regiment, and a Marine battalion, all under the command of Adna Chaffee. Future President Herbert Hoover and First Lady Mrs. Lou Henry Hoover were living in the foreign compound during the siege when Mr. Hoover was working for the Chinese Engineering and Mining Company. Mr. Hoover helped erect barricades and formed a protective force of the able-bodied men. Mrs. Hoover helped set up a hospital, nursed the wounded, set up a dairy, took part in the night watch, took tea to sentries and carried a Mauser .38 semi-automatic pistol. See also Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War Concessions in China The Great Game Great power Mutual Protection of Southeast China Twain–Ament indemnities controversy Alfred von Waldersee Tai chi chuan References Citations Sources Thompson, Larry Clinton. William Scott Ament and the Boxer Rebellion. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2009. External links Pictures of Eight-Nation Alliance 20th-century military alliances Boxer Rebellion Expeditionary units and formations French military personnel of the Boxer Rebellion Military history of Austria-Hungary Multinational units and formations