Biographical sketches of distinguished officers of the army and navy . character. The skilland devotion which he displayed in the managementof the case of the President, and the almost equallyexacting case of the Presidents invalid wife, won forhim the admiration and affection of the entire country. Admiral Rixey is a member of the AmericanMedical Association, and a member by invitation ofthe Washington (I). C.) Medical Society. He hasbeen an active member of the Association of MilitarySurgeons since ;S95. On the occasion of an explosion on the SpanishCaravel, Santa Maria, in the harbor of New
Biographical sketches of distinguished officers of the army and navy . character. The skilland devotion which he displayed in the managementof the case of the President, and the almost equallyexacting case of the Presidents invalid wife, won forhim the admiration and affection of the entire country. Admiral Rixey is a member of the AmericanMedical Association, and a member by invitation ofthe Washington (I). C.) Medical Society. He hasbeen an active member of the Association of MilitarySurgeons since ;S95. On the occasion of an explosion on the SpanishCaravel, Santa Maria, in the harbor of New York in1893, he rendered prompt and generous assistance tothe officers and crew of the vessel, a courtesy whichthe King of Spain, Alfonso XHI, recognized bydecorating him with the Order of Naval Merit. The accession of Admiral Rixey augurs goodfortune for the Naval Service, and particularly forthe Medical Department, which is sure to be devel-oped and advanced by the sagacity, tact and ability-which has characterized all the official acts of his suc-cessful MAJOR WILLIAM H. LAMBERT. 265 Major WILLIAM H. LAMBERT. Was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, May 9,1842, his parents removing during liis earlv youth toPhiladelphia. He received his early education in thepublic schools of Philadelphia, and was graduatedfrom the high school of that city in 1S59 as the vale-dictorian of his class. Shortly before the commence-ment of the Civil War he began the study of law,but his spirit of patriotism led him to abandon hischosen profession for the time being and to enter themilitary service, wliich he did, bv enlisting as a Pri-vate in the Fifteenth Pennsylvania Cavalrv, August18, 1862, his first service being in Pennsvlvania andMaryland during Lees first invasion. He partici-pated in the battle of Antietam, which occurred outhe 17th of September, 1S62. At the close of thiscampaign his regiment was transferred to Louisville,Kentuckv, where, on November 24, 1862, he was hon-orablj? must
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