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Rh '''CAPERS. Ellison'''. P. E. bishop, b. in Charles- ton. S. C 14 Oct.. 1837. He was graduated at the South Carolina military academy, later becoming one of its professors. He y/as three times wounded during the civil war, and at its close was a Con- federate brigadier-general. He was secretary of state of South Carolina in 1867-'8, and later en- tered the Protestant Episcopal church. He held rectorships in several southern parishes, including Christ church. Greenville, S. C. where he remained for twenty years. In 1893 he was elected and later consecrated bishop of his native state.

CAPRON, Erastus Allyn, soldier, b. in Mace- don, Waviie CO., N. Y.. in 1813 ; killed at Churu- buseo. Xfexico. 20 Aug.. 1847. He was graduated from Geneva college, and then entered the U. S. military academy. lie was graduated and ap- pointed brevet 2d lieutenant m the 1st artillery. July, 1833, and received the c-ommission of 2d lieutenant on 31 May, 1834. He served in the Florida war in 1835-'8. and won distinction in the battle of Withlacoochee. He was promoted 1st lieutenant, 19 Nov., 1836. During the Mexican war he was engaged in the siege of Vera Cruz. He was in the sKinni.shes of La Ilova. Oka Luka. and the buttle of Contreras. He had been ap- pointed captain. 16 Feb.. 1847. and at the battle of Churubusco he led his company in the storming of the strongly intrenched convent used as a citadel ; Uuring this engagement, for liravery in which he was three tiroes brevetlept., 1898, of typhoid fever contracted in the campaign before Santiago de Cuba during the war with Spain. He was ap- pointed to the U. S. military academy from Korth Carolina, and he entere<l it on 1 Sept., 186.3. He was graduated and commissioned 2il lieutenant in the 1st artillery in .Tune. 1867. He remained with his battery until 1871, when he was transfcrretl to signal duty at Fort Whipple, Va. Ho was pro- rootcnl 1st lieutenant. 19 Aug.. 1873. in which year sl!«i he was graduated with honor from the artil- lery school. A fine mathematician and a man of markeene(l the fight at Rl Caney at 6.1.5 o'clock, shattering the first flagstaff in Santiago. Two weeks later he had the honor of flring the salute of twenty-one guns at the surrender of the town. During this campaign he liecaine infected with the germs of typhoirl fever; he fought against the attack with his customary energy, but was force<l to succumb. He was ordered to his luime at Fort Myer, Va., and died there. — His son. AllTn Kliwain, soldier, b. in Hrooklyn. N*. V.. 24 .lune' 1K71. was killed at the battle of La Guaxima. Culia. 24 June, 1898. He studied in the. Brooklyn high-school; in 189 he enlisted in the 4th U. S. cavalrv. He was com- missioned 2d lieutenant in the 5tii cavalry in Oc- tolier. 1893, and was tninsferre<l to the 7th cavalrv in 1894. In 1894 he had charge of the Indian prisoners at Fort Sill, Indian territory, and was made ii iiiemlior of the Apm-hc trilM-.' Like his gnindfuther and father, he was a fine miitlH'ina- tician. and showed exceptional ability in his pro- fession. He contributed to magazines and the cavalry journal, generally on scientific subjects. When war broke out with Spain, and Col. Leonard Wood and Theodore Koosevelt recruited the 1st U. S. volunteer cavalry, popularly known as the " Rough Riders," he was commissioned captain, and took part in the invasion of Cuba. While leading the advance guard in the battle of La Guasinia. he was niortallv wounded, the first Ameri- can army olTicer that fell in the war.

'''CARDENAS. Francisco''' (cir-day-nas), Mexican historian, b. in Merida, Yucatan, about 1600 ; d. there, about 1660. He studied theologv in his native city, was ap|>ointed its parish priest, and afterwanl was ecclesiastical judge of idolatry for thedi<H?ese. His leisure wasemployed in searching the archives for historical documents and hearing and shifting the traditions of the native race. He wrote " Relaci6n de la Conquista y Sucesos de Yucatiin, ))ara el Cronista mayor de Indias Don Tomis Tamayo de Vargas" (1639). and " Relacion historia e<'lesiastica de YiicjitAn. hecha en virtud de Real Ci'slula de 16.35 " (1643). lioth manuscripts are in the archives of the Indies. They were liber- ally used by Diego Cogolludo in his " Historia de Yucatan,"* and are mentioned by Gil Gonzalez Divila in liis "Teatro de la Iglesia de Indias oc- cidentales" (Madrid, 1645-'9).

'''CAREY. Asa Bacon''', soldier, b. in Canterbury, Conn., 12 July, 18:t5. He was graduated from the U. S. militarv academy, and jiromoted to lieuten- ant in the l.^th infantrv. He served during the civil war in New Mexico, the National govern- ment giving him two brevets for gallantry. At the battle of Apache Cailon, near Santa Fe, Capt. Carey comniamled one of the battalions that gained through the Caflon de Chclly, a feat never liefore accomplished in time of war with the In- dians. For it he was brevetted lieutenant-colonel. He was chief <|Uartermaster of New Mexico for some time, and su|>erintendent of the volunteer signal service, chief mustering and disbursing officer anil commissary of the territory in 1865, and afterward in charge of the chief commissary's oflSce, department of Dakota, until 5 Oct., 1867, when he was aii|K)inteil paymaster, with the rank of major. In Junuarv, 1899, he was transferred to Washington as acting paymaster-general, and on the rt-tirement of Pavmaster-General Stanton, on 30 .Ian., he succeeded him. He was retired 13 Julv, I8!t9. having reaclied the age of sixty-four.

'''CARLETON. Charles Ames''', soldier, b. in Brook- lyn, N. Y.. 27 April, 18:t«: d. in New York city, 1 April, 1897. He wa« graduated at Dartmouth in 1N.W. studied law. and subsequently wius connected with the New York publishing house of his brother, George W. Carlelon. In April. 1861, he entered the service a.s a private in the engineer corps, and continued in the army, passing through all the Cles. until mustered out as lieutenant-colonel in ember, ise.'i, anil brevetted colonel and briga- dier-general of volunteers. He was for thirty years an active memln'rof the Loyal legion, filling many offices in the New York conimanderv.

CARLETON, Henry Gay, dramatist. b. in Fort Union, N. M.. 21 June, 18.>"). He is the son of