Seven officers receive special commissions for distinguished service
The article notes seven living U S officers awarded commissions for specific distinguished service beyond brevets. Major General John R Brooke is among them, having earlier become brigadier general of volunteers for distinguished services at the battles of the Old Wilderness and Spotsylvania Court House in Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NLY
United States Army
John R. Brooke
Volunteers
the Old Wilderness
Spottsylvania Court House
Brooke
Humphrey
Washington
Santiago
Cuba
Volunteer Cavalry
Rough Riders
Col
Regulars
Charles F. Humphrey
Theodore Roosevelt
Col. Humphrey
Roosevelt
Gen
Tait
Admiral Evans
Oyster Bay
Gen. Humphrey
General Brooke and Miles linked in three campaigns across ages
The article recalls Lieut. Gen. Nelson A. Miles and Gen. Frank Brooke sharing campaigns from Cold Harbor to Pine Ridge and Porto Rico, noting Brooke’s survivals and battlefield feats at Spotsylvania and Antietam, and praising Humphrey’s decisive Cuban transport actions during the Spanish American War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson A. Miles
Wesley Merritt
Brooke
Washington
Florida
Gettysburg
Second Army Corps
Cold Harbor
Miles
Gen
Cole
Harbor
Pine Ridge Ageny
Kicking Bear
Short Bull
Porto Rico
Spottsylvania Court House
Johnson
Spottsylvania
Robert FE. Lee
Gen. Lee
Lee
Grant
Hill and Breck
John R. Brooke
Antietam
Fredericksburg
Pine Ridge Agency
Department of the Missouri
Chicago
Chickamauga Park
Cuba
Charles &. Humphrey
United States Army
Taft
Humphrey
Gen. Humphrey
Col
Quartermaster’s
Commissary Department
Department
WA Patterson
Enridge
Morris
Byrnes
Gen. Brooke
School of Self Control and Temperance Lesson
A 1909 Sunday School text discusses self control as the basis of temperance. It argues that victory over temptation builds character, courage, and faith, warning that even moderate drinking can open life to danger and urging to avoid saloons and begin no vice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prof. Thomson
Greyson
Ilkane
Satan
Neal Dow
Atlantic
Edward Carswell
Lectures on Truancy by Miss Mary Boyle O'Reilly
Miss Mary Boyle O'Reilly in Boston offers lectures for the children's institutions department on truancy and juvenile courts. She warns many homes foster weak character and that many children truantly miss school to earn money, unable to judge money versus education.
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Mary Boyle O’reilly
Children’s Institutions Department
Boston
Human nature the same across nations claimed in 1827 Belgium
A Brussels editor reports 3021 wives left their husbands in 1827 and 5042 couples lived under the same roof in discord. Only three couples were truly happy and 1022 comparatively happy, suggesting human nature remains similar worldwide.
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Brussels
Belgium
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