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Bliss, Tasker Howard, soldier, was born Dec. 31, 1853, in Lewisburg, Pa. In 1875 he graduated from West Point military academy; and in 1884 from the United States artillery school. In 1875-92 he served in the first United States artillery. In 1884-85 he was adjutant in the artillery school; and in 1888-95 was inspector of rifle practice. In 1895-97 he was on special duty with the secretary of war; and in 1897-98 was military attache of the United States legation at Madrid. He served through the Spanish-American war; and in 1898-1902 was chief of the Cuban customs service. In 1901 he was appointed brigadier-general in the United States volunteers; and in 1902 became brigadier-general in the United States army. Since 1903 he has been president of the army war college at Washington, D.C.

[Herringshaw’s National Library of American Biography: Contains Thirty-five Thousand Biographies of the Acknowledged Leaders of Life and Thought of the United States, by William Herringshaw, 1909 – Transcribed by Therman Kellar]