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Burr (GEORGE WASHINGTON an American)

GEORGE WASHINGTON, an American soldier, born in Tolono, Ill., in 1865. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1888 and the same year was appointed first lieutenant of the artillery. He rose to various grades, reaching that of temporary brigadier-general in 1918. In the following year he was appointed majorgeneral. He served as instructor in several military colleges and in the Philippines, where for a time he was chief ordnance officer of the Philippines Division. He was appointed chief ordnance ordnance officer of the Philippines Diofficer of the Central Department in 1911, serving until 1918. In the latter officer of the Central Department in year, he became chief ordnance officer for the American forces in England. In October of that year he was appointed for the American forces in England. In chief of the engineering division of the Ordnance Department, and later became chief of the engineering division of the assistant director of the purchase, storage, and traffic departments of the General Staff. He was a member of the War Department Claims Board from eral Staff. He was a member of the January, 1919.