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Avas assistant professor of chemistry at the col- lege, 1892-9(5, and librarian from 1892. He was elected a member of the American historical asso- ciation in 1893 and of the American, library asso- ciation in 1894. He edited: Alexander Hamilton: Thirty-One Orations Delivered at Hamilton College (1896); The Clark Prize Book (1894); and com- piled Class of 00, Hamilton College (1898).

DODQE, Richard Irving, soldier, was born in Huntsville, N.C., May 19, 1827; son of James Richard and Susan (Williams) Dodge; grandson of Richard and Ann Sarah (Irving) Dodge, and a lineal descendant from Tristram Dodge, an orig- inal settler of Block Island (1661). His grand- mother was a sister of Washington Irving. He was graduated from the U.S. naval academy in 1848 and served on frontier duty with the 8th regiment in Texas. He was promoted 1st lieu- tenant, May 3, 1855, and was on recruiting duty, 1856-58. From j\lay, 1858, to Nov. 1, 1860, he was assistant instructor in infantry tactics at the U. S. military academy. He served through the civil war, was promoted captain. May 3, 1861, and took part in the operations on the upper Potomac ; in the Manassas campaign, and in the defence of Washington in 1861. He was mustering and dis- tributing officer at Harrisburg, Pa., Oct. 16 to Dec. 31, 1861; superintendent of volunteer re- cruiting service and chief mustering and distrib- uting officer for Pennsylvania, at Harrisburg, Jan. 1 to Sept. 30, 1862 ; of the state of Maryland, Oct. 1, 1862, to Feb. 28, 1863; and of the state of Pennsylvania, March 1 to Dec. 9, 1863. He was lieutenant-colonel on staff and assistant inspector- general of the 4th army corps, Jan. J. to Feb. 21, 1863, and was disbursing officer at Harrisburg, Pa., Dec. 9, 1863, to Sept. 1, 1864. He was pro- moted major, June 21, 1864, and on Aug. 1, 1864, was appointed to recruiting, mustering and dis- bursing service in the western division of the state of Pennsylvania. In February, 1865, he was made acting assistant provost-marshal-general at New York city, and on March 30, 1865, was brevetted lieutenant-colonel. He was mustering and disbursing officer, Albany, N.Y., Jan. 20, 1866, to Jan. 15, 1867, and was afterward assigned to frontier duty in Color"ado, Nebraska, Dakota and Kansas and from July, 1871, to May, 1872, was a member of the board at New York city appointed to perfect a sj^stem of army regvilations. He was commandant at Fort Dodge, Kan., 1873- 74; was promoted lievitenant-colonel, Oct. 29, 1873, and was subseqviently engaged in quelling Indian disturbances on the Western frontiers. He was promoted colonel, June 26, 1882, and was retired. May 19, 1891. He is the author of: The Black Hills (1876) ; The Hunting Grounds of the Great West (1877); and Our Wild Indians (1882). He died at Sacket Harbor, N.Y., June 16, 1895.

DODQE, Robert, author, was born in New- York city, Dec. 15, 1820; son of Robert and Eliza P. (Fowler) Dodge; grandson of Samuel Dodge, and a descendant of Tristram Dodge of Block Island. He was graduated from the University of the city of New York in 1840 and was admitted to the New York bar in 1842, practising in New York city. He was elected a life member of the New York historical society and a member of the Literary union, Nuremburg, Bavaria. He was married. May 16, 1867, to Martha A., daughter of Charles Roe. His publications include: Sketches and Heviews (1850) ; Memorials of Columbus (1851) ; Ottoman Empire and its Polity (1860) ; Becollections of England (1879) ; Tristram Dodge and His De- scendants in the United States (1886). He died in Rockville Center, L.I., N.Y., June 1. 1899.

DODQE, Tlieodore Ayrault, soldier and au- thor, was born in Pittsfield, Mass., May 28, 1842; son of Nathaniel Shatswell and Emily (Pomeroy) Dodge; grandson of the Rev. Joshua and Mary (Shatswell) Dodge ; fifth in descent from Gen. Seth Pomeroy of the French and Indian wars and of Bunker Hill fame ; and eight in descent from William Dodge, who immigi-ated to Salem, Mass., in 1629. His middle name comes from Dr. Pierre Ayrault, the physician of the Newport colony of Huguenot immigrants. His father was a commissioner to the World's fair, London, Eng- land, in 1851 ; president of the Papyrus club, Boston, and author under the pen-name " John Carver, Esq." Theodore was educated abroad, studying four years in Berlin in the military family of Major-General von Froreich of the Prussian army, later at Heidelberg, and finally at the University of London, where he took his A.B. degree. He returned to the United States in 1861 and enlisted in the Union array. He was commissioned 1st lieutenant, 101st N.Y volun- teers, Feb. 13, 1862, and served with tlie army of the Potomac through all its campaigns up to Gettysburg, where he lost his right leg, having been thrice before wounded. He was appointed captain of volunteers. May 25, 1863, and pro- moted major of volunteers, Aug. 17, 1864. He was brevetted colonel of volunteers, Dec. 2. 1865, for gallantr}^ during the war, and brevetted lieu- tenant-colonel in the regular service, March 2, 1867, for loss of right leg from wound in line of duty. After the close of the war he was or- dered to duty in the war department and served as chief of bureau. He was commissioned cap- tain in the 44th infantry May 28, 1866, and served as chief of bureau until April 28, 1870, when he was retired. While in Washington he pursued a law course in the Columbian university and was given the degree of LL.D. in 1866. After his re- tirement he removed to Boston, where he entered Viusiness, also devoting much time to literary