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288 department commander, thus speaks: "In the exercise of good judgment, perseverance and energy, General Schwan has successfully conducted this expedition through a country almost impassable for an army at the most favorable period, during the rainy season, upon which the enemy depended most for their safety; and I recommend that for personal gallantry displayed on this occasion and for the successful conduct of this difficult expedition, General Schwan be awarded a brevet in the regular army." In the second and more difficult expedition, commanding some four thousand men, he destroyed or scattered the insurgent forces in the provinces of Cavite, Batangas, Laguna and Tayabas. The operations of this expedition resulted in the permanent occupation of twenty-one towns. Under the law applicable to the case, General Schwan was, at his own request, placed on the retired list, February 21, 1901. His address is 1310 Twentieth street, Washington, District of Columbia.