ALT BAST ORBQONIAN, PENWLETON, OiUDQON, MONDAY, JANUARY S3, 1911.
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GENERAL OWEN
SUMMERS PASSES
nKVKRKI) OREGON SOLDIER
PIES SUDDENLY SATURDAY
PAGE SIX
Pneumonia Claims Famous Veteran
of Civil and rhtllinJn Ware
ConunamUxI Second Oregon Won
High Praise.
Brig-adler-Oncral Owen Summers,
commander of the famous fighting
Second Oregon Volunteers In the
Philippine war, for many years Unit
ed States apraiser for the Port of
Portland, one of the youngest veter
ans of the civil war and one of the
early-day merchants of this city, died
at his home at Fifteenth and Halsey
streets, at 10:15 o'clock Saturday
right, after an Illness of pneumonia
lasting less than two days. He was
60 years of age.
General Summers was In his usual
grod health and attended regularly to
his duties at the customs house until
Friday afternoon, when he was
stricken with his fatal Illness. His
condition soon became serious and,
although recovery was despaired of,
the end was not expected until with
in a few minutes before he died. Dr.
Sanford Whiting, the attending phy
sician, announced yesterday evening
that it would have been Impossible
for General Summers to survive more
than 4S hours. j
Soldier When But 14.
Although a native of Canada, being
born at Brockville, Ont., June 13,
1950, General Summers' early life was
spent In the United States. As an in
fant he came to Chicago with his par
ents. At the age of 14 he went to La
Center, 111., to attend school and while
there he and three companions, of
whom he was the youngest, ran away
to enlist in the army. He first was
rejected because of his youth and his
deficiency in weight and height, but
securing the consent of an impro
vised "guardian" he was accepted. He
entered the service February 1. 1865,
at Dixon, I1L, and was mustered into
company H. Third Illinois cavalry.. He
took part In several important en
gagements in Mississippi, Alabama,
Tennessee, Kentucky and the Caro
lines. At the close of the war he was
sent on an Indian expedition against
the Sioux In Minnesota and Dakota
and was mastered out December 11,
1865, afer which he returned to Lee
county, Illinois, where he resumed
farming.
Island Record Notable.
But his most notable war record
was that gained during the campaign
In the Philippines. As lieutenant
colonel in the First Regiment Oregon
National Guard he gained distinction
In military affairs and when the Sec
ond Oregon volunteers were organ
ized at the opening of the war with
Spain he was made colonel.
Filipinos' Bullet Faced.
The regiment went into camp May
4. 159. and three days thereafter the
oreaniz.itkm of the field and staff
was made. On May 24 the jnen set
sail for the Philippines, this being the
first expedition to leave the United
States for war in a foreign country.
Eight days later they arrived at Hon
olulu. On June 20 they touched at
the Island of Guam and the next day
two companies disembarked and se
cured its surrender. On the Jast day
of the siime month the ship bearing
the troops anchored in Manila bay off
Cavite and one the two following
days the men landed.
During the first few weeks they
saw little service, but took part in
the siege around the walled city, re
ceiving the surrender of 15.000 Span
ish troops thcic August 13. For the
remainder of the year the regiment
was stationed in the barracks at Cuar
tel de Espana. Early in 1899 fight
ing around the city of Manila started,
the insurgents being driven from their
trenches by General Summers' men
February 5. Skirmishes and battles
took place almost dally, General Sum
mers leading his troops Into the thick
est of the fighting, himself facing the
enemies' bullets at times when expe
diency might have seemed the better
cart of valor. The fighting continued
through the spring of 199, the Ore
gon regiment taking part tn no less
than 55 engagements.
Gr-at I'ral.-c Won.
While General Hummers always has
attributed much of the glory that was
von by the Second Oregon to brav
ery of his men, the correspondence
that passed between General Lawton,
General Merrit, General Wheaton
and others in higher command, re
flees great credit upon him as a lead
er, as a commander and as a patriot.
The regiment sailed for home May
23, lii!3. and was mustered out the
following August 7.
Cm the eve of his departure from
the Philippines, General Merrltt wrote
General Summers a letter expreasing
In strong terms his appreciation of the
manner In which he and his troops
performed the very difficult and deli
cate duties of acting as provost mar
shal and provost guard following the
capitulation of Manila.
Oneral Lawton wrote in a similar
vein at the time the regiment was re
lieved from his command. It wag
following the remarkable successful
engagements of Mallabon, Maain,
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grade of brfgadior-general which rank
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Ixsidcr'B Command WUrlc.
The men who .composed the Sec
ond Oregon always spoke with rev
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As an Illustration of his loyalty
ta his men hi f&msus command at
the battle of Mallabon, March 25,
1899. Is oft repeated:
"(Jive "em hell, boys. I can't go
ahead of you but I can go with you,"
he ordered. Thia was passed down
the line and instilled the men with
added xeal and ardor. To this day
it is often heard at the meetings and
reunions.
Upon the return of the regiment to
Portland the citizens of Oregon pre
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his meritorious service at the head of
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