Albert L. Myer[note 1] (14 November 1846 – 16 July 1914) was a soldier in the United States Army from 1865 to 1912, and interim Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, in 1899[2] starting on 12 September.

The Eleventh Infantry left Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, 19 April 1898, then to a training camp near Mobile, Alabama, via Chickamauga, and on to Tampa, Florida arriving 7 June, for transport to Puerto Rico.

[5] During The Spanish–American War, the Eleventh Infantry saw action under Brigadier General Schwan in the Battle of Silva Heights in the Puerto Rican Campaign.

Myer was among the officers who received a distinguished mention in General Schwan's reports, for service rendered under fire during the campaign in western Puerto Rico.

Miles had been installed by the President of the United States as the first American military governor of the Island, and Francisco Porrata Doria had been elected mayor by the people of Ponce as was the custom for many decades under the former Spanish system.

As a result of the impact of the hurricane, a number of demonstrations took place around the island to denounce the municipal governments’ poor response to the disaster.

A large crowd of several hundred indigent residents gathered to denounce mayor Porrata Doria for not giving the population adequate warning or taking appropriate measures.

Myer continued his service to the U.S. Army and, in 1906, he became a member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States.

His funeral was held three days later, on July 19, in New York City where he received full Military Honors by a detachment of the Watervliet Arsenal.