714 JS >•• • vm ••«.■■■ m B f&Hf ifU»'.;> " . REAR ADMIRAL, Born December 26th, 1837, Who commanded the U. S. Asiatic Squadron at the Battle of Manila, winning a brilliant victory and destroying an entire fleet of Spanish vessels May 1st, 1898. COLONEL L). S. CAVALRY. Born 1858. Who was Assistant Secretary of the Navy at the commencement of the war with Spain, from which office he resigned to go to the front as Lieut.-Colonel of " Roosevelt's Rough Riders," and led them in their gallant charge at San Juan, showing great bravery and proving himself a Hero. No one who saw him take that ride ex- pected he would finish it alive. <> M*h^^=: COLONEL U. S. A. Born July 13th, 1866. Who at the commencement of the war with Spain, raised and equipped a Battery of Artillery for the government, and proved himself a brave soldier. When in Cuba he was on the staff of Major-General Shafter. K'c3W/§&JJL. LIEUT. U. S. N. Born in 1868. ■Who made his way through the Spanish lines on a secret mission to General Gomez, and was the first man to plant the American flag on the mainland of Cuba, and afterwards traveled seventy miles and located the exact position of the Spanish P.eet at Santiago Bay. MAJOR-GENERAL U. S. A. Born Sept. ioth 1836. Who was a celebrated cavalry officer in the Confederate service and was one of the four Major-Generals appointed by the President from civil hie. Although sixty-two years of age, he has lost none of his vigor, and proved himself a most gallant officer, and a diplomat, as he was General Shafter's chiet adviser in the peace negoti- ations before Santiago. MAJOR-GENERAL U. S. A. Born Aug. 8th, 1839. Who is Commander-in-Chief of the U. S. Army and is a soldier in all that the word means, rising from a clerkship in a Boston store to the command of tne Army. Is a brave fighter, of sterling qualities and soldierly endow- ments, and almost matchless record in the service; was in the command of the troops in Porto Rico and led them in their triumphal march across the Island. ^ 0* /CtfcTH^ /<^t4jLy/' > ENSIGN, U. S. N. Born 1873. Died May nth, 1898. ■Was first naval officer killed in the war, in command of the torpedo boat Winslow while cutting cable off Cardenas, in the face of terrific fire. 6 REAR ADMIRAL U. S. N. Born Feb. gth, 1840. ■Who in 1864