Evening star., 1937-01-01
COL. MCCORMACK !,
DIES IN HOSPITAL
immigration Commissioned
Was internationally /
Known Figure.

Col. Daniel w. MacCormack, CONF
missioner of immigration and natural-
ization since 1888 and an internation-
ally known figure in military, diplo-
matte and financial circles, died early
today at Garfield Hospital. He UNDER
went an operation two weeks agotamd
died of peritonitis.
He will be buried Monday in Ar
lington with full military honors. The
hour of the funeral has not been
fixed.
Col. MacCormack was first a&point-
ed commissioner general of inlmigra-
ton in April, 1888. From that time
until August he reorganized ahe work
to combine immigration and natural
ization agencies into one service. He
was then appointed commits sioner of
immigration and naturalization.
Secretary Mourns Less.
Secretary of Labor Perkins, under
whose Office the immigration and ma
turalization work comes, said today
that Col. MacCormack hs.d succeeded
in "humanizing" the services and that
''his death is a desperate loss both
to the Government and to the
people,
One of his proposals was passage
Of bill to prevent breaking up of
families in deportation cases, and
strengthening the deportation laws to
deport more criminal aliens.
Col. MacCormacE was . native OF
Scotland, having been born at Wick
April 8, 1880. He came here with
his family at the age of 9 years and
was educated at Boston College. Robert
Gordon's College Aberdeen, Scotland.
and st. Laurents College, Montreal.
His first public service was Is Q
member of the 26th Volunteer Infantry
in the Philippine Insurrection. After
his return, he served In various I'M
portant posts as q member of .he
Panama Canal construction organiza-
ten from 1905 to 1917.
Served In France.
At the heginning of the World War
he was made captain. first serving
as assistant executive officer Of tho
Port of New York. Later he became
executive officer of the Shipping Con-
troll Commission and general inspector
in charge Of reorganization. He then
| served as general inspector Of Army
transport service in France, having
been promoted to lieutenant colonel.
In 1919, Col. Mace Cormack was sent
to Russia on q peace conference mis-
sion and the following year resigned
from the Army to serve as q member Of
the American Financial Mission to
| Persia. He was commissioner Of in
ternal revenue for that country until
| 1925, when he took charge Of famine
relief. During his Persian service,
which terminated in 1927, he was q
member of the Russo-Persian Tariff
Commission, and toured the capitals
Of Europe to increase Persian exports.
In 1927 he was q representative of
Persia both in the League Of Nations
and the League Assembly.
On his return to this country in
1929, Col. MacCormack organized and
administered the receivership of the
Irving Trust Co. of New York. He
later became president Of the Fidu.
ciary Trust Co. Of New York, which
position he resigned to accept the i'm
migration post.
Survived Only by Widow.
While claiming New York City as his
home, Col. MacCormack had lived at
2101 Connecticut avenue with his wife,
Mrs. Mary Seymour MacCormack, since
coming here. She Is his only survivor.
Twice honored by foreign countries,
he was a commander in the Order Of
the Crown Of Italy, and an officer in
the Order Of the Black Star. He
was a member of the advisory board
of the Yorkville Music School, the
American Academy of Political and
Social Science, the Central Asian So
c!ety, q former commander of the City
Club Post of the American Legion, and
member Of the New York Society Of
Military and Naval Engineers of the
World War. the Army and Navy and
Manor Clubs here, and the Interna-
| ttonal Club of Geneva.