The evening times., 1900-06-11
MAJOR FUGER TO RETIRE.
The officer to Leave Fort McHenry
and Come to Washington


BALTIMORE. June 11.-Major Frederick
Fuger. OF the Fourth Artillery, stationed
at Fort McHenry, will retire from active
service next Monday, June IS. Aecompa-
MED by his family, he will go to wash
ington TO live.
Major Fuge has had long and dis
tinguished military career, having served
! continuously in the Fourth United States
Artillery forty-four years. He was born
in Germany in 1896 and came to this cOun-
try in 1888. He enlisted as a private in
the United States Army August p. 1856,
and was assigned to Battery A, Fourth
Artillery. From September. 1856. 10 Sep
| tember, 1857, he served in the expedition
under General Warney against the Semi
mole Indians IN Florida He afterward
served in the Utah expedition under Gen
| oral Johnson In 1859 he fought the hos
tile Indians at Egan Canon. No, and was
1 promoted to be corporal and soon after
ward TO sergeant
While in Missouri Major Fuger was
! placed in charge OF Egan station, with a
detachment OF eight men. The station
was soon afterward surrounded by 100 In
dians- Major Fuger. then a sergeant. kept
his little detachment confined in a small
kept firing through holes in the walls at
I the Indians for eleven days. until finally
Lieutenant Weed. commanding Light Bat
terry q. Fourth Artillery. Wen5-t to his res
cue and scattered the red men.
On July !, 1861, Sergeant Fuger was
(. honorably discharged at Camp Crittendon.
Utah, his term OF service having expired.
In December Of the same year ne enlisted
in the Army OF the Potomac, in which he
-.
Lees army at AppOmattox Court House
April 9, 1860 During this war Sergeant
Fuger was in no less than sixty-three bat
ties and engagements and was slightly
wounded tYice-at White Oak Swamp,
June 90. 1852, and at the battle of. An
tietam-
He served as Arst sergeant in Battery
A. Fourth Artillery. AZ the battle OF Get
( tysburg. Pa, July /, 3 and 3. 1863 This
battery opposed Picket's charge on July 2
al the "Eloody Angle" All the officers Of
the battery were either killed or wounded
until the command fell 70 Sergeant Fuger
SO well did he fuldH IL that General Han
cock recommended him for commission
saying he had proved himself brave SOL
der and a modest but competent officer"
Sergeant Fuger was appointed a second
lieutenant Fourth Artillery, October 81.
1863: first lieutenant December. 1850 and
q 4.
received Congressional medal Of honor
for his gallant fight on July 3. 1868. at Get
tysburg. during Pickett's assault On
March 81. 1893. he was made a major OF
the Fourth Artillery, and in the following
Nay he assumed command at Fort Nc
Henry.
The major has two sons in the Army.
one Of whom is First Lieut. Frederick ".
Fuger, in command OF Company E. Thir-
I teenth Infantry now stationed at a place
called BinalOnan. $50 miles east OF Manila.
His other son is Corporal Albert Stanley
Fuger, OF Battery y. Fourth Artillery.
now stationed az Fort Monroe He also
has three daughteTs-Mrs. Joseph f. Gu
sack. whose husband is a first lieutenant
IN the Fifth Cavalry. now in Porto Rico;
Mrs ID. NJ King. whose husband is first
lieutenant in the Ordnance DEPARTMENT
West Troy. y Y. and Miss Fuger. who
resides Al Fort Mcffenry.