Show It II I I II t n TAPS SOUNDED DURING YEAR Men Who Fought In Three Wars War Among Those Claimed by Death Since January 1 Death has claimed many famous soldiers during the last year Gen O. O 0 O. O Howard is one He was the last of the officers of the army to receive by namo name the thanks of con con- gress The gratitude of the American people and the thanks of their representatives in congress are due and hereby tendered to MaJ Mn Gen 0 O. 0 O. Howard and the officers and soldiers of the Army of the Potomac for for- forthe the skill and heroic valor which at Gettysburg Gettysburg Gettysburg Get Get- repulsed defeated and drove back broken and beyond the Rappahannock the veteran army of the rebellion Brig Gen Daniel H. H Rucker died In Washington Just at the time of the birth of the new year General Rucker sleeps deeps In Arlington At his death he was seven ninety-seven years old For sev sev- i I V i I Gen Daniel H. H Rucker three onty-three years he was a soldier In Inthe Inthe inthe the United States army He saw servIce servIce service Ice In the Seminole war In the MexIcan Mex Mex- lean Ican war in the Civil war and for years years he did duty on the plains against the Indians His body lies Hes with that of at Gen Henry C C. Corbin Carbin and Brig Gen John J. J Coppinger Cop Cop- pinger both bath of at whom heard the last call within the year MaJ Gen Alfred E. E Bates last June visited West Point during the comm commencement exercises Every year since his graduation and whenever whenever whenever when when- ever his duties permitted General Genera Bates went back to the academy He loved the old place and on an his last visit he made a request that when taps sounded for him he might be burled buried in the cadet cemetery which lies al almost almost al- al most mast under the shadow of the academIc Ic halls Within a few months of the time that his request was made taps sounded and General Bates Is at rest in the little cemetery on the Hudson plateau Brig Gen Hamilton S. S Hawkins who died within the year saw service In the Civil war as a subordinate In the Spanish war he distinguished distin himself General Hawkins entered entered en West Point Paint In 1852 but he failed to graduate The academy had such sucha a hold on In his affections however that he asked before his death that he might be burled buried at the place which his boyhood experiences had endeared to him General Hawkins was a southerner by birth and with many other southern officers who had received received received re re- re- re their military education and their lessons s In loyalty at West Point Paint he remained true to the union Of all the regular army officers of ol southern birth who either rose from the ranks or were appointed from civil life Ufe to commissions not one remained true to the flag at the tho outbreak of the Civil war Of the southern graduates graduates grad grad- at the military academy nearly third one-third remained true to their oaths of allegiance and to the spirit of love for a united country which the academy academy acad acad- emy had inculcated |