ALEPPO

(Turkish Haleb-es-Shabba; anc. Beroea) (86° 12’ N., 37° 9’ E.), city, cap. of vilayet of same name, Asia Minor, 70 m. 8.E. of its port, Alexandretta; in fertile plain; important trade center before discovery of sea route to India. Conquered by Saracens (A.D. 636); sacked by Tamer lane (1402) captured by Turks (1517); its citadel said to resemble Edinburgh Castle; silk and cotton stuffs. During Brit. campaign in Palestine and Syria, Aleppo was practically the last place captured before the Armistice (Oct. 25, 1918). The city was placed under Arab administration in December 1919. (1856), major general, U. S. A.; 6. Gall i polis, Ohio. After graduating at the U. S. Military Academy in 1880, he pa ed through various army ranks, becoming quartermaster-general with the rank of brigadier-general in 1907, major-general in 1912, and again quartermaster-general in 1914. Warly in his career he served in operations against the Indians. and in Cuba, China, and the Philippines. He retired in 1916. 8° 39’ E.), Cathedral town, fortre , and railway center, Italy; called after Pope Alexander III.; near field of Marengo. Pop. 75,700. (2) Province, N. Italy. Pop. 807,500. ¥E.), long series of islands, Pacific; extend over 1000 miles towards Kamchatka from Alaska Peninsula; many are volcanic; largest Unimak, has two hunting, sealing; Unalaska is sealing and whaling center; discovered by Ru . explorers, Chirikov and Bering, 1741. Inhabitants (Aleuts) are of Eskimo origin; peace-abiding; converted to Gk, Church. Pop. c. 2000. See Map AnasKa,