Named Entity Results, Elwell Stephen Otis

, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana, and District of Porto Rico, embracing Porto Rico and adjacent islands; headquarters, Governor's Island, N. Y. Commander, Maj.-Gen. John R. Brooke. Department of the Lakes.--States of Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee; headquarters, Chicago, Ill. Commander, Maj.-Gen. Elwell S. Otis. Department of the Missouri.--States of Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas, and Arkansas, the Indian Territory, and the Territory of Oklahoma; headquarters, Omaha, Neb. Commander, Brig.-Gen. Fitzhugh Lee. Department of Texas.--State of Texas; headquarters, San Antonio. Tex. Commander, Col. Chambers McKibbin, 12th Infantry. An act of Congress of June 6, 1900, re-organized the regular army and re-established the grade of lieutenant-general by the following provision: That the

, treating of banking, competition, cookery, mechanic arts, the tariff, insurance, etc. He invented an improved cooking-stove called the Aladdin Cooker. Soon after Dewey's victory in Manila Bay, Mr. Atkinson became vice-president of the Anti-Imperialist League, and when it was evident that the United States would retain the Philippine Islands, the League produced three tracts, entitled Criminal aggression by whom? the Hell of War and its penalties; and The cost of the National crime. Gen. Elwell S. Otis, commander of the United States troops in the Philippines, early in 1899 notified the War Department that several seditious tracts, mailed in the United States, had been received by many officers and men in his command. After investigation instructions were given to the Postmaster-General to inform Mr. Atkinson and all postmasters in the United States that the mails would be closed to further transmission of the publications. In justification of his action, Mr. Atkinson declared tha

hilippines, and for his services at the capture of the city of Manila was promoted to major-general, Aug. 13. At the time of the Filipino attack on the Americans in the suburbs of Manila, Feb. 4, 1899, he was in command of the 2d division of the 8th Army Corps, which included the famous 20th Kansas Regiment, under command of Col. Frederick Funston (q. v.), and the equally famous Utah Battery. On Jan. 2, 1900, he was promoted to brigadier-general in the regular army; on the relief of Gen. Elwell S. Otis (q. v.) as commander of the Military Division of the Philippines, soon afterwards General MacArthur was appointed his successor; and on the reorganization of the army, in February, 1901, he was promoted to major-general U. S. A., and confirmed as commander of the Division of the Philippines. Proclaiming amnesty. Under instructions from Washington, he promised amnesty to the Filipino insurgents in the following terms: Manila, June 21, 1900. By direction of the President o

s. First Philippine commission. In order to facilitate the most humane, pacific, and effective extension of authority throughout these islands, and to secure, with the least possible delay, the benefits of a wise and generous protection of life and property to the inhabitants, I appointed, in January, 1899, a commission consisting of Jacob Gould Schurman, of New York; Admiral George Dewey, United States navy; Charles Denby, of Indiana; Prof. Dean C. Worcester, of Michigan, and Maj.-Gen. Elwell S. Otis, United States army. Their instructions contained the following: In the performance of this duty the commissioners are enjoined to meet at the earliest possible day in the city of Manila and to announce by public proclamation their presence and the mission intrusted to them, carefully setting forth that, while the military government already proclaimed is to be maintained and continued so long as necessity may require, efforts will be made to alleviate the burden of taxatio

cted from the Union army to arrange with the Confederate commanders for the surrender of General Lee's army. After the war he was conspicuous in a number of Indian campaigns; was superintendent of the United States Military Academy in 1882-87; and commander of the Department of the Atlantic till May, 1898, when he was assigned to the command of the United States forces about to be sent to the Philippine Islands. He reached Manila Bay in July; had charge of the operations around Manila and the capture of the Wesley Merritt. city, and afterwards relinquished the military command to Gen. Elwell S. Otis (q. v.), and assumed the duties of the first American military governor of the Philippines. In August he was ordered to Paris as an adviser to the American peace commissioners, and in December following he returned to the United States and was commandant of the Military Department of the East, with headquarters on Governor's Island, New York Harbor, till his retirement. See Manila.

Otis, Elwell Stephen 1838- Military officer; born in Frederick City, Md., March 25, 1838; removed with his parents to Rochester, N. Y., early in life; graduated at the University of Rochester in 1858, and at the Harvard Law School in 1861. In the summer of 1862 he recruited in Rochester, N. Y., a company of the 140th New York Elwell Stephen Otis. Infantry, with which he served throughout the Civil War, and was promoted lieutenant-colonel, Oct. 24, 1863. When the regular army was reorganElwell Stephen Otis. Infantry, with which he served throughout the Civil War, and was promoted lieutenant-colonel, Oct. 24, 1863. When the regular army was reorganized he was commissioned lieutenant-colonel of the 22d Infantry, July 28, 1866; served against the Indians in 1867-81; established the school of cavalry and infantry at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., in 1881; and commanded it till 1885. He was promoted brigadiergeneral U. S. A., Nov. 28, 1893; appointed a major-general of volunteers. May 4, 1898; succeeded Gen. Wesley Merritt as military governor of the Philippine Islands in August following; returned to the United States and was promoted major-ge

redeemed in cash, but only in Series B bonds. Some depositors were frightened and took bonds; others declined to do so. Then came the blockade of Manila, and all business was practically suspended. Americanizing the Islands. On Jan. 17, 1899, President McKinley announced to his Cabinet the appointment of the following commission to visit and report on the affairs of the archipelago: Messrs. Jacob G. Schurman, president of Cornell University; Admiral George Dewey, U. S. N.; Maj.-Gen. Elwell S. Otis, U. S. A.; Col. Charles Denby, ex-minister to China; and Prof. Dean C. Worcester, of the University of Michigan. The report of this commission was sent to Congress in February, 1900. After reviewing the situation the commission reached the following conclusions: 1. The United States cannot withdraw from the Philippine Islands. We are there and duty binds us to remain. There is no escape from our responsibility to the Filipinos and to mankind for the government of the archipel