Evening star., 1937-06-09
GEN. FULLER DIES
|NNAvAL HOSPITAL
Former Commandant of Ma.
rine Corps Is Victim of
Pneumonia.

Full military honors will be ac-
corded Maj. Gen. Ben Hebard Fuller,
ST. former commandant of the Marine
Corps. when he is buried Friday at the
United States Naval Academy Gene
terry, Annapolis.
Gen. Fuller, who had been retired
about three years, died unexpectedly
last night at the Naval Hospital here,
where he had been i'll with pneumonia
about two days.
Funeral services will be held at 3
pm. Friday at the Naval Academy
Chapel The general had requested
to be buried there, where his son,
Capt. Ted Fuller, Marine Corps, who
was killed overseas during the World
War, also is inferred.
A veteran of more than As years
service, Gen. Fuller became Marine
commandant in August, 1880, and was
retired in March, 1884.
Lived in Virginia.
Since his retirement he had made
his home at Hamilton, Va, with his
wife. A daughter, Mrs. Chesney
VI A1uhC Dlull, LII dlSO
survives.
Born February 27. 1870, at Big
Rapids, Mich, Gen, Fuller was ap-
pointed to the Naval Academy from
Michigan May %. 1885, and on grad
uatien was transferred to the Marine
Corps and appointed a second lieu
tenant July l. 1891.
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Navaleta. P. l., October g. 1899, and
was commended by the department for
gallant. meritorious and courageous
conduct in the Battle of Tientsin,
China, July l3 and IA, 1900.
Long Service Record.
From 1904 to 1906 he served at the
naval station, Honolulu. Territory of
Hawaii In June and July 1908, he
was on detached duty with an eXpedi-
tionary force organized for service in
Panama. and from August of that
year until January. 1910 commanded
a Marine battalion at Camp Elliott,
Canal Zone. From March to June,
1911 he commanded the 3rd Regiment
OF Marines at Camp Meyer, Guam
tanamo Bay, Cuba.
From 1911 to 1915 he commanded
various posts and stations in the
United States. and during this period
also he completed the field officers
course at the Army Service Schools,
Fort LeavenWorth, KanS., and the
course at the Army War College,
Washington, D. c. Following a tour of
duty as fleet marine officer of the
United States Atlantic Fleet, from
was assigned to the Naval War Col
lege, Newport, R. l., where he sue
cesSfully completed the course.
In August, 1918, he was assigned
to command the I'd Brigade of Ma
rines in the Dominican Republic re-
manning there until October, 1920
He also served on the staff of the
military governor of Santo Domingo
as secretary of state, interior, police
war and navy, from December, 1919
until his detachment from Santo Do
mingo.
On Naval War College Staff.
From November, 1920, to July, 1922
he served on the staff of the Naval
War College, Newport, R. l., and
from July, 1922, to January, 1923,
commanded the Marine Corps Schools,
Quantico, Va. In January, 1924, he
assumed command of the lst Brigade
OF Marines in the Republic of Haiti
with headquarters at Port Prince
IN which capacity he served until
December 8, 1925.
Following his return to the United
States from Haiti, Gen. Fuller was as
signed to Marine Corps headquarters
as president of the Marine Examining
and Retiring Boards, serving in that
capacity until July, 1928, when he
was appointed assistant to the ajor
general commanding.
He received the Spanish campaign
medal, the Philippine campaign
medal, the China campaign medal
the Victory medal, the expeditionarv
medal and the second Nicaragua
campaign medal. He was awarded the
presidential medal of merit of Mica
fagua and the medal of military
merit Of the Dominican Republic,