New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-12-24
GREENE TO HEAD THE POLICE.
NAMED BY THE MAYOR TO SUCCEED COLONEL
PARTRIDGE
The Ne7D Commissioner Has Long and Cedabk Military Record
and Is a Graduate of Vest Point

Captain Norton Goddard said: The appoint
ment is good one"
GENERAL GREENE'S CAREER.
General Francis Vinton Greene's early life was
spent in Providence, r. l., where he born
on June %, 1885, a son of General George Sears
Greene, and when he left the public schools of
Providence it was to enter the United States
Military Academy at West Point, from which he
graduated in 1870. He was assigned to the
Engineer Corps, and from 1872 to 1876 he served
in the International Commission for survey Of
the northern boundary Of the United States as
assistant astronomer and surveyor. He was
promoted to be a lieutenant in January, 1914
and three years later he was appointed military
attache to the United States Legation at 81
Petersburg, remaining there two years, the first
year Of that time being spent with the RUSSIAN
army in Turkey. He was present at the oaItleS
OF Shipka, Plevna, Sophia and Philpopolis
Lieutenant Greene received decorations of ST
Vladimir and St Anne, and campaign medal
from the Russian Emperor. Later he was as
signed to duty again in the Engineering Corps
In January. 1888, Lieutenant Greene became
captain, and for one year was engineer in charge
of the public works in washington. D. = IN
1885 he was professor of practical military engi-
neering in West Point. but resigned on Decem-
Der 81, 1856
He entered the service of the Barber Asphalt
Company and became its president. Later ne
was made Colonel of the list Regiment and
went to Tampa with the regiment at the out
break of the Spanish war. Later he was maze
Briga der General and sent to Manila, partlcl-
and other engagements outside OF Mania IN
August 1898. On the 18th of the month he was
made a Major General for services in the capt
ure of Manila and later appointed in com
mand of the Second Division, Seventh Army
Corps. having charge at Jacksonville, Fla,
Savannah, Ga, and Havana, Cuba, from OCTOBER
to December 1898. He resigned from the Army
February 2S. 1899, and returned to his former
position with the Asphalt Company. from which
he resigned later.
In 1900 he was delegate to the National Re-
publican Convention at Philadelphia and in the
same year was the President of the Republican
County Committee. When President Roosevelt
was Governor of the State, he wanted General
Greene to be Commissioner of Public Works,
but the General declined to take such position
and il went to Colonel Partridge, who is now
be succeeded by General Greene as Police
Commissioner He has written several volumes,
among them THE Russian Army and its Cam
paigns in Turkey 1.-TWO vols; Army Life In
Russia THE Mississippi Campaigns OF the
Civil War, and the Life of Nathaniel Greene,
Major General in the Army of the Revolution
He has also contributed largely TO magazines
General Greene married on February 20. 1919,
Miss Belle Eugene Chevallie at Washington.
He lives at No So East Thirtieth-st.
The Executive Committee of the Republican
County Committee last night adopted resolu-
tions commencing The appointment of General
Greene.