BATES, HENRY WALTER

(182592), Eng. naturalist; explored the Amazon with A. R. Wallace; author of The Naturalist on the Amazons (1863); a ist. sec. of the Roy. Geog. Soc., and eminent entomologist. 1919), an American soldier, s. of Edward and Julia Davenport Bates. Educated Washington University, St. Louis, Mo. Appointed Ist lieut. 11th U.S. Infantry. May 14, 1861; captain, May 1, 1863; major, 5th Infantry, May 6, 1882; lieut,-col. 138th Infantry, Oct. 19, 1886; colonel, 2nd Infantry, April 25, 1892; brig.-general, U.S.A., May 4, 1898; maj.-gen. U.S.V., Jan. 2, 1900; brig.- gen. U.S.A., Feb. 2, 1901; maj.-gen. July 15, 1902; lieut.-gen. and Chief-of Staff of the Army, Feb. 1, 1906. Retired April 14, 1906. Served in Civil War two years with regiment and two years as aide-de-camp to commanding general, Army of the Potomac. Commanded 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps in Spanish American War.