Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-24

about three weeks ago, after a long Ill
ness. Funeral services will be held at St.
Matthews Church Monday morning at 1890
o'clock, interment being made in Arlington
national cemetery.
General Wilson, chief of engineers was
officially notified today of the death Of Col
onel Elliot, and he gave orders for the
preparation of a general order notifying the
corps Of engineers of the loss of one of its
most valued members. This order will in
clude a brief biographical sketch Of Colonel
Elliot and will pay well-deserved tribute
to his memory. 1t will be promulgated next
week.
His Honorable Career.
Col. Elliot was relieved from duty in
connection with the Washington aqueduct
March &c. 1895, that being the day of his
retirement. Despite the fact that he was
no longer on the active list, he continued in
charge Of the improvements of the Dale
carla or receiving reservoir, Congress hav-
ing appropriated $3.50 for that project.
with the special provision that the work
should be done under the supervision of
Col. Elliot and that he should receive the
pay and allowances of officers of his grade
on the active list until it was completed.
Col. Elliot always took deep personal in
tereSt in the betterment of the water syS-
TEN of the District of Columbia and ac-
complished many reforms and valuable i'm
provements in that direction. He won the
esteem and gratitude Of all publc-spirted
citizens.
Col. Elliot was native Of Massachusetts,
and was appointed to the United States Mil
itary Academy from that state July 1, 1851.
He was graduated and appointed a second
lieutenant of the LIST Artillery July l, 1855.
He had his first service at the garrison at
Fort Columbus, New York and in 1856 had
frontier duty at Fort Mcintosh, Texas, dur
ing which he engaged in a skirmish against
the Indians.
From 1856 to 1857 he was in garrison at
Fort McHenry, Baltimore. His transfer to
the corps of engineers took place January
26 1857, when he was made assistant en-
glneer in charge of the construction of de-
lenses of San Francisco harbor He served
with credit throughout the civil war and
was brevetted major, March 10, 1865, for
meritorious service in the field. Colonel
Elliot had many important duties the
Pacific coast which kept him in that section
of the country until April 1870, when he
was transferred to Washington to serve as
engineer secretary to the light house board
which office he held until May, 1874.
Assistant to General Casey.
He served as assistant to General Casey
former chief of engineers, for eight years,
at the expiration of which time, in 1882, he
was placed in charge Of various works of
defense in Massachusetts and Rhode Island
He remained on that station until April,
1887, and during that period was a member
of the advisory counsel to the Rhode Island
state board of harbor commissioners. He
reached the grade of lieutenant colonel Au-
gust 8, 1882, and colonel May Is, 1893. In
1887 he was granted a years sick leave,
which period he spent in Europe for the
benefit of his health. Returning to the
United States in July, 1889, he was placed
In charge of the Washington aqueduct and
the increase in the water supply of the city
Of Washington and remained continuously
on that duty up to Inc day Of his retire
ment. Colonel Elliot wrote several valu-
able works, chief of which are Light
House Establishments of Europe and
THE Preside of San Francisco.