The New York herald., 1921-12-01
SERVICES SUNDAY
FOR WHITTLESEY
Continued from First Page.

Infantry. to which regiment the Lost
Battalion" belonged.
The organizations most closely asso-
| ciated with Col. Whittlesey In his life
time all will be represented. These in
| clude the Seventy Division As
| sociation, the American Red Cross. the
| Military Training Camps Association,
| the Williams Club and the Harvard
| Club. The programme for the memorial
was arranged last night at a meeting at
the Williams Club, attended by John b.
Pruyn, his close friend and business as
sociate, and Capt. George G. McMurtry
among others.
Resolutions adopted by the directors
OF the New York County Chapter Of the
American Red Cross, whose annual men,
bership enrolment was recently accom-
plished under Col. Whittlesey's leader
ship, say:
Whereas the American Red Cross has
always received from Lieut.-Col. Whit
tlesey the utmost sympathetic considera-
iton whenever his counsel has been
sought. and
Whereas the great help which Lieut.
Col. Whittlesey rendered to the Ameri-
can Red Cross has been in a spirit so
characteristic of him, so unsparing of
self in the midst of pressing affairs and
so beyond the call of duty
BE II resolved by the board OF d.
rectors Of the New York County Chapter
of the American Red Cross that 1t
records its consciousness of the great
loss which has been sustained and its
sense OF obligation for the renewed IN
spiration to service which his sublime
example will be-"
Copies OF the resolution have been sent
to Col. Whittlescy's family, to the
American Legion and to the law firm
cf White & Case.
The day on which Col. Whittlesey
bought his ticket for Cuba was estab
iished yesterday by means of a stub in
his check book, found in the offices of
the law firm. It was November q. five
days before he sailed. This added an
other item 20 accumulated evidence of
premeditation. r. F. Little Of White
& Case said that so far as ne could
learn not a friend of Col. Whittlesey's
had been found who knew or suspected
that he was going away.
His will and insurance policies may be
in a. safe In the office OF White & Case.
IL was discovered yesterday that he had
left a bundle OF papers there. They
were not examined. as J. b, Pruyn. ex-
ecutor of the will. was out OF town. Mr..
Little said he believed that Col. Whittle-
sey's estate was not large. He had
served the usual lawyers apprenticeship
at small pay and had too recently ac-
auired O lucrative practice to have saved
great deal.
But no matter what his earnings
were" Mr.. Little added. "he made 1t a
rule TO live on that sum and TO save
something out of II. or one thing yot
may be sure: He didn't owe anybody
He paid as he went, and had horror
OF debt. I don't know how much life IN
surance he carried. II may have beer
$4,000 or $4,000, but that's just
guess"
According to Private Theodore 81
Pierre. who is assigned to telephone
duty at Fort Tilden. Rockaway Point
deep voiced man who said he was Co
Charles whittlesey." called the fort a
o'clock on Saturday night and aske'
if n firing squad could be obtained fo
service at the funeral of q war veteran
who had died In the Bushwick sectiol
Of Brooklyn. ST. Pierre referred the IN