Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-15
GEN. J. P. SANGER
DIES IN 66TH YEAR
Veteran of Civil War viii Be
Buried in Arlington Gene
terry Wednesday.

Mel Gen Joseph Prentice Sanger,
L. s. A.. retired. OF ell2 Bahc'oIt
place, a veteran Of the Civil War ana
the Spanish A:ne,i.an NaE ara Z
number Of military eNnedlt 'u'1>. w"
twice was b:evetteG Tor me"1tofiots
service died early :u!& !4cfhiN~ 1T
Walter Reed Hospital tie was ~ NJ
h6th yt:-, ~
Gen. .araer leaves his Ni:". Mrs
Frances Kent Sanger: dauIhttt
Mrs. James Ma,lLel III" tari'>l, 81 Inc
local address: cla $50. j'renti'" Ing
or Of New ToH', CItE. "rp no. 5 Il"
Fllrore. end SEVEN araro"}nh"ei.
Funeral arrangements A1i ne !'een
completed today. b't he rite - ."
conducted Wednesday, hy itt'. ''' oe:t
Johnston Of s., Joins .|'i.: -
church. with huri93 IN ~ alton M4,h
fun military hono1S
Voluntarily Retired From Duty.
Gen. Sanger retired volu0t&rA% III
1908 after - Years o. CnnS:Ac >inES
military service which covered "Iae
range Of activities. !Le had detoIed
The last ~ wears OF his lie to pF4Nale
interests. He was taken TO " 9lteE
Reed Hospital some ;ine ag3, WneH
he became seriously i'll. Until recently
the Alibi Club Of which he was
proctor; The tnel- Chase ,lUb. me
Netronnli4a0 Club lie tpu"trt fIfio
and the Amy and Navy C}ui :tnd as
a member OF Il Greek letter fraternity
Of the University a Michigan g, Ann
Arbor and other societies.
Enters Army for Civil War.
Entering the Army at the outbreak
l,a ct
dent at Ann Arbor. he won his way to
high rank and many important com
missions His service brought recog-
milton By President Lincoln and by
President Harrison.
He was born in New York. the son
Of Henry kirkland Sanger ana caro-
line Prentice hut spent his early wears
in Detroit. Mich lie was completing
lis education at the niVersitT OF
MICHIGAN when the internecine stfIie
broke out. he was appointed a second
lieutenant in the 1st Michigan No'uil-
;eers Nav [. 1861. and was sent to
his mart of the country lie WAS with
the army of occupation at Alexandra
In Nav, 1861. and participated In the
battle Of Bull Run in July. 1861. lie
was appointed q second lieutenant. ISL
United States Artillery the following
month. and two months later was pro
NOTED to first lieutenant. During the
remainder OF the Civil War he was
stationed in Southern States ana was
made acting inspector general, depart
ment of the South, in 1868. ana re-
manned in that capacity until April
1864
Fills Many Positions.
Following the war he remained IN
the service and was made adJutan
Of the Artillery School at Fortress
Monroe, recorder OF the board or re-
Use Of artillery tactics. professor OF
military science at Bowdoin College
for several years at time, and from
1875 TO 1877 was member or tht
military commission which VISITED
japan, China. India, Persia, Turkey
France, Germany Austria. Russia
and England under Gen Upton and
Brig. Gen. Forsythe. He then became
aide. de camp to Gen. Schofleld aud
in 1889 was appointed major and IN
spector general of the Army He
rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel
and military secretary to Gen. Soho
field in 1895 and was made briSadiei
general al the outbreak of the Span
ish-American War. holding many
posts of Importance at intervals.
Quits Volunteer Service
He was honorably discharged from
the volunteer service in 1899 and was
made director Of the Cuban and Porto
Rican census. which position he held
until 1904. He then was chief OF STAFF
10 the division commander in the
Philippines until his retirement in
1904. He was brevetted captain in
1864 for gallantry and meritorious
service in action at Bermuda Hundred.
Va. and g major in 1866 for gallant
service in the Battle OF Deep Bottom,
Va.
He served with troops called 10
ouell riots a. the Pennsylvania coal
mines during strikes of 1877; was mill
tary secretary to President Harrison
during his tour TO California. and was
an orderly for President Lincoln for
a time. when the wartime chieftam
was at Fort Monroe