The sun., 1919-05-30
COL. ROBERT BACON,
EX-ENVOY, DEAD
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keeping us out OF war''-opened the
first Piattsburg training camp for on
GERS y year after Germany had spilled
into Belgium. He found upon detrain-
ing at Plattsburg on the FIRST rainy
morning the camp opened Robert Bacon.
ex-Secretary Of state and ex-Ambassa-
dor to France, waiting htimbly In the
long line OF citizens who had answered
tho Generals cali TO come and be
trained"
All Como to no Trained.
In the dripping rain they stood, long
lines of lawyers, carpenters. writer's.
Manhattan policemen who had obtained
leave OF absence, young society"
men. noted athletes. college students.
shipping clerks-al that typifies Amer
lea. Army officers were taking tho
names Of the applicants and passing
them on to non-commissioned men Of
the regulars, who issued to each q rife,
tin cup, blankets, tin cutlery and the
other paraphernalia of the lighting man.
Bacon, Robert" sang out the re-
cording officer. while clerks wrote down
the name and other details before the
cx-Ambassador Extraordinary and Min
lister Plenipotentiary to France was
passed on through the rain to receive
his tin cup from n private Of tho line
Bacon, Robert, JF.," sang out the
same voice a moment later as q tall
athletic young man Just behind the ex-
Amba ssador gave his name so that he
too might get tin cup, rife and blan-
ket.
SO It was that in the first company
formed in the first Piattsburg trainins
camp just as the first anniversary OF
the opening Of the world war had come
along. Robert Bacon and his son were
being drilled side by side from sunrise
to sunset during the hot August days
Of 1915. His promptness in answering
the CALI of Gen. Wood then was typi-
cal of the Americanism which Col. Bacon
evidently had imbibed in his formative
days to- degree which might be COM
pared with that of his classmate at
Harvard. ex-President Roosevelt.
And when the folks who had been
| boasting that they could keep us out
| of war; finally were kicked into resent
| Ing repeated slaps In the face exam
passador Bacon was ready. They
wouldn't let him go into the trenches
| although ne wanted to, because, so
they" said, he was too ~old." Never
theless he got to France and did ad-
mirable work In q semi-military capac-
ity, and so did his sons And therefore
when service flags first began to appear
in windows OF America Mrs. Bacon hung
one in the Bacon home at Park ave-
| nue.. from which four service stars
shone. one for Col. Bacon and three for
the sons Of Col. and Mrs. Bacon, all OF
whom early donned the olive drab and
did their Dit" beautifully.
Whole Family I'm War.
Rules or no rules, Mrs. Bacon might
In conscience have put out a flag con-
| tanning six stars, for constantly from
the beginning Of the war until the ar
| mistice was signed, and for months
after, Mrs. Bacon and her daughter,
| Mrs. George Whitney. labored through
out most Of the day and often far into
the night 10 help in their humble way
\ to win the big fight.
The illness OF Col. Bacon after the
signing OF the armistice in 1918 and the
| illness that caused his death were
not. as might be supposed, due to the
breaking down Of q man of sedentary
| habits. For despite Col. Bacon's large
financial interests he always found time
| for much athletic life in the open Even
when he was approaching his three
score allotment OF years he was still
an ardent sportsman who had not, for
instance. forgotten the trick OF playing
well even so strenuous a game as polo
Finance, politics, the soldier life, attn.
letics. all these widely separated phases
| of life, held his close and active atten.
ton. Besides the greater honors that
came to him-an Ambassadorship and
the foremost position In a President
| Cabinet-he was a member OF a big
banking house when stu only % years
| old, and eleven years later, or when he
was only 81, he was a partner OF the
late ]. Pierpont Morgan. And when he
was most active In business he was a
power, while still n young man, in 50
many banks. metal companies rail-.
roads, publishing corporations, lighting
and other public utilities that II is out
OF the question of listing all or even a
| fair part Of the companies here
Col. Bacon was born at Boston on
July s. 1860 his parents being William
and Emily c. (Low) Bacon. Following
preparatory school work he entered Har-
ward. where. with Theodore Roosevelt
he was graduated with the degree OF
! A. p. In 1850. A few months later he
| entered the banking house OF Lee, Hig-
ginson Co. of Boston, where he re-
| mained until he was made, in 1889. n
member OF the Arm of II. Rollins Morse
& Bro. He retained his partnership in
the Morse company for eleven years and
/
1t was in 1894 the announcement was
made in Wall Street that young Mr. Bacor
| had been made a partner In the firm OF
| J. p. Morgan & Co. For almost a decade
! thereafter Mr.. Bacon was a power in
"the Street." and not only was a force
| In many OF the great financial transac-
lions OF those days but added immensely
to his wealth, and incidentally accumu-
lated without effort much personal popu.
| larity.
Leaves Morgan Forces.
Toward the end OF 1902 there were
upconfirmed rumors In Wall Street that
| Mr. Bacon was to leave the Morgan
forces, on January l. 1903 II was for
mally announced that he had severed
| connections with the house OF Morgan
! the reason being given then that III
health necessitated n complete rest The
| street" insisted when gossping that
there had been friction between the late
Mr. Morgan and Mr.. Bacon following
Mr. Bacons handling OF affairs during
| the Northern Pacific activities at time
while Mr.. Morgan was In Europe, but or
| the day Mr.. Bacon left the Arm Mr.. Nor
| gan expressed in interviews deep regret
that his young partner was leaving hin
! and reiterated that the matter OF health
alone was the cause OF Mr.. Bacon's res
Equation.
A list OF wealthy corporations pub,
l!shed In 1905. numbering about score