Evening star., 1898-10-07
BURIAL OF DR.. BREWER
Military Honors Paid to a Victim of the
Cuban Campaign.
A Career of Much Promise Cut Short
Sketch of the Dead
Man.

The funeral of DR.. Madison Mills Brewer,
captain in the United States army, who
died at the Garfield Memorial Hospital on
Tuesday, took place from his mothers resi-
dence at o'clock yesterday afternoon
Rev. Dr. Rhett Stuart, assisted by the Rev.
Tayloe Snyder, officiated. Accompanied by
Miss Irene Bell, Mr.. James Watson sang
Abide With Me- moving many of those
present to tears. After the service at the
house, the body, enveloped in the American
flag. was placed upon caisson, which was
literally covered with flowers, and, accom-
panied by a troop of artillery from the ar
senal and many of the mourEers, transfer
red to Arlington. At the grave the mill
tary salute was fired, after which the bu-
gler sounded taps. Among the many rela-
tlVeS and friends present were DR.. James
Kennedy, L. S. A, and wife, the former of
whom distinguished himself so nobly at
Santiago; Col. and Mrs. Smart, Maj. and
Mrs. True, Maj lesson, L. S. A. and wife;
Capt and Mrs. Foote, Gen. and Mrs. Lud-
ington, DR.. Frank Leach, DR.. Louis Mack
all, Mr.. w. Willis, and a contingent Of
nurses from the United States army hos
ptal corps
The death of DR.. Brewer as previously
stated in The Star occurred Tuesday
morning at the Garfield Memorial Hos
ptal, where he transferred upon his
return from Cuba. 1t was directly trace
soldiers in the three days fight at Sboney
and FL Caney at the time of the siege Of
Santiago de Cuba.
The Dead Mans Heroism.
returning army officer, who took part
in this contest, spoke of DR.. Brewers hero
ism in the advance line one of the most
inspiring sights he had witnessed during
the entire campaign. An attack of yellow
fever from which he recovered only to be
again stricken by typhoid proved too much,
however, for even a man of such vitality.
DR.. Brewer was son of Emma and the
late Capt John Brewer, u. S. A, who serv-
ed in the civil war. His grandfather on
his paternal side was Judge Nicholas
Brewer Of Annapolis, and on his maternal
side, DR.. Madison Mills, L. S. A, a veteran
of the Mexican and civil wars. The late
Surgeon General Sutherland of the United
States army was his uncle.
A Proud Career
DR.. Brewer was 4 graduate of the medi-
cal department of the Columbian Univer-
sity, where he graduated at the head of his
class some eight or nine years ago. After
the completion of his studies he served as
resident physician at the Children's Hos
pital for a period of two years. He filled
the same position for equal length of
time at the Garfield Memorial Hospital,
where his work was such that 1t had much
to do with thu rapid progress of the insti-
tutiCn. After leaving the Garfield, DIR.
Brewer took the examination for surgeon
of the United States army, and out of one
of the largest groups of applicants ever ex-
amined passed first He was stationed for
while at David's Island, then Fort Riley
and for period of two years al Fort ke-
hoe, Mont AT the breaking out of the
war he was ordered to Chattanooga, thence
to Lakeland, Fla, and among the first
to be landed in Cuba. Shortly before he
died, for his valiant and heroic service, he
was raised to a caDtaincy.
While DR.. Brewer was a skilled surgeon,
he was likewise shrewd and able dag
nostician-in fact, his special work and re-
searches here at the Army Medical Museum
were such that he was recognized as a ply
siclan of the greatest promise, whose loss
will be keenly felt.