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Rh he could possibly find, and that he had furnished transportation to this country for all that wished it. Ninety-five per cent, of the whole number of sufferers assisted were naturalized Americans, al- though most of them were unable to speak fing- lish and had never lived in this country, securing their rights as the wives or children of men natu- ralized here. Affairs were now rapidly drawing to a crisis. By the end of 1897 it became evident that the proposed system of autonomy was a failure. Early in 1898 came the de Lome incident, followed by the destruction of the " Maine " on the night of 15 Feb. On 6 March Spain intimated a wi.sh for the recall of Consul-General Lee. but the government at Washington promptly declined to consider it. Early in April a general exodus of Americans took place from the island, Lee stay- ing until the last. When he did leave, at length, and return to this country, his journey through the southern states, from Tampa to Washington, where he arrivetl on 12 April, was one continuous popular ovation, a marked evidence of the esti- mation in which his efforts had been held by the people. War was declared against Spain on 21 April, and soon after this Lee was appointed major- general of volunteers. During the actual contin- uance of hostilities he saw no active service, the corps under his command, the 7th, remaining in the United States. In December, 1898, however, he reviewed his command at Savannah, and with it set sail on the llth for Havana, of which province and Pinar del Rio he had lieen appointed mili- tary governor, and where he remains in command. He is the author of a life entitled " General Lee," in the "Great Commander" series (New York, 1894). and " Cuba's Struggle against Spain" (1899).

LEE, Henry, economist, b. in Beverly, Mass., 4 Feb., 1782; d. in Boston, 6 Feb., 1867. 'For many years he carriwl on a very extensive traile with the East and West Indies, .South America, and Europe, and became a collector of commercial and financial statistics, and a zealous student of i>olitical econo- my. His writings were highly esteemed in Eng- land, where he was recogiii/.ed as an authority by such economists as McCulloch, Tookc, and V'illiers. He arrived at conclusions entirely at variance with those ailvocated by the supporters of the so-called American system. He was a frequent contributor to the " Free-Trarle Advocate," edited in Phila- delphia by Condy Itaguet, and became widely known through his " Boston Report " as one of a "Committee of citizens of Boston and vicinity op- posed to a further increase of duties on importa- tions" (Boston, 1827). This valuable work has passed tlirough four editions, and is one of the most masterly vindications of the principles of free-trade that has ever appeared in print. At the Free-Trade convention in Philiulel|ihia, .30 Sept., 1831. he was a-ssociated with Albert Gallatin in pre|)aring the memorial and statistical exposition of the effects of the tariff. In 1832 he wius nominateil for vice- president by South Carolina on the ticket with John Floyd, of Virginia, although he had no sym- pathy with nullification. — His eldest son. Heiiry, b. in Bo.ston. 2 .Sept., 1817; d. in Brookline, Mass., 24 Nov.. 1898. He was graduated at Harvard in 1836. served on Gov. .lohn A. Andrew's staff dur- ing the civil war, and published a pamphlet on "The Militia of the I'nited .States." lie was senior memljcr of the well-known banking-house of Lcc. HIpginson & Co. — Another .son, Kruiicls Loring, b. in Boston, 10 Dec, 1823; d. near Ijike Cham- plain, 2 Sept., 1886, was graduated at Harvard in 1843, and in the civil war was colonel of the 44th Ma.ssachusetts regiment of infantry.

LEE, Stephen Dill, soldier, b. in Charleston, S. C, 22 Sept., 1883. During the Revolutionary war his great-grandfather, William Lee, was one of the citizens of Charleston confined on a prison-ship and sent to St. Augustine after the city was oc cupied by the British. His grandfather. Judge Thomas Lee. was U. S. judge for SouthCarolina dur- ing Monroe's ad- ministration, pre- sided during the nullification diffi- culties, and was a strong Union man. The grandson, up- on his graduation from the U. S. mili- tary academy, was a.ssigned to the 4lh artillery, in which he was 1st lieuten- ant and regimental quartermaster un- til 1861, when he resigned, becoming aide-de-camp to Gen. Beauregard. With Col. Chestnut he carried the summons to Major Anderson demanding the surrender of the fort, and later, when Anderson declined, they gave the order to open fire. After the fall of Fort Sumter, Capt. Lee was made quar- termaster, commissary, and engineer disbursing officer for the Confederate army in Charleston. At his request he was relieved from these duties, and went to Virginia in command of the light battery of Hampton's South Carolina legion. He was pro- moted major of artillery in November, 1861, lieu- tenant-colonel and colonel of artillery ; was with Gen. Johnston in the peninsula campaign, taking part in the battlesof Seven Pines, Savage's Station, and Malvern Hill; commanded the 4th Virginia cavalry for six weeks, and also a battalion of artil- lery in Lee's army in the campaign against Gen. Pope. At Antielam he rendered service, for which he was made brigadier-general, and ordered to Vicksburg, to take coinmaml of the garristm and batteries holding the Missis.sippi river at that point. Here he was successful in many engagements, no- tably at the battle of Chickasaw bayou. He com- manded a part of the intrenchments in Vicksburg, and after the fall of that city was exchanged, pro- moted major-general in August. 1863, and pliu'ed in command of all the cavalry in Mi.xsissippi, Ala- bama, *est Tennessee and east Louisiana. When Gen. I'olk was sent from Jlississippi to re-enforce the Confederate army at Dalton, Gen. Lee was promoted lieutenant-general in June, 1864, and assigned to the command of the department of Missis.'iippi, Alabama, cast Louisiana, and west Tennessee. After the battle of Harrisliurg or Tupelo he was ordered to Atlanta and assigned to the heacl of Hood's corps. Hood having relieved Gen. Johnston of command of the army of Ten- nessee. Here he was engaged in the battle on the left of Atlanta, was also in the battle of Joncsboro south of Atlanta, and subsequently accompanied Gen. Hood in his flank movement around Atlanta and north as far as Resaca, and then into Ten- nessee w'a Tuscumbia. When the battle of Nash- ville was fought and Hood badly beaten. Lee's corps held Overton hill, and in the disaster his corps was the only organized force for three days after the rout. He was wounded while with the rear-guard, but did not relinquish command until