New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-19
OBITUARY..

LIEUTENANT COLONEL RUFUS x. CASE.
The Army officers and attaches Of the various
Offices in the Army Building were Borrowing yes;er-
day on account OF the sudden death OF Of their
number Lieutenant Colonel Rufus X. Case. chief
clerk In the Quartermas,ers Department died yes
tcrday morning his home n Planield. y. j..
after an illness Of scarcely forty-eisht hours He
attended - his customary duties on Wednesday
hut inst before he went home. about $50 p m
complained of a sharp pain In his left side When
he reached Palnheld pleurisy had set In. ana
pneumonia developed on Friday resulting IN death
at a. m. yesterday
Colonel Case was a little more than hfty-eight
years Old and since the broke out. and In
deed ever since the destruction Of the Maine. he
had devoted himself with the utmost diligence TO
the duties u his office. which We're suddenly ana
greatly increased He had worked from nine 10
ten hours his desk every day. incl"dinH
sundays and holidays. since the emergency arose.
The strain was great that his constitution was
unable 10 rally when he caught cold on Wednesday,
Will. at work that day h. sa' III a draught from an
open window not reazlng the danger after the
extreme heat Of the previous days. For some Time
however he had not looked well. by reason OF the
strain he under While the force OF the De
partment had been considerably increased MS u"-
ties Increased accordingly
II u,as the general IMPRESSION in the Army Build
Ing Yesterday that the life Of Colonel Case had
been as truly sacrificed for his country as II le
had he.n shot on the battlefield. He served
through the CivH War az a volunteer entering the
service as u private I'm the 9Th Ne"-Jers'y No'u"-
,ocrs in 1861 He became regimenal quaI'ermas'er
and . sergeani in 1862 and rose 10 me rank Y
nar,at, hefore ne was mustered OUT III lNt ~
mon ro-enlisfod an assistant gun ~, TO-
49,. ,.,funf..r army. In lsfb D." was ma ~ in"!.
"a, hr.y.t FOR bravery and arer"air ., ~ 49,;
c9ion.l bv brevet for gallant. lalth.ul an, ~, .,
iorOus service, ms ''H''''''
March g. 1865. 49, conference.-the
r,n,ar,,rcnt I'm this city. and served IN s"i I'LL
- t's ,r,ii no was promoted 10 oe chi"i cIerh
grrksniS ', oinnrl KimbaI, chief Quarermasteri
s..ttT ,es,erlav. "Of all the hundreds ol '.ethS
e.. boon associated with. no one WlS onJ
Cl,,o rnse He knew his business peri ' dn
.,.tx statement h" mad" coud he llpt h ',,o,fd
,.,,l.d rron n he ali not know ii.1 ~ r,,sr,ar
o. and ascertain IT, and h. never pui .,L sfa,e
r,,e.er In false position ~ n M ~ I.yo,io,
-, rfis no has been sacrllc"I 10y ilS IL, "no,,,a
-, any All the staff Of the oiiic" saN lm h,,snese
=, kren tho Once open for any noc'sSttd; ~ feoi
,,rI o,,ord the funeral OF our ass"cih"- w.
ms % KinRau issued the following stateI men,
49,, .,,r, or moro employees in the teh.LL"' .,,
80 ,ne Duartormastcr's Department. III ''' '
uriidire Yesterday afternoon. - .,,,., cha, the
~, H. c n leop feeling ana sincere ~ .,,ol y
.,,.Ttcrod h,. heard ~ the death OF '"p'II ,ho
= 60 who FOR many years mas n'C"p ,,,,a,.s
- ~ ,r.-.. ~ chief clerk ~ this oii'" Nv
e,,',~,o,,'s TO all who came In contact VIZ, Ir
upright and consci'hlli"usd hv ho,h his superiors
vas respected ana "'I'f''' ~ '
ann 9H,.I,i yin take niace from MS ,s"er -,
5or, So ~ East Nnth 81. P.aniloiia e a. mis-
Monday June 81 i.'s ana a.. INV ''''''.
Iaro. are invited - attend 5 four daush-
%, t,c,l co-o leaves widow ana Iuo' No
.er. ono Of whom was To- MAR , o,,'' "
49,. ~, Iob5s Ferry. next wednesday