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STEPHEN CLEGG, American naval officer; born near Dub- (1913); secretary-general of the Panlin, Ireland, Dec. 25, 1808; came to the American Financial Conference at United States when a boy, and on Feb. Washington, D. C. (1915) secretary- 1, 1826, was appointed a midshipman man in general of the International High Comthe navy. He was promoted lieutenant, mission (1915-1917) a delegate to the March 8, 1837; took part in the capture Second Pan-American Scientific Congress of Monterey and San Diego in the Mex- (1915) ; secretary of the American-Mex- Mex- (1915); secretary of the American-Mexican War, and, as executive officer of the ican Joint Commission (1916-1917) ; as- "Cyane," in the bombardment of Guay- sistant secretary of the treasury (1917- In October, 1920, he became director-general of the Pan-American 1920). In October, 1920, he became Pan-American director-general Union. He was a member of many domestic and foreign societies, and wrote: "Report of the Insular Code Commission" (with J. M. Keedy, 8 vols., 1902); "The United States and Porto Rico" (1904); "Problems of City Government" (1908); as well as many reports and articles in economic journals and reviews. an mas. In the battle of La Mesa, Upper California, he commanded the naval battalion under Commodore Stockton, and was especially commended for his skill in leading the landing party that made a successful attack on a Mexican outpost near Mazatlan. He was promoted commander Sept. 14, 1855. At the outbreak of the Civil War he was on the "Pawnee," with which he engaged the Confederate battery at Acquia Creek on Joint ROWE

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