late J. M. Brown, M. D., of the University of Pennsylvania, and of John F. and George E. Brown, general agents of the Penn Mutual Life Insur- ance Company. They have one daughter, Martha. Address, Tionesta, Pa.
BROWN, Amos Peaslee:
Educator; son of Amos P. and Frances (Brown) Brown; born Dec. 3. 1864, at Germantown, Pa .; was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and re- ceived degree of B. A. in 1886, M. E. in 1887, and Ph. D. in 1892. From 1SS7 to 1889 was Assistant Geological Surveyor of Pennsylvania; also Instructor of Mining and Metallurgy at the University of Penn- sylvania from 1889 to 1891, Professor of Geology and Mineralogy since 1892. He is unmarried. Address, 20 East Penn St., Germantown, Pa.
BROWN. Arthur Erwin:
Scientist; born Aug. 14, 1830, at Bucks County, Pa .; educated chiefly in Europe; Secretary of the Zoological Society of Philadelphia; also Vice President and Cu- rator at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia; member Zoological So- ciety of Philadelphia. Academy of Natu- ral Sciences, American Philosophical So- ciety; also member of the Board of Man- agers for the Wister Institution of Anat-
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omy, and honorary member of the New York Zoological Society; is correspondent member for the Zoological Society of London, and has written various zoolog- ical and biological articles for journals and society proceedings. Address, 1208 Locust St., Philadelphia, Pa.
BROWN, Charles W .:
Plate glass manufacturer; born in New- buryport, Mass., in 185S; educated at Dumner Academy; was graduated from Newburyport High School. In early life he followed the sea; from 1879 to 1885 in charge of vessels in the China and Aus- tralian trade; in 1886 established the glass business in Minneapolis, and or- ganized the firm of Brown & Haywood Company; in 1895-1896 President of the National Window Glass Jobbers' Associ- ation; in 1897-1898 President of the Min- neapolis Jobbers' Association. Married Alice Greenleaf of Newburyport, Mass., in 1883. Independent in politics. In 199S sold out the Brown & Haywood Company business in Minneapolis to the Pittsburg Plate" Glass Company, and was chosen Secretary and Director of the Pittsburg Plate Glass Company, which office he still holds; he is also President of the Michigan Chemical Company of Bay City, Mich .; President of the Owosso Sugar Company (with factories at Owosso and Lansing); Secretary of the Columbia Chemical Company of Barberton, Ohio; Director in the Patton Paint Company of Milwaukee, Wis., and President of the James E. Patton Company of Milwaukee. Ile is a member of the Minneapolis Club of Minneapolis, Minn., and of the Du- quesne and Union Clubs of Pittsburg, the Allegheny Country Club, and the Edge- worth Club at Sewickley. Address, Se- wickley, Pa.
BROWN, Christian H., M. D .:
Born May 8, 1857, at Lancaster, Pa .; son of Edwin H. Brown, Cashier of the Farmers' National Bank of Lancaster for thirty years; was graduated from the Lancaster High School and Franklin and Marshall College: attended University of Pennsylvania; received medical degree in 1878; Resident Physician of the Philadel- phia Hospital, 1STS-1879; Assistant Physi- cian Insane Department. 1879-1SSO; com- menced practice of medicine in 18$1 at Lancaster; Attending Physician to the Lancaster County Hospital, and Secretary Lancaster City Board of Health; removed
to Philadelphia in 1887; practice exclu- sively diseases of the eye. Author and teacher of the science of Optometry; member of County, State -and National Societies, and the American Ophthalmo- logical, Otological and Laryngological Society. Address, 4327 Baltimore Ave., Philadelphia, Pa,
BROWN, E. L .:
President of First National Bank of Derry Station. Address, Derry Station, Ta.
BROWN, Ernest W .:
Professor of mathematics; born at Hull, England, Nov. 29, 1866; only son of Will- iam Brown, of Hull, and Emma Martin, Wainfleet, Lincolnshire; educated at the Totteridge Park School and Hull and East Riding College;
scholarship at Christ's College, Cambridge, in January, 1884; B. A. degree (Mathematical Tripos) in 1SS7; elected Fellow in 1889; Fellow of Royal Society, 1898; Fellow of Royal Astronomical, Cambridge Philosophical, London Mathematical, American Philo- sophical and American Mathematical So- cieties; published Treatise on the Lunar Theory (Cambridge Pitt Press, 1996), and monographs and reviews on celestial me- chanics, especially the lunar theory. Ad- dress, Haverford College, Haverford, Pa.
BROWN, Ethelbert Washington:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the . Military Order of the Loyal Legion; eldest son of deceased Com- panion Lieut. Col. William H. Brown; elected May 4, 1892. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
BROWN, Francis Shunk:
Lawyer; born in Philadelphia June 9, 1533; his father, Chalres Brown, repre - sented a Philadelphia district in Con- gress for many years, and his maternal grandfather was for two terms Governor of Pennsylvania. Mr. Brown was edu- cated in the public schools of Phila- delphia and the Wilmington Conference Academy in Dover, Del., from which he was graduated in 1874; studied law and was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Law Department in 1$79. He is Commodore of the Philadelphia Yacht Club and Commander of the Penn- sylvania Naval Reserves. Address, 5927 Drexel Road, Overbrooks Farms, W. Phil- adelphia, Pa.
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BROWN. Isaac Brownell:
Secretary of Internal Affairs; was born Feb. 20, 1SIS, and was reared on a farm at a place now called Rasselas, in Elk County, Pa .; at the age of sixteen he entered the Union Army as a private sol- dier, and served in the 211th Regiment of the Third Division, Ninth Corps, Army of the Potomac, his service covering the last year of the war. Subsequent to the war he was educated at Smethport Acad- emy and Alfred University, from which last named institution he was graduated with the class of 1869; after graduation he commenced the reading of law, but taught school and engaged in the insur- ance business as a means of gaining a living during the period he was engaged in his law studies; he was admitted to practice in the courts of Erie County in May, 1876. In 1878 he was nominated for the Legislature by the Republicans of the Second Assembly District of Erie County, and was defeated through a combination of Democrats, Greenbackers and disappointed Republicans; in 1880 Mr. Brown was again nominated, and was elected, as was he also in 1SS2, and again in 1884. In 1887 he became Deputy Secretary of Internal Affairs and Super- intendent of the Bureau of Railways, which positions he has since held con- tinuously except for a period of four months, in 1895, when he was appointed by Governor Hastings as Secretary of In- ternal Affairs. During his Legislative career he prepared, introduced and se- cured the passage of the bill for the es- tablishment of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Home at Erie. Mr. Brown has been a member of the Grand Army of the Re- public since 199, and has several times been elected delegate to the National En- campments, serving also on the staffs of several of the Commanders in Chief. His service in the National Guard of Penn- sylvania covers a period of thirteen years, during which time he was Second Lieu- tenant and Captain in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Regiments and Judge Ad- vocate, with rank of Major, on the staff of Brig. Gen. James A. Beaver. For ten years he has been President of the Sur- vivors' Association of Hartranft's Divi- sion of the Ninth Army Corps. Mr. Brown was President of the Commission appointed under an act of Assembly for the erection of the equestrian statue of the late ex-Governor Hartranft, and is also a member of the Pennsylvania State Forestry Commission; he is President of
the Corry Water Supply Company and the Wilcox Manufacturing Company, and was also President of the St. Louis Na- tional Convention of Railway Commis- sioners. In June, 1900. the degree of I.L. D. was conferred upon him by Alfred University; he was elected Secretary of Internal Affairs on Nov. 4, 1902. Address, Harisburg, Pa.
BROWN, James W .:
Congressman (Republican) of Pittsburg; was born in that city July 14, 1844, and has resided in Pittsburg and Allegheny County all his life; educated in the com- mon and private schools of Allegheny County; has been connected with the iron and steel business ever since he came to manhood, and is still in that business. Was inarried Oct. 7, 1867, to Clara Palmer Howe, daughter of the Hon. Thomas W. Howe, deceased; was elected to the Fifty-eighth Congress on the Citizens and Fusion ticket. Address, Pittsburg, Pa.
BROWN, John Cook:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; private Fifth Pennsylvania Cav- alry Aug. 14, 1862; Sergeant Major Nov. 18, 1863; discharged for promotion May 30. 1864; First Lieutenant and Adjutant Fifth Pennsylvania Cavalry May 30, 1864; Captain March 7, 1565; honorably mus- tered out Aug. 7, 1865; elected Oct. 16, 1SS9. Address, 1731 North 16th St., Phila- delphia, Pa.
BROWN. John Rowland:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion: eldest son of Companion Capt. John C. Brown; elected Nov. 14. 1900. Address, 1731 North 16th St., Philadelphia. Pa.
BROWN, J. Woods:
Special Agent of the Fire Association of Philadelphia for the Middle Depart- ment; was born at Milton, Pa., June 25, 1SC1; was graduated from Princeton Uni- versity in 15$5; established a local fire insurance agency at Milton, Pa., in ISSS; was appointed Deputy Insurance Commis- sioner of Pennsylvania by Governor Pat- tison in 1831, which position he retained until 1895, when he resigned to enter the service of the Merchants' Insurance Company of Newark as a Special Agent for Pennsylvania. He retained this posi-
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tion until February, 1901, when he was appointed Special Agent for the Fire As- sociation. Address, Hotel Stenton, Phil- adelphia, Pa.
BROWN, Marshall:
Jurist; born at Brownsdale, Butler County, Pa., Feb. 12, 1853, the son of Adam Mercer Brown, a lawyer, in whose office he studied, gaining admittance to the bar of Allegheny County in 1874. After enjoying a profitable practice, in which he won a reputation for ability, he was appointed in 1900 a Judge of the No. 1 Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County to succeed Judge Slagle, deceased. In 1901 he was nominated and elected to this position, his term beginning in January, 1902. Address, Pittsburg, Pa.
BROWN, Reynolds D .:
Professor of law; born in Newcastle, Del., May 6, 1869; was graduated at Har- vard College as B. A. 190; taught at Germantown Academy and at the Penn Olmster School; studied in law school of Wie University of Pennsylvania, gradu- ating in 1894; Fellow in law school till 1897, when appointed Professor of Law in this school. He is a member of the law firm of Burr, Brown & Lloyd. His club connections are with the Sharswood Law Club, the Harvard Club of Philadelphia, and the Germantown Cricket Club and the Huntingdon Valley Country Club. Ad- dress. 5112 Newhall St., Philadelphia, Pa. BROWN, Robert Alexander:
Captain United States Army; born in and appointed from Pennsylvania; Cadet Military Academy July 1, 1SS1; Second Lieutenant Fourth Cavalry June 14, 1SS5; served with regiment (Fourth Cavalry) at Fort Huachuca, Ariz., from January till June, 1$90; at Presidio, San Francisco, Cal., from June till December, 1890; In- structor in Tactical Department, United States Military Academy, January, 1891, to Jan. 25, 1993; First Lieutenant of Cav- alry, Seventh Cavalry, Nov. 28, 1891; transferred to Fourth Cavalry Dec. 1, 1891; Regimental Quartermaster, Fourth Cavalry. Feb. 3, 1893, to Feb. 3, 1897, at Fort Walla Walla, Wash .; on leave of absence in Japan, Sept. 4 to Dec. 17, 1896; with regiment as Troop Officer, Feb. 3, 1897, to June 14, 1898, at Fort Walla Walla, Wash,; with troop at Presidio, San Francisco, Cal., June 17 to June 20, 198; Major and Inspector General, United States Volunteers, June 7, 1\25; served at Camp Alger, Va .; Thoroughfare, Va .;
í Camp Meade, Pa .; Greenville, S. C., as Inspector General, Second Division, Sec- ond Army Corps, from July 11 till Nov. 28, 1898; at Pinar del Rio, Cuba, as In- spector General, Department of Pinar del Rio, Cuba, Dec. 12, 1898 to April 30, 1890; Captain of Cavalry, Eighth Cavalry, Sept. 14, 1899; Major and Inspector General, United States Volunteers, Sept. 30, 1899. Inspector General Second Division, Eighth Army Corps, Oct. 8, 1899, to May 8, 1900; Assistant Secretary to the Military Gov- ernor in the Philippines May 9 to Oct. 17, 1900; Inspector General Department of Southern Luzon Oct. 17, 1900, to June 30, 1901; honorably discharged from Volun- teer service June 30, 1901; Aide-de-Camp on staff of Major Gen. Arthur Mac Ar- thur. July 1, 1901, to Sept. 30, 1902. Ad- dress, Fort Leavenworth, Kans.
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