Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-09-10
GEN. C0RBIN IS DEAD
SUCCUMBS TO EFFECTS OF OPERA
TION IN NEW YORK
Had Been Conspicuous Figure at War
Department in Washington and
in Social Life.

NEW YORK, Sept. S.-Licut-G Gen.
Henry c. Corbin, L. :. A., retired. died
in Roosevelt hospital in this city today
after an operation for renal disorder
Gen. Corhin would have been 90 years
old in n few days. Mrs. Corbiu and eN-
Gov. Myron Il. Herrick of Ohio, his
personal friend were at his bedside
when death occurred.
Gen. Corhin had been suffering for two
years from the maiady which ultimately
resulted i'll his death. Accompanied by
Mrs. Corbin and the generals daughter,
Mrs Usher Parsons of Ardsley, n. Y,
he went to Carlsbad for treatment on
June L., last. The waters there appeared
to have improved his condition after two
weeks stay and he returned to England,
where his former trouble REQUIRED and
he went to Paris to consult with phySi-
clans The generals trouble developed
more seriously while he was in Paris
and he determined TO return to America.
j. G.. Schmidlapp of Cincinnati, o., a
friend, met him III Paris, and with Mrs
Corbin they sailed for New York on the
steamship Rotterdam, which arrived
here on Sunday last. The general was
taken to the Hotel Martinique in this
city and Dr. Frank Erdwurm advised
his removal to the Roosevelt hospital,
and he was taken there ON Monday. The
operation was performed Tuesday morn
ing by DIR. Lucius HotchkiSs, the hos
pital surgeon, assisted by DIR. Erdwurm
and DIR. Peck.
Ex-Gov. Herrick aided Mrs. Corhin
in the arrangements for the generals re-
moyal to the hospital. Gen. Corhin's
body will be taken to his home at High
wood Chevy Chase, near Washington,
this afternoon, and funeral arrangements
will be made there. His burial will be
i'll Arlington cemetery.
War department official Is in Washing
ton were greatly surprised and shocked
when informed of the generals death.
1t was known that Gen. CorbiD had not
been we'll for some months, but that his
Illness was serious was not even con
sidered.
During his service as adjutant general
Of the army, Gen. Corbin was conspic-
uous figure at the war department. and
in the social life of the national capital
Formal action upon his death will be
taken by the department during the day.
Gen. Corbin's first military service was
ms second lieutenant in the Eighty
third Ohio Volunteer infantry, eulisting
July Is. 1862, and serving TO the end of
the war with the Army of the Cumber-
land holding all grades from second lieu
tenant to colonel. He was breyeted brig
adler general of volunteers March u.
1865.
He entered the regular army May
II. 1866, as a second lieutenant OF the
Seventeenth infantry, and was success
sively promoted until he reached the
grade of ACKNOWLEDGEMENT April 10.
1906. and retired September 10, of The
same year. In recognition of ''gallautry
shown i'll the Spanish American war"
Congress i'll June 1900, conferred upon
him the rank of majOr-general. For eight
years he served as Acknowledgement of
the army.
Gen. Corbin was in the company Of
President Garfield when the president
was assassnated in 1881. He was a
member of the Loyal Legion. On No
vember q, 1901, he married Miss Edith
Agnes Patten and maintained his resi-
dence in Washington.