The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-17
AMERICAN DEAD.
Pen Sketches of Brave officers who
Fell at Tien Tsin

Pen Sketches of Brave officers who
Fell at Tien Tsin.
WASHINGTON, July 1.-THE war de-
partment has prepared the following &C
count of Col. Liscum's service record
He was born in Vermont in 1871. He en-
tered the volunteer service as corporal in
the First Vermont infantry, in May. 1861
and was appointed second lieutenant
Feb. 10, 1863. He rose in the regular line
to be colonel of the Ninth infantry April
Is, 1899 While in the Spanish war he
was made brigadier general of yolun-
teers, July y, 1898, serving in that ca
pacity till Dec. 81, of the same year
His record, briefly stated in chronology
cal order, is as follows:
Brevetted captain q. S. A, Aug. I, 1864;
"for gallant services in the battle Of
Bethesda church, and during the cam
paign before Richmond, Va"
During the war of 1876, with his regi-
ment in the army of the Potomac par
ticpating in the battles of Cedar Noun
tain. Bull Run, Charlottesville, Gettys-
burg (where he was wounded), Bethesda
church and the siege of Petersburg.
Since the War of the Rebellion he
served on the frontier, etc, to April, 1S96
commanding his regiment in Florida, and
in the Santiago campaign, to July !,
1898, when he was wounded in the battle
of San Juan, Cuba; on sicl2 leave to
April, 1899, and commanding his regiment
Ell route to and in the Philippine islands,
and in command of the First brigade,
Second division, Eighth army corps, Jan.
10, 1900, TO April Is, 1900; commanding his
regiment in the Philippines to June u,
1900, when he sailed with it for Taku,
China
Capt Austin r. Davis, of the marine
ed (TeOf-
gia. He entered the marine corps as a
second lieutenant on July ], 1894. He
went out to the Philippines in April, 1882
in charge of the marines who took over
the Cavite naval station from the mill
tary branch. His commission as captain
In the marine corps is dated March 3,
1889.
Capt. William B. Lemley, of the ma
rine cO1ps, who is reported as wounded,
is a native of North Carolina, and a
nephew of Judge Advocate General Lem
ley, of the navy. He entered the corps
on it's increase in March, 1899, being at
tached to the staff as assistant quarter
master with the rank of captain.
Lieut. Smedley d. Butler, of the ma
rine corps, also wounded, was one Of
the new officers in the service, having
been appointed from Pennsylvania in
April, 1892 He was sent to the Philip
and was one Of the officers drawn from
the Cavite station by Admiral Kempff
at the beginning of the fighting at Taku
Lieut. Henry Leonard, of the marine
corps, was appointed to that service from
the District Of Columbia, in April, 1899
He accompanied Lieut.. Butler to the
Philippines soon after his appointment
and also joined Kempffs force at Taku.
Maj. James Reagan, of the Ninth in
fantry entered the military service from
New York, as a musician, in Company
II, Second infantry, before the Civil
war. He served throughout that war
and received q commission as second
lieutenant in the Eighteenth infantry
in December 1866. He was assigned to
the Ninth infantry as a first lieutenant
in 1870, and has been attached to that
regiment ever since, becoming a captain
in 1877 and a major in 1899
The Capt Buckmiller referred to in the
dispatch as having been wounded is
Capt. Edwin V. Bookmiller. He Is a
West Pointer, entering the academy
from Ohio, in 1885 His first commission
was that of a second lieutenant in the
Second infantry as captain, in 1899,
and joined the Ninth infantry by trans
fer in the same year.
Capt. Charles r. Moves, of the Ninth
infantry, is adjutant of the regiment He
also was a West Pointer, having been
appointed from Massachusetts In 1875
He got his first commission as a second
lieutenant in the Ninth infantry in 1879,
and has been with that organization ever
since, becoming first lieutenant in 1887
and captain in $685.,