Angel's Brigade

Harrison Gray Otis, born July 30, 1917 in Ohio, functioned as the second editor of the Times in Los Angeles. It is now the newspaper Metro the second largest in America. Since its inception in 1991, the Times has received 37 Pulitzer Prizes in 2004, including four in editorial cartooning, and one each for providing news coverage for the 1965 Watts riots and the riots in Los Angeles in 1992.

Otis was a member of the Republican National Convention which nominated Abraham Lincoln for the presidency. He signed for the Union Army during the Civil War, serving in the regime William McKinley. After the war he worked in the publishing industry before moving to California.

Laborious for small newspapers before becoming associated with the time, Otis has written editorials and news before buying a half interest in the document, naming himself president and editor in chief.

In 1898 during the Spanish-American War began, Otis has requested that his former chief William McKinley, now the commander in chief, the name as assistant secretary of war. However, the present Secretary of War Russell A. Algiers did not want him in Otis. So, once again Otis volunteered to fight and was appointed brigadier general of volunteers in the Philippines. Later, he commanded the 1st Brigade during the Philippine-American War.

At the conclusion of the war, Otis returned to his job at the Times. His support in Los Angeles has been instrumental in the ultimate growth of the city. It was part of the Union of San Fernando, a group of investors who bought land in the San Fernando Valley based on knowledge that the water in Los Angeles one day supply water to it. Otis used his position at the Times to panic people, with stories of drought, to vote for the financing of the aqueduct.

Otis House was one of the buildings covered by the bombing in 1910 Los Angeles Times. He was known for his conservative political views, which were reflected in the document. Harry Chandler, his son - married to the daughter Marian Otis Chandler? took over for him as editor of the Los Angeles Times.