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Major-General Joseph Wheeler, who won the title of "Fighting Joe" in the Civil War, left his seat in Congress to go with the Fifth Army Corps in the Santiago campaign, receiving his commission at the same time as Fitzhugh Lee. The gallant ex-Confederate cavalry leader was given command of the cavalry division and distinguished himself at San Juan Hill by going to the front, during an illness, in an ambulance. General Wheeler was born in Augusta, Ga., September 10, 1836. He was a member of the Forty-seventh, Forty-ninth, Fiftieth, Fifty-first, Fifty-second, Fifty-third and Fifty-fourth Congresses and was re-elected in November 1898, to the Fifty-fifth Congress.

Theodore Roosevelt

Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, who with Colonel Leonard Wood organized and commanded the First United States Volunteer Cavalry, known as the "Rough Riders," was born in New York, October 29, 1858. His line goes back to medieval times in Dutch history. He has served as Assemblyman from New York, National Civil Service Commissioner, Police Commissioner for New York City, and at the breaking out the war was Assistant Secretary of the Navy. In the latter office he won high praise for vigorous administration and his insistence upon target practice. Colonel Roosevelt is the author of several historical works and is celebrated as a sportsman and ranchman. In November, 1898, he was elected Governor of New York.

Lieutenant Richmond Pearson Hobson, who sunk the collier Merrimac in the channel to Santiago harbor, was born in Greensboro, Ala., August 17, 1870. At the Naval Academy he stood at the head of his class and was graduated in 1889. He studied in the shipyards of England and France for several years and was then attached to the Bureau of Construction in the Navy Department. After the battle of Santiago he succeeded in raising the sunken Spanish cruiser Maria Teresa, which was afterwards lost in a storm. For his heroic feat with the Merrimac he was promoted to full rank in the construction department and was afterwards sent to Manila to raise the Spanish vessels sunk by Admiral Dewey.

William R. Day

William R. Day resigned the office of Secretary of State to become President of the American Peace Commission, in which capacity he was the personal representative of President McKinley. He drew and signed the peace protocol jointly with M. Cambon, who represented Spain. Before the war Judge Day was scarcely known outside of Ohio. His father was a

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of that State and both father and son took high rank for legal and judicial ability. Next to the President, Judge Day carried all the burden of the affair with Spain from the beginning, first as assistant to Secretary of State John Sherman, then as Secretary and lastly as President of the American Peace Commission.

United States Senator Cushman K. Davis, next to ex-Secretary Day, was the most conspicuous member of the American Peace Commission. He is aggressive but conservative and was a strong advocate of national expansion. Senator Davis was born in Henderson, New York, June 16, 1838, and is a lawyer by profession. He served as a First Lieutenant in the Civil War. He has been Attorney-General and Governor of Minnesota, and was elected to the Senate in 1886 and at the time of his appointment as Peace Commissioner was Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. He is an eloquent orator and in personal appearance bears a strong resemblance to the late Benjamin F. Butler.