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Show NEW MAJOR G-NERAL H , I MnJ. dun. Josso M. Leo, recently detached M pflfliVMiSiW fr0ln c",nnmlul r l,1 department of tho Visa j as .Bk 'n ''10 ln"'l,I,'nt,8 l"1 u,cen placed on tho rotlrcd H jm "A list ot tho army by operation of law, on account ' gR- "m. ot llRU an IlrlK- (,cn J franklin noil, chief ol H WkL MhtfB laff, tho sonlor olilccr In his grade, promQtod Ki irvi ''y"'flS mujor Koiural. B f.M vHH 0,i"- lnH lR no ot tho younger general (!! tvi lB cor- I' " fniln Kontucky, and was grndtiatod iH WW9 (rnm tlle M-"tary academy In tho class of 1678. Brv vH " "nH t'"n "l,l'n,ntL''1 Hocond lieutenant, Ninth HK .OHll-tlkWft2-. rnvn'ry' UU( I'ccnmo captain, Sevonth cavalry, In 1' V-' IPffgngBBS March, 18bl). Ho servod with distinction In the m f WvlsPVpf volunteer army during tho Spanish war and the iH I xl? I'l'UlKPlno Insurrection. Kntorlng as n major ol H I lff I engineers, ho subseiiuently commanded )io Thlr H Hlxlli United Stntos voluntcor Infantry, and wns appointed brlgadlt-. goncrn! H'., ,uf voluuteors In December, 1899 1) In recognition ot his gallant services, tho presldont promoted him It H IMIirimry, 1901, from cnptnJn, Sevonth cavalry, to brigadier general In the ' ' regular army. While acting ni xuperlntondont of tho Ocnorftf Staff college H . nt lAsivonwnrth, Kan., last spring ho was summoned to Washington for ?ut H in uhlet ot staff to succeed Lieut. Urn. John C. Hates, retired. |