ADNA ROMANZA See also:

• ADNA ROMANZA CHAFFEE (1842- )

CHAFFEE (1842- )  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Orwell, See also:

• OHIO

Ohio, on the 14th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1842 . At the outbreak of the See also:

• CIVIL

Civil See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War he entered the See also:

• UNITED

United States See also:

• CAVALRY (Fr. cavalerie, Ger. Kavallerie or Reiterei, derived ultimately from late Lat. caballus, horse)

cavalry as a private, and he See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose to commissioned See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank in 1863, becoming See also:

• BREVET (a diminutive of the Fr. bref)

brevet See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain in 1865 . He remained in the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army after the war and took See also:

• PART

part with distinction in many See also:

• INDIAN

Indian See also:

• CAMPAIGNS

campaigns . His promotion was, however, slow, and he was at the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of fifty-six still a See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

colonel of cavalry, But in 1898, at the outbreak of the See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish-American War, he was made brigadier-general and soon afterwardsmajor-generalofvolunteers . In the Cuban See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign he won particular distinction, and the victory of the Americans in the See also:

• ACTION

action of El Caney was in large measure due to his careful See also:

• PERSONAL

personal reconnaissances of the ground to be attacked and to the endurance of his own See also:

• BRIGADE (Fr. and Ger. brigade, Ital. brigata, Span. brigada; the English use of the word dates from the early 17th century)

brigade . Afterreverting for a See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time to the rank of brigadier-general, he was made a See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major-general U.S.V. again in 1900 and was appointed to command the United States contingent in See also:

• CHINA

China . He took a brilliant and successful part in the advance on See also:

• PEKING, or PEKIN

Peking and the See also:

• RELIEF

relief of the Legations . In 1901 he became a major-general in the See also:

• REGULAR

regular army, and in Ig01-1902 commanded the See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

Division of the Philippines . In 1902-1903 he commanded the See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

Department of the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East, and from 1904 to 1906 was See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of the general See also:

• STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff of the army . In 1904 he received the rank of lieutenant-general in the United States army, being the first enlisted See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of the regular army to attain this, the highest rank in the service . He was retired at his own See also:

• REQUEST, LETTERS OF

request on the 1st of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1906,. after more than See also:

• FORTY

forty years' service .