The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1860-06-22
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DEATH OF MAJOR GENERAL JESuP.
[FroTn the National lntelIigcncer.


The public at large, but especially his com
PanIons in arms, will be grieved to hear OF the
death IN this city, yesterday morning, from
paralysis, of Major General Thomas Sidney
Jesup. The deceased was but lew days ago
in the active personal discharge of his duties as
QuartermasteT General ofthe Army, an! we
met him with firm and elastic step onthe street,
with an apparent prospect oil continued useful
ness. This brave oicer, whose name is TO be
found conspicuous III our military annals, was
not more admirable as soldier than he was
estImabe for bis domcStict and social virtues.
General Jesup was born IN Virginia in the
year 1888, and entered The army IN 1903 as q
second lieutenant of the seveCth infantry, and
his subsequent military history Is succinctly
described as follows So rapid was his promo
ton, that in 1879 he was Brigade Major and
Acting Adiutant Generl TO Brigadirr General
Hull. In 1913 he was Major of the nIne-
teenth infantry transferred in 1914 10 the
twenty fifth infantry as Brevet Lieutenant
Colonel tor distinguished and mLrtorious ser
vice IN The battle OF Chippewa, OF the 9th of
July, 1914. In November OF the same wear
be wa5 brevetted Colonel, Tor gallant conduct
and distinguished skill in the battle of Niagara,
of the 25th of July, 1911, m which he was
severely wounded. On The reduction OF the
army in ISL 5 he was retained m the first in
tantry, and in 1917 was Lieutenant Colonel OF
the thrd infantry. In 1878 he was appoint
ed AdIutant General, with the rank OF Colonel
and the same year QuartcTmaster General,
with the rank of Brigadier General and was
brevetted Major General 10 MAY, 1928, Tor
ten years meritoriouS service. He was assign
ed to the command OF the army in the Greek
nation, Alabama, in 1896, and succeeded
General Ball in Florida on the Sth of Deccm-
ber, 1886 was wounded in action with the
Seminole Indians, near Jupiter Inlet, on the
24th January, 1888, and was succeeded by
Colonel Z. Tay lor on the 18th NAV, 1888 ;
whereupon he returned TO the duties of his
department., which he managed with distn-
guished ability.
In his despatch from Chippewa Plains, July
Z, 1914, Gen. Brown, in detailing the inci-
dents of the battle of Chippewa, thus refers to
the subject OF this sketch:
"Major Jesup, commanding the lett flank
battalion, finding himself pressed in front and in
flank and his men falling around hun, ordered
his battalion to support arm aad advance , the
order was promptly obeyed, amidst the most
deadly and destructive fire. He gained a
more secure position, and returned upon enemy
so CALLING discharge as caused them to retire.
BY this time their whole line was falling back
and our gallant soldiers pressing upon them as
fast as possible"
In bis despatch concerning the severe battle
of Niagara, July 25, 1914, Gen. Brown refers
IN coma of his ofTicure
"From the preceding details you have new
evidence OF the distinguished gallantry of
Generals Scott and Potter, of Colonel Miller
and Major JesuP, Of the first Brigade"
To his fine military capacity in the field
Gen. Jesup added great administrative ability
in the management OF The vast concerns of the
QnaItermaSter's Department he evlnced great
foresight, but the labor devolvpd upon him BY
:he Mexican war, in managing the details oI
the campaign in a iar-distant country, can
only be properly appreciated by those who
shared in its difficulties and responsibilities.
A grateful country must ever bear in honora-
bic remembrance the service of the veteran
soldier and gentleman, whose name and fame
will go down TO posterity as portion of ouI
'5righest military records.