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tered the University of Toronto, and after his 

 graduation studied theology for three years at 

 Knox College, Toronto. In 1890 he was or- 

 dained to the Presbyterian ministry, and the 

 same year began a three years' sojourn as a 

 missionary among the miners and lumbermen 

 of the Canadian Northwest Territories. In 

 1894 he was appointed pastor of Saint Steph- 

 en's Presbyterian Church, Winnipeg. 



Many honors have come to him, including 

 election to the vice-presidency of the Canadian 

 Society of Authors, and to a fellowship in the 

 Royal Society of Canada. 



His deep sympathy with the people among 

 whom he has worked, his understanding of 

 their problems, and his penetration into human 

 nature are revealed strikingly in such stories 

 as Black Rock, The Sky Pilot, The Man from 

 Glengarry, Glengarry School Days, The Pros- 

 pector and The Doctor. His latest novels are 

 Corporal Cameron oj the Northwest Mounted 

 Police, and its sequel, The Patrol of the Sun 

 Dance Trail. Other works include The Angel 

 and the Star (sermons), The Life of the Late 

 Rev. Dr. James Robertson and The Dawn by 

 Galilee. B.M.W. 



GORDON, DANIEL MINER (1845- ), a 

 Canadian Presbyterian clergyman and edu- 

 cator, chosen in 1903 to succeed the Rev. 

 George Monro Grant as principal of Queen's 

 University. Dr. Gordon was born in Pictou, 

 N. S., received his preliminary schooling at the 

 local academy, and later attended the uni- 

 versities of Glasgow and Berlin. He was or- 

 dained to the Presbyterian ministry in 1866, 

 and from that year until 1894 was successively 

 pastor at Truro, N. S., Winnipeg and Halifax. 

 While in Winnipeg he was honorary chaplain 

 of the 90th Regiment, and saw active service 

 with the fighting column under General Mid- 

 dleton during the Saskatchewan Rebellion in 

 1885. 



Gordon was then, until his election to the 

 principalship of Queen's University, professor 

 of systematic theology in the Presbyterian 

 College, Halifax. Under him Queen's has 

 largely increased its material equipment and 

 the number of students and professors. Dr. 

 Gordon was conspicuous in promoting the 

 union of the Presbyterian Churches in Canada, 

 and has also labored for the union of the 

 Presbyterian, Methodist and Congregational 

 Churches of Canada. He was a delegate to 

 the World's Missionary Convention at Edin- 

 burgh in 1910, and is vice-president of the 

 Lord's Day Alliance. G.H.L. 



GORDON, JOHN BROWN (1832-1904), an 

 American soldier, statesman, lecturer on war 

 subjects and author of Reminiscences of the 

 Civil War, was born in Upson County, Ga. 

 After his graduation from the state university 

 in 1852, he took up the practice of law. With 

 the outbreak of the War of Secession he 

 organized the "Raccoon Roughs," a band of 

 men from Raccoon Mountain, Alabama, where 

 he had mining interests, and entered the Con- 

 federate army as captain of infantry, later 

 being promoted to lieutenant-general. He 

 commanded one wing of Lee's army at the 

 famous surrender of Appomattox Court House. 

 Gordon was elected to the United States Sen- 

 ate in 1873, 1879 and 1891. From 1888 to 

 1890 he was governor of Virginia and for many 

 years was commander-in-chief of the United 

 Confederate Veterans' Association. The latter 

 part of his life was spent in lecturing. 



GOR'GAS, WILLIAM CRAWFORD (1854- ), 

 the only man in the United States army who 

 fights all the time. He does not contend 

 against hostile regiments, but he battles with 

 the disease-breeding insect enemies of man. 

 Dr. Gorgas is sur- 

 .geon - general i n 

 the United States 

 army, with the 

 rank of major- 

 general ; and to 

 him is due almost 

 entire credit for 

 the excellent 

 sanitary condi- 

 tion of the 

 Panama Canal 

 Zone (see 

 PANAMA CANAL) . 



He was born 

 at Mobile, Ala., 

 studied at Belle- 

 vue Hospital Medical College in New York 

 City, and in 1880 was appointed surgeon in 

 the army. He rose through various ranks until 

 in 1898 he was made chief sanitary officer in 

 Havana, at the time of the occupation of 

 Cuba by the United States army after the 

 Spanish-American War. There he showed his 

 exceptional ability, especially in the fight with 

 yellow fever, applying" methods which practi- 

 cally eliminated that disease from the island. 

 In 1903 he was raised to the rank of colonel 

 for his work in Havana, and in the next year 

 he was appointed chief sanitary officer of the 

 Panama Canal Commission. 



MAJOR-GENERAL 

 GORGAS 



