THEODORE ROOSEVELT, Vice-President of the United States, has an ancestry going back to medieval times in Dutch history. He had served as a New York Assemblyman, a National Civil Service Commissioner and Police Commissioner for the City of New York, and at the breaking out of the Spanish War was Assistant Secretary of the Navy. He resigned at once and saw service with the Rough Riders in Cuba, being chosen Colonel upon Colonel Wood's promotion. He was elected Governor of New York in 1898, and won with President McKinley in the campaign of 1900. Vice-President Roosevelt is the author of several works of a historical nature. He is also celebrated as a sportsman and ranchman. He was born in New York in 1858. (126)

WILLIAM STARKE ROSECRANS, who rose to the rank of Major-General, was a soldier of ability, and ranked high as an authority upon the rules and methods of procedure in the art of war. He was in command at the terrible battle at Chickamauga, where his army was saved from defeat by General Thomas' firm stand, which enabled Rosecrans to lead his forces in safety to Chattanooga. He was in a sad dilemma until General Grant was ordered there. The Silent Soldier had the problem solved within a few days. General Rosecrans, after his retirement from the army, represented California in two Congresses, and was Register of the Treasury from 1885 to 1889. General Rosecrans was born in 1819, and died soon after his term in the Treasury Department was ended. (127)

WILLIAM T. SAMPSON, who commanded the blockading and North Atlantic squadrons during the Spanish War, was graduated from the Naval Academy in 1861, and was on the bridge as executive officer of the Patapsco when she was blown up in Charleston Harbor January 16, 1865. Because of his knowledge of mines and torpedoes he was appointed President of the Maine Court of Inquiry. He was born in New York in 1840. When put in command of the squadrons in Cuban waters he was lifted over the heads of many others, and the fact that he was not present when Admiral Cervera's fleet was smashed at Santiago has been the cause of much spirited controversy and many bitter speeches in Congress. (128)

WINFIELD SCOTT SCHLEY was the Commodore commanding the second division of Admiral Sampson's fleet during the Spanish War, and was in sole command when the Spanish vessels made their dash out of the harbor of Santiago. Every Spanish warship was destroyed. Admiral Sampson was many miles away at the time. After the Civil War he distinguished himself as the leader of the Greely relief expedition which rescued that gallant officer and other survivors. At the naval battle off Santiago his flagship, the Brooklyn, led the chase after the Cristobal Colon, and fairly shot the unfortunate cruiser to pieces. He was born in Maryland in 1839, and is one of the most capable officers in the United States Navy. (129)

JOHN M. SCHOFIELD, who was Lieutenant-General in command of the Army of the United States when retired in 1895, had been a soldier forty-six years at the time of his retirement. His ability was recognized at an early date in the Civil War, he being made a major-general of volunteers in 1862, and before the war had ended he was a full majorgeneral in the regular army. General Schofield had the war portfolio during the last days of the administration of President Johnson, the latter having removed Secretary Edwin M. Stanton. General Schofield became the head of the United States Army upon the death of General Sheridan. He was born in New York in 1831, and entered the twentieth century hale and hearty. (130)