UPTON, EMERY

(1839), a United States army officer, born in Batavia W.Y. He graduated from the United States Military. Academy in 1861 and served throughout the Civil War during which he so distinguished himself that he was thrice brevetted and in 1866 was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel, U.S.A. From 1870-75 he was superintendent of the United States Military Academy and in 1880 after being promoted to Colonel, U.S.A., was a igned to the 4th artillery in San Francisco, Cal. He was the author of several publications on military tactics, etc., including The Military Policy of the United States. He died in 1881. UR (Ur or tar Catpzzs) (30° 50’ N., 46° 20’ E.), ancient city, Babylonia, now represented by the ruins of Mughair, on Euphrates; was native place of Abraham and residence of the earliest Babylonian kings; an important maritime and commercial city. Excavation carried on in 1922 and 1923 revealed the existence of a large and important city here. Several large temples were wncovered.