Evening star., 1899-02-11
GENERAL SCHRtyER'S DEATH
Resigned His Commission Before the War,
But Volunteered.
Won the Brevet Of Brlgadier General
or %.
Lived in This City Since Re-
tirement Fl H 1891.

Gen. Edmund Schrivsr, graduate of the
Military Academy of the class of 1S33 and
one of the oldest officers in the army. died
at his residence, s15 18th street, about 6
o'clock last evening from complication Of
diseases incident to old age.
Gen. Schrver was a native of Pennsyl-
vania, and was appointed cadet at the
Military Academy in July. 1929. He served
in thu artillery arm for several years in
Tennessee, Ala bana and New York, and
while second lieutenant of the I'd Artillery,
served for four years in the adjutant gem
erals office at Washington. Afterward h,
took part in the Florida. Indian war. at the
close of which he returned to WASHINGTON
and served IN the adiutant generals office
for two more years. He becams captain of
the ID Artillery in August 1912, and was
stationed at the headquarters of the East
ern Department for four years, resigning
his commission in July, 1916, to engage in
eX tenS1Ve railroad opera tiorS, most of the
time as president of the Rensselaer, and
Saratoga railroad. He held that office at
the outbreak of the civil war, and was
among the first to give his services in sup
port of the Union.
He served throughout the entire war, go
ing in as aid-de-camp to Gov. Morgan of
New York, and subsequently becoming chief
Of staff of the 1st Corps OF the Army of the
oto1lietC ne ItllueIeu SoOQ service in the
operations around Fredericksburg Va, in
the Shenandoah campaign, in the North
Virginia campaign, at the battle of Cedar
mountain, a the second battle of Manas-
sas, at the battle of charlottesville. at the
battle of Gettysburg and in the pursuit of
theS rebel army through Virginia, ending
with the Mine Run expedition in Noyem-
Der, 1863. He was also in the Richmond
campaign from the Rapidan to Petersburg
and was afterWard on special duty under
the orders of the Secretary of War
While holding the office of inspector gen.
eral, with the rank of colonel he was bre-
Vetted brigadier general in August 1864
for faithful and meritCrious services in the
held, and was brevetted major general L.
5. A, in March, 1865, for meritorious and
distinguished services during the rebellion,
At the close of the war he was assigned
to special duty in the office of the Secretary
of War and remained there until April, 1S7i
engaged in various important duties in con-
nection with the settlement of accounts Of
the army. During this time he was also
engaged in work in connection with the
affairs of the freedmaus bureau In 1876
he was transferred to San Francisco as in
spector general of the division of the Pa
citic. which assignment he held until 1881
During his service on the Pacific coast he
served as a member of the board to exam
inc the case of DIR. Hammond, late surgeon
general of the army. He was retired from
active service January 4, 1881, being at that
time over siXty-two years of age and has
since made his home in the city of Wash
ington.
Owing to his great age he took little ac-
tive interest in the current affairs of the
government and was very little known to
the younger members of the army. AL
though arrangements for his funeral Fave
he will be buried with full military donors
at Arlington. -