The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-02-13
GEN. HANCOCK DEAD.
The Senior Major General Of The Army
Quietly Sinks to Rest.
LYING COMATOsE FOR HOURS.

LYING COMATOSE FOR HOURS.
His Last Words Spoken to His Wife Dur
ing IA Conscious Moment.
Major General Winfield Scott Han
cock, commanding the military division
of the Atlantic Department of the East,
died last Tuesday afternoon, at his home
on Governors Island, from diabetes, ag
gravated by carbuncle. He had been
Ill only week and it was not until Mon
day that a fatal termination of his i'll
ness was apprehended. He reached Gov
ernor's Island at 80 o'clock on the
evening of January 9th. On Tuesday
February end, boil with which he was
| afflicted developed into carbuncle and
for two days General Hancock was quite
i'll. On Thursday his symptoms became
favorable aud on Friday he was at his
office attending to official business. On
Saturday, although he refralned from
going to his office, he insisted upon CIV
ing attention at his house to the official
matters of any Importance. Although
down stairs for few minutes on Sun
dav morning he rema ined i'll his room
the rest of the day. During the night
he alarmed Mrs. Hancock by suddenly
appearing in her room, to which she had
retired but few minutes before. He
was fully dressed and equipped for a
Journey and asked where his travelling
| bag was. He was deliriouS. Kidney
troubles, which had not been suspected,
showed themselves on Monday and DR..
Janeway, attending surgeon at division
| headquarters, called in Colonel Suther
| land. Medical Director of the Division OF
the Atlantic. They decided that the
condition of their patient was serious
and warned Mrs. Hancock that death
might be near at hand. On Monday
comfortable and DR.. Janeway left him in
charge of Hospital Steward Robinson and
of his orderly, Ward. Mrs Hancock
was i'll and out of the room during the
morning noticed change in the Gen
eral S condition. She at once sent for
DR.. Janeway. who found the General al
most comatose. He sent for c lionel
Sutherland and for DR.. Daniel VI Stin
son, of this city, and at once we h,po-
dermic injections of brandy, whiskey,
ether and carbonate of ammonia. sepa-
rately and combined, for the purpose of
| restoring the sufferers strength. Mrs
! Hancock was terribly unstrung by the
sudden change i'll her husbands condi-
ton and could not remain in the room
AS she left the bedside General Hancock
awoke tor an instant. "Oh, Allie
Myra, he said, III weak voice.
"Good-' He could say nothing more.
and relapsed into the state from which
he had for moment emerged. DR..
Stinson reached Governor Island shortly
after hine o clock and the three doctors
held a consultation. 1t was then learned
definitely that the General Suffered from
diabetes. The depravity of the blood
caused by this disease had developed the
boil into the carbuncle from which the
| General suffered. The combined forces
of the two diseases the doctors decided
had SO weakened the patient that his
case was hopeless. General Hancock did
not speak again or even move. At > IS
p. NJ. he simply ceased to breathe, dy ing,
as DIR. laneway said, quietly, like "a
man who had done his work, and as
easily as man going down a flight of
stains, At the time General Fry sat in
IA chair between the Generals bedside
and the west window of the room.
Around the bed stood Lieutenant Eugene
Grlfhn, AIDE de-camp and nephew by
marriage TO the General: Colonel Suther-
land, Hospital Steward Robinson and
Orderly Ward In the adjoining room
were. Mrs. Hancock, her cousin, Mrs.
Emma Bowler; her nephew, Mr.. Griffin;
her grandson, Gwynne Hancock, son of
the Generals only son, Russell, and DR..
Janeway. The news of her husbands
death was at once broken to Mrs. Han.
cock. She remained in her room all the
rest of the day, constantly attended by
her family and by DR.. Janeway. Gen
eral Hancock leaves no property, real or
personal, OF any great intrinsic value,
having always lived generously and
spent his annual pay of s.. 800 as a Major
General. 1t is supposed, indeed, that
his wlte's estate has become SO reduced
that 1t VIII amount to comparatively
little. Lieutenant General Phil Sheri-
dan assumes command of the Division of
the Atlantic. Brevet Major General
Whipple. assistant adjutant general and
ranking officer of the division, Is holding
temporary command until the President
shall assign some ma jor general to the
post. General Hancock was the senior
major general, the others in order being
Generals Scho'ield and Pope General
Pope Will be retired in month Gen
eral Sch"teld may prefer To retain his
present command the Military Division
of the Missouri. General O. O. Howard
is the senior brigadier general and first
IN the line of promotion. But the riv-
airy really lies among Generals Terry.
Miles and Crook. General Crooks long
and valuable services among the Indians
and the high estimation in which he is
held by the Lieutenant General COM
handing The army makes him promi
nent candidate. General Miles and Gen
eral Terry are formidable opponents
Among the colonies most likely to be
promoted perhaps General Wesley Mer-
rift. the superintendent of the Military
Academy at West Point, stands first