Robert C Schenck, US Army general and diplomat charging into the fray The table is crowded with

The table is crowded with phials and bottles

petrol spilt onto the hot exhaust

Charles James Fox in the centre

Boys from Artemid

Robert C Schenck, US Army general and diplomat charging into the fray The table is crowded withRobert C Schenck, US Army general and diplomat, 1874. Schenck (1809 1890) was a general in the Union Army in the American Civil War. In 1871 he was appointed US Minister to the United Kingdom by President Ulysses S Grant. At a reception for Queen Victoria in Somerset, Schenck was persuaded to write down his rules for the game of poker. The game rapidly became popular in Britain, where it was known as Schenck Poker.