Show General MacArthur Stricken a at Reunion I Of His Old Regiment Retired Commander Drops Dead Dead in in Midst of Address at Milwaukee 1 MIL MILWAUKEE 11 W Wis Sept 6 While 5 While recalling the dee deeds s of the Twenty- Twenty fourth Wisconsin volunteers In inthe tho the Atlanta campaign Lieutenant General General Gen Gen- eral elal Arthur MacArthur Arthur U U. S S. S A A. A ro- ro I tired dropped dead from an apoplectic 1 stroke at the tho last JaRt reunion of the Tent Twenty fourth fourth Wisconsin Volunteers ers known as tho Chamber of ot Commerce regiment In tho limo University building tonight Within thin a few minutes after the venerable venerable venerable ven ven- erable general fell to the time speakers speaker's platform In tho the midst of or his address Edwin B. B Par Parsons a a. captain and mem- mem br lIr of ot tho the regiment a n. paralytic paralytic para para- stroke on time the right side from the shock of or seeing hi his comrade fall tall and anel was carried from the place lace The The o old tel soldiers attending the re reunion ro- ro union union there thero were about failed lOO failed to grasp tho situation for tor some moments fin and when they rushed to tho the silo side of ot their fallen commander the they found him dead ad They tried to arouse him but tho the pallor of ot his hit face told them It was useless useless use use- less that the general had fought his last fight an and lost Jost One IJ by one the old soldiers turned aa away The They drew handkerchiefs from their lr pockets and und wiped their eyes then knelt L by the side Ido o of their stricken cn commander in ht reverent attitude Our Father which art In heaven hea began one ono of or the veterans and as the time words left his lips the others Joined in a somber gathering transformed Continued on on Pago Page G 6 Column 5 sJ i DIES ES AT REUNION OF HIS REGIMENT General MacArthur Stricken While Maki Making g Address to Old Comrades Co Continued fr tr t. t m Pago One Ona from one of ot merry making but a a. few minutes before S I At the conclusion of ot the prayer one of ot the took an American flag from the wall and spread the tho stars and stripes over oyer the dead commander SIlently Si Silently SI- SI the soldiers left lett the hall hail Stricken When hen Talking The general had started his address by telling his listeners It was exactly tilt fifty years ago when he and his comrades comrades com corn rades rados loft on their Journey to tho front At that time tho the general was an adjutant adjutant ad ad- and nd but seventeen years old His listeners were deeply Impressed by the generals general's statement that out of at 1150 members who had started away awa from their wives and sweethearts either had died in conflict from the tho diseases diseases diseases dis dis- eases contracted in the tho camps on the tho march or had passed away In southern southern south south- em ern prisons Mo lie said tho the history of at the famous Twenty fourth was too well known to need repetition and t that at a few of at the themora themore moro more Immediate details and Incidents which the men experienced during the campaign would be of at more Interest to his listeners After Atter an Introductory anecdote he had started to relate an Incident which had occurred near the end of ot the war It was during the campaign at Peach Tree creek he said a place about fIve o or six miles from Atlanta that one of ot the most remarkable ex expeditions et- et of ot the tho war was engineered by the tho Twenty fourth regiment with another body of at about the same size which I cannot now remember The men were sept sent on a anco with the Impression that the enem enemy ene ens- m my were several miles away They followed a wooded ridge for a a. tanco tance and were startled to find they were entirely surrounded b by the enem ene ene- m my myA A slow and cautious retreat followed followed followed fol fol- fol- fol lowed and after crawling most of or the wn way out the they escaped back baek to tl union lines with no one the wiser iser Your insurmountable courage courage P P Phere for tor few sect seel I here tho the g general paused a Comrades I am too weak t th v vgo go on on he added and sank back into his chair He was immediately atten attended attended at at- tended ten ed by b Dr William J. J Cronin and Captain E. E B. B Parson bu but t he died a afew afew few tew seconds later There was no way to save the gen- gen orals oral's life said Dr Cronin for tor a blood vessel had burst at the tho base e atthe of at the brain and death came almost In Instantly In- In MrM Mr Ur MacArthur Stricken Mrs l MacArthur was Informed by General Charles King a long life friend of at the general of ot the latter's atter's tragic end ond She fainted and at a late Into hour had not recovered consciousness Her condition Is said to be serious s. s I |