Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-09-06
General Arthur Macarthur
Drops Dead While Address
ing Comrades At Reunion Of
Civil War Regiment.
WIFE NEAR DEATH AS
RESULT OF THE SHOCK
Pathetic Scene As Gray Hair.
ed Veterans Kneel in Pray.
er About Body of Command.
er So Suddenly Called.

NN'hNhAJ NhAANNs
w. Leased Wire tu E,rnIne It.r,iJl
NH"auh"' Wis sept Mrs
Arthur Macarthur. widow of Lion.
tenant General Macarthur WHO be-
came unconscious when Informed nl
the sudden death ut her husband last
night vhil, attending q hsngurt of
'hc survivors OF HE old regiment. the
I"'niy luurth Wisconsin volunteer.
mas rcgaipcd consciousness ana mo-
immediate change Tor th, worse is
'Np'ricdb' physicians iu ATTENDANCE.
Capt r.. y Parsons. tua.tma,trr AT
lh" banquet who suffered % paralyitc
stroke following the shock incident
To the sudden death 90 General Mac.
Arthur H reported 10 D., resting com
l"fhhlN at his homo thi. forenoon.
General Macarthur died .uddrul,
last night following au apoplrrti,
stroke with which hr va- stricken
while addressing the surI,ors uf the
TW"ntv-tuurth Wisconsin volunteers
known as the Chamber of Comm,rc,
regiment
Tn" occasion was tnc fifteenth am.
nNcrsIry OF the day IN, regiment lcft
MilWUuk,o tor tho front General
Macarthur had been introduced by
mo tohtimast"r Capt A. n Parsons
his companion AN through the clvu
war. and had been talking only "A
icW minutes and was telling uf the
march through Georgia. when sud
denly hc paused with m, remark
"Comrades, Z am too weak Geo pro.
,vcd"
Iio sat down and hIs head ,,u COR
ward lir was dead
Scarcely had the TRAGIC announce
mcnt ol the death been mad, when
Captain Parsons ten himself stricken
With paralysis with tears streaming
d"vn their chrcks. the grp, haired
Veterans ted hy Rev, Paul % Jenkins.
repeated IN, IordH prayer Iud the
banquet ended
While nothing definite regarding
funeral arrangements has boon uu
nouu'cd n is expected the ser, Ice
"tll Dee ot private and simple char
actor I'M keeping with % previously
expressed wish ~ General Mu,.
Arthur
Tho burial probably viii uk, pluc.
uu Muuda, afternoon
THE general had started his ud
drcss by telling hls listeners ~ was
Hf'' wy 'IN'N 'f'N. HN'' m lNf.N Itf uNlfI
hi- comrades lrr Mluauk,y on their
Journey tu the front a. that time tho
general was an udiuJgut ANA hut 81
wears old
llis listeners v,r" deeply impress.
,d hy th, gcnorars statement that
uut ut Ll5O member. vino had start
cd away from their wives tud sweet
hearts, ,a0 either haI died m con
lli,, from the diseases contracted
itum IN, march CO. had passed away
u southern prisons lIr said the
histurt cot the famous twenty fourth
vus too v,n known Co need rcpcti
tiou uuG that b Few ut th, more Inn
mediate "details ot the trials aud Incl
douts which tho m % experienced
during the campaign would 30, ~
more interest 90 his listeners. AFTER
u, iutroduCtory yurCdutr a. had
aturlvd CO. relate am incident which
had occurred near the cnd uf the war
"lt was during tho campaigns ui
Peach Tree creek" hr said a plicc
about five ur six mil,s from Atlanta,
that ON, cot The mue' remarkable
scouting expeditions cot the war was
engineered by the Twenty fourth
regiment with another bud' cot tho
same ti1v, just which I cannot o.
member
THE mon were sent oui ON r.
tuuutir-uuUv with thr tcdrrnls under
th, impression that thr rurmy were
several mites away rhvN followed %
wooded ridge for a distance aud
started to Und the, vcts entirely
surrounded hy the vu,my
"A slow uud cautious retreat ioi.
lowed aud after crawling most ~ N"
WuN uut The, escaped back Co the
m'uu times with no one thr wiser
your indumitlhlv courage
Iivry the general paused tor few
seconds "comrados. ana too woaE
Co Hu pu," hr added and sank bach
into hls chair a. was Immediately
attended by pr william Cruulu aud
Captain Parsons bu o., dicd "a Few
seconds later Everybody n th,
room stood mp and ird by The Ec,
paul - JcuknF. repeated the Lord's
PRAYER as the general passed awuN.
tn general was dead lrw seconds
later
Nonr ot the members of th, rrgi-
mrntha Il noticed that hy had acted
unuuturauN during the evening say
lng his conversation had been cs-
pciully auimutrd and that ~, SEEMED
tu hy m excellent health aud spirits,
captain ParsOus, lite Ions iticnd
uf Gyuyrl Macarthur was pruH
trat,d hy the death uf thc geuvtal.
llis condition az H late hour wac re-
ported as lttutublt aud 10 ir hoped