Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 August 1899 — R. B. HARRISON IS STRICKEN. [ARTICLE]

R. B. HARRISON IS STRICKEN.

Son of Former President 11l at Santiago of Yellow Fever, . Major Russell B. Harrison, inspector general, is critically ill with yellow fever at Santiago. Major Harrison has been Isolated, but will not be taken to the fever hospital. Russell B. Harrison, the son of ex-President Benajmin Harrison, was appointed inspector general with the rank of major by President McKinley on May 12, 1898. Major Harrison did not get his appointment in the volunteer army without considerable opposition. He was appointed to be major at the same time that James G. Blaine was made a captain. As provost marshal for the Seventh Army Corps at Jacksonville and Havana Major Harrison won an enviable reputation for his ability to maintain excellent order.