YOUNG, SAMUEL BALDWIN

MARES (1840), American soldier. Born in Pittsburgh, Pa., in 1840. He enlisted as @ private in 1861 and rose by promotion to be major, 1863; lieut.-colonel, and colonel, 1865, and brigadier-general, for services in the last campaign against Lee. He gained the regular army as 2nd lieutenant after the Civil War; served in the Indian fights, and commanded a brigade at Santiago which won a victory at Las Guasimas in June 1898. Was with Lawson’s division in cavalry actions in 1898, and was appointed military governor of North ‘Western Luzon, and later of Department of Northern Luzon. He became commander of the Department of California, and first president of the Army ~ War College Board in-1902; chief of staff to the president 1903, and lieutenant general; retired January 1904. President of the Brownsville Court of Inquiry 19091910; governor of the Soldiers’ Home, Washington, 1910-1920.