Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 September 1912 — GEN. MAC ARTHUR DIES [ARTICLE]

GEN. MAC ARTHUR DIES

IS SUDDENLY STRICKEN WITH ACUTE INDIGESTION. Former Commander-In-Chief of Army Succumb* While Speaking at Reunion of Old Regiment. Milwaukee, Sept 6.—Gen. Arthur MacArthur, retired, former command-in-chief of the army, was suddenly stricken with acute Indigestion while speaking at the reunion of his old regiment, the Twenty-ninth Wisconsin, late last night He had been in ill health, the heat was intense, and he sank back in his chair, saying he couldn’t continue. He lapsed into unconsciousness and died in a few minutes. General MacArthur was born in Massachusetts and served through the Civil war. He was brevetted lieutenant colonel and colonel for gallantry in the battles of Perryville, Stone River, Missionary Ridge, Dandridge and Franklin, Tenn., and in the Atlanta campaign. Congress presented him with a medal for bravery at Missionary Ridge. He was the commander of a division in the Philippines and later commanded the department of the lakes.