Attorney General: ALBERT C. RITCHIE (Democrat), Balti-
more City.

Albert C. Ritchie was born August 29th, 1876. His father
was the late Judge Albert Ritchie, of Baltimore, and his
mother before her marriage was Miss Elizabeth Caskie Cabell,
of Richmond, Va.

Mr. Ritchie received his early education in private schools
of Baltimore, and graduated from the Johns Hopkins Uni-
versity in 1896 with the degree of A. B., and from the Uni-
versity of Maryland Law School in 1898 with the degree of
L. L. B.

Upon his graduation, Mr. Ritchie began the practice of law
in Baltimore City with the firm of Steele, Semmes, Carey and
Bond, of which he became a member in 1900. In March, 1903,
he was appointed Assistant City Solicitor of Baltimore City,
and held this position until July 1, 1910, when he resigned in
order to become Assistant General Counsel to the Public Serv-
ice Commission of Maryland. He held that position until
February 16, 1913, when he resigned in order to devote his
entire time to private practice.

Previous to this, in November, 1903, Mr. Ritchie formed the
law firm of Ritchie and Janney. Mr. Ritchie is still the head
of this firm. In 1907 he was appointed Professor of Law at the
University of Maryland Law School, a position which he still
holds.

On September 14, 1915, Mr. Ritchie was nominated in the
direct primary for Attorney General of Maryland on the
Democratic ticket, and on November 2nd, 1915, he was elected
to that office.

The Adjutant General: HENRY M. WARFIELD (Democrat),
Baltimore County.

Henry M. Warfield, the twenty-first Adjutant General of
Maryland, was born in Baltimore July 1, 1867. He is a son
of the late Henry M. Warfield, who was a member of the State
Legislature of 1861 and the candidate for Mayor of Baltimore
on the reform ticket in 1875. General Warfield's connection
with the National Guard of Maryland dates from November 1,
1885, when he enlisted as a private in Company K, 5th Infan-
try, serving as such until November 1, 1888, the date of his
election as 2d Lieutenant of that company. He was elected 1st