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was appointed a member of the board of in- iripection and survey of the navy department in July, 1896, and served on this board up to July, 1897. He was transferred to the naval observa- tory as superintendent, July 19, 1897. In l!S98 he commanded the auxiliary cruiser Dixie in the war with Spain, and with this vessel forced and received the surrender of the port and city of Ponce, Puerto Rico, July 27, 1898, thereby secur- ing the landing of General Miles's army and the unopposed occupation of the city. He was pro- moted captain Aug. 10, 1898. He was made a member of the Philosophical society of "Washing- ton, a fellow of the American association for the advancement of science, a member (by descent) of the Massachusetts society of the Cin- cinnati, and a knight commander of the Royal order of Isabel the Catholic of Spain. His publi- cations include: Chronometer Hates as Affected by Changes of Temperature and Other Causes (1877): Ti'leffraphic Determination of Longitudes, embrac- ing the Meridians of Lisbon. Madeira, Porto Grande, Para, Pernambuco, Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, Monte- ridpo, and Buenos Ayres, with the Latitudes of the Several Stations, with Lieutenant-Commander Green (1880); Telegraphic Determination of Longi- tudes in India, China and Japan (1883); and Tcle- graphic Determination of Longitudes in Mexico and on the West Coasts of Central and South America, with Lieutenant Norris (1885).

DAVIS, Charles Henry Stanley, archaeologist, was born in Goshen, Conn., March 4, 1840; son of Dr. Timothy Fisher and Moriva (Hatch) Davis; grandson of Eliphaz Davis; and descendant of Dolor Davis of Barnstable, Mass., 1634. He studied at Harvard college, the University of Maryland, and the University of the city of New York, and was graduated from the medical department of the last-named institution in 1865. He then took post-graduate courses at the hospi- tals of London and Paris, and after spending some time in hospital work in Boston and New York city, he practised his profession in ^leriden. Conn. He was a member of the state legislature in 1873, 1884 and 1885; was defeated as state .senator in 1886; was elected mayor of Meriden in 1887 and again in 1888; was president of the board of trade in 1885; city trea.surer in 1898; president of the board of education; and for six years a trustee of the State school for boys, and trea.su rer of the school. His study outside his profession led him in the field of archaology and the oriental languages. He made several trips to Europe and the east and twice cros.sed the American conti- nent, investigating prehistoric remain.s. He was elected an honorary secretary of the Egypt exploration fund, edited for ten years Bihlia, the organ of the Egypt and Palestine exploration funds in America, was elected a member of the

American philological society, the American oriental society, the Society of biblical archa?- ologj' of London, the Royal archaeological in.stitute of Great Britain and Ireland, the International congress of orientalists, the Soci6te d' Anthro- pologie of Paris, the American association for the advancement of science, an associate of the Victoria institute or pliilosophical .society of Great Britain, and of numerous other medical, histori- cal and scientific associations. He published History of Wnllingford and Meriden (1870); The Voice as a Musical Jtistrument (1879); The Classifi- cation, Education and Training of Imbeciles and Idiotic Children (1883); Ancient Egypt in the Light of Modern Discoveries, with the Rev. Dr. Cobern (1897); The Egyptian Book of the Dead (1897); In- troduction to the Study of the Acha;menian Inscri])- tions, icith an Old Persian Grammar (1898); and in 1899 was engaged in a translation of the Koran from the Arabic. He edited Index to Periodical Literature (1878-81); and the first volume of the Boston Medical liegister.

DAVIS, Charles Wilder, soldier, was born in Concord, Mass., Oct. 11, 1883. He was educated in the public school, became a member of the 5th Massachusetts militia, and removed to Chi- cago, 111., where he was employed in a book store, and in 1862 entered the volunteer army as captain in the 51st Illinois infantry. He was made adju- tant of the regiment and was promoted to the rank of major in September, 1862. His first battle was at Island No. 10, and his next at Corinth. He was wounded at Murfreesboro, Dec. 31, 1862, and again at Chickaniauga, Sept. 19, 1863. He was promoted lieutenant-colonel and was severely wounded at Missionary Ridge, Nov. 25, 1863. and confined in hospital for several months. He received promotion to the rank of colonel in May, 1865, and in the same month re- ceived the surrender of Gen. M. Jeff Thompson's army of Missouri of 7978 men. He was mustered out of the volunteer service in June. 1865, and returned to Cliicago, where he was active as a member of the G.A.R. and of the Loyal legion. He was commander of the Illinois commandery of the Loyal legion at the time of his death, which occurred at Chicago, 111.. Dec. 16, 1898.

DAVIS, Cushman Kellogg, senator, was born in Henderson, Jefferson county, N.Y., June 16, 1838; son of Horatio N. and Clarissa F. (Cush- man) Davis; grand.son of Roswell Davis and of Peter Newcomb Cushman; and a descendant of Robert Cushman, the Puritan, who was promi- nent in fitting out the Mayffoirer; and of Mary AUerton, the last survivor of the Pilgrims. He removed with his parents to "Waukesha, Wis., when a child: was graduated at the University of Michigan in 1857; studied law. and was ad- mitted to the bar in 1859, practising in "Wauke-