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Chapter XXVII
President of the New board of Ordnance and Fortification
usefulness of the board
troubles with the Sioux Indians in 1890-91
success of the plan to employ Indians as soldiers
marriage to Miss Kilbourne
the difficulty with Chile in 1892.
even as late as the year 1882, very high military authority in this country advocated with great earnestness the proposition that our old brick and stone forts, with their smooth-bore guns, could make a successful defense against a modern iron-clad fleet!
At the same time, and even much later, high naval authority maintained that the United States navy should be relied upon for the defense of our many thousands of miles of sea-coast!
In view of such counsel, it does not seem strange that Congress, after the old ships had nearly all rotted away, began to give some attention to a new navy, but thought little or nothing of land defenses.
The old brick and stone parapets and the cast-iron guns were still there; none of th
John M. Schofield, Forty-six years in the Army, Index (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Aldrich , Charles , 1828 - (search)
Aldrich, Charles, 1828-
Historian; born in Ellington, N. Y., Oct. 2, 1828; was educated at Jamestown Academy, N. Y. On June 29, 1857, he established The Freedman, a newspaper in Webster City, In. For several years between 1860 and 1870 he was chief clerk of the Iowa House of Representatives, and in 1882 was a member of that body; in 1875 served with the United States Geological Survey in the Rocky Mountains; and in 1892 established the Historical Department of Iowa, of which he afterwards was made curator and secretary.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), American School of classical studies, (search)
American School of classical studies,
An institution founded in Athens, Greece, in 1882.
It is a branch of the Archaeological Institute of America, and is supported through an independent committee of representatives from a number of American colleges, each of which contributes $250 a year for this purpose.
It was erected by private subscriptions, upon a site given by the Greek government, and is valued, together with its grounds, at $46,000. The endowment is about $50,000. Aside from the study of known remains of Greek art and civilization, the school has engaged in independent excavations at Eretrin and Argos, with valuable results.
Associated with it are similar institutions supported by the German, English, French, and Greek governments.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Ammidown , Edward Holmes , 1820 - (search)
Ammidown, Edward Holmes, 1820-
Merchant; born in Southbridge, Mass., Oct. 28, 1820; was graduated at Harvard College in 1853.
After travelling for several years in the United States and Europe he engaged in mercantile business in New York City in 1860; later became a director in several banks, insurance companies, etc. In 1881 he was elected president of the American Protective Tariff League: and in 1882 chairman of the Metropolitan Industrial League.
In 1890 President Harrison appointed him a commissioner for the World's Columbian Exposition, but he declined the post.
He is the author of numerous political articles, including National illiteracy; Capital and labor; etc.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Andrews , Christopher Columbus , 1829 - (search)
Andrews, Christopher Columbus, 1829-
Lawyer and diplomatist; born in Hillsboro, N. H., Oct. 27, 1829; was educated at the Harvard Law School; admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1850, and later settled in St. Cloud, Minn. In the Civil War he rose from the ranks to brevet major-general in the Union army.
In 1869-77 he was United States minister to Norway and Sweden, and in 1882-85 consul-general to Rio de Janeiro.
He has published a History of the campaign of Mobile; Brazil. Its conditions and prospects; Administrative reform, etc.