. The chicago Record's war stories : by staff correspondents in the field ; copiously illustrated. ntiago on the Fourth ofJuly and to have half a dozen offices scat-tered throughout Cuba within a few his work is satisfactory to the depart-ment is shown by the following messagefrom the postmaster-general, which wasbrought by the Hercules from Guantanamothis morning: Washington, D. C, June 25.—Eben Brewer,Resident Mail Agent with Gen. Shafters Army,Playa, Cuba: Cablegram received. Your handlingof mail service very satisfactory. You need notcable reports of army operations. All mail a
. The chicago Record's war stories : by staff correspondents in the field ; copiously illustrated. ntiago on the Fourth ofJuly and to have half a dozen offices scat-tered throughout Cuba within a few his work is satisfactory to the depart-ment is shown by the following messagefrom the postmaster-general, which wasbrought by the Hercules from Guantanamothis morning: Washington, D. C, June 25.—Eben Brewer,Resident Mail Agent with Gen. Shafters Army,Playa, Cuba: Cablegram received. Your handlingof mail service very satisfactory. You need notcable reports of army operations. All mail at KeyWest for Shafters army and fleet was dispatchedyesterday by collier Lebanon. More to follow Sun-day by army dispatch boat and authorized tomake regular trips to and from Key West. EMORY SMITH, P. M. G. Louis Kempner, superintendent of mailsand in charge of the money-order and regis-try divisions, came here from the New Yorkpostoffice. He was born in New York cityAug. 4, 1862, and has been in the govern-ment service since 1886, when he entered theregistry division of the New York postof-. THE FIRST UNITED STATES MILITARYPOSTOFFICE, BAIQUIRI, CUBA. mouth college in 1871 and visited Europe inthe fall of that year. He there becameacquainted with and investigated the work-ings of the Nord Deutscher Feldpost, whichwas and had been forwarding two mails dailyfrom France from the time of the Germaninvasion. On his return to the United States in 1872Mr. Brewer was appointed secretary of theUnited States commission to the Vienna ex-position of 1873. Returning, in 1874, hebought the Erie (Pa.) Dispatch, and engagedin the newspaper business for twenty-oneyears, disposing of his interests in severalpublications in 1895. In 1890 Mr. Brewercame to Chicago as first assistant secretaryof the Worlds Columbian commission, andin the fall of 1891 became chief clerk to thedirector-general, Col. George R. Davis. Hepracticed law in Pittsburg for a number ofyears, and at the time of his appointme
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