Show W ir aw NEW HEAD HAS EXCELLENT RECORD bmw I 1 I 1 4 W 7 1 AY 1 sk col george P scriven who taw ham succeeded drig gen james allots alien mo a chief signal officer of the army baw baa had a career of 0 remarkable activity lie ile has boon attached alta chod at different times to three branches branc liea of the military service and has seen service in im nil all parts odthe world and participated in the front of every w which lins hns been waged since am W graduation from the alio military tary academy in it 1878 lie ile was waa born in pennsylvania adiv appointed to tho the military academy from the state of illinois several years preliminary study 14 tile he university or of chicago and in abir rensselaer polytechnic institute at ah troy N Y ile iio began hla his military career I 1 te the artillery but was waa soon abon on 6 affo cached service abroad carrying biant ti trough through europe and iceland ile he made ono one of the most noteworthy military horseback hor Beback rides ow OB record beginning at laredo texas and on the coast or of mexico after travor traversing sing hundreds of miles of 0 the mountain trails of that country during tho spanish war as aa a member of the signal corps he tools took un nar important part in the army of invasion of cuba and afterward was waa with malor major general merritts Merrl tta fourth philippine expedition and later on with general chaffoo in tho the famous march to peking |