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VOL. XIV. NO. 4. 



ALBION, N. Y., APRIL, 1897. 



Whole No. 13L 



The Late Major Charles E. Bendire. 



Major Charles E. Bendire. U. S. A., 

 Honorary Curator of the Departtuent 

 of Onlngy in the U.S. National Museum, 

 died at JacksonA-ille, Fla., Feb 4,1^97, 

 of Bright's disease. Weary of cf)riline- 

 ment indoors he wpnt to Florida in 

 hope of tindinsr a milder climate where 

 he might sit outhide to enjoy the fresh 

 air and watch thu tiees and birds— a 

 hope that was not ri-alized, for he died 

 live days aftt-r leaving V^■ashington. 



Major Bendire was born in Hesse 

 Darmstadt, Germanj, April 27. 1836. 

 He was a relative of Weyprecht and 

 Payer, the Austrian Arctic explorers 



From The Osprey. 



who tiiscovered and named Franz Josef 

 Land. 



He came to this country in 1852, and 

 in Jane. 1854, enlistecl as a private in 

 C(mipany D of the 1st Dragoons, U. S. 

 Army. Daring the next ten years he 

 was promoted to Sergeant, and served 

 as Hospital S'eward in the 4th Cavalry. 

 In 18G4 he was transferred to the 1st 

 Cavalry and promoted to 2d, and soon 

 to 1st Lieutenant In February, 1873, 

 ]]»' attained the rank of Captain, and in 

 April. 1880, was retired on account of 

 an injury to the knee. In Februai'y, 

 1890. he was breveted Major for gallant 

 services rendered on Sept 13, 1877, in 

 tigliting the Indians at Canon Creek, 



