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 Always an enthusiast in military affairs, he was for a long time prominently identified with the Oregon National Guard and was a veteran of the Spanish-American war, in which he attained due honor. While connected with the National Guard, he served as surgeon general on the staff' of Governor Lord with the rank of colonel. After the outbreak of hostilities with the Castilian kingdom, Dr. Cardwell, upon the organization of the Second Oregon Regiment, was appointed assistant surgeon with the rank of captain and with the troops proceeded to the Philippines. Soon after the arrival in Manila the ability and worth of Captain Cardwell were recognized by the commanding general and he was appointed to the rank of major of volunteers and attached to the staff of General Anderson as chief surgeon of volunteers. The work performed by Major Cardwell in that capacity and its value in the restoration of health among the soldiers is best described in a recommendation contained in a report of Major General H. W. Lawton to the war department, which reads: "In addition to the professional zeal and executive ability always shown by Major Herbert W. Cardwell, chief surgeon of the division, his cheerful willingness to be of use in whatever capacity, should be recognized. This ability frequently brought him under fire, notably at the first battle of San Rafael." The members of the Second Oregon also paid a high tribute to his characteristics. It is said that in Manila he was every man's friend and his interest in the sick and the health of the troops was prompted by feelings other than the mere responsibility of his position. It is known that broad humanitarianism ever constituted one of the strong elements in his professional success and that he performed every duty with a sense of conscientious obligation, knowing that a physician in a large measure holds life in his hands. He, therefore, never neglected a patient and not only by the ministration of valued remedies but also by his cheerful presence and encouraging words did he assist those in his charge back to health and strength. Following the war, Dr. Cardwell returned to Portland and resumed the private practice of medicine. His personal qualities won him the high regard of all and caused his death to be most widely regretted when, on the 3d of April, 1905, he passed away after an illness of only about ten days. Many who knew him and were glad to call him friend did not learn of his indisposition and were, therefore, greatly shocked to know of his passing. While a man's work may be taken up by others and carried forward successfully, the individual characteristics, that which differentiates one life from the lives of all others, are not to be found in similar combination in any one else. The place, therefore, is never filled to one's friends, and it will be long before the memory of Dr. Cardwell ceases to be an active factor in the lives of those with whom he was associated either professionally or through the ties of friendship.

George P. Leithoff, manager for the Gambrinus Brewing Company, of Portland, was bom in Germany, November 28, 1851, and was there reared and educated to the age of fifteen years. On the anniversary of his birth he left home and sailed on a Norwegian schooner bound for New Orleans, from which point the vessel returned to Havre, France, and thence went to New York. He left the ship in the latter port on the 4th of July, 1873, and from that time to the present has declared the United States his home. However, he sailed for eleven months on an American schooner from New York to Spain and on his return to the American metropolis, sailed to Portugal and afterward to the West Indies, returning finally to New York. Later he shipped on the James Foster, Jr., for a trip around the Horn to San Francisco, the voyage requiring one hundred and ninety-two days. For two years he continued to sail on the Pacific and in 1876 went to Alaska. Through the succeeding two years he sailed in northern