BOWEN EXPERIENCED SOLDIER

Captain William Storrs Bowen, United States Army, who has been recently detailed by the War Department to assist Captain Cordier in the work of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, has had an long and varied experience in the various branches of the service both here and abroad. In the years 1899, 1900 and 1901 he was with the 14th Infantry during the Philippine insurrection, participating in many of the engagements. The 14th formed part of the troops of General E. S. Otis which drove the Filipino army out of Malolos, and it also played a conspicuous part in the capture of Aguinaldo, the engagement which practically ended hostilities.

At this time the Boxer rebellion broke out in China. Once launched, this antimissionary rising developed into a campaign of pillage and destruction with the main purpose of destroying all Christians. As the imperial government made no attempt to quell the revolt an international army was organized, and the 14th Infantry with Bowen was detailed with the American contingent. He participated in the hard fighting at Tientsin and elsewhere and took part in the attack on Pekin in August, 1900. In this famous engagement the 14th was the first body of troops to scale the walls and enter the city.

After the Boxer rebellion, Bowen went back to the Philippines in command of a field battery stationed in the More country. He later returned to the States, where he attended the Army Staff College. He received his captain's commission in March, 1911.

For the last two years Captain Bowen has been stationed at Fort Williams, Portland, Me., with the Coast Artillery. He has in that time had considerable experience in the operation of military training camps; at Plattsburg last summer he served as a quartermaster, and was in charge of the construction of the camp itself.