Evening star., 1901-04-16
lNTERMENT IN ARLINGTON
FUNERAL TODAY OF GENERAL JOHN
PORTER HATCH.
The Remains Brought from New York
Sketch of His Career-A West
Point Graduate.

The funeral Of the late Gen. John Porter
Hatch took place today. The body was
| brought to Washington this morning from
New York. where death occurred Friday.
! and at IL o'clock services were conducted
| by Rev. Josiah Perry In ST. Andrews
Church, corner OF 14th and Corcoran
| streets. The remains were inclosed in a
black cloth-covered casket draped with the
| American fag and upon 1t rested several
floral offerings. including the emblem OF
the Loyal Legion. of which the dead officer
had been member. Among those in at
tendance besides the widow and son and
daughter. were representatives of the Loyal
Legion, the Aztec Society and Lafayette
Post, G. A r.
AT the conclusion of the services the
| casket was placed upon a caisson and es-
| corted to Arlington. where fnterment was
made by the 4th Field Battery of Artillery
under command of Capt. Parker.
The honorary pallbearers were Gems. Van
Nlclue and Rucker and Col Carter of the
army. Col Green Clay Goodloe and Capt.
Harry Carpenter OF the Marine Corps,
James Fitzpatrick. Charles H. Campbell
| and Thomas Blagden
Graduate Of West Point.
Gen. Hatch was graduated at the United
states Military Academy, and appointed
brevet second lieutenant, Sd United States
| ~A>As' SeAs lS11 oH oCloDeT 8, lSf1,
he Joined his regiment, which was then
| stationed at Corpus Christi, Tex, as a part
| lor.
! He served in the Sd Infantry and In the
| regiment of Mounted Rihemen throughout
the Mexican war; taking part in. the bat
| ties and sieges of Palo Alto, Resaca de la
Palma, Vera Cruz Cerro Gordo, Contreras.
Chapultepec, Garita de Belen and City Of
Mexico. He was favorably mentioned In
nf ar,din ofia
Resaca de la Palma, at Puente del Media.
during the siege of Vera Cruz and at Cerro
Gordo, the Garita de Belen and the City of
Mexico.
| Lieut. Hatch was recommended by his
brigade commander for q brevet at Cerro
Gordo and was brevetted a first lieutenant
! at Contreras and Churubusco and as cap
| tain at Chapultepec. He was promoted to
| lieutenant at the battle of Cerro Gordo and
was made regimental adJutant of Mounted
Rfhemen November 1, 1s47. At the close of
| the war with Mexico he accompanied his
| regiment on its march from the Missouri
river to Oregon. where he served as acting
assistant adjutant general OF the eleventh
military department. He explored the coun-
| try from Puget sound to the klamath river
| in California.
| Bearer OF Dispatches.
| In ths fall of 1850 he was sent by the
commander of the division OF the Pacific
to Washington city as bearer Of dispatches
| the spring Of 1852 accompanied it to Texas.
where he was actively employed until the
| autumn Of 1854 in scouting. His health
failing, he was ordered on recruiting sery-
ice.
He was promoted to first lieutenant June
80. 1851. In 1856 he rejoined his regiment
in New Mexico, where he served until No
vember, 1861.
During that time he made a campaign
against the Gila Apaches, the Navajoes
and explored the route for a railroad from
the Rio Grande to the western border OF
the state of Missouri. He was favorably
mentioned in reports Of his commanding
officers for his services against the Apaches
and NavaJoes. He was promoted to cap
tain October Is, 1850.
During the civil war he served az briRa-
der general Of volunteers.
Gen. hatch commanded at Annapolis in
the winter OF 1872. commanded Banks
ticipating in the battle OF Winchester and
covering the retreat Of Banks; served un-
der Gen. Pope; commanded the first divi-
sion of the 1st Army Corps In the second
Mountain. In the latter action he was
| wounded. When convalescent he was
placed on court-martiai duty then In
charge of draft rendezvous at Philadel-
phia and organized the cavalry depot at
st. Louis. He was promoted major October
o. 1858.
Commanded Coast Division.
In the spring of 1864 he was ordered to
the department of the south, where he
served till the close of the civil war
General Hatch commanded the coast di-
vision and co-operated with General Sher-
man in his march to the sea. From 1866
till his promotion to colonel, in 1881. he
served In Texas and the Indian territory,
where he commanded important posts.
General Hatch was retired January g.
1885. having served forty years as COM
missioned officer. During his long service
he held positions in most of the staff de-
partments.
On October 2s. 1893. he was awarded by
the War Department the honor medal for
Maryland September IA, 1862.
General Hatch was born at Oswego, N
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