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BOONEY 108 BOOSEVELT every spring to breed. After their young have taken wing, they all forsake their nest trees, returning to them again in October to roost; but as winter comes on, they generally select more sheltered places at night nearby, to which they fly off together. BOONEY, JOHN JEBOME, an Amer- ican jurist and writer, born in Bingham- ton, N. Y., in 1866. He was educated at Mt. St. Mary's College, Maryland. After five years' service on the editorial staff of the Philadelphia "Record," he was admitted to the New York bar. In 1813 he became presiding judge of the N. Y. State Court of Claims. He was a mem- ber of several legal and Irish-American societies, as well as of the Poetry So- ciety of America. He wrote occasional verses, the best known of which was, "The Man Behind the Guns," written during the Spanish-American War, and later published in book form under that title. BOOSEVELT, a borough of Middlesex co., N. J. It has a frontage on Staten Island Sound, and on the Rahway river, and is on the Central of New Jersey railroad. It was formed in 1906 by the consolidation of three districts. It is an important industrial city and has manu- factures of steel, fertilizers, metal goods, cigars, paints, etc. Pop. (1910) 5,786; (1920) 11,047. BOOSEVELT, EBANKLIN DELANO, an American public official, born at Hyde Park, Dutchess co., N. Y., in 1882, a distant relative of Theodore Roosevelt. He graduated from Harvard University in 1904 and studied at the Columbia University Law School from 1904 to 1907. He was admitted to the bar in the latter year and began practice with the firm of Carter, Ledyard & Milburn, of New York City. He remained in this connection until 1910, when he became a member of the firm of Marvin, Hooker & Roosevelt. He was elected to the State Senate in 1910, but resigned in 1913 on his appointment as assistant secretary of the navy. In 1918 he was in charge of the inspection of the United States naval forces in Eui'opean waters and in 1919 had general charge of de- mobilization of naval forces in Europe. During the World War he carried on his important duties with the Navy De- partment with great energy, and, in general, escaped the criticism which was lodged against other high officials of that department. Although he had not hith- erto been conspicuous in partisan poli- tics, he was chosen Democratic candi- date for vice-president at the Democratic National Convention, in July, 1920. Fol- lowing his nomination he took a vigorous part in the campaign and made speeches in all parts of the country, but chiefly in the Middle and Far West. BOOSEVELT, KEBMIT, an American writer, born in Oyster Bay, N. Y., in 1889, the second son of Theodore Roose- velt (q. v.). He was educated at Har- vard University in 1909, and in 1910 he accompanied his father on a hunting trip to Africa, being also his companion on his South American trip in 1914. From 1911 to 1916 he was engaged in engineering and banking enterprises in South America. During the World War he served as captain in the British army in Mesopotamia, being transferred to the 7th artillery, first division, United States Army, in June, 1918. He was honorably discharged in March, 1919, and received the British Military Cross and the Mon- tenegrin War Cross. After the war he was for some time secretary of the American Ship and Commerce Corpora- tion and of the Kerr Navigation Cor- poration. He wrote "War in the Garden of Eden" (1919). BOOSEVELT, QTJENTIN, an Amer- ican aviator, youngest son of Theodore QUENTIN ROOSEVELT Roosevelt (q. v.), born at Oyster Bay, N. Y., in 1897. At the entrance of the