Shafter, William R
soldier, was born in 1835 in Kalamazoo county, Mich.
He served in the civil war as first lieutenant of the seventh Michigan infantry, and as major and lieutenant-colonel of the nineteenth Michigan infantry. He was engaged in dozen hotly contested battles, and was brevetted first as colonel and then as brigadier-general for gallant and meritoria ous conduct. In commissioned lieuten- 1866 he was ant-colonel in the regular army, and in 1897 was commissioned brigadiergeneral. During the Spanish-American war he was in full command of the United States forces in Cuba; and won international fame for his brilliant capture of Santiago.
SHAKESPEARE, EDWARD ORAM, physician, was born May 19, 1846, in Dover, Del. He spent six months in studying cholera, and made his report to congress. He is a member of several medical societies of Philadelphia, Pa., and has devised for clinical purposes a new ophthalmoscope and ophthalmometer. was