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BATES 444 BATHSHEBA. and the early part of 1900. In March, 1900, he was assigned to the command of the department of southern Luzon; promoted Major-General (1902). In 1906 became chief of staff U. S. A. and re- tired same year with the rank of Lieut- enant-General. BATES, KATHARINE LEE, an American story writer, poet, and edu- cator, born in Falmouth, Mass., Aug. 12, 1859; was called to the chair of English Literature in Wellesley College in 1891; edited collections of ballads, etc.; and wrote juvenile stories, including "Rose and Thorn" (1889) ; "The English Re- ligious Drama" (1893) ; "The College Beautiful and Other Poems" (188T) ; "History of American Literature" (1898) ; "Spanish Highways and By- ways" (1900) ; "Gretna Green to Land's End" (1907) ; "America the Beautiful" (1911) ; etc. BATES, LINDON "WALLACE, an American civil engineer, born in Marsh- field, Vt., in 1858. He was educated at Yale University and became assistant engineer of the Northern Pacific and Oregon Pacific railways. This was fol- lowed by service as director of engineer- ing and manager of various railway, dock and terminal contracts in Oregon, Washington, Montana, and other States. He was retained from 1896 to 1902 by the Belgian Government to prepare re- ports and projects for the improvement of the port of Antwerp. He was also consulting engineer on the enlargement of the Suez Canal and on rivers and harbors in Russia. He designed eight harbors for the Government of Queens- land, Australia, and did important engi- neering work for the Government of South Australia. He built several large hydraulic dredges for the Russian, Aus- tralian and Indian Governments, and collaborated with other engineers in im- proving the port of Shanghai. He was contracting engineer on important work in Galveston, Tex., and designed the "Three Lake" Panama Canal. During the World War he served as vice-chair- man of the Commission for Relief in Belgium and was chairman also of the engineering commission of the Sub- marine Defense Association. He was a member of several engineering societies and received many medals for his serv- ices in engineering. BATES COLLEGE, a coeducational institution in Lewiston, Me. ; organized in 1864, under the auspices of the Free Baptist Church; reported at the end of 1919: Professors and instructors, 40; student^, 494; volumes of library, 47,000; endowment, over $1,000,000; number of graduates, 2,285; president, Rev, Clifton D. Gray, BATH, city, port of entry, and county- seat of Sagadahoc co., Me., on the Ken- nebec river, and the Maine Central rail- road; 12 miles from the ocean and 35 miles S. of Augusta. It is admirably sit- uated as a commercial port; has regular steamboat connections with Boston and Augusta; is principally engaged in shipbuilding, both wood and iron; and has manufactories of brass and iron goods, oil cloth, shoes, and lumber, Bath has a large coastwise and foreign trade in ice, coal, lumber, hay, iron, and steel; and contains several National banks, public library, etc. Pop. (1910) 9,396; (1920) 14,731. BATH, a city of England, in Somer- setshire, on the Avon, which is navigable for barges from Bristol; is beautifully placed among the hills, and the houses are built of freestone, obtained from the neighborhood. The Abbey Church ranks as one of the finest specimens of perpen- dicular Gothic architecture. Bath is re- markable for its medicinal waters, the four principal springs yielding no less than 184,000 gallons of water a day. Bath was founded by the Romans, and called by them Aquss Solis (waters of the sun). Among the Roman remains dis- covered here have been some fine baths. The height of its prosperity was reached, however, in the 18th century, when Beau Nash was leader of the fashion and master of its ceremonies. Jointly with Wells it is the head of a diocese, and re- turns two members to the House of Com- mons. Pop. of municipal borough (1917) 58,799. BATH HOUSES, MUNICIPAL. Batlis for use of the public, under city control, BATHOMETER, an instrument for measuring the depth of sea beneath a vessel without casting a line. It is based upon the fact that the attraction exerted upon any given mass of matter on the ship is less when she is afloat than ashore, because of the less density of sea water as compared with that of earth or rock. BATHSHEBA. the wife of Uriah. David first committed adultery with her, then caused her husband to be slain, and afterward took her to wife. These sins displeased Jehovah, who sent the prophet Nathan to David, with the parable of the ewe lamb. David bitterly repented, but yet was punished. Bathsheba was the mother of Solomon, whose succes- sion to the throne she took pains to secure. She is afterward mentioned m the history of Adonijah, in the title of