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174 erary talent. He was a natural born leader of men with great personal magnetism. lie fought throughout the ten years' war (1868-'T8), enlisting as a private soldier, finally attaining the rank of major-general. At the close of the war he went first to Jamaica, and thence to Costa Kica, whore he became the head of an immigration colony, lie landed with his staff in Cuba in the early days of 1895, taking command of the eastern provinces of Santiago de Cuba. With Gomez, he led the invasion of the western provinces, extending the sphere of the revolution to the western extremity of the isl- and. In the province of Pinar del Kio with only a small force he successfully opposed 60,000 .Spanish troops. He was killed after having passed ihe trocha into the province of Havana. During the two revolutions he received about twenty wounds, dying with the rank of lieutenant-general.

McFARLAND, Asa, clergyman, b. in Worces- ter, Mass., 19 April, 1709; d. in Concord, N. H., 18 Feb.. 1827. He was graduated at Dartmouth in 1793, was two years principal of Moor's charity school, Hanover, two years tutor in the college, and member of its board of trustees in 1809-'22. He was installed pastor of the First Congregational church. Concord, N. H., 7 March, 1798, and re- mained its pastor until 1825. In 1811 he was president of the New Hampshire missionary so- ciety. He left more than 2,000 manuscript ser- mons, of which eighteen were published. He re- ceived the degree of D. I), from Yale in 1812. — His wife, Elizabeth Kneeland, of Boston, whom he married in 1803, was the projector, in 1804, of a notable society of women in New Hampshire pledged each to contribute one cent a week for missionary purposes. It is still flourishing, and its contributions have reached $153,000. — Their son, Asa, journalist, b. in Concord, N. II., 19 May, 1804 ; d. there, 13 Dec, 1879, after receiving a par- tial academic education at Gilmanton academy, learned the [irinting trade, and became interested in publishing the " New Hampshire Statesman " from 1826 till 1834, when he established a general printing business, but from July, 1844, till July, 1850, was the political writer for the •' Statesman." In 1850 he made a five months' journey to Great Britain and the continent, whence ho contributed letters to the '• Statesman " and the " Congrega- tional Journal." In 1851, with George E. Jenks, he became proprietor and editor of the " New Hampshire Statesman." In lt60 Dartmouth con- ferred the degree of A. M. uix)n him. He was chairman of the Whig state committee in 1844-'6, championed the " right of way " for public thor- oughfares in the state, the encouragement of for- eign capital to develop railways, factories, etc., tending to the state's prosperity, and in 1853 rail- way communication to the Pacific. Mr. McFar- land represented his city in the legislatures of 1859 and 1860, and was state printer in 1846, 1859, and 1860. He published a volume of favorite poems, termed "The Gift" (1835), and his foreign correspondence (1851). He was a member of the Historical society in 1840-'68, which published in its " Collections " an address (1837) on the dedica- tion of a monument commemorative of men who fell in ambuscade by Indians in Concord in Au- gust, 1746. — Another son. Andrew, physician, b. in Concord, 14 July, 1817; d. in Jacksonville. 21 Nov., 1891, attended Dartmouth, and lectured at Jefferson medical college in 1843. He practised at Sandwich and Laconia, N. II., and was appointed superintendent of the New Hampshire asylum for the insane in August, 1845. He resigned in No- vember, 1852, and practised at Concord, and Law- rence, Mass. About 18.54 he became superintend- ent of the Illinois state asylum for the insane in Jacksonville, serving in that [losition till 1869, when he resigned and established " Oak Lawn lie- treat," a iirivate asylum in Jacksonville, HI. He published "The Escape" (Boston, 1851).

McFAUL, James Augustine, R. C. bishop, b. near the village of Larnc, Ireland. 6 June, 1850. He received his education at St. Vincent's col- lege, Westmoreland county. Pa., at the College of St. Francis Xavier in New York city, and at Seton Hall, South Orange, graduating in June, 1873 : was pastor of several churches at Long Branch for a number of years, and nniil 1882, when he was appointed bishop's secretary by Bishop O'Farrell, of Trenton, serving in that oflice until 1884. From 1890 to 1892 he held the office of chancellor of the diocese of Trenton, was vicar-general from 1892 until 1894, and on the death of Bishop O'Farrell, in June. 1894, he be- came the administrator of the diocese. He was appointed bishop of Trenton, 20 July, 1894, and was consecrated at St. Mary's cathedral.

McGEE, Anita Newcomb, physician, b. in Washington, D. C. in 1864, and was educated at Newnham college, Cambridge, and at the Uni- versity of Geneva. In 1888 she married W J Mc- Gee (q. v.), ethnologist in charge of the Washington bureau of American ethnology, and in 1892 she was graduated M. D. from Columbian university and practised in Washington, and was director of the Daughters of the American revolution hospital corps, which selected the traine<l women nurses for both army and navy service in the war with Spain. In August, 1898, Mrs. McGee was ap- pointed acting assistant surgeon. U. S. A., and is the only woman possessing an army commission. She is stationed in the surgeon-general's office, in charge of nurses. Dr. McGee, who is a daughter of Prof. Simon Newcomb (q. v.), is a leader in the National society of daughters of the American revolution, and one of its vice-presidents.

McGIFFERT, Arthur Cushman, educator, b. in Sauquoit, N. Y.. 4 March, 1861. He was grad- uated at the Western Reserve college, at the Union theological seminary, and at the University of Jlarhurg, also studying for several years in France and Italy. In 1888 he was appointed instructor in church history in Lane theological seminary, and three years later he became professor in that insti- tution, where he remained until elected professor in the Union theological seminary of New York. He is the author of a " Dialogue between a Chris- tian and a Jew," translation of Eusebius's "Church History," with prolegomena and notes, and "A History of Christianity in the Apostolic Age."

McGUFFIN, Philo Norton, naval officer, b. in Washington county. Pa.. 30 Dec, 1860; d. in New York city, 11 Feb., 1897. He entered the naval academy, Annapolis, at the age of seventeen, was graduated in 1882, and after a two years' cruise passed the final examination, but under an act of congress for reduction of the navy was honorably discharged with a year's pay. He went to China'in 1883 as professor of mathematics and naval nuitters generally at the naval college of Tion-Tsin. In 1887, through his instrumentality, the naval college at Wei-lIai-Wei was founded, and he with Lieut. Bourchier, of the British navy, were placed in charge. On the outbreak of the war between China and Japan. McGlffin volun- teered for service, and was appointed to the com- mand of the ironclad Chen-Yuen, which played so conspicuous a part in the battle at the Yalu river, 17 Sept., 1894. He enjoyed the distinction of