El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-16
Montgomery Hero
OF Quebec Attack
Revolutionary Commander Ia Killed
While StOrmfnE Canadian City,
Only Shot Of Enemy Gun
Cuts Him Down
By MADISON G. PETERS.
Copyright. 1918. BY Madison C Peters.

= Al. GEN. RICHARD MONT
/ Nj GOMERY, at 80. who fell ami,
L = the most discouraging difficul
7 ties on the disastrous field OF Quebec
I had he lived, would have stood frs
among the military leaders OF th'
American Revolution
He was a Scotsman who went Il
! Swords, Ireland. to be born on Deem
/ Der 2. 1886. He obtained a commission
I in the British army at IS. and began
I his military career IN America at Hal
flax
In the capture OF Louisburg, June 8,
i1T5s, the fortress believed to be the
I key to the French possessions in
America, under the Immediate com
mand Of Gen Wolfe. Montgomery gave
I the first decisive evidence Of those
high military qualities which were
i equally esteemed BY his foes and his
[ friends. From LOuisburg he marched
with his regiment under orders OF
I Gen Amherst, to relieve Abercrombi
who had been defeated at Ticonder-
oEa, remaining at this point until
1850, when the Canadian conquest was
completed
Following his pernous service
against the French-Spanish-W est
India islands and the establishment Of
peace in 1888, he returned to Europe;
then emigrated to America IN l772- He
purchased an estate at Rhinebeclz-on-
the-Huds0n and married daughter OF
Robert r. Livingston, for is years
grand master Of Masons Of New York.
Montgomery represented Dutchess
county in the provincial congress IN
1775. A sincere lover Of liberty, he
quit the enjoyment Of an easy fortune
and a happy domestic life to share the
dangers of war IN defence Of the coun-
try he had made his by adoption He
drew his sword on the side Of the colo
MES, and in the fall Of 1775 was ap-
pointed one Of the eight brigadier
generals 70 serve in the newly organ
ized army Of the united colonies
Becomes Master Of Situation.
Preparations had been made for the
invasion Of our frontiers by armed
savages, supported by disciplined
British troops. Montgomery was sent
not only TO storm the immediate posts.
but to attack Quebec BY series OF
well directed movements, he reduced
Fort Chambly, captured st. Johns, and
asquired possession OF Montreal
thereby becoming in a few months
master Of a great part Of Canada
Is Killed Before Quebec.
Joining Col Genedict Arnold on De-
cen Der 4 they proceeded TO the siege
Of Quebec Montgomery advanced
along the st. Lawrence at the head OF
the raw and poorly equipped New
York troops. and with his own hands
pulled up the pickets that hindered
his approach to the second barrier
which he was determined to force. The
only gun fired from the enemyis bat
tery killed him and his two aides-de-
camp, the three falling at the same
time, rolling upon the ice formed on
the river. The storming struck the
fleeing enemy with CONSERVATION, and
Montgomery's death saved Quebec
His body was buried by a few sol
diers at Quebec. where his remains,
after resting for AZ years, were, by a
resolution Of the state Of New York,
brought to New York City. and on
July 8, 1918, deposited with grateful
ceremonies beneath a monument OF
marble in front of St Paufs church
that had been erected by congress
The liberty loving Capt. Mcpherson,
Montgomery's bosom friend, who had
Just graduated from Princeton. and
the gallant Capt. Cheesman. who fell
with Montgomery, deserve tribute
here, as DO Capt. Hendricks, COM
mander Of one Of the Pennsylvania
rifle companies, and Benedict Arnold,
who was wounded in the knee and on
that day won a brigadier generalship-