New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-22
THE HARRIS MEMORIAL AT WEST POINT.
TRAGIC DEATH OF LIEUTENANT BENTON OF THE
9TH CAVALRY. AT HOT SPRINGS. ). D.

TRAGIC DEATH OF LIEUTENANT BENTON OF THE
9TH CAVALRY. AT HOT SPRINGS. 5. D.
The Harris memorial huge bowlder TO mark the
grave OF Lieutenant colonel Harris in the cemetery
at Yves; Point. will be appropriate, for ne was a
soldier and as solid as a rock" This will be the IN
scrption on II: william Hamilton Harris captain
Of ordnance. and brevet iieutenan-colonel L. ;. A
Born In Albany. y. Y. June 6. 1898 died at Genoa
Italy. November 6. 1885,
Army officers and enlisted men. too. have MAD
reason 10 regret that the Chicago Convention adopt
ed ts anarchstlc platform, for they see that some
Of its results have been the closing OF mills the fall
ures OF business and companies and the closing
OF banks The shutting OF the doors Of the First
National Bank at Helena Mont. couple OF weeks
ago has been hardship 70 the Army people STA
toned at Fort Harrison. four miles west OF Helena
As Il was United States depository. all Govern
nent funds were deposited in H. and as the monthly
salaries could not be paid because the money was
locked m IN the bank the bills contracted In August
could not be settled All OF the officers not only had
their pay accounts locked up In the bank Out they
had deposited all OF their ready money There were
also a very large number OF the enlisted men VINO hao
deposits I'm the bank.
The military ball is the great attraction OF the
year AZ Hot Springs 5. D.. but II was interrupted
This year by the tragic death OF First Lieutenant
James W Benton. Of the 9th Cavalry. son-n-aw OF
Colonel Guy Y. Henry. On the morning OF Septem-
Der II the day set for the ball. there was johy
crowd the Mlnnekantd plunge Ddt.i' <N'"O"e ''o
number was Lieutenant Benton. a man OF great
phvsical strength. He inveterate cigarette
smoker and just before a dive from the spring
hoard the curls OF cigarette smoke were blown from
his mouth at quick intervals. He took the dive. ana
as he did moi come TO the surface an alarm was
given and few minutes later his body was dragged
M by Lieutenant Preston. An autopsy showed That
the officer mad died from heart disease. His Wfe
said that ne ndd been great smoker OF cigarettes
for wears and that he mad suffered from heart
troubles Through some neglect Lieutenant Ben
IONS last assessment 10 the Army Mutual AID Asso-
citation mad not been paid. and IL declined 10 pay the
insurance money 10 MS heirs An EFFORT IS oeihs
made 10 secure the money FOR the widow
4 younl: officer OF the Army, commenting re-"
DAYS ago Upon the expulsion OF TWO OF the CADETS
Al Nest Point by Presidon, Cleveland Tor hazlng or
aD4- jumping" said: A false impression prevails
IN the matter Of haZng a; The Military Academy. u
4 very rare that any sort or violence occurs anu
me fleet OF plebe-jumpng is 10 take the orazen
irnnuIeuce out Of an assumptive col, VINO comes 10
W.si Point with the idea that ne ranks as ngh as
tho commanding general himself II Is not a mistake
70 humiliate fellow VINO T. articially supercllous,
II d,es him good / recall case or re" years ago
u,hen a 'plebe' came IN wiki his mead Hfted hlgh:
and the warnings learned Of haIf-column hotce OF
nls apuoint nent published in MS nome paper, anu
fnev spotted him. on tne first morning aller nS
arrival The newspaper article was HANDED 70 MN
and no was marched out in front OF MS teht anu ia
mi 10 "a read the article IN the same tone IN "icl
ne adfutant reaIs his orders. This sort OF hng was
Confined for two weeks. and II proved good disc-
pine for the embryo general