The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-04-01
DEATHS HARVEST.
W. wh,tthorne. Jr.

a Le1cBTdIu RdS TtttlNtu ntft IT II
day, announcing the death of Lieu
tenant w. j. WhitthOrne, Jr.. at Fort
Monroe. Va. late Friday afternoon.
Of pneumonia. An effort pras made at
once to communicate the news TO
Major WhitthOrne and daughter. Mrs.
Charlotte Whitthorne Hughes, who left
that afternoon to attend his bed
side. but they had already left Nash
vile and could not be caught.
Lient Whitthorne was born and
raised in Columbia. and had large
number of friends to whom his death
so1nes as great shock. He had not
lived here for several years, having
been in the army for the past four
years. and previous to that time was
engaged in the work of civil engineer
ing on the Pacific Slope. When the
Spanish American war broke out he
was holding responsible position as
civil engineer in Oregon. He desired
70 enlist in the army, but his father
Mai W. j. Whitthorne, who was Cap
tain of Company "B, OF the First
Tennessee Regiment, wrote him and
persuaded him not to enlist, as he
wanted him to care for his mother and
sisters in the event of his death in the
service. Win acceded to his father
wishes. but as soon as he learned that
his fathers regiment was returning
from the Philippines he resigned his
position and enlisted as private in
the first regiment leaving for Manila
she Eleventh Cavalry, U. S. Volun-
teers He was promoted to Lieutenant
Aud assigned to the Fortieth Regiment
II s. Volunteer Infantry. When his
Regiment was mustered out, he ac-
eepted a position as Civil Engineer
on the Oregon Short Line Railroad, |
and while at work in Nevada was APP |
pointed Second Lieutenant of Artillery |
in the regular army by President Nc
Kinley and assigned to duty at Havana,
where he acted as Quartermaster for
the troops in Cuba. When the Ameri- |
can forces left the Island last fall he
was honored by being ordered to the
School for Artillery at Fort Monroe,
and was engaged in studying for pro-
nation to a first lieutenancy at the
time he7was taken sick.
Lieut. Whitthorne enjoyed the dis
tinction of being the only private
taken from the ranks and elevated to a
He was appointed by
President Mckinley. Lieut.. Whit
thorne was a sturdy, high minded
young man, devoted to his parents,
and all the time he was serving in the
as private he sent regu-
larly part of his army wages to his
mother here at home.
He paid a brief visit to his home
during the Christmas holidays.
Lieut.. Whitthorne's Funeral. Il
The funeral services over the remains
1f the late Lieutenant w. j. Whit
thorne, ,Ir, We're held at st. Peters |
Church Tuesday afternoon at 2 clock,
by Rev. W. B. Capers. A
srge concourse of friends and relatives
# the deceased was present, and many Z
seautiful floral decorations were laid
upon the coffin. One of the most beau
tiful floral emblems ever seen in Co
lambda was sent from Monroe, Va,
by the classmates of the deceased. 1t
was pillow shaped, draped in the \
American flag made of red, white and \
Dlue immortelles. The remains, accom- 4
lieutenant Col. w. j. Whitthorne,
horne Hughes, reached Columbia on
he 10 O'Clock train Tuesday from
and were taken to the family h
esidence on West Seventh Street
yhere they remained until the hour
4 two O'Clock arrived. They were then n
AIKEN to st. Peter church, accompa
led by military escort, --one platoon,
thirty soldiers from the
United States Arsenal, commanded by 4
lieut. Sidney Smith. After the fun u
raj service, the remains were laid to Y
est in Rose Hill, amid the sounding "
taps by the soldiers and the firing v
three volleys as a farewell salute to
he dead officer The pail bearers N
,ere: Messrs Will Webster, VIM. "a
vans. Sam Harlan. Wallace Wilkes, n
heairs Mayes, Easton Littleheld, W. "A
). Woodbridge, Chas. Hatcher, a. s. a
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