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JOHN F., an American army officer. He was born in New York, 1874, and after attending Catholic public schools, studied at College of the City of New York from 1890 to 1893. In 1898 he graduated as LL.B. from New York University, being in the same year admitted to the bar, becoming member of the firm Corbin & 패 IN.Y. 1110 GENERAL JOHN F. O'RYAN O'Ryan. In 1897 he enlisted as a private in Company G, 7th Infantry, National Guard, New York and from 1900 commanded as second lieutenant the 2d Battery. He became first lieutenant in 1904, and captain of the 1st Battery in 1907. In 1911 he was promoted Major of the 2d Battalion Field Artillery and in 1912 became Major-General commanding the National Guard of New York. He commanded the New York Division on the Mexican border in 1916 and after the United States had declared war with the Central Powers was in 1917 appointed by President Wilson commander of the 27th Division, National Guard, and later Major-General in Europe. He was through all the campaigns with the National Guard during the World War, and on his return to the United States with his war-tried veterans in 1919 was given a great popular reception.

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