Evening star., 1935-09-14
HORTON FUNERAL
TUESDAY MORNING
Retired Brigadier General
to Rest in Arlington After
Rites by Bishop.

Funeral services for Brig Gen. Will
ant to the quartermaster general OF
the Army, who died yesterday at Fort
jay. Governors Island, N. Y, will be
held Tuesday at 10 am. at the Church
Of the Epiphany. Right Rev. James
E. Freeman. Bishop of Washington,
will officiate. Burial will be in Ar
lington National Cemetery with full
military honors.
Sixty-seven years old, Gen. Horton.
whose Army service began in the Span
ish-American War, and whose deco
rations included those o. eight coun-
tries besides his own, was stricken.
apparently with motor aphasia, at
Somerville. N. j., Tuesday. He was
found by State troopers sitting in his
automobile beside the road. He was
said to have been driving home to
Washington after visit to relatives
In New England.
Popular Figure in Capital
Gen. Horton was popular figure
In Washington for many years. He
was a native of the city, born June
%. 1853 His parents were Maj.
William E. and Josephine Julia Clarke
Horton, the one descended from
Thomas Horton, who came to Mass
achusetts from England in the cele-
brated Mary and John, and the
other from Joseph Clarke, a pioneer
settler of Rhode Island.
1t was while attending Washington
High School that the future general
began his military career. Like many
other distinguished military men. he
was the product of the drill ground
Of the High School Cadet Corps, serv-
ing as captain in his graduating year,
1885. From that date onward he di-
vided his time and energy between
the sciences of war and law. In the
latter field he won the degrees Ii. B.
and LII. M. at Georgetown University,
1892 and 1893.
Meanwhile he had entered the Dis
trict of Columbia National Guard
In which he held the rank of captain
for eight years and of aide de camp
to the commanding general for seven
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during the conflict with Spain, a
struggle In which he participated
under Gems. Hawkins. Kent and
Shafter and of which his memories
included the famous charge up San
Juan Hill, which madl Theodore
Roosevelt a President of the United
States. Two citations for gallantry
in action with the Silver Star of
the War Department were Gen. Hor-
tons reward for his work as first
lieutenant and adjutant in Cuba.
Helped Fight AguinaIdo.
His next campaigns were those OF
Cavite and against Aguinaldo in the
Philippines, in which he was assist
ant to the chief quartermaster, 1899
and 1900. He was recommended for
the Congressional Medal for gallantry
in a clash with insurgents at Ia
boatin Bridge. December of the
former year.
Back In the United States after the
suppression of the Malver rising, he
decided to continue in the quarter
master service-a choice which, in
1917, brought him the privilege OF
being chief quartermaster of the ad-
vance section of the American Expe-
dictionary Force in France and, later,
assistant to the chief quartermasrer
of the larger outfit of the period i'm
mediately before the armistice. He
was awarded the Distinguished Service
rrnec in
and subsequently was made an officer
of the Legion of Honor of France and
Of the Order of -el-Anouar,
companion of the Order OF st. Michael
and st. George of England. COM
mander of the Order of Leopold II
Of Belgium, commander of the Order
Of the Crown of Italy, officer of the
Order of Prince Danilo I Of Mon
tenegro, officer of La Soliladad of
Panama, commander of the Order Of
the Crown Of Rumania, commander of
the Order Of Polonia Restitute of
Poland and officer of the Order of the
White Eagle of Serbia.
Promoted to colonel in the Regular
Army in 1920, Gen. Horton received
his eliminating appointment as briga-
dier general in 1927. In the interim
he YVES quartermaster Of the New
England area for four years and as
sistant quartermaster general here for
three. On several occasions he was in
charge of operations involving per-
sonnel Of 80 1000 men, and construction
projects which he directed totaled an
expenditure of s5o,oooooO. In 1928
he had control of all matters per-
tanning to Arlington National Gene
terry. the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
and the renovation of the Gusts Man.
sion. He was retired at his own re-
quest, February /, 1929, and imme-
diately resumed the practice Of law,
maintaining Offices in the Munsey
Building.
But he also employed the leisure
Of release from active duty in pa