. Massachusetts of today : a memorial of the state, historical and biographical, issued for the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago. . l-itia, was organizedat South Deerfield,and Mr. Bridges re-ceived a commissionas first 15, 1875, hewas elected captain ;Aug. 3, 1876, pro-moted major; , 1879, electedlieutenant-colonel;in the following Aug-ust, elected colonel,and Jan. 5, 1889,elected brigadier-general, command-ing the First Bridges is athorough disciiilina-r i a n, but p o [ui 1 a ralike with officers andmen. He has donemuch to increase theefficiency
. Massachusetts of today : a memorial of the state, historical and biographical, issued for the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago. . l-itia, was organizedat South Deerfield,and Mr. Bridges re-ceived a commissionas first 15, 1875, hewas elected captain ;Aug. 3, 1876, pro-moted major; , 1879, electedlieutenant-colonel;in the following Aug-ust, elected colonel,and Jan. 5, 1889,elected brigadier-general, command-ing the First Bridges is athorough disciiilina-r i a n, but p o [ui 1 a ralike with officers andmen. He has donemuch to increase theefficiency and im-pro\e the soldierlyipialities of the bri-gade. He had suc-ceeded in raising the Second Regiment from a six-company to a twelve-company regiment, and under hisadministration the organization steadily improved, untilit took a prominent position among the best regimentsin the State service. The same ability has character-ized his command of the brigade. In the military ser-\ice, to which he has given so much time and in whichhe has had so long an experience, he is an indefatigableworker. In company with General Dalton he \isited. BENJAMIN F. BRIDGES the Pennsylvania troops when they were encamped atHomestead in 1892, in order that the experience theregained might be utilized for the benefit of the Massachu-setts militia. This visit was followed by importantrecommendations in General Bridgess annual whole administration has been marked by great]irogress, each annual encampment showing decidedimpro\ ement over the preceding one. The general, whois an able tactician, personally conducts the drills of his command in brigademovements. Re-turning to his civilcareer, it may besaid that after leav-ing school, whenaliout twenty yearsold, he went West,where he remainedse\ eral years. O nhis return to Massa-chusetts, he enteredmercantile life, asso-ciating himself, in1868, with B. in tiiemanufacture of pock-et-books at SouthDeerfield. As thefinancial manager ofth
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