Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-09-23 | Page 5 | Army Officer's Funeral Held

ARMY OFFICERS OFFICER V FUNERAL HELD Funeral services were conducted d dat at t Camp Lewis Wash Sunday for Colonel Benj Benjamin m n L. L crr Carroll D D. O. O L. L United States Statu army widely known in Utah Colonel Carroll Carron was wu stricken with pneumonia Th Thursday while p participating In hi the paper paper war of the the command and staff taff maneuvers at Camp Lewis He dIed led in the post hospital Colonel Carroll was on duty with the he Utah national guard for tor four year years ears as as United States States' tor or leaving herO a a. year ago go for tor Portland nd on an R. R O. O T. T C. C assignment assignment assign assign- ment nent He w wits was s temporarily recalled from rom this duty to serve as an um um- um- um pare Ire at ne the northwest army corps war games gamu He was popular in army and nd national aU nal guard circles A native of New York where he was vas born December 22 1879 his first military service as a private inthe Inthe in the he famo famous famous' s' s Seventy first regiment of f infantry of the New York Span American Ish-American war volunteers Later he served with the Philippine e constabulary con con- and Philippine cou scouts in which he was was was' commissioned second lieutenant captain and major When his ils commission was wu vacated he enlisted enlIsted en- en lIsted isted in army coast artillery ar ar- illery tillery serving later with the tho infantry In- In antry lantry and becoming a major offield of ot ofield field artillery July 1 I 1920 He was wai wason wasn on n the general staff eligible list and was Wa a graduate of several service schools Colonel Car Carroll oU Is survived I by his widow two d daughters and a son Word of his hll death received d by friends here did not indicate where burial would take tak place