Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-01-27
WHEELER FUNERAL TO
Be AT WASHINGTON
1nterment Will Be In Arlington
Cemetery.
WITH FULL MILITARY hoNoRs

WITH FULL MILITARY hoNoRs
An Escort Consisting of Troops from
All Branches of United States Ser
vice viii Accompany Remains to
Last Resting Place.
Washington, Jan. 26.-General Jo
seph Wheeler will be buried in Ar
nngton cemetery with full military
honors. The tentative program pro
V1des that the funeral shall be held
at st. Johns Episcopal church here
Monday afternoon, and an escort, con
s1st1ng of troops from all branches OF
the service accompany the body to
the cemetery.
Sketch of General Wheeler.
Brigadier General Joseph Wheeler
United States army, who was retired
| from active service Sept. 10, 1900, was
born at Augusta, Ca, Sept 10, 1886
He graduated from West Point in 1853
and in 1899 was given the honorary
| degree of Ii. d. by Georgetown col
lege. He married Miss Mamie Ella
| Jones.
From 1859 to 1861 he was second
lieutenant of United States cavalry
but on the outbreak of the civil war
entered the confederate artillery, with
a commission as first lieutenant Be
cause OF his military training and his
dashing prowess, he rapidly rose, and
| became colonel of infantry, later brig
adler general of cavalry, major gener.
al and corps commander, and at the
| close Of the civil war was lieutenant
| general.
He was wounded three times, six.
| teen horses were shot under him.
| eight of his staff officers were killed
| and thirty-two wounded He at one
time received the thanks of the con
federate government for his skill and
| Sallantry in battle.
After the war he settled down to
| private life as planter, occasionally
| practicing law. In 1881 he was elect.
| ed congressman from the eighth dis
trict of Alabama, serving until 1899
period of eighteen years, broll, d,
| only by his absence during the Span.
ish-AmeriCan war. He was reelected
| to the ffty-siXth congress, but resign.
| ed. He was senior member of con.
gress of the Democratic side Sever.
al times he was a member of the board
of visitors to the military academy
and for fourteen years was a regent
of the Smithsonian institute.
At the beginning of the Spanish.
American war he volunteered his ser.
vices and on May 4, 1898, was appoint.
ed major general of volunteers, United
| States army, and assigned to the com.
mand of the cavalry division, army OF
Santiago. He commanded the troops
in the engagement at Lasguasimas
Cuba, June "a, 1898, was senior officer
in the field at the battle of San Juan
and was senior member of a com.
| sion which arranged the surrender OF
Santiago.
From August 1S, 1899, until Febru
ary 7, 1900, he commanded the First
brigade, Second division, of the army
in the Philippines. He participated
in number of important engagements
in the conquest of those islands In
June, 1900, he was appointed brigadieI
general of the regular United Statea
| army, and was in command OF the de
! partment OF the lakes until September
| of that year, when he was retired. He
| was a member of the Society of Co
! lonial Wars, Sons of the Revolution
| Sons of the War of 1912, the Society
| of Santiago, United Confederate Vet
erans' association, and the Naval and
| Military Order of the Spanish-Ameri
can War
| His writings were numerous, dealing
| largely with technical military matters
/ He wrote an account of the Kentucky
| military campaign of 1862 and III 1858
he compiled for the use of the con
| federate army manual of cavalry
| tactics. He wrote a military history
| of Alabama, history of the Santiago
| campaign, a history of Cuba and 9
] monograph on History of the Effect
! Upon Civilization of the Wars of the
| Ninteenth Century" He also wrote
| monographs upon the lives of Admira
| George Dewey, President William Nc
| Kinley, General Stonewall Jackson
and President Theodore Roosevelt.