The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-17
OBITUARY.
Gen. Edward Jardine, Who Had an Active
Military Career.

Gen. Edward Jardtne, Who Had an Active
Military Career.
NEW YORK. July 16.-Gan. Edward Jar
dine, no has been critically iii for s0me
sime. died at O'CLOCK this afternoon. HIS
death was not unex pected. but shortly pe-
fore the end came his phys left the
sick chamber. few moments after " ard
the veteran suffered recurrence of the
sinking spells which have pulled him
down ut intervals during hrs illness and he
succumbed from sheer exhaustion. His
wife. who has once COLLAPSED under the
bore up wonderfully this afternoon, and
was busy sending dispatches Co relatives
and comrades of the dead soldier. The
funeral will be held Tuesday morning un.
der .he auspices of the +. and A. NJ. at
Greenwood Cemetery.
General Jsrdine was sixty-five years old.
having been born in 1898. He was q mill
tary man since he was old enough TO Garry
amusket When the civil war broke out.
he raised company at Fort Lee. and put
it into Hswkins's Zouaves. He went 10
the front as captain in May, 1861. and his
first battle was Big Bethel. Afterward he
was in command of the landing forces
which attacked Fort Clark and Fort Hat
t6Ta6. f1o lOuH0t 0t SOut0 Mountain, An
tietam. Frederick burg Camden. Roanoke
Island. Elizabeth City, Suffolk. and In 9TH
or hard engagements and was several times
wounded. He camo back from the war
q lieutenant colonel in 1873. aud when
the draft riots broke ont in New York he
gathered some Of the seventh Regiment
war veterans. and some member Of the
Hawkins LOuaves. and marched against q
the crash which followed he received
the wounds which caused bis death, u full
charge entering his left knee and leg.
Since then General Jardine has been
forced to undergo nine operations on his
thigh. the last one being made in Octo ber.
1S92.
For twenty years the General attended
to his duties as weigher In the custom
honse. but was never without crutches
Four months ago be was forced to take 20
his bed, and has not since left it.
Retired Rear Admiral English,
WASHINGTON. July 16.-Rear Admiral
Earle English. retired. died at his resi-
dence In Washington, to-day, aged sixty
nine.
He was appointed to the Naval Academy
from New Jersey in 1870. and served forty
SIX years. retiring in 1856. He was at tho
capture of Mszatlan, Mexico. in 1s47. and
renamed there until the close of the
Mexican war. He was made lieutenant
commander in 1862 and served throughout
the civil war. being employed principally
In the Gulf OF Mexico and in tho sounds of
North Carolina commanding at different
periods the Somerset, Sycamore and Wya-
lusing. He was made rear admiral in 1884
at which time he resigned the position of
chief of the Bureau Of Equipment and Re-
cruitiDR. which he had held for six years.
and took command of the European sta
tion. Admiral English left . widow and
two daughters, both married.
General Enoch's Funer~L
CINCINNATI. July 16-The Commercisl
Gszette's Ironton special describes the
funeral of General Enoch. member of Con-
Rress as of the simplest character. The
services at the grave were those of
the Grand Army of tho Republic. The
funeral sermon was preached by Rev. w. b.
Marsh in the open air at the residence.
There were present the following mem bers
of Congress:--G. w. Wilson. g. w. Iiouck,
c. II. Grosvenor, l.. M. SwsiD. George p.
Skirt. John Dslzeii. Thos. H. Palmer and
ex-CunRressmen III. s. Bundy, A. e. Thomp-
son and w. A. HntchiDA Sergeant-at-