Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-19
BERLIN RITES
SET THURSDAY
Body Leaves Tonight;
General Order Is
sued at Post

The body of Captain Paul c. Ber-
In So years old, Twelfth Calvary
officer. who was fatally injured in
a polo accident at Fort Brown. sun
Gay, Dec. IL, will leave San Antonio
Tor the family home in Marietta.
Ohio, Monday night, Mrs. Berlin
said Sunday.
The widow Of the officer came TO
the local post Sunday morning to
take charge Of his effects, and left
here Sunday night to return to
San Antonio where Capt. Berlin
died Saturday in the Fort sam
Houston hospital.
a military guard of honor will
accompany the body on the journey,
IL was said. Burial will be in the
family plot in the Ohio city, prob
ably Thursday. ii was said, although
no definite arrangements had been
made pending word from relatives
Of the dead man.
Besides his widow and daughter,
Sally Lou, Capt. Berlin is survived
By his parents and two brothers and
two sisters.
A general order, expressing the
sympathy Of the post to Capt. Ber-
Inns family, and lauding his SER
vice record was issued Saturday by
Capt. Wharton g. Ingram. post ad-
Jutant. at the command OF Col. w. J..
Johnston, post commander.
The order read as follows:
Headquarters, Twelfth Cavalry
Fort Brown, Texas
General Order No. q
The death of Captain Paul c. Ber-
lin, Twelfth Cavalry, which occurred
&c 4La EAaAenA Lnuwss-1 En-% Gam
Houston, Texas, this date, is an
nounced with deep regret.
Captain Berlin, while partieipat-
ing in a practice polo game Sunday,
December ii, 1927. accidentally coll
lided with another player and was
thrown from his horse and stunned.
The mount. which was knocked down
by the force Of the impact, rolled
over the PROSTATE officer, causing
serious injuries. Captain Berlin
was removed % the Post hospital in
an unconscious condition, from
which be recovered for a few min
utes only. He was taken TO the
station hospital, Fort Sam Houston,
Texas, the same evening, but never
r~egained consciousness.
Captain Berlin was born in Penn
sylvania. May 10, 1889, and served,
during the war with Germany, as a
captain, infantry section, Officers
Reserve Corps, from May II, 1917
(active duty August 10, 1910, TO
November 3. 1920. He was appoint
ed a first lieutenant of cavalry in
the regular service July /, 1920
accepted November 2, 1920, and
Immediately promoted to captain.
Captain Berlin rendered valuable
service to the government in 1917,
while serving as an instructor dur
ing the First and Second Officers
Training camps held at Fort Benja-
min Harrison, Indiana. The follow
ing year he served in the 9Th Cav
airy In the Brownsville district, the
Sl4th Cavalry at Fort Bliss, Texas,
and subsequently, during the sam
completed a special course at
the school Of fire, Fort Sill, Okla
homa, and upon graduation was as
signed TO the 63rd Field Artillery al
Camp jackson, South Carolina. In
1919 and 1920 Captain Berlin was
Professor Of Military Science and
Tactics at Howe Military school.
Indiana, and, upon completion Of
this detail, was assigned to the 4th
Cavalry at Fort Brown, Texas, on
change Of station in October, 1921.
After graduating from the Cavalry
school at Fort Riley, Kansas, IN