Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1923-05-17
COL. SIDNEY A. CLONAN
NOTED MILITARY MAN DIES

| The death of Colonel Sidney A,
Cloman occurred Saturday at his
home at Burlingame, Cal. While he
had been in falling health for some
time, his death was unexpected. il
is stated, and came as quite shock
to relatives and friends
Col. ClOman was native of Deav-
ertown, and was son Of Amos w
| Cloman. At the time Of his death
| he was in his 56th year. He was the
youngest of three children. John L.
Cloman, his brother, was killed in a
{! mine in Illinois. His sister was
Mrs. Hattie Fletcher. The mother
of Sidney Cloman died when he was
about six years old and his faith
er later married a sister of Adjutant
General Henry Axline They were
the parents of one daughter, Mabel
| Cloman who is now Mrs. Earle
Griener of GAINESVILLE.
Much of the early educational
training of Colonel Cloman was re-
ceived from the late H. II. Drake
and the late Patrick Henry who
taught in the Deavertown schools.
At the age of about Is years, s.
A. Cloman took the examination at
Marietta for admission to West
Point, and received his appointment
from Congressman a. ]. Warner. He
graduated from there in 1889. being
as his subsequent life and activities
proved, Morgan county's most illus
trious graduate from that institu-
ton. After his graduation he was
assigned to duty in California. and
was later transferred to Arizona for
nLoa
military instructor in the Stanford
University in California. He saw
service in the Indian war in South
Dakota, being on the staff of Gener-
al Nelson A. Miles. This war oc-
Cured in 1890. 1t was in this war
that the battle at Wounded Knee,
not far from the Pine Ridge agency,
occurred, several hundred Indians
having collected under Big Foot.
Capt. Cloman made brilliant
record in the Spanish-American war.
He was with the first troops landed
in the Philippines, being in the
army of Gen. Anderson that took
possession of Manila shortly after
Dewey's famous battle in the bay.
He remained in the Philippines over
three years. and was given a posi-
tion as governor of one of the small
er islands For a time he had
charge of the government transport
Warren which conveyed troops from
San Francisco to the Philippines.
After his return to this country
be was detailed as military at
tache with the Russian army in the
Russo-Japanese war, and spent the
last seven months of that war in
Manchuria. At the conclusion of
the war he was sent on a secret
mission to Panama when war with
Columbia, South America, seemed
imminent Later he was on duty at
the war college at Washington.
Shortly after his marriage which
occurred in December of 1905 at
Washington, D. c., to Mrs. Flora
Louise Clements, Colo9el Cloman
and his wife went to 1.Jndon where
he was stationed four years as mill
tary attache at the American embas-
sy. This was when Whitelaw Reid
was ambassador.
At the time of the world war
Colonel Cloman was first stationed
at Camp Taylor, KY, and later went
overseas. During the greater part
of his stay abroad he was in active
service, and his health became i'm
paired. He had since spent a year
or so in South America. 1t is stated
that he and his wife had planned a
trip to the orient where they expect
ed to spend year, and were to have
sailed soon.
The Worlds Work of recent
months contained some very inter-
esting articles written by the deceas-
ed, on his experiences in the Philip
pines.