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CHARLES A., an American following year was appointed commandcommand in the Philippines and in the American War he became fleet marine After serving in the Spanish- 1909 and in 1915 was in command of the officer of the fleet. In 1904 he held a He was appointed brigadier-general in er of the first brigade of the marines in the islands. He was appointed colonel in Marine Barracks in Washington, D. C. mand the Marine Corps Training Camp France. He was transferred to com- 1917 and for a time saw service in well-known as an expert in machine gunnery. at Quantico, Va., where he died in 1918.
He commanded the first regiment of marines sent to France in 1917. He was Scotch story and romance writer; born in Edinburgh, May 22, 1859. He was carefully trained for a physician, but went to London at 20 and adopted literature as a profession. His greatest success was etc. He also wrote: "The Adventures of won with the series of detective tales profession. His greatest success was won with the series of detective tales known as the Sherlock Holmes stories: fully trained for a physician, but went to 27-Vol. III-Cye