Scriven, George Percival ___ 1854-1940 ___ American ___ soldier

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Born in Philadelphia, Scriven studied at University of Chicago and Rensselaer Polytechnical Institute before entering the US Military Academy. He served as a military attache in Mexico City and Rome, and as the chief signal officer of the department of the Gulf in the Spanish-American War in 1898. He was part of the 4th Philippine expedition and of the force that occupied Bohol Island under the command of Major Hale. Although mostly engaged in the Far East (he was cited for 'gallantry in action' against Chinese Boxer forces at Yang-Tsun in 1900), Scriven also served in Cuba and Mexico. By 1913 he had become a brigadier general and was the chief signal officer of the US army. He retired officially in 1917 but continued to work as a military advisor to the Italian army. Scriven's journal, which documents the occupation of the Philippines, was written partly as a personal memoir and partly as research for a planned publication.
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1899-1901 ___ military Philippines

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