Evening journal., 1916-02-24

Ills oNiN udubhltif an dAhiaDi1 anu
accomplished young lady, who had
just entered the gay and pleasing sea-
son OF womanhOod, was absent from
home when her father died. and only
returned IN time to behold his re-
mains, before they received their last
solemn rites. At the sight of the
cold and lifeless clay, she sunk To
the earth, OverpOwered by sense
of desOlatiOn, and was carried to her
bed from which she rose no more; for
mortal blight had fallen on her
spirits and withered the vital flower.
Refusing both consolation and susten-
ance, she pined away. and in a few
days followed her beloved parent TO
that grave which was at once the
source and termination of her sorrow
"a melancholy instance of the force
of iilial affection and the exquisite
sensibility OF the human heart"
While on visit to Charles Colds
borough. near Cambridge he was
taken with an attack of gOut, and
was carried home to Dover, where he
died within about two days after his
arrival. The date OF his death was
October Is. 1922.
Distinguished i'm War.
George Sykes, son Of Gov. Dr..
James Sykes, was born in Dover the
I 9Th OF October 1922. He was ap-
pointed TO the l.. $. Military Academy
and on his graduation in 1912 he was
assigned to the Third Infantry, with
which he served in the latter part of
the Florida war and then in the west
and in Texas. lie was promoted first
b lieutenant the 21st of September, 1876,
and during the Mexican war was en-
gagged at Monterey. Vera Cruz, Cerro
GOrdO (where he was brevetted cap
tain for gallantry), Contreras, Chur-
ubusco and the capture of the city OF
Mexico. lie was commissary of Gen
eral Twggs division i'm Mexico in
! 1S47-S, and was then on frontier and
garrison duty till the civil war, taking
part in skirmishes with the Apacbes
I'm 1854, and in the Navajo expedition
Of 1859, and reaching the rank of cap
tain on the 30th Of September, 1855.
He became major OF the Fourteenth
Infantry. the l4th of May, 1861, was
at the Battle of Bull Run, and then
commanded the regular infantry in
Washington tin March. 1862 and was
! commissioned brigadiergenera of vol
unteers the 2Sth of September, 1861
He took part in the peninsula cam
paign at the head of the division OF
regulars in Fitz-JOhn Porter's corps
receiving The brevet of colonel for
gallantry at Gaines Mills, and in
the succeeding operations or the army
OF the Potomac. becoming major gem
eral Of volunteers on 29th OF Novem-
ber. 1862, and commanding the Fifth
/ Corps after the battle OF Chancel-
lorsville. lie was at the head Of this
corps at Gettysburg, and so contin-
ued till Goth of April 1864. when he
was ordered to Kansas AT the close
OF the war he received the brovet ol
+ brigadier-general, q. S. Army, fol
services at Gettysburg, and major
general for gallant ana meritoriou'
services in the neld." during the war
| He had reached the regular army
rank OF lieutenant on 10th Of October
. 1868. and on 18th of January, 1868, h'
= became colonel of the Twentieth In
fantry. From this time till his dealt
tt he commanded various posts, an
after 1877 he was in charge Of For
y Brown. Texas. On motion OF Sen
ator Burnside, Congress appropriate
y 81 900 for the removal of his remain
= to the cemetery at West Point wher
he now lies buried. and where q fin
monument has been erected to hi
memory by his many friends.