Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-11
MAI. v. ]. WILSON
SERVICES PLANNED
Legion Win Honor Former
Head of Washington Rail-
way Terminal Work.

Funeral services for Maj. william j.
Wilson, Pennsylvania Railroad official,
who died here at his home, 1929 Madi-
SON street, yesterday, will be conducted
at the Church Of the Nativity tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock. Interment viii
be In Arlington Cemetery.
Honorary pallbearerS, including sew
eral officials of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road and other friends of Maj. Wilson
in this city, Chicago and Philadelphia,
will be as follows:
G. s. Krick, r. K. Rochester, N. S.
Menaugh, Joseph Brown, r. B. Free
man, J. E. Burrell, Harry e. Cover,
George E. Hamilton, ST.; @. M. Harris,
L. G. Julihn, John Rose, James e. Con-
nelly, Mai. c. e. Edwards, Richard w.
Wheat. Matthew Horne, Michael
Schaefer, M. Haughey. c. L. Hamilton,
James Fitzgerald, Thomas Thompson,
James Keough and Charles Brashear.
The American Legion, Of which MAJ.
Wilson was a member, will supply active
pail bearers and a guard of honor. At
Arlington Cemetery full military honors
| will accompany the burial.
At the time of his death, Maj Will
son, who was "a years old, was super
visor of freight and passenger trans
1 portation for the Pennsylvania Rail-
road, with offices In Philadelphia. Due
to failing health he had spent the
greater part of his time in this city
since. June. His death was ascribed to
| heart disease.
Mai. Wilson was associated in France
with Gen. w. w. Atterbury, president
of the Pennsylvania Railroad, who was
| in charge of transportation Tor the
American Expeditionary Forces.
Immediately following the war, Mai
Wilson was head of the Railway Com
mission in CzechoSlovakia, formed to
aid in building up. the railroads IN
| that country after the war.
Upon returning to this country, Maj
Wilson assumed his duties as super
visor of freight and passenger trans
portation for the Pennsylvania Rail-
road.
Mai. Wilson was detailed here in
| 1907 as instructor at. the Washington
Terminal and was appointed acting
| yardmaster here later that year. In
1908 he was named to the position OF
| trainmaster and on october l, 1915,
was made superintendent of the WASH
| ington Terminal.
| He entered the service of the Penn
sylvania at II and served as clerk, tele-
| graph operator, train director and CHIEF
| train director. In 1893 he established
| the North Station, in Boston, Mass,
/ for the Boston 81 Maine Railway.
| While on duty at the Washington
terminal prior to the World War, Maj.
| Wilson was active in the Washington
Board Of Trade and the Chamber OF
| Commerce.
At the time of his death, in addition
to belonging to the American Legion.
| he was a member of the Knights of Co
| lumbus and the Association Of Military
Engineers. He was q native Of Lehigh
County, Pa.
| Maj Wilson is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Ida M. Wilson, two sons, Henry
Wilson of Philadelphia and James VIII
son of this city, and three daughters,
Sister OSSana of the Dominican order,
at River Forest, Ill; Mrs. w. K. Pear
son of Philadelphia and Mrs. Knowles
Blanchard of this city. He also leaves
a sister, Miss Margaret Wilson, and a
brother, Harry Wilson Of Philadelphia.