Evening star., 1947-10-10
Rites al Walter Reed
For Gen. Winship 10
Be Held Tomorrow

row IN memorial chapel at waiter
Reed Hospital.
Gen. Winship died late yesterday
In the Chevy Chase Club, where he
had been living for some time.
Death was attributed to heart
trouble. He was pronounced dead
by DR.. William Earl Clark, who
was in the club when Gen. Winship
collapsed at $50 pm.
His body will lie in state at the
chapel until 4 pm. tomorrow and
then will be sent to Macon, Ca,
where funeral services are planned
at 4:30 pm. Monday. Burial will be
in Rose Hill Cemetery in Macon.
An autopsy Is being held today at
Walter Reed. The body was taken
there after the Chevy Chase Rescue
Squad administered oxygen unsuc-
cessfully for 20 minutes. Friends
said he had been suffering from
heart trouble for some time.
Filled Difficult Post.
Gen. Winslip became Governor of
Puerto Rico in 1884, few weeks
after retiring as judge advocate gen.
eral, and served for five and a half
years during a difficult period in
the island governments history.
Worldwide depression which
slashed Puerto Rico's income, labor
troubles and a small but active
minority hostile to the United States
further intensified his problems.
He was shot at in 1898 while re-
viewing parade from the reviewing
stand in Ponce during an tndepend-
ence demonstration. Gen. Winship
escaped harm, but National Guard
ofncer and two other Puerto Ricans
were killed and more than 80 per-
sons wounded
What poor shots they are" said
Gen. Winship, veteran Of the
Spanish American War, the Philip
pine Insurrection, the Funston Ex-
pedition to Vera Cruz in 1914 and
World War I.
Reorganized Police.
While Governor, he reorganized
the insular police force, brought
about establishment of a workmens
compensation law, helped to pro-
mote harmony between management
and labor and helped establish
Puerto Rico as tourist resort.
Under his supervision, five-week
shipping strike was settled, after it
had paralyzed inSular commerce and
perilously reduced food supplies. >,
He also was instrumental in effect
ing an agreement in prolonged wage
disputes on sugar mills and planta-
tions, which were endangering the
islands principal export industry.
Gen. Winship, who was the first
Governor to 60 on record for Puerto
Rican statehood, said before he re-
linquished his duties in 1899 that
he hoped to live long enough to see
the island enjoy complete member
ship in the United States" as the
49th State.
Born in Macon, Ga, on November
23, 1869, he received his bachelor of
arts degree from Mercer University
and his law degree from the Uni
versity of Georgia. He was appointed
Army Judge Advocate on March z,
1881, and held the assignment until
retiring from active service Novem-
ber 80, 1888.
He went to Liberia for eight
months during that period on
special mission for the State De-
partment.
Returned to Active Duty.
Gen. Winship returned to active
duty in March, 1912, for assignment
to the Army group. He then was
named co-ordinator of the Inter-
American Defense Board, which
had been created to correlate the
military activities in the various
Latin American republics. He again
retired in the spring of 1914 to
return to his farm near Macon.
Nearing his 18th birthday he was
believed to be one of the Oldest
active men on duty in the Army
during World War II.
He began accumulating his array
of decorations and citations shortly |
after he was commissioned a cap
tain in the 1st Georgia Infantry
Volunteers in the Spanish -Ameri-
can War, and continued when, as
a first lieutenant in the Regular
Army, he saw service in the Philip
pine nsurrection
In 1906 he went to Cuba and
served as Judge advocate, Army of
Cuban Pacif1cation, in Havana, with
the provisional government of Cuba |
as member of the advisory COM
mission for revision of that country's |
laws and as assistant to the adviser
to the Secretary of State and JUS
tice of the government of Cuba.
Fought at the Marne.
He sailed for France in December,
1917, and participated in the Aisne-
Marne, st. Mihiel and Champagne
Marne engagements. He received
the Distinguished Service Cross and
a citation for ignoring his own
safety to lead raiding party to
accomplish its mission under fire.
Gen WinShip also was awarded
the Distinguished Service Medal for
his service as judge advocate of the
And Division and of the First Army,
as commanding officer of the 10th
Infantry, 28th Division, and as Judge
advocate of the Service of Supply
and as chief of the Rent, Requisi-
tions and Claims Service. He also
held the Silver Star Citation for
valor in action near Villen sur Fere,
France, and was made an Officer Of
the French Legion of Honor.
Served as Coolidge's Aide.
Following service as judge advo-
'cate general of the Army of Occu-
patton, he was on various commit
tees of the Preparations Commission
for execution of peace treaties. He
also was legal adviser to the Cover
nor General Of the Philippines and
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