Synopsis
Frederick Palmer was an American journalist and writer. Born in Pleasantville, Pennsylvania, Palmer attended Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania. 'Bliss Peacemaker' is Palmer's biography of General Tasker Howard Bliss, detailing his life with the inclusion of original letters and pictures. The pictures in this volume are all originals and thus some may be blurry or pixelated.
Synopsis
Text extracted from opening pages of book: BLISS, PEACEMAKER The Life and Letters f General Tasker Howard Bliss BY FREDERICK PALMER ILLUSTRATED * * * * D O D D, MEAD & COMPANY NEWYORK, * 9 S 4 t-KOM A i'HOUMiRU'U TAKl'N ON UUt'. OMPANY, THIS HOOK MAY III RM'Komu ACKNOWLEDGMENTS FIRST to the Carnegie Corporation, which made this biography pos sible by an allowance of funds from its endowment to meet the initial expense of sifting the enormous mass of the unindexed Bliss papers, and then left further responsibility entirely to the author. In the name of faithful history to its sturdy disciple, Tasker How ard Bliss, for having written his letters, journals and memoranda in which he retained the perspective and detachment of an observer, even of his own part, in the midst of great events and the heat of con troversy. For assistance in further research, to the archives of the State, War and Navy Departments, the Army War College, Bucknell University, the Congressional Library, and the New York Public Library where Dr. E H. Anderson always makes one feel perfectly at home whether one's object is vagrant or concrete. For personal recollections and data: To Elihu Root, who was Bliss' chief in his younger days; Newton D, Baker who was his chief in World War days; Bliss* staff and assist ants on the Supreme War Council and at the Peace Conference, Gen eral B, H. Wells, Colonels S, D. Embick, U, S, Grant gd, Arthur Poillon and W. B. Wallace, and that accomplished field clerk, H, G, Dwight, To Hamilton Fish Armstrong, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, Miss Susan Bliss, Dr. W, C. Bartol, Judge Richard Campbell, Paul Cravath, Father J. C, Christopher, Edward M. House, Raymond Fos dick, Cameron Forbes, Ralph Hayes, Frederick Keppel, Dr. James Brown Scott, Dr. James T. Shotwell, and Charles Warren. To General John J. Pershing, Generals W* W. Atterbury, John L, Chamberlain, W. S, Graves, W. H, Hay, James G, Harbord, Frank R. McCoy, Dennis E Nolan, Palmer E. Pierce, Hugh L, Scott and W. S, Scott, and Colonels Archibald Rogers and David S. Stanley* And last, but not least, to Edward R. Ames for his devoted secretarial assistance* September so, 1934 CONTENTS CHAPTER 3PAGK I THE MOUNTAIN i II A CLASSIC HOME 5 III SCHOLAR AND SOLDIER 18 IV MARRIAGE AND EARLY CAREER 25 V DECISIVE DAYS IN SPAIN 40 VI A BRIEF CAMPAIGN 55 VII CLEANING THE AUGEAN STABLES . 60 VIII His FIRST STAR 7 a IX RULING THE MOROS * 8 a X TICKLISH GUARD DUTY 99 XI KEEPING PEACE ON THE BORDER 103 XII PATIENT SUBORDINATION isto XIII LOGIC WITHOUT ILLUSIONS .*.*...1* 6 XIV AGE FOR WISDOM ...137 XV THE LONG VIEW . . - 145 XVI As His CHIEF SAW HIM - ...157 XVII KEEPING ON THE MAIN TRACK * 166 XVIII His FOURTH STAR 177 XIX A MISSION ABROAD , 186 XX BRINGING HOME THE TRUTH .198 XXI WITH THE SUPREME WAR COUNCIL , ...* ^ 15 XXII STATECRAFT ON TRIAL ...* 7 XXIII His LABORS FOR UNITY ...J7 XXIV His OWN BEST JUDGMENT $ 53 XXV AWAITING THE NEXT BLOW s6o XXVI ALARM AT THE COUNCIL TABLE ...* 68 XXVII PEOUD DAYS FOR HIM , - . 8i vii viii CONTENTS CHAPTER * A J XXVIII AGAINST TANGENT ADVENTURES s86 XXIX ARBITER AMONG THE NATIONS 305 XXX A BREATHING SPELL 315 XXXI VICTORY COMES AS A SURPRISE 325 XXXII PEACE OR MORE MILITARISM? 338 XXXIII THE GREAT OPPORTUNITY 353 XXXIV His WISDOM IN SHACKLES 363 XXXV THE BREAKING DREAM ..,,...,. 380 XXXVI RIGHTEOUS WRATH 393 XXXVII THE TREATY'S AFTERMATH ...404 XXXVIII RICH AND MELLOW YEARS 4^ 9 XXXIX SUNSET 453 INDEX 467 ILLUSTRATIONS Tasker H. Bliss Frontispiece FACING PAGE A Group of Officers at Fort Monroe, 1885 as At the Time of His Marriage 38 Bliss in His Office in Havana * . 56 The First Cuban Occupation 6a General Wilson's Staff at Camp Thoma
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