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LIEUTENANT-GENERAL S. B. M. YOUNG, U.S.A., RETIRED

A military hero with a record virtually unique. General Young progressed from the rank of an enlisted man to that of brigadier-general in the volunteer service. He then began over again as a second-lieutenant in the regular service and rose to the rank of a commander of the army. He is a veteran of four wars. Today, though retired for age, General Young is hard at work as Governor of the Soldiers' Home, Washington, D.C.

as time goes on. That his interest in the west coast and its fortunes continues strong is indicated by his visit within the past few months to Panama to inspect the Canal that is to prove a factor in the further development of the Pacific slope. General Young is a native of Pennsyl vania. His boyhood was spent in the vi cinity of Pittsburg, where his parents, Captain John Jr. and Hannah (Scott)