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| tam. In 1862 he was advanced to the
grade of brigadier general. The fol-
lowing year he fought a Chancellors-
i vile. He commanded a brigade under
Sherman in the Atlanta campaign of
/ 1864, and he led division during the
operations in North Carolina until the
surrender of Johnson. For his serv-
! ices at the battle of Franklin Ruger
was breyetted major general Nov. 80,
| 1864 At Gettysburg he led a division
and obtained brevet as brigadier
/ general of the regular army.
In 1868 Gen. Ruger was named mill
tary governor of Georgia. From 1871
to 1876 he was in command at the
military academy. He had charge of
the department of the South from
! 1876 to 1878. In 1886 he was made a
! full brigadier general and ordered to
st. Paul, where he took command of
| the department. He remained here
five years.
-Four years later he was advanced to
the rank of major general. He re-
| tired, because of reaching the age
limit, in 1897
Gen. Kruger is now living at SIAM
ford, Conn.
Gen. Wesley Merritt
Still another highly distinguished
commandant was Gen. Wesley Merritt
He was born in New York, June 16,
| 1886. On leaving West, Point, July 1,
! 1861 he was commissioned second
lieutenant in the Second United States
dragons. He became first lieutenant
| of the Second cavalry in 1861 and cap
tain in the same regiment in 1852. He
served with the Army of the Potomac
until June, 1854. He participated in
| all the battles of this army and earned
six successive brevets for gallantry at
Gettysburg and at lesser engagements.
He commanded a cavalry brigade dur
| ing the Shenandoah campaign of 1854
| IS, and took part in the battles Of
Winchester, Fishers HILL etc. He led
corps of cavalry in the AppomattoX
campaign. He was also one of the
! three commanders to arrange for the
surrender of the army of North Vir-
ginia.
After the Rebellion Gen. Merritt was
j conspicuous in a number of Indian
campaigns. He was made a lieutenant
| colonel in 1866, a colonel of the Fifth
/ cavalry In 1876, and brigadier gen
eral in 1887. From 1882 to 1887 he was
| superintendent of the military acad-
envy.
-Four years later he came to ST.
Paul He remained in command of the
/ u bdhOld Jul lO0A
| years. Shortly before leaving here
| he was promoted, April 20, 1895, to be
major general. He commanded the
department of the Atlantic until May,
$685. when he was placed in control
| of the forces about to be sent to the
Philippine islands. He reached Ma
Mia bay in July, 1898, and commanded
| the land forces during the operations
| that eliminated in the capture of the
| oif Of Sion afterwards he
| became the first American military
governor of the Philippines. He was
called to Paris in August, 1898, to con-
| fer with the American peace commits
sioners.
On returning to the United States
| he was made commandant of the de-
partment of the East, a post that he
held when he retired, because OF age,
| in June, 1900.
Gen. Merritt was married about six
years ago. He is now a resident of the
| national capital.
Gen. John r. Brooke
Gen. John r. Brooke, who command
/ ed the department at the outbreak OF
] the war with Spain, and took promi-
nent part in events following the war,
| was born at Pottsville, Pa, July 81,
| 1888.
He was the first to respond to Presi-
dent Lincoln's call for troops, as cap
tain of the Fourth Pennsylvania vol
unteers, in April, 1861. When his
! three months service had expired he
was made colonel of the Fifty-third
! PENNSYLVANIA infantry. He took part
In nearly all the battles of the Army of
the Potomac In 1864 he was promoted
to be brigadier general of volunteers
in reward for distinguished services at
the battles of the Wilderness and
Spottsylvania. The same year he was
brevetted brigadier general in the reg
ular establishment; and in 1856 he was
brevetted major general.
In July, 1866, Brooke was appointed
lieutenant colonel of the Thirty-seventh
United States infantry. He was pro-
NOTED to be colonel in 1879, brigadier
general in 1888, and. major general In
1897 He assumed command of the de-
partment of Dakota in May, 1895, and
was relieved in April, 1897.
Soon after the beginning of the war
against Spain Gen. Brooke was made
commander of the First Provisional
army corps. After he had served in the
Porto Rico campaign he was designated
as a member of the joint military COM
mission to arrange the cession of Porto
Rico to the United States. From De-
cember, 1898, to April, 1900, he was mil
itary and civil governor of Cuba. He
was succeeded IN that post by Gen.
Leonard Wood.
May 10, 1900, Gen. Brooke took the
place of Gen. Merritt as commander of
the military department of the East,
with headquarters in New York city.
Gen. Brooke retired from active service
in July, 1902. His present home is
Rosemont, Pa.
Gen. James F. Wade
The last of the scommandants that
remained in charge of the department
for more than one year was Gen
James F. Wade.
Gen Wade was the son of the well
known senator from Ohio, Benjamin F.
Wade The son was born in the Buck
eye state April Il, 1S43. He was COM
missioned in May, 1851, as first lieu
, tenant of the Sixth U. S. cavalry. He
was made colonel of volunteers in Sep
tember, 1854, brevetted brigadier gen.
i eral in February. 1866, and mustered
: out of the volunteer service in April
2 1866. The same year he became cap
: tain and major in the regular estab-