Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-19
DEATH OF GEN. MOORE
Formerly at the Head of the
Army Medical Department.
RESPONSIBLE FOR REFORMS
Great Advance Made During His Ad-
ministration.
HAD BEEN I'LL THREE WEEKS
Funeral Services to Be Held Tomor-
row Morning at st. Matthew's
Church-Interment at Arlington.
HAD BEEN ILL THREE WEEKS

Brig. Gen. John Moore, formerly surgeon
general in the army, died at his home in
this city, 9O3 18th street. yesterday, Of
arterio sclerosis and chronic intestinal ne
phritis. He had been Ill about three weeks.
Requiem mass will be celebrated at st.
Matthews Church tomorrow morning at 10
O. clock and interment will be at Arlington
cemetery.
The honorary pallbearers at the funeral
have been selected as follows: Gen. r. M.
OReilly, surgeon general, U. S. A; Gen.
Thomas NJ. Vincent, U. s. A, retired; Gen.
@. L. Gillespie, U. S. A, retired; Gen.
George NJ. Sternberg, U. S. A. retired; Gen.
]. ]. Coppinger, U. S. A, retired; Medical
Director Francis NJ Gunnell, U. S. N, re-
tired.
General Moore was born in Bloomington,
Ind, August 16 1896, and received his col
legiate education at the Indiana State Uni
versity He attended lectures at the medt-
cal school of Louisville and at the medical
department of the New York University,
graduating at the latter institution in 1850.
He was then appointed on the house staff
of Bellevue Hospital. where he served dur
ing the ensuing year. In June. 1858. he
was commissioned an assistant surgeon in
the army and stationed at Fort Myers,
Florida, where he remained until 1856. when
h ewas transferred to duty at Fort indie
pendence, Massachusetts. In 1857 he Joined
the Utah expedition and remained on that
duty for four years. In 1861 he was assign
ed to duty at the Marine Hospital in Gin
cinnati, where he remained until 1SG2 when,
having been appointed to the grade of ma
jor, he was detailed military director OF
the central grand division of the Army Of
the Potomac.
Twice Brevetted In Civil War.
In 1863 he was transferred to the Depart
ment of the Tennessee. and in 1864 received
the brevet of lieutenant colonel for gallant
and meritorious service during the Atlanta
campaign. In February, 1865, he was ap-
pointed colonel and medical director of vol
unteers and served five months under that
commission receiving during the time the
brevet of colonel for faithful and merito
rous service during the war, and closing
his war service in 1866 as medical director
of the Department of the Mississippi.
Following the civil war he served success
sively as post surgeon at Forts Wadsworth
and Columbus New York Harbor, as at
tending surgeon in New York city. med
ical director at the headquarters of the first
military district at Richmond. Va, and then
as wedical director of the Department of
Texas, after which he awaited himself of
long leave of absence to travel extensively
in Europe Upon his return to duty he
served for a short time in New York city.
and then for five years on the Pacific coast.
In November 1856, while serving as medical
purveyor at San Francisco, with the rank
of lieutenant colonel, he was appointed by
President Cleveland surgeon general in the
army with the rank of brigadier general.
Gen. Moore's Administration.
The administration of Surgeon Gen.
Moore was marked by the greatest advance
in army medical work since the war of the
rebellion, including the Inauguration of in
struction in first aid, the organization of the
army hospital corps, and other steps in the
interest of the soldiers. During his admin
istration the surgeon generals office, which
had been located since the civil war in the
old Riggs building, was removed to its pres
ent quarters in the State, War and Navy
Department building where the spacious
accommodations afforded means for the
better classification and organization of the
work of the army medical department Gen.
Moore was an honorary member of the AS
ISOLATION of Military Surgeons o. the United
States from 1895 uD to the time of his re-
tirement, and was an active instrument in
promoting the strong friendship of the
civilian physician for his army compeer.
On his retirement for age in 1890 Gen.
Moore continued his residence in this city
and made it his home up to the time of his
death. He was man of striking appearance
and attracted attention whenever he ap-
peared in public being Of large, broad-shoul-
dered frame and powerful physique and
having a fine soldierly bearing.