Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-09-06
Famous Civil War Hero and
ReguIar Army officer
Stricken With ApoIexy in
Course of Address,
ATTENDING GATHERING
OF OLD REGIMENT
Final Summons Comes Without
Warning as He is Pfaising
IndomitabIe Courage of For
mer Comrades,

tBy Morning journal Special Lca.ed wire }
MILWAUKEE,, WIS, Sept. 5.-Whilc
recalling the deeds of the Twenty
fourth Wisconsin Volunteers in the
Atlanta campaign, Lieutenant Gene
raj Arthur Macarthur L. S. A.. re-
'ired, dropped dead, following an apo
plctic stroke. at the last reunion Of
the regiment known as the Chamber
OF commerce. regiment in the Uni
versity building tonight
Within few minutes after
venerable general fell to the speak
cr's platform in the midst Of his ad-
dress, Edwin 3. Parsons, a captain
and member of the regiment, suffered
paralytic stroke ON the right side
from the shock of seeing his comrade
fall and had to be carried from the
place. The old soldiers attending the
reunion there We're about one hun
Lred--failed to grasp the situation for
some moments, and when they rush
ed To the side Of their fallen comman-
der they found him dead
They tried to arouse him, but the
paiior of his face told them it was
useless, that the general had Tough
MS last HSnt ana lost.
one by one the old soldiers turned
away. They drew handkcrchiefs from
their pockets ana wiped ,hcir eyes. |
then Snclt BY The side Of their strck- |
en- commander in reverent attitude
"Our Father, which art in Heaven, +
began one of the veterans and as the |
words left his lips. the others joined |,
in, solemn gathering transformed
from one of merry making but few
minutes before.
At the conclusion Of the prayer. one
of the soldiers took an American flag
from the wall and spread the Stars
and Stripes over the dead commander.
Silently the soldiers left the hall The
reunion was ended.
The general had started his address
hy telling his listeners it was exactly
Hfiy years ago when he and his COM
radcs left Milwaukee on their journey :
to the front. At that time the general II
was an adjutant ana but II years old. ~
Ills listeners We're deeply impressed
by the generals statement that out I
of l.150 members who had started {
away from their wives ana sweet :
hearts. $50 either had died in conflict, I
from the diseases contracted from the )
march or had passed away in south n
crn prisons. He said the history of the q
famous Twcnty-fourth was too well \
known to need repetition and that (
few of the more immediate details
Of the trials and incidents which the T
mon experienced during the campaign "a
would be Of more interest to the list =
encrs. After an Introductory anecdote o
bu Il 80 cd f., vol an incident / II
which had occurred near the end OF /
the war. =
1T was during the campaign At 6
Peach Tree crcck he said, "a place
about five or six miles from Atlanta,
that one of the most remarkabie
scouting expeditions of the war was
engineered by the Twenty fourth reg
imcnt. with another body of the same
size, Just which | cannot remember.
The men were sent out on a re- Il
'onnoissance with the fcderals under 2
he impression that the enemy were G
several miles away. They followed a Il
wooded ridge for distance and were q
startled to find they We're entirely &
by the enemy
"a slow and cautious retreat foi- "
owed and after crawling most Of the G
way out. they escaped back To the 6
inon lines with no one the wiser. r
Your indomiiable couragc---. X
lerc the general paused for q few e.,
cconds-- Comrades. ana too "a
weak to go on" h, added and sank
'ack into his chair. He was immedi- 4
tclv attended by the Dr. William y
'ronin and Captain Parsons. but he
lied few seconds later. Everybody
IA the room stood up and led by the
Rev. Paul T.. jenkins. repeated the
.ord's prayer as the general passed r.,
way. The general WAS dead a few ia
cconds later. ~
None of the members Of The resi- "a,
lent had noticed that he had acted of
during the evening. SAY of
X his conversation had been especi-
lly animated and that he seemed 10 -,
g in excellent health and spirits. -
Captain Parsons. a life long friend dc
General Macarthur. was prostraled "h
y the death of the general His con
ition at a late hour was reported as ID
'vorable and it is hoped bN his physi-
an that no serious results will ae-
'ue from the stroke. When removed
his home. Captain Parsons was
ithout the use of his right arm. Ia
There was no way To saw. the re-
'nerals life. said Dr. cronin. FOR a ~
o"d vessel had hurst at the base Of ia'