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Buck (BEAUMONT BONAPARTE an American)

BEAUMONT BONAPARTE, an American army officer, born in Mayhew, Miss., in 1860. He graduated from BUCK the United States Military Academy in 1885 and from the Army War College in 1909. He was made brigadier-general, Aug. 5, 1917, and went with the First Expeditionary Force to France. He commanded the Third Division of the Fifth Army Corps and did excellent work in the Meuse-Argonne offensive. In 1918 he was promoted to the rank of major-general. He received the D. S. C. and various foreign decorations.