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clined the offer, stating that no cavalry would be required, as the four regular regiments would be suffleient. He was captain of Fremont's hussars at St. Louis, served as aide-de-camp on the staff of Gen. Hooker at Chancellorsville, and was on the staff of Gen. Meade as inspector of artillery at Gettysburg, Williamstown, Mine Run, Kappalmn- nock, and other engagements in 18()3-'4. lie was promoted to major, October, 1862 ; lieutenant-colo- nel, July, 1863 ; was appointed chief of cavalry under Gen. B. F. Butler, February,1864, and afterward was in cliarge of the construction of the Dutch Gap ca- nal. He was brevctted brigadier-general, October, 1864, for gallant conduct, and placed in command of James and York river defence. Gen. Ludlow resigned from the army at the close of the war, and since 1885 made his home in California.

LUDLOW, James Meeker, author, b. in Eliza- beth, N. J., 15 June, 1841. He is a graduate of Princeton, and in the autumn of 1864 he was called to his first pastorate at the First Presbyterian church of Albany. After a pastorate of four years, • he was invited to the pulpit of the Collegiate Re- formed church of New York city. The church on 5th avenue was built during his pastorate at a cost of upward of $600,000. llis next charge was the Westminster church, Brooklyn. In 1885 he de- clined the presidency of Marietta college, and since 1886 he has been pastor of the Munn avenue Pres- byterian church at East Orange, N. J. Dr. Lud- low has written " Mr Saint John " (New York, 1885); "Concentric Chart of History" (1885); "A King of Tyre" (1891); -'That Angelic Woman " (1892); "The Captain of the Janizaries" (1893); " The Baritone's Parish" (1896) ; and " The Age of the Crusades" (1897).

LUDLOW, Nieoll, naval officer, b. in Islip, Long Island, N. Y., 11 Sept., 1842, entered the U. S. naval academy in 1859. He became ensign in 1863, and was attached to the steam-sloop " Wa- ehusett," which captured the Confederate cruiser " Florida " in the harbor of Bahia. He served on the ironclad monitor " Dictator," and was attached to the ironclad monitor " Monadnock " in 1865-'6 on her passage from Philadelphia to Mare island, Cal. lie returned overland, was assigned to the steam-sloop "Iroquois" on the China station, and he came home in April, 1870. He had been pro- moted master, 10 May, 1866, lieutenant, 21 Feb., 1867, and lieutenant-commander, 12 March. 1868. For the next three years he was on duty at the naval academy as instructor in gunnery. In 18T3 he was ordered to the steam-sloop " Monongahela " on the South Atlantic station ; he returned as executive of the flag-ship " Brooklyn " in 1876. From 1877 until 1880 he was executive ofBcer of the flag-ship " Trenton " on the European station ; he returned home on the " Constellation." In 1881 he was promoted commander. For three years he was in command of the steam-sloop " Quinnibaug " on the European station. He com- manded the flag-ship "Mohican" on the Pacific sqiiadron in 1893, and for nearly a year was senior officer in command of the Bering sea squadron. He became captain, 21 May, 1895, and was on duty at the war college ; later commanded the " Monte- rey " ; in 1897 he was given command of the " Ter- ror " with the North Atlantic squadron, and in the following year commanded the " Massachusetts." — His brother. William, soldier, b. in Oakdale, Long Island, 27 Nov., 1843. He was graduated at the U. S. military academy in 1864, commissioned 1st lieutenant of engineers, and assigned as chief en- gineer of the 20th army-corps iinder Gen. Joseph Ilooker. He participated in the battles of Peach Tree Creek. Atlanta, and Allatoona Heights, and in November, 1864, joined Gen. Henry W. Slo- cum's staff as chief engineer of the left wing of Sherman's army, joining in all operations until the close of the war. He was brevctted captain, major, and lieutenant-colonel for gallant and meritorious conduct. In 1865 he was placed in charge of an engineer company and depot at Jefferson barracks. Mo. From 1868 till 1873 he was assistant to Gen. Quiney A. Gillmore, in charge of fortifications and harbor imjjrove- ments on Staten Isl- and and the south Atlantic coast. In 1873-6 he was engi- neer officer of the de- partment of Dakota at St. Paul, accom- panying the Black Hills and Yellowstone expeditions and mak- ing other reconnois-

sances. In 1876-82 he

was on duty at Philadelphia, in charge of river and harbor improvementsand fortifications, and in 1883 he was engineer secretary of the lighthouse board. In 1883-'6, by election of the city councils and au- thority of a special joint resolution of congress, he was engaged as chief engineer of the water department of Philadelphia. Later he was en- gineer commissioner of the District of Columbia and on various duties until war with Spain was declared, when he was made brigadier-general of volunteers, and later promoted to major-general for his services at Santiago. On his return from CubaGen. Ludlow was assigned toduty in Washing- ton. In Dec. 1898, he was appointed military gov- ernor of Havana, where he has accomplished much good work including, by his sanitary measures, mak- ing it a healtliy city. He is the author of " Ex- ploration of Black Hills and Yellowstone Country." and " Report of the Nicaragua Canal Commission."

LUMMIS, Charles Fletcher, author, b. in Bos- ton, Mass.. 2 Jan.. 1859. He is a graduate of Har- vard, where he edited the " Crimson," the college organ, walked from Cincinnati, where he edited a paper for two years, to Los Angeles, by round- about route of 3,500 miles, for pleasure, in 143 days, and spent five years in New Mexico, study- ing Indian languages and customs. He has al.so travelled extensively in Mexico and South America. Mr. Lummis is a versatile writer, a frequent con- tributor to periodical literature, and editor of "The Land of Sunshine," a California monthly. His principal works are " A New Mexico David " (New York, 1891) ; " A Tramp acros.s the Continent " (1892) ; " Some Strange Corners of our Countrv " (1892); "The Land of Poco Tiempo" (New York, 1893); "The Spanish Pioneers" (Chicago, 1894); " The Man who married the Moon " (New York, 1894); "Indian Folk-Lore Stories" (1894) ; "The Gold Fish of Grand Chimii " (Boston, 1896) ; " The Enchanted Burro" (Chicago. 1897); "The King of the Broncos" (New York, 1897); and "The Awakening of a Nation " (1898).

LUNT, Orrington, philanthropist, b. in Bowdoinham. Me., 28 Jan., 1815; d. in Evanston. Ill., 5 April. 1897. He removed to Chicago in 1840, and in the civil war he prepared the first regiment to start for Cairo, and subsequently raised a large ainount of supplies for the soldiers. In association