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equipped, mounted, and armed a cavalry regiment, and in February. lSfi-2, he was made colonel. The regiment went tt.> Fort Leavenworth. Kans;vs, and in June, ISiVi, Colonel Bai-stow was appointed provost martial -general of Kansas. He remained with his regiment in the soutliwest until Febru- ary, 1863, wlien his liejilth incaixicitated him from further field duty, and he was assigned to court- martial duty in St. Louis. He was mustered out and honorably discharged March 4, 1865. He die-'58 he made an Oriental tour with Gcrome, and during the Franco-German war served in the army with the painters Regnault and De Neuville. His works include jmrtrait busts of Erckmann and Chatrian; a monument to Martin Scbongauer; " La Maledic- tion d'Alsace le Vigneron"; " Vercingetorix "; " Lafayette Arriving in America," which was set up in Union square. X. Y., in 1876; " The Young Vine Grower "; " Gdnie Funfebre "; " Peace," and "Genius in the Grasp of Misery," contributed to the United States centennial exhibition; "The Lion of Belfort"; •' Gribeauval," and "Liberty Enlightening the World." He made several trips to the United States; suggested Bedloe's Island as the site for liis colossal statue; was present at its dedication, and has received the cross of the Legion of Honor. In 1890 he protested against the proposed use of Bedloe's Island as an immi- gration depot, and suggested that it sliould be adorned with the statues of great Americans. He finished in 1895 a bronze group representing Washington and Lafayette which was set up in the Rue Etats Unis, Paris, and unveiled Dec. 1, 1895.

BARTHOLDT, Richard, representative, was born in Germany, Nov. 2, 1853. He immigrated to the United States when a boy, received a classical education, learned the printing trade, and adopted the profession of journalism. He was connected with the Brooklyn Free Press and New York StaatsZeitung siS reporter and legislative corres- pondent, and afterwards joined the editorial staff of the StaatsZeitung. In 1884 he returned to St. Lf»uis as editor-in-chief of the St. Louis Tribune. In 18m<) he was elected to the Boanl of pubUc schoijLs of St. Louis, where he di.stin- gui.shed him.self by his exertions for the intro- duction of physical culture into the public schools, for a thorough revision of the course of study, and for better text-books. He was successful in

introducing these improvements, and in 1891 was elected president of the board. In 1892 he was elected on the Republican ticket as a represen- tative for the 10th congressional di-strict of Mis.souri in the 5;3d Congress, and was re-elected totlie .">4th ami 55th congresses.

BARTINE, Horace F., representative, was born in New York city. -Alarc-h 21, 184«. He attended the public i^cliools imtil fifteen years of age. when he enlisted as a private in the 8th New Jersey regiment, and served tlirougliout the civil war. He was wounded at the battle of the Wilderne.ss, and was engaged in nearly all the battles that led to the surrender at Apiwmattox. In 1869 he removed to Nevada, and until 1876 was employed as a mill- hand, and in the manufacture of sulpliate of cop- per for milling purjxjses. in the meantime studying at night to supply the defects of his early educa- tion. After 1876 he devoted his evenings to the study of law, and in 1880 was admitted to the bar. and became a practitioner in all the courts, state and Federal, in Nevada. He served two years as district attorney of Ormsby county, and in 1888 he was elected by the Republican party as representative-at-large from Nevada to the 51st Congress, and was re-elected to the 52d Congress.

BARTLET, William, philantliropist, was born at Newburyport, Mass., Jan. 31, 1748. He was educated in the common schools, and engaged in business, amassing a large fortune. He was a founder of Andover theological seminary, con- tributing $30,000 toward it in 1808. He erected the presidents house in 1809: a residence for one of the professors in 1810. and a chapel in 1817, which was followed, in 1820. by a seminary build- ing. He also contributed to temperance woi'k; foreign and home missions and to educational institutions. He died Feb. 8. 1841.

BARTLETT, Charles LaFayette, rei)resent ative, was born in Monticello. Ga., Jan. 31. 1853; son of George T. and Virginia L. Bartlett; grandson of Abner Bartlett; and a descendant of Josiali Bartlett. He was graduated at the Univer- sity of Georgia in 1870, studied law at the Uni- versity of Virginia, was admitted to the bar in August, 1872, and practised in Macon. He was solicitor-general for the Macon judicial court. 1877-81, and was a representative in the state legislature, 1882-83, and again, 1884-'85. He was a member of the state senate in 1888 and 1889: judge of the superior court of Macon. 1893- '94, and was a representative in the 54th, 55th, 56tli. .57th and .j^th congresses, 1895-1905.

BARTLETT, Elisha, physician, was born at Sinitiiti-ld. R.I.. Oct. (i. 1S05. After his grad- uation from the medical department of Brown university in 1826. he was appointed lecturer on patliological anatomy at the Berkshire medical institution. In 1^38 he went to Dartmouth col-