Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-09-09

his enlistment in the army. He was APP
pointed a cadet from Connecticut to
West Point, Seutember |. 1898, and was
graduated July l. 1888. Immediately
after his graduation he was appointed
% lieutenant of the 2d Dragons and II
days later was transferred to duty as
ID lieutenant of the Sd dragons, in
which regiment he remained until No
vember, 1899. At that time he was pro-
NOTED to the rank of LIST lieutenant and
assigned to the Sd artillery, regiment
distinguished for the number of its Of
ficers who became famous during the
civil war.
Col Austine served in the Florida war
against the Seminole Indians from 1893
to 1912 as adjutant in the Sd artillery.
He was in garrison at Fort Pickens
from 1871 to 1872 and at Fort Moultrie
S. c., from 1912 to 1916. During the war
with Mexico. Col. Austine took part in
the siege of Vera Cruz and in the battles
of Cerro Gordo Contreras and Cherub-
usco as well as in the skirmish of ANA
zoque and the capture of San Antonio.
For signal ability and gallantry In this
campaign, he was promoted to captain
of the Sd artillery August 10, 1Si7, and
short time after was given the rank of
breVet major for gallant and meritorious
conduct. After the Mexican war he was
in garrison at Fort Adams X. l., for
several years, with the exception of a
| Indian hostlites of 1919 and 1850. Later
| he was stationed at Fort Constitution,
| N H. and Fort Wood, y. Y. on ac-
count of poor health he was granted a
| leave of absence from 1854 to 1861, spend
| ing part of the time in travel abroad.
| In the latter year he assumed active
duty in the garrison at San Francisco
| harbor, and was at that time appointed
major of the Sd artillery.
| Col. Austine was retired from active
| service Feb 90, 1862. for disability re-
sulting from exposure in line duty. but
he continued to serve as superintendent
| of the mastering and volunteer recruit
ing service of Vermont at Burlington for
three months after his discharge and was
| in Brattleboro in the same line of duty
| until November, 1866. His services here
We're performed with great ability and
We're warmly commended by the depart
ment at Washington In September
1865, he was given the rank of brevet
Northumberland and brevet colonel fol
long and faithful service. Since his re-
tirement from army life, Col. Austint
had lived at the Brooks House.
During his service in the Mexican war
Col. Austine kept a detailed journa
which gives a wonderfully clear descrip
ton of the different actions in which h'
was engaged. During one of the battles
a shell from the enemys guns buried
itself in the sand within n few yards o
| the COlOnel VINO uncOnCefnetlN lnarke(
the spot and a few months later un
earthed the missile. The shell is nov
in the Brooks Free library
The funeral was held at the Brooks
House Tuesday morning. and was at
tended by old residents who had know
Col. Austine for years. Rev. f. r. Mathi
son, rector of St. Michaers Episcopa
church. in which the Colonel took grea
interest, OBLIGATED. The body was tallel
; to Hartford, Conn, for burial in tn
Cedar Hill cemetery, a nephew, Howard
Nj. Eustis of Mobile, Ala, and Herbert +
Chamberlain accompanying it. Mr.. Eusti
2 had been with his uncle for several weeks
: and had frequently visited him in his de
| clining years. The bearers were w. j
Z Pentland. Col. II. f. Taylor, George c
! Averll, C. F. r. JENNIE, Col. G. II. Bon
| and Ornan Prescott.
Col. Austine had lived quietly durin
his long residence at the Brooks Hous
} and was not intimately known ex
| cept by a few people, by whom he wi
? be remembered as a courteous gentle
man of the old school with the militar
! manner and bearing BETTING one of mil
l itary training and life.
Col. Austine was the last of his faith
2 er's family of six children-four sons an
! two daughters. He had recently bee
promoted under a late act of Congress
to be lieutenant colonel, his commissio
t from President Roosevelt bearing dat
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