. Norwich University, 1819-1911; her history, her graduates, her roll of honor . d took him into theircouncils. He was condemned because the rebels he had crushed were Chris-tians, but he excused his work on the ground that they were fanatics. Wardplaced his army under iron discipline and led it with consummate skill anddaring. His campaigns were among the most bloody of modern times. Hemet with great success in his battles, winning from the Chinese the termEver Victorious. On the breaking out of the Civil War, he was anxious to return home andoffer his services to President Lincoln; but such


. Norwich University, 1819-1911; her history, her graduates, her roll of honor . d took him into theircouncils. He was condemned because the rebels he had crushed were Chris-tians, but he excused his work on the ground that they were fanatics. Wardplaced his army under iron discipline and led it with consummate skill anddaring. His campaigns were among the most bloody of modern times. Hemet with great success in his battles, winning from the Chinese the termEver Victorious. On the breaking out of the Civil War, he was anxious to return home andoffer his services to President Lincoln; but such was the needs of his services inChina, he could not leave. He gave ten thousand dollars to United StatesMinister Burlingame for the cause of the Union. Soon after the Trent affair,and England threatened to declare war upon the United States, General Wardmade plans to seize every English sailor and shij) in the Chinese waters. Forhis services, he was made a mandarin of the highest order, and an admiral-general in the service of the Emperor. He planned to capture the stronghold. 444 NORWICH UNIVERSITY. [1848 \ of Nankin, and was ambitious to overthrow the Tartar dynasty and becamea prince of the royal blood. At the battle of Tae Ki on October 22, 1862, he was severely wounded;but refused to leave the field until the battle was won. The Chinese held himin high regard and honored him by burying him in the Confusian cemetery atSang Keang, and to this day burn incense before his tomb. The Government hasfurther honored him by erecting monuments to his memory on the sites of hismany victories. In 1903, a sum of ten thousand dollars was willed to theEssex Institute of his native town, to found a Chinese library in his memory. He married a daughter of an influential Chinaman. He became a Chinesecitizen and assumed the Chinese dress, being known as Hwa. He was suc-ceeded in command by Maj. Charles G. Gordon, who later became famousas Chinese Gordon. COL. STANLEY MORRIS WARNER. Stanley M.


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