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Show HE IS VETERAN OF TWO WARS Wisconsin Legion Man, Now National Vice Commander, Was in Spanish-American Spanish-American and World Wars. Dr. Edward J. Barrett of Sheboygan Sheboy-gan "itional vice commander of the American Legion. Is a vet-eran vet-eran of both the Spanish-American and World wars. Born in Woo-ster, Woo-ster, 0., Doctor Barrett was graduated grad-uated from the University of Wooster and later "rora the school f medicine at the Dr. l.. oarrett. University of Cincinnati. Cin-cinnati. He served as house physician at the Palmer House In Chicago until the outbreak of the Spanish-American war, when he wa3 commissioned a major in the Second Sec-ond regiment. United States volunteer engineers, remaining with that organization organi-zation during its stay In Honolulu. During the Philippine insurrection. Doctor Barrett was assistant surgeon of the Forty-first volunteer Infantry, remaining in the islands until 1001. Thousands of wounded American doughboys remember the work of Doctor Doc-tor Barrett when he was in command of Fox Hills hospital at Staten Island, and later when he was chief of hospitals hos-pitals at the port of embarkation at Hoboken, N. J., during the World war. Doctor Barrett commanded the Legion Le-gion post at Sheboygan in 1020 and served as commander of the Wisconsin department and national executive committeeman in 1021-1022, in addition addi-tion to his work as a member of the Legion's national rehabilitation committee. |