John R. M. Taylor

John R. M. Taylor in 1899

John Rodgers Meigs Taylor (13 January 1865 – 31 March 1949)[a] was a captain of the 14th Infantry Regiment of the United States Army. He was placed in charge of what became known as the Philippine Insurgent Records. That is, the collection of documents seized from Philippine revolutionaries during the Philippine–American War. Taylor later served as military attaché at the U.S. embassy in Constantinople, Turkey from 1911 to 1914 and retired from the Army on 9 July 1918 as a colonel.[1]

Taylor was a West Point graduate of 1889 and served in the Boxer Rebellion in China in 1899. Subsequently, he was transferred to the Philippines in the same year. General Elwell Stephen Otis, Military Governor of the Philippines, instructed him to collate original documents captured from "insurgents' in the Spanish–American War and to translate them for the United States Department of War and the United States Senate.

  1. ^ a b Cullum, George W. (1920). Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York Since Its Establishment in 1802. Vol. VI–A. Saginaw, Michigan: Seemann & Peters, Printers. p. 529.
  2. ^ Alger, Philip L. (1974). "Colonel J. R. M. Taylor (1865-1949)". Tales of My Life and Family. p. 170. LCCN 74079024. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
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  4. ^ "Taylor, John R". ANC Explorer. U.S. Army. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  5. ^ Hare, Donn V. (1974). "Review 30 -- No Title". The Journal of Asian Studies. 33 (3) – via ProQuest.


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