Large beautifully ornate lidded stein measuring 15 1/2 inches tall with the center band having a whimsical motif of two men drinking, The stein is named to a US Army General named Charles McCormick Reeve. The inscription "Gen. C. Mc. C. Reeve from the Apollo Club Minneapolis Aug 7, 1911". He served as first president of Apollo Club. He was a member of the Odd Fellows and the Masons. He had been the oldest living graduate of Yale and believed to be the oldest living veteran of the Spanish American War.  Excellent. GENERAL CHARLES McCORMICK REEVE-LAWYER, INVESTOR, HERO OF THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR Born in Danville, Canandaigua, Ontario Co. in western N.Y., 7 Aug. 1846 the son of Gen. Isaac V. D. and Elizabeth Mann (Shepard) Reeve. He was also grandson of Isaac and Harriet (Howell) Reeve, and of Joshua and Elizabeth (Hurlbert) Shepard,two sets of pioneer American families and a descendant of James Reeve, who came to Southold, Long Island, in 1640, from England; Ralph Shepard, who came from Stepney Parish, England, in 1634, and settled in the Massachusetts Bay colony and Edward Howell, who came from England in 1635, and settled on Long Island, N.Y. He was also a descendant of Tapping Reeve,famous American legal scholar and founder of the first Law School in the American colonies.--active 1733 to 1833 in Litchfield, CT. Charles attended secondary school at Canandaigua Academy,in upper state NY and then graduated from Yale, A.B. (Class of 1870) with an A.M. (1873).He was admitted to the Connecticut Bar in 1872. He was married, June 4, 1873, to Christine Lawrence, daughter of James and Helen (Wetherbee) Lawrence, and thereafter the young couple headed West to Minneapolis, a boom town in the far west at that time. There, with his characteristic energy, Charles purchased a 250 acre farm on the south side of Lake Harriet on the outskirts of the city and also opened his law practice; next, he threw himself unto local politics, investments and land development. He was elected to the state legislature in 1890. He opened a mill and purchased another before 1880 and became active in grainland development, grain marketing and exporting. He gained local prominence as he was sent to Russia during the Great Famine of 1892 as a Relief Commissioner from Minnesota and Nebraska, accompanying shipments of Minnesota donated grain from private local grainsmen.It was a dramatic effort at private food aid. With Charles' extensive political connections, he was soon selected as Secretary for the World's Fair Commission, 1891-93 in St Louis, Missouri. When the Spanish-American War broke out, Charles was ready and willing to take on American war leadership. Stemming from a West Point military family, with a general as father, he strongly supported US involvement in the Spanish-American War. He was appointed Colonel of the 13th Minnesota Volunteers, May 7, 1898-a unit that saw much action and received publicity for war exploits. It was the first American unit to enter Manilla in the conquest of the Phillipines. Charles was at the head of the triumphant military columns of Americans marching into the fallen capital. He was promoted to Brigadier-General, Aug. 13, 1898, for "gallant and meritorious service" in the Battle of Manilla. He served as Deputy Provost-Marshal and 1st American Chief-of-Police of Manilla during the occupation. Many of his trophies, uniforms and war records are now in the collections of the Minnesota Historical Society. Returning to his Minnesota after the war, Charles continued overseeing his land development and investment business and threw himself into civic activities. He was appointed Warden of the Minnesota State Prison, Dec. 1, 1899 based on his successful experiences during the Spanish-American War. He aimed at making Minnesota a model American prison and instituted many reforms. When not running his many businesses, Charles joined in hunting, fishing, sailing and pursuing other outdoor activities. He penned his many travel experiences in "How We Went, and What We Saw" (1890) and took up lecturing on building democratic American systems overseas. He was the oldest member of his 1870 Yale class still alive in 1945 -- celebrating his 60th class reunion. He had the distinction of a perfect reunion attendance record and became the Class Secretary, writing about the life and times of many of his classmates. He maintained a large summer home in Minnetonka Beach near the Minnetonka Yacht Club where he was a founding member, board member, and aggressive sailor. The McReeve Prize Cups are still annually awarded at the club for sportsmanship and winning skills. Charles brought the first sailboat to Minnesota and energetically introduced local interest in racing and pleasure sailing. Charles Mc.C. Reeve was a very active and popular figure in turn of the century Minneapolis, a member of the clubs and founders groups of many of the cultural institutions of the city. He lived a long and successful life, enjoying long into his later years, the recounting of the adventurous tales of his youth and his role in starting so many of his community's economic and cultural institutions.