Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross"

part in the advance on Peking and the relief of the Legations. In 1901 he

became a major-general in the regular army, and in 1901-1902 commanded the Division of the Philippines. In 1902-1903 he commanded the Department of the East, and from 1904 to 1906 was chief of the general staff of the army. In 1904 he received the rank of lieutenant-general in the United States army, being the...