BLISS, TASKER HOWARD (18J3-193o), American sol dier, was born at Lewisburg, Pa., on Dec. 31, 1853. He graduated at West Point military academy in 1875, and from 1885 to 1888 was professor of military science at the Naval War college. In 1897 he went to Madrid and was military attache at the American legation. He served through the Porto Rican campaign during the Spanish-American War and from 1898 to 1902 was in charge of Cuban customs and collector for the port of Havana. In 1903 he became commandant of the Army War college. From 1903 to 1905 he was a member of the Joint Army and Navy board and also of the general staff. From 1905 to 1909 he held various commands in the Philippines. During the latter half of 1909 he was president of the Army War college, afterwards becoming assistant chief of the staff, to which post he returned in 1915 after four years' service in command of military departments. In 1917 he was made chief of staff and promoted to the rank of general, but he retired later in the year, having reached the age limit. He was a member of the Allied Conference (1917), of the Supreme War Council (1918) and of the International Peace Con ference (1918-19).
His published writings include "European Conditions versus Dis armament," in Foreign Affairs, i., No. 3 (1923) ; "With the Earl of Birkenhead and P. H. Kerr," Approaches to World Problems ; and "Disarmament and American Foreign Policy" in International Conciliation, No. 220 (1926) .