Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-06-04
LIT. HARISON'S DEATH.
Sad Circumstances Attending the De-
mise of a Brilliant Young Of
ficer at Fort Marcy.

The death of Lieut.. Harrison which oc-
Cured Saturday afternoon came as a
severe shock to numbers of citizens of
Santa Fee who were intimately acquainted
with him. 1t was the chief topic Of con
yersation yesterday and many were the
expressions of sorrow heard. The de-
ceased was stricken upon the threshold
of life with an unusually bright future
before him.
George Sumner Harrison WAS born in New
York city in November 1868 and was con-
sequently at the time CT his death "a
years and months old. When a small
boy he moved with his parents to Eliza
BEETHOVEN, New Jersey, where he was edu.
Gated at DR.. Pingry's academy. At the
age of Is he left school and entered into
business in New York with the Iron Age
journal and was subsequently connected
with mercantile house. Through Sena
tor Mcpherson, of New Jersey, he
secured an appointment to West
Point, where he entered June Is, 1888, at
the age of 10 years and months. After
being at the academy one year he was
made cadet officer. He was very popular
among his classmates and took leading
part in social and athletic matters con.
nected with the academy. After taking
the full course he graduated June II, 1892
and was commissioned as second lieuten,
ant of the army from that date. He re-
ported for duty at Fort Marcy in COM
pany with his classmate, Lieut. Stokes, on
September 30, 1892, and was assigned to
duty with company ID, 10th infentry,
under Capt. Paulding, with which COM
pany he was connected at the time of his
death.
He leaves a mother, father, sister and
brother to mourn his untimely end. His
father is lawyer in New York city and
his brother is a large book publisher in
the same place. His sister is an accom-
plished artist and is now in Paris pur-
suing her studies. Lieut.. Harrison was
also a nephew of Bishop l.. R. Brewer, Of
the Episcopal diocese of Montana.
The deceased was sick less than five
days, but during that time he suffered in
tense agony. The direct cause of his
death was gastritis accompanied by a
complication of the heart. For twenty
four hours before his death he was un-
conscious. One thing that probably hast
ened his death was his leaving his quar-
tiers Thursday afternoon contrary to the
orders of his physician. He was out of
his head and got out upon the streets be-
fore his attendants knew it.
The deceased, by his genial disposition,
endeared himself to all who knew him.
He was honorable In all his dealings and
abhorred anything having the appearance
of dishonesty. He was especially loved
by the men of his company in whom he
took great interest. He was great
lover of athletic sports and organized a
foot ball and base ball team from the
men of his company; also supplied them
with boxing and fencing equipments and
led them in many an earnest fray.
No arrangements for the funeral will
be made until the arrival of his brother
tonight. 1t was at first reported that
his father was on the way to Santa Fe,
but this error grew out of the fact that
both father and son have the same initials
The body has been embalmed and is now
ut Cables undertaking rooms.