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256 officer of the Peking Relief expedition on the staff of General Chaffee, and he accompanied it to Peking, participating in all its engagements. Returning to the United States he inspected the armament of the Pacific coast fortifications and was then assigned to duty as a member of the Ordnance Board at New York. He was appointed professor of natural and experimental philosophy at the United States military academy in February, 1901, but declined the office.

He was appointed chief of ordnance with the rank of brigadier-general. United States army, November 22, 1901. He is the author of several of the series of "Notes on the Construction of Ordnance" used as text books in the war department for instruction and guidance of officers. He is a member of the University and New York Yacht clubs of New York city; the MetropoUtan and Chevy Chase clubs of Washington, District of Columbia; of the American Geographical Society and of the American Society for the Advancement of Science. He adopted the profession of arms at his father's advice, and his first strong impulse to serious work was the encouragement he received from the office of the chief of ordnance, due to the professional interest of the principal assistant officer therein. The most potent influences on his life were the example of his father, his training at West Point, private study, and contact with men in active fife. To young men he "would hold up for consideration, as a model, the fife of Theodore Roosevelt."