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132 regulations of the army, and was a member of the board which adopted the Krag-Jorgensen rifle.

On the outbreak of the Spanish-American war he was made brigadier-general of volunteers, in that capacity went with General Shafter’s army to Santiago, and during the Santiago campaign was promoted major-general. At the battles of El Caney and San Juan Hill, July 1 and 2, 1898, he was in command of a separate brigade, and in the following year, from January 1 to May 1, was military governor of the department of Cienfuegos, Cuba. In July of that year he was commissioned to open negotiations with the Sultan of the Sulu Archipelago, in the Philippine Islands, with a view to effecting a treaty with that doughty chieftain, which he accomplished with true diplomatic skill and commendable expedition. In 1900, he did excellent work in the Philippines, and his operations in Southern Luzon and Northern Mindanao resulted in substantial successes for the American forces. He received much credit for his efforts in bringing about the surrender of Trias, the only lieutenant-general of the insurgent army. He was made brigadier-general in the United States army in 1901, and major-general in 1902 and will retire in August 1906. He is unmarried.