The Washington times., 1910-12-12
BRIEF MILITARY SERVICES
FOR GENERAL RANDOLPH
Weather-Record of Old Warrior Full of the Ex-
element of the Civil War Days.

At the request of Mrs. Randolph, the
fun brigade escort which ordinarily
participates in the military rites at fu-
neraIs Of army officers having the rank
Of jor general, did not take part IN
the services at Arlington this afternoon
for Maj cen. Wallace Fitz Randolph.
L s A. retired, who killed himself IN
his home, 1917 Ntw Hampshire avenue,
Friday
The body was conveyed from the New
Hampshire avenue residence to Airing
ton BY a small military Escort from
Fort Myer- The fun brigade cere-
monies were dispensed with, as Mrs.
Randolph requested it, on account OF
the severe weather.
The palIbearers consisted Of ju-
Nor officers, who have served either
as aides or adjutants 10 General Ran
dolph. They were under command OF
Lieutenant Colonel Treat, who was with
General Randolph during the Spanish
American war
At the residence brief services were
conducted at O'Clock By the Rev. Ran
dolph McKim and the Rev. John A.
AspinwaH Capt. W. ". Brauder. chap
lain at Fort Myer. conducted the ser
vices at the grave. Outside of the e.
cOrt, only -the immediate members OF
General RandOlph's family accompanied
the body TO Arlington
Trophies of Career.
In the final chapter Of the life Of Mai
Gen. Wallace r Randolph, I. S A. re-
rired, ended when he destroyed himself
Frieay IN his luxurious home. filed
with trophies of travel and OF many
wars. is written a truth known by men
whose trade is danger.
That truth T. cosnizes a class OF men
for whom the fatal bullet OF war has
never been mOIJed. for whom secure
prison walls have never been built, and
for whom no trap has ever been success
fully sprung. These men must await
natures courose, or turn their. own
weapons against themselves
They are found among those who
preach in advance of the army and
skirmish ahead OF the church. they
are found too. in the armies which fol-
low after the skirmishers, and among
the pioneers Of waste places
OF E on was he, the man VINO from
the THE ne was but youth running
away 10 join the army. was wont 70
take his chances with fVing bullets, and
what risks might come his way. and
who made a name for himself and for
his squadron as the smartest, hardest
riders Of the Federal forces.
In the ranks Of men who follow the
long trail Of danger there are two eX-
tremes- one is the New York man, who,
IIrtnE OF ufs sought the mercy OF a kind
y bullet IN season and out, in war and
peace, but escaped unscathed 10 turn
his weapon upon himself al the last.
And then there are the boys like GrOCe
and Cannon. who in their early careers
faced With their backs TO wall the
rusty rifles Of a differentiation squad
Of Venezuelan sOidieTy-
Somewhere between these two extremes
came MAJ Gen Wallace r Randolph
Always Of Cheerful Nature.
Where he rightfulIy belongs in the
roll Of those whose daily duty. OF pleas
Ure. II has been 10 face death. even his
lifelong comrades in arms cannot say,
for during nearly half a century Of
service General Randolph vas avid OF
life, cheerful kindly, and beloved. II
was not until 2 wear ago. after his re-
firement. that signs Of despOndf ncy
showed IN his nature.
This IS part OF the story OF General
Randolph
as a boy in a little Pennsylvania
town, wallace Randolph listened to the
call % a soldiers life That was before
the civil war once. it is s . he ran
awav to enlist, but was retL led 70 his
home.
It needed only the first dark DAYS OF
81 however, to bring back the tug Of
his ambitions with tho bugIe call. and
he ran away again TO enlist as a private
In the Seventeenth Infantry