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Merchant; born in the South about fifty years ago; he moved to Scranton in 1875 and has built up the largest whole- sale grocery business in Northern Penn- sylvania, with a trade extending into New York, New Jersey and Maryland. He is President of the Scranton Board of Trade, President of the Traders' National Bank, and Director in many of Scran- ton's large enterprises. Address, 26
Lackawanna Ave., Scranton, Pa.
PORTER, William David:
Judge of the Superior Court of Penn- sylvania; born at Porter's Landing, Han- cock County, West Virginia, Jan. 3, 1850. He read law with Collier, Miller & Mc- Bride. at Pittsburg. Pa., where he was admitted to the bar in 1872. Was elected District Attorney of Allegheny County in 1$$3. and re-elected in 18$6: was appoint- ed a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, No. 3, of Allegheny County in May, 1891, and elected to that office for the full term in the following November. While serving in that position he was on July 4, 1598, appointed a Judge of the
Superior Court of Pennsylvania, and his election for the full term followed in November. This term expires in Janu- ary, 1909. Address, Pittsburg, Pa.
PORTER, William Wagener:
Lawyer; born in Philadelphia, May 5, 1856: son of William A. Porter, Judge of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania and Court of Alabama Claims, Washington. His grandfather was David Rittenhouse Porter, twice Governor of Pennsylvania; his great-grandfather was Gen. Andrew Porter, Chief of Engineers on the staff of Washington during the Revolution; was educated in private schools in Phila- delphia; was graduated from the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania in 1875. with A. B. degree; 1878 took degree M. A. from the same university; read law with his father, Hon. William A. Porter, and ad- mitted to the bar in 1877; practiced his profession in Philadelphia until 1897, when he was appointed Judge of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, and subsequently elected to a full term, but resigned in order to return to the practice of the law in 1903. He is the author of a legal text book on "Bills of Lading" and several brochures. He is a member of the Socie- ty of the Cincinnati, Sons of the Revolu- tion, the Union League of Philadelphia, and other social and charitable institu- tions. He was the orator at the un- veiling of the great Washington Monu- ment in Philadelphia, an occasion in which President Mckinley also participat- ed. Address, 2025 Walnut St., Philadel- phia, Pa.
POSEY. Wm. Campbell:
Physician; born in Philadelphia, 1866; was graduated from College Department. University of Pennsylvania, 1886; Medical Department of the same institution, 1SS9; resident physician Presbyterian Hospital, 1889-1890; studied diseases of the eye in foreign hospitals, 1890-1892; engaged in the practice of diseases of the eye in Phil- adelphia since 1892. Surgeon to the Wills Eye and Howard Hospitals; Professor of Ophthalmology in the Pennsylvania Poly- clinic. Author of numerous treatises upon diseases of the eye, and co-editor with Jonathan Wright, M. D., of Brook- lyn. of a "System of Diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat"; editor of the last American edition of Nettleship's Ophthalmological Society and of the Am- erican Medical Association. Address, 1835 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
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POST, William M .:
Lawyer; born in Montrose, Pa., Feb. 10, 1525. Ile worked on his father's farm, at the same time attending the Montrose Academy, and at twenty years of age took up the study of law; this for a time was interrupted by business interests, but was resumed several years later, and he was admitted to the Susquehanna County bar in 1856. After a period of practice in Montrose, in the firm of Little & Post, he opened an office in Susquehanna. re- maining there till isso, when he returned to Montrose, where he now dwells in the old family homestead. Under President Johnson Mr. Post was United States Assessor for the Twelfth District, and in 1886 was the Democratic nominee for the State Senate; he was defeated, though he ran much ahead of his ticket. As a law- yer he is highly esteemed for ability and fine powers of oratory. He is the oldest living member of the Susquehanna Coun- ty bar. Address, Montrose, Pa.
POSTLES. James Parke:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; private First Delaware Infantry April 18, 1861; First Sergeant ---- , 1861; discharged Aug. 6, 1961. First Lieutenant Delaware Infantry Sept. 10, 1861; Captain Oct. 15, 1862: resigned and honorably discharged June 10, 1564. Awarded the "Medal of Honor" under resolution of Congress, "for voluntarily delivering an order, in the face of heavy fire of the enemy, at the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 2. 1863." Elected Nov. 12, 1590. Ad- dress, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
POTTEIGER. Charles W .:
Merchant; born in Reading. Pa., in 1S58; educated in the public schools and at the Muhlenberg College. Allentown: followed the business of buying and selling cattle for twenty years; appointed Deputy Col- lector of Internal Revenue in 1SS9, and served in that capacity four years; has since been engaged in the wholesale and retail cigar business. Member of the Board of Public Works of Reading, Pa., for the past eight years. Has been an active participant in politics as a Repub- lican, serving as a member of the Repub- lican County Committee. Republican City Executive Committee and delegate to the Republican State Conventions. Prominent in Masonry, and as a member of a num-
ber of fraternal organizations. Address, Reading, Pa.
POTTEIGER, J. B .. M. D .:
Born in Strausstown, Pa .; educated in schools in Reading, Pa .. and at the Free- land Seminary, Montgomery County; was graduated from the Jefferson Medical Col- lege in the class of 1959; commenced prac- ticing his profession in Lenhartsville, Pa., and entered the army in 1862, as Assist- ant Surgeon of the 128th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, in the nine months' service; re-entered the army in 1864 as Surgeon at the Lincoln Hospital and was then sent to Point Lookout Hos- pital, where he remained until the close of the war in 1865; resumed practice of medicine in Berks County, and located in 1867 in Hamburg, Pa., where he is still in active practice. Was Assistant Sur- geon of the Fourth Regiment, National Guard of Pennsylvania, for several years, and then. in 1884, was chosen Surgeon of the regiment with the rank of Major. Was a notary public for many years. In politics is a Republican. Address, Read- ing, Pa.
POTTER. Samuel H .:
Clergyman; born at Hightstown. N. J .; educated at the Allentown Academy. and at Van Rensselaer Institute; studied the- ology under a special committee. and was regularly ordained in 1887. He has since been in the pastorate, spending four years in New York, ten in New Jersey, and is on his third year in Pennsylvania, at Brandt. In 1901 he was a commissioner from the New Brunswick Presbytery to the General Assembly. Prohibitionist in politics. In
18$3 he married Mary C., daughter of the late Capt. E. H. Chambers; was a teacher in Brainerd Institute, and later entered the ministry. His ancestors came to this country in the early part of the seven- teenth century. Address, Brandt, Pa.
POTTER. William:
President Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia; lawyer; born in Philadel- phia, April 17, 1852; educated in private schools and at the University of Penn- sylvania. class of 1874; solicitor and Di- rector Thomas Potter Sons & Co., Inc. He was appointed by President Harrison in 1990 Special Commissioner to visit London, Paris and Berlin on behalf of the United States Post Office Depart- ment to negotiate the present system of sea post offices. He was a delegate to 1
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the Fourth Congress of the Universal Postal Union at Vienna. 1591: United States Minister to Italy, 1892-1894; mem- ber of the Board of Directors of City Trusts of Philadelphia; counsellor of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania; honor- ary member of the Society of the Cin- cinnati in the State of New Jersey; member of the Permanent Relief Com- mittee of Philadelphia, and a manager of the Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb. Married, April 25, 1878, Jane Kennedy Vanuxem, who died January 17. 1897; married, May 16, 1899, Hetty Vanuxem, who died Aug. 12, 1901. Ad- dress, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pa.
POTTER, William Franklin:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; Second Lieutenant Third Penn- sylvania Cavalry, Nov. 9, 1862; First Lieu- tenant, May 1. 1863; Captain, Oct. 4, 1864; honorably discharged May S, 1895. Elect- ed Nov. 10, 1880. Address, 121 W. Chel- ten Ave., Germantown, Pa.
POTTER, William Plumer:
Jurist: born in Jackson County, Iowa, April 27, 1857; educated in Wisconsin and lowa public and High Schools; entered Lafayette College, Easton, Pa., class of 1879. but did not complete course; en- tered banking business in Iowa; studied law and admitted to Iowa bar. Removed to Pittsburg, 1SS1; admitted to the Pitts- burg bar in 1$$3; practiced until appoint- ed. Sept. 25, 1900, Justice of the Supreme Court, Pennsylvania, and elected Nov. 5, 1901, to same position for term of twenty- one years, beginning Jan. 1. 1902; en- gaged largely in corporation practice. Member of American Association for the Advancement of Science, Historical So- ciety of Pennsylvania. Duquesne and Americus Clubs. Director in a number of banks and trust companies in Pittsburg; Director in Western Theological Seminary; prominent Presbyterian layman. Repub- lican in politics. Married, 1SS4, Jessie L. Bacon. Address. 304 S. St. Clair St., Pittsburg, and The Bartrum, Philadelphia.
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POTTER, William Woodht Irn:
Practicing architect. Philadelphia: born 1575. in Philadelphia. Early education ac- quired abroad and in Philadelphia. Five years of this period were spent at schools in Paris, Dresden and England. He was graduated from Princeton College in 1996. with a B. S. degree, winning the Bayard-
White Prize in architecture at graduation. Then. after a short period of study abroad, entered the office of Cope & Stewardson, architects. Philadelphia. In 1598 he se- cured the prize in architecture offered by the School of Industrial Art of that city. He enlisted, in April, 1898, in Battery A, Pennsylvania Volunteers, and saw active service in Porto Rico. After being dis- charged from volunteer service he served two enlistments in National Guard as Corporal and Sergeant. After experience in two or three of the best offices in Philadelphia and New York, he started the practice of his profession in 1902, and has since become a factor in the architectural world. Address, 1913 Spruce St., Philadelphia, Pa.
POTTS. Barton H., M. D .:
Born in Pottstown, February, 1969; ed- ucated at public schools and the Hill School of that place; was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, Depart- ment of Medicine. in 1891. Was a resident physician in the Presbyterian Hospital of Philadelphia. He is Laryngologist and Aurist to the German Hospital and St. Mary's Hospital, and Aural Surgeon to the dispensary of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; is a member of the Phil- adelphia County Medical Society, the Pennsylvania State Medical Society, the American Medical Association, and a Fel- low of the College of Physicians of Phila- delphia. Address, 109 S. Twentieth St., Philadelphia, Pa.
POTTS. Charles S .:
Physician: born in Philadelphia, Jan. 30. 1664: educated in the public schools of Philadelphia; was graduated from the Central High School in June. 1592; was graduated from the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania in May, 18$5. Republican in politics. Served as resident physician in the Philadelphia Hospital from 15$5 to 1586. and in the University Hospital and State Hospital for the Insane at Morristown, Pa. In isSs was appointed assistant physician in the Dispensary for Nervous Diseases of the University Hospital: in 1992 was made Chief Physician, which he still is. In 1590 was elected Instructor in Electro- Therapeutics in the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania: in 1992 was re-elected Instructor in Nervous Dis- enses in the same institution; in 1903 was promoted to be Associate in Neurology; also Assistant Neurologist to the Uni-
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versity Hospital, Neurologist to the Phil- adelphia Hospital and consulting physi- cian to the Hospital for the Insane of Atlantic County, N. J. From 1897 to 1901 was consulting alienist to the Eastern State Penitentiary. Member of the Coun- ty Medical, the Pathological, Pediatric, Neurological (of which he is now Presi- dent), and a Fellow of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia; member of the American Medical Association, of the University, Medical and Phi Delta Theta Clubs, of the Nu Sigma, the Medical Fraternity, and of the Undine Boat Club. Has written a "Manual of Nervous and Mental Diseases" (Lea Bros. & Co., 1900) ; also various papers and reviews. Ad- dress, 1733 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
POTTS, Franklin M .:
President Philadelphia Warehouse Com- pany; born at Paoli, Pa., April 12. 1855; educated at Friends' Boarding School at Westtown, Pa. Married Clara Louisa. daughter of the late William Webb, of Philadelphia. on April 14, 1880. Republi- can in politics. Member of the Union League Club of Philadelphia. In 1882 be- came a bookkeeper for the Philadelphia Warehouse Company, and after serving several years as its Secretary and Treas -- urer. was elected President in 1896, which position he still occupies. Address, Me- dia. Delaware County, Pa.
POTTS, Horace T .:
President of the Consolidation National Bank of Philadelphia. Address, 331 N. Third St., Philadelphia, Pa.
POTTS, John Templin :
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion: private Fourth Pennsylvania In- fantry. April 20. 1861; mustered out July 26. 1861: Second Lieutenant Fifty-third Pennsylvania Infantry, Sept. 18, 1861; First Lieutenant. Nov. 1, 1862; resigned and honorably discharged for disability, July 31. 1863; First Lieutenant Veteran Reserve Corps. Oct. 15. 1863: Captain, June 6. 1964: resigned and honorably dis- charged, July 15. 1865. Elected May 3, 1882. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
POTTS, Robert:
Chief Engineer United States Navy; born in Ireland: appointed from Pennsyl- vania; appointed Third Assistant Engi-
neer Feb. 17, 1860; on frigate Niagara, to Japan in the same year, and on the blockade off Charleston and in two or three engagements with rebel forts off Pensacola in the same vessel in 1861; special duty at New York and promoted to Second Assistant in 1862; Acting Chief Engineer of the ironclad Montauk in the engagements with Fort McAllister on the Ogeeche River, in the first attack on Fort Sumter, and many other engage- ments with Fort Wagner on Morris Isl- and in 1863; the Montauk had a large hole blown in her bottom by a torpedo in the Ogeeche River, and it was difficult to keep her afloat; Acting Chief of the Kansas on the blockade off the Cape Fear River. 1863-1865; during this time was in both attacks on Fort Fisher firing day and night, and afterward in James River engaged with batteries there; after the fall of Fort Fisher operated a sawmill for building a dock and also a mill for grind- ing corn for the inhabitants in and around Smithville. Promoted to First Assistant in 1864; Acting Chief of Chico- pee on the North Atlantic Station. 1865- 1867: Senior Assistant on the Guerriere, South Atlantic Station, from 1867 to 1570: Acting Chief of Nipsic in the Gulf of Mexico, Havana and surveying the Dari- en route, 1870-1872. Promoted to Chief Engineer in 1873; Alaska, European Sta- tion, 1873-1875; inspector of coal and on special duty in Philadelphia, Pa., 1876- 1879; Michigan, Northwestern Lakes. 1879-1881; Adams, North Pacific Station. 1882-1884; cut and sawed the wood and built a house over the Adams in Alaska; Inspector of Machinery at Cramps'. 1885- 1890; Baltimore, South Pacific Station, during the Chilean war, 1891-1893; In- spector of Boiler Tubes. New Castle. Del .. 1893-1895; Boston Navy Yard, 1895-1897; retired May 8, 1897. Address, 1748 M St., N. W., Washington, D. C.
POTTS, Stacy:
Commander United States Navy; born in Philadelphia, Pa .; entered the United States Naval Academy, Oct. 1, 1571; was graduated as Cadet Engineer, May 30. 1874; Worcester. 1874-1875, North Atlan- tic Station; promoted to Assistant Engi- neer. Feb. 26. 1875; Colorado, 1875, North Atlantic Station; torpedo boat Intrepid, 1875-1877: Adams, Pacific Station, 1978- 18\1: promoted to grade of Passed As- sistant Engineer, Oct. 12. 18\1: training ship Minnesota, 18\1-18\2; monitor Mian- tonomah, 1\$2-1883; special duty, Bureau
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of Steam Engineering, 1883-1885; Pensa- cola, European Station, 1SS5-18SS; Bu- reau of Steam Engineering, 1839-1891; Newark, special service, 1891-1593; sick leave, July, 1893; Bureau of Steam En- gineering. January, 1894; training ship Essex, February, 1896; Detroit, July, 1897 to 1899. Promoted to Lieutenant Com - mander, March 3, 1899; Naval Academy, Sept. 5, 1899; Inspection duty (Bureau of Steam Engineering), Sept. 24. 1900. to 1903: Commander, Oct. 11. 1903; Bureau of Steam Engineering, Navy Department, since November, 1903. Address, 2017 Hill- yer Place, Washington, D. C.
POWELL, Alexander R. :
President of the Clearfield National Bank. Address, Clearfield, Pa,
POWELL, George K .:
President of the Luzerne County Trust Company. Address. Wilkesbarre, Lu- zerne County, Pa.
POWELL. George May:
President of the National Forest Coun- cil; born in Fowlerville, Livingston Coun- ty, N. Y .; son of Rev. Oliver Stanley Powell, of Chittenden County, Vt., and Judith Shaler May, of Washington Coun .. ty, N. Y. In 1855-1861 Mr. Powell suc- cessfully pioneered in the upper Missis- sippi region, opening mail and railway lines, and establishing religious and ed-
ucational interests. At the Wisconsin State Fair in 1859 he inaugurated "Col- lective Exhibits," that have since been the great feature of international exhibi- tions. When Secretary of the Y. M. C. A. at Washington, D .. C., in 1864, he initiated the ownership by the associations of their buildings, now grown to millions in valuc. He devised the flotilla scheme, by which thousands of sick and wounded "during the battle of the Wilderness were moved from Fredericksburg to Washing- ton, whereby many lives were saved. In 1868. founded the Evangelical Press Asso- ciation; organized the Oriental Topo- graphical Corps, and led its pioneer re- connoissance in Egypt, Syria and Central North Africa in 1873. He got up the Congresses on Forests and on Beet Sugar at the Centennial in Philadelphia in 1876. and is now President of the National Forest Council. Also Chairman of the In- tensive Agricultural Society. In 1889 he brought out the plan of the Chief Justices of Supreme Courts of nations being the
"panel," as seen by the files of the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Re- lations. for basis of the Permanent In- ternational Peace Court, adopted at The Hague. Address, 919 Walnut St., Phil- adelphia, Pa.
POWELL, Jobn E .:
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Allegheny County; born in West Middlesex, Mercer County, Pa., Sept. 18, 1868; attended the public schools there and was graduated from the High School in 1886; entered the em- ploy of the Wheeler Furnace Company during the same year; later was chief clerk in the Chief Engineer's office of the Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railroad Company, and left that position to man- age the estate of his father-in-law, in which business he is still engaged; is also President of the Pittsburg Light and Manufacturing Company, and Treasurer of the National Cable and Wirc Com- pany; was elected to the House of Rep- resentatives in November, 1902. Address, 516 North Ave., West Allegheny, Pa.
PRATT. Henry Sherring:
Educator; born in Toledo, Ohio, Aug. 18, 1859; son of Charles and Catherine Pratt; he was graduated from the Uni- versity of Michigan in ISS2; also studied at Universities of Leipzig (Ph. D., 1892), Freiburg (Baden), Geneva, Innsbruck and Harvard. Is now Professor of Biology at Haverford College. Author of "Inver- tebrate Zoology," and also various zoo- logical papers. Address, Haverford, Pa.
PRATT. Richard Henry:
Colonel United States Army and mem- ber Pennsylvania Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; Cor- poral Ninth Indiana Infantry, April 20, 1861; discharged July 29, 1861; Sergeant Second Indiana Cavalry, Sept. 18. 1861; discharged for promotion, April 19, 1864; First Lieutenant Eleventh Indiana Cav- alry, April 20, 1864; Captain, Sept. 1, 1864; honorably mustered out May 29. 1865; Second Lieutenant Tenth United States Cavalry, March 7, 1867; First Lieu- tenant, July 31, 1867: Captain, Feb. 17. 1×53: Major First Cavalry, July 1, 1898; transferred to Tenth Cavalry, Aug. 2. 1892; Lieutenant Colonel Fifteenth Cav- alry, Feb. 2, 1901: Colonel Thirteenth Cav- alry. Jan. 21, 1903: retired Feb. 17. 1903: brevetted First Lieutenant and Captain
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United States Army, March 7, 1867, "for gallant and meritorious services during the war." Elected Oct. 21, 1885. Address, Carlisle, Pa.
PRATT, William Fennell:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- cry of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; Third Assistant Engineer (Mid- shipman) United States Navy, Aug. 25, 1862; Second Assistant Engineer (En- sign), Feb. 20. 1864; resigned July 29, 1865. Elected Oct. 14. 1891. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chest- nut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
PRENDERGAST. Edmond Francis:
Bishop (Catholic) of Philadelphia: born in Clonmel, Ireland, May 3, 1843; came to United States in 1859; studied at Ecclesi- astical Seminary of St. Charles Borro- meo, Philadelphia; ordained priest, 1865. Was assistant at St. Paul's, Philadelphia, and afterward at Susquehanna Depot; rector at St. Mark's, Bristol, Pa., four years; at Allentown, Pa., until 1884; rector at St. Malachi's, Philadelphia, 1884-1897; Vicar General of Archdiocese, 1895-1897; consecrated Bishop, 1897. Address, 1426 Warnock St .. Philadelphia, Pa.
PRESTON, Edward H .:
President of the Manayunk National Bank of Philadelphia. Address, Main and Levering Sts., Philadelphia, Pa.
PREVOST. Sutherland M .:
Railway manager; born in Philadelphia, Oct. 4. 1845; after receiving his education in private schools of Philadelphia, he en- tered the railroad . service and was em- ployed as rodman, assistant engineer, and engineer in various railway construc- tion corps from 1863 to 1871; since the latter period he has been employed on the Pennsylvania Railroad as assistant cn- gineer and division superintendent. Gen- oral Superintendent of Pennsylvania Railroad Division, General Superintendent of Transportation of Pennsylvania Rail- road Lines east of Pittsburg (1885-1893). General Manager of Pennsylvania Rail- road (1893-1897); Third Vice President Pennsylvania Railroad since 1997; Presi- dent of the Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway Company since 1859; Director of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, Norfolk & Western Railroad Company. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company, Long Island Railroad Com-
pany and other railroad companies in which the Pennsylvania Railroad Com- pany is interested. Address, 107 Broad Street Station, Philadelphia, Pa.
PRICE, Abel F .:
Medical Director United States Navy; born in Pennsylvania; appointed Assist- ant Surgeon, Nov. 10, 1SCS; Naval Hos- pital. Washington, 1869-1870; Juniata, European Fleet. 1871-1873. Promoted to Passed Assistant Surgeon, 1872; Powhat- an, North Atlantic Fleet, 1873-1874; re- ceiving ship Potomac, 1875; Monocacy, Asiatic Station, 1877-1881. Promoted to Surgeon, August, 1878; Naval Hospital, Chelsea, 1881; St. Louis, 1881-1SS4; Os- sipee. Asiatic Station, 1884-1887; Naval Dispensary, Washington, 1857-1890; special duty, December, 1890, to March, 1891; Monongahela (apprentice ship), March, 1891, to 1894; Torpedo Station, March, 1894. Promoted to Medical Inspector, March. 1895; Navy Yard, New York. Sep- tember. 1895; Fleet Surgeon. Olympia, September, 1897, to 1898; Naval Hospital, Washington, Dec. 1, 1899, to 1903. Pro- moted to Medical Director, April 9, 1899; stationed at Navy Yard, New York, since March 7, 1903. Address, Navy Yard, New York.
PRICE, Butler Delaplaine:
Colonel United States Army; born in Philadelphia May 27. 1845; son of Richard Butler and Elizabeth (Senter) Price: his paternal grandfather was Chandler Price. Entered Volunteer service as Second Lieu- tenant Second Pennsylvania Cavalry, Dec. 6. 1861; promoted to First Lieutenant, 1863, and Captain. 1864; honorably mus- tered out Jan. 5, 1865; served in the Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac. Appointed Second Lieutenant in the Fourth United States Infantry, 1866; pro- moted First Lieutenant. 1873. and Cap- tain. 1886; Regimental Adjutant from 1SS1 to 1586: Major, 1599; Lieutenant Colonel First Infantry, 1901; transferred to Fourth Infantry, 1901; Colonel Sixteenth Infantry, 1902; served on the plains for twenty- three years in all; served in the campaign against Santiago de Cuba. participating in battles of El Caney. San Juan and capture of Santiago. Sailed on transport Grant for the Philippines in January. 1899 thy Suez Canal; reached Manila March ": took part in various campaigns on islands until Dec. 25, 1901. Address, Fort MePherson, Ga.
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