Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 May 1901 — Long Island Claims Gen. Meade. [ARTICLE]

Long Island Claims Gen. Meade.

Robert L. Meade, who has been promoted from colonel to brigadier general by brevet in the marine corps, “for distinguished conduct and public service in the presence of the enemy at the battle jof Tientsin, China,” is commandant of the marine corps at the Brooklyn navy yard. Long Islanders claim him as a native of Huntington. '