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MACARONIC VERSE 50 MACARTNEY MACARONIC VERSE, properly a kind of humorous poetry, in which, along with Latin, words of other languages are introduced with Latin inflections and construction; though the name is some- times applied to verses which are merely a mixture of Latin and the unadulter- ated vernacular of the author. MACAROON (-ron), a kind of small sweetcake or sweet biscuit made of flour, almonds, eggs, and sugar. MacARTHUR, ARTHUR, an Amer- ican military officer; born in Massachu- setts, June 1, 1845; enlisted in the volun- teer service of the United States in Wisconsin, and was appointed 1st lieu- tenant of the 24th Wisconsin volunteers, Aug. 4, 1862; promoted major Jan. 25, 1864; lieutenant-colonel and brevet-colo- nel in May, 1865. for gallant and meri- torious conduct in the battles of Perry- ville, Ky., Stone River, Tenn., Mission Ridge, Danridge, Ga., and Franklin, Tenn., and in the Atlantic campaign. After the Civil War he entered the reg- ular army with the rank of lieutenant in the 17th United States Infantry; served bravely in Indian Wars; in 1889 was promoted major and detailed at Washington as assistant adjutant-gen- eral in 1889; was detailed to the Depart- ment of Dakota, and took up his resi- dence in St. Paul. He was assigned to. the Philippine expeditionary force, and reached the Philippines July 31, two weeks before the final assault on the city of Manila and took a conspicuous part in that battle, on Aug. 13, 1898. He succeeded Gen. Elwell S. Otis as com- mander of the Military Division of the Philippines, promoted Major-General U. S. A., in February, 1901, returned to the United States in the summer of 1901, and shortly afterward was appointed Commander of the Department^ of the Lakes. His last service was in com- mand of the Pacific Department (1904- 1907). He retired in 1909, and died in 1912. MacARTHUR, DOUGLAS, an Ameri- can soldier; born in Arkansas in 1880, the son of Lieut.-Gen. Arthur MacAr- thur. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1903, and was appointed second lieutenant of the Engineers in the same year. In 1903 and 1904 he served in the Philippines and in 1905 with the California Debris Commission. He was acting chief engi- neer officer of the Pacific Division from July to October, 1905. In 1905 and 1906 he was aide to the commanding general of the Pacific Division, and in the latter part of 1905 and 1906 he served on con- fidential duty in China, Japan, and other eastern countries. After other service, including the Vera Cruz Expedition in 1914, he became a member of the Gen- eral Staff. In 1917 he was appointed chief of staff of the 42d (Rainbow) Di- vision, having been previously promoted Brigadier-General. He was commander of the 84th Infantry Brigade from Aug. 6 to November, 1918, when he was ap- pointed commander of the 42d Division. He served in this capacity until the end of the World War. He took part in most of the major engagements in which the American Expeditionai-y Forces partici- pated and was with the Army of Occu- pation in Germany from Nov. 11, 1918, to April 12, 1919. He was appointed Superintendent of the United States Military Academy on June 12, 1919. He was awarded many decorations, both American and foreign, for gallant serv- ice in the war. He was wounded twice during the World War. MacARTHUR, ROBERT STUART, an American Baptist clergyman; born in Dalesville, Quebec, Canada, July 31, 1841; was graduated at the University of Rochester (1867); at the Rochester Theological Seminary (1870): received the title of D. D. from Rochester Theo- logical Seminary (1880); of LL. D. from Columbian University (1896), He was pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, New York, from 1870 to 1911, and editor of the "Christian Inquirer" and the "Bap- tist Quarterly Review." He published "Quick Truths in Quaint Texts"; "Cal- vary Pulpit, or Christ and Him Cruci- fied" (1890); "Lectures on the Land and the Book"; "The Christie Reign" (1908); "The True Scala Santa" (1910); "Famous Johns of Christendom" (1915). MACARTNEY, GEORGE MACART- NEY, EARL OF, a British administra- tor and diplomatist; born in Lissanoure, Ireland, May 14, 1737. As envoy-extraor- dinary to Russia, he concluded (1767) a commercial treaty; from 1769 to 1772 he was Chief-secretary of Ireland; and from 1775 to 1779 governor of Grenada, W. I., but was compelled, after an hon- orable defense, to give up the island to Coimt D'Estaing, and was himself car- ried prisoner of war to France, though he soon contrived his exchange. The first diplomatic mission to China from Great Britain was headed by Macartney, now an Irish viscount, in 1792; before his return home he was made an Irish earl (March 1, 1794). After undertak- ing a confidential mission to Italy (1795- 1796), he went out as governor of the new colony of the Cape of Good Hope (1796); but ill-health compelled him to