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Show BRIGADIER GENERAL ALBERT L MILLS r , X' , , ye.-, J ? Brigadier General Albert L. Mills, one of the bravest and most accomplished officers in the regular army, has been detailed to give his time and talents to the organized militia of the nation the second line of efense. In the event of a long war no man would be of more importance He would bring the raw recruits into action. The undisciplined hosts would be trained and armed under his direction. Indeed, he is now doing everything that is possible against the day of peril to the country. The personal experiences of General Mills make one of the most thrilling chapters in the history of the war with Spain. Years ago he fought Indians on the plains and In the mountains moun-tains of the west. At Fort Leavenworth, where he was on duty at the cavalry and infantry school, he wrote a book on the Virginia campaigns cam-paigns of 1862. He was a captain when the Maine went down in the harbor of Havana. In Cuba, quoting the language of his commander, General Young, "he participated with distinguished distin-guished gallantry and conspicuous ability in all the engagements preceding the final Bur-render Bur-render of Santiago." The medal of honor voted him by congress was won on July 1 at San Juan, where he encouraged "those near him by his bravery and coolness, after being shot through the head and entirely without sight." As a matter of fact, the surgeons placed him on a cot under a tree and prophesied his death within a short while. He heard what they said. Being a brave man he struggled all the harder for his life. |