Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 March 1915 — Old Glory Half-Masted For Maj. Gen. Chas. Haywood. [ARTICLE]

Old Glory Half-Masted For Maj. Gen. Chas. Haywood.

Major-General Charles Haywood, of the United States Marine Corps, retired, died at the National Hospital in Washington, D. 0., aged 75 years. His funeral occurred Sunday and John O’Connor had “Old Glory” ait half mast all day. General Haywood was a native of Maine and as a marine he fired the last shot before? the Cumberland went down on March 8, 1862. The shot was fired as the water was 'pouring through the portholes. He jumped overboaird and swam to a boat.