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Show Fresldent's First OnOclal Aot. The soldier who became a brigadier general through President Roosevelt's first official act, General James M. Bell, began his military career as a volunteer volun-teer in the civil war. He went into the Santiago campaign as colonel of the Eighth cavalry, General Chaffee's old regiment, and was severly wounded at Guasimas, the battle of the campaign. cam-paign. After a long illness he followed his regiment to the Philippines, where he saw additional service. |