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Identifier: biographicalsket00hame (find matches)
Title: Biographical sketches of distinguished officers of the army and navy
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Hamersly, Lewis Randolph, 1847-1910, pub
Subjects: United States. Army United States. Navy
Publisher: New York, L.R. Hamersly
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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ng anextensive estate around the City of Hudson, andthrough his paternal line he still holds over t,oooacres in Dutchess County, N. Y., which has been inhis family for seven generations. Li both lines ofdescent General de Peyster can claim military ances-try-, and from early boyhood his inclination towardthe military career was strong, and this inclinationwas fostered and encouraged by his cousin, PhilipKearny, afterwards a IMajor-General in the UnionArmy. In 1834, when thirteen 3ears of age, hetraveled in Europe, devoting his time there toan earnest study of the science of war, as devel-oped in France, Itah- and Algiers, in which henot only read military treatises, but studied maps,plans and reports, acquiring several foreign lan-guages that he might read these in the original.While still a boy he prepared beautiful war maps,and was remarkably familiar with the field of mili-tary operations about the head of the Adriatic. His in-dustry in those pursuits was untiring, while his highly
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BRIGADIER-GENERAL JOHN WATTS DE PEYSTEF 85 retenti\-e memory enabled him to gather a vast massof facts, which he digested with logical acuteuess, us-ing them as the basis of his man)- valuable treatiseson military affairs. His studies were long directedto this subject, and he became in a true sense self-educated in military lore. His entrance into active life was signalized bvmembership in the New York Xolunteer Fire Depart-ment. He joined this as a youth, and was so activeand enthusiastic in his devotion to its strenuousduties, that he brought on an affection of the heartfrom which he has ever since suftered. His experi-ence in the .service made him one of the earliest advo-cates of a Paid Fire Department, and he also ear-nestly recommended a police force organized on asystem of military discipline. His own entranceupon a mititar) career was in 1S44, when he becamea staff officer in the State militia, and in 1845 ^^^^ com-missioned Colonel of the iiith Regiment, New YorkState Militia

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