Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-11-13
GENERAL WMsLlAM r. SKATER.

NiA-' A-ANH Is ,Atssesiss II Nt "
covered, but II WAS determined that
this was a secondary atiiictlon brought
on by an acnte attack Of pneumonia.
DR.. /. w. Thorne Of San Francisco
Joined the local physicians Saturday,
and Il slight rally took place, but a
sinking spell followed. Pr, Herzstein
Of San Francisco arrived Sunday and
deemed an operation the only means Of
relief from the Intestinal obstruction.
bnt it was sure 10. be fatal, and was not
attempted.
Through It. all that veteran bore, up
bravely. Cheerful and hopeful, though
fully cognizant OF his critical condi
ton, the general remaineds conscious
until. q O'Clock III file morning. Alre
oxygen sent from San ISrancisco per.
formed q great work in keepinS LIS
up, hit after .pldnlght and early II me
morning a CONSTANT weakening was
discerned. pr. Mitchell and the train.
ed nurses labored untirlngly, but the
general lapsed into Inconsistencies ut
o. O'Clock and remained in that condi.
ton until death cbme. Captain and
Mrs, McKittrick, the generals son.in,
law and daughter, Miss .Edmunds, a
niece, and James n. tShaftery a. brother,
were at The bedside at. the. close.
The body OF. Major General Shafter
vim leaYyeFtofnarroM yyanlng ons San
ia Zee train and upon arrival at Point
Richmolld Iharsdk Morning will be
escorted Nv military qua cefs ~ the Pre-
sfdio at San Francisco. Burial will he
III Sfhe post cemetery Immediately aft
.,er the arrival with full military hon
l6rs.s ,,
General SAafteE was born in Gales;
burg, Mich Oct. ID, 1890 In a log
cabin. He wasa rough, Maynard boy,
the champion wrestler of his district.
He wasSteaching school when tlie civil
war broke out and entered the army as
T. lieutenant of the seyenth Michigan
regiment. He saw much service and
showed great bravery. He was cap
tured by the Con ederates at the battle
A Tholppson,s, Station March 3. 1868.
and held dYB%ftisoner FOR three months.
He was breyetted colonel at the bat
tie Of Fair Oaks and comma nded the
Seventeentli regiment. colored troops,
20 the. close of tile war.
As q colonel OF Infantry he distin.
gnished himself on the frontier fight,
ing Indians He was then a7tall. slim
young man and could ride a pony from
morning Until night without Being ia.
figued. His troopers gave him the SOU
brilnet of,"Pecos Bill"
President Mckinley appointed him
major general OF volunteers on May (,
1898, and lie conducted the landing Of
troops in Cuba at Santiago.
General SLnfter,s service in Cuba
was harshly criticised aud resulted in
the appointment of a commission to In.
yestigate his condhct- Admiral Samp.
son bitterly complained against his
course in Cuba aud declared that Gen.
eral Shafter had failed to do his duty.
The admiral %contended that General
shutter had agreed to Il plan of action
in. conjunction with the navy. but had
failed to carry out his part of the pro
gramme. thus bringing about disaster,
General Shafter apnesred before the
investigating commission at Washing
ton and made "a vigorous defense and
later in public speeches tried to set
himselfiight.
In Juns, 1901, be retired from the
army With the rank Of major general.
Gepsral Shafter owned q large estate
in California. z