DIES SUDDENLY
COLONEL KENNON STRICKENED
WHILE IN NEW YORK.
Col. L. W. V. Kennon, commanding
officer of Camp Greene, died suddenly
at 1 o’clock Monday morning at tne
Cumberland hotel in New York city.
He had gone to the i«®tropolis on a
ten-day leave for the purpose of secur
ing an examination from a specialist.
Death is thought to have resulted from
hardening of the arteries and attend
ing heart trouble. ,
Funeral services were held on Wed
nesday afternoon at Arlington eem -
tery, Washington, D. C., in which na
tional burying ground the
were laid to rest. Captain William
M. Rutter, camp adjutant, and Captain
James H. Kidder of the ordnance
corps, attended the services, represent
ing the official family and the officers
of Camp Greene. ,
Colonel Kennon was sixty years old,
having celebrated his sixtieth birthday
but a week before his death. He had
been in the United States arrny tor
forty-two years. For some time us “S
suffered ill health, which conditions
kept him from foreign service, au ex
perience which his military knowledge
would have naturally brought him.
It was the first week in June when
Colonel Kennon came to take charge
of Camp Greene. He had been sta
tioned at Camp Gram, Ilk, Just pre
vious to his assignment and carried
the rank of brigadier-general in the
national army. He was made a colonel
upon his assignment to regular army
service. ,,
Good roads had always been a hobuy
of the colonel’s and his first action at
Camp Greene was for bettering the
road conditions. Along that line he
had wrought marked improvements
and had allied himself with the good
roads movement of Mecklenburg coun
ty. His interest in every activity or
Camp Greene was keenly understood
with all who worked with Colonel
Kennon.
Well Trained Man.
Colonel Kennon was born ut Provi
dence, R. I., on September 2, 1858. He
graduated from West Point in 1881 and
from the Army War College in 1910.
In 1889 he was promoted to first
lieutenant, and became a captain m
1897. He won his major’s insignia in
1898, and given command of a volun
teer battalion and in 1902 he became
a major in the regular army. In 190
ho was advanced to lieutenant co’onel,
and became a colonel in 1912.
Colonel Kennon was commissioned a
brigadier-general in the national army
August 5, 1917, but several months
later a medical examining board de
clared he was physically disqualified
for overseas service and he was mus
tered out of the national army, and re
assumed his rank of colonel in the
regiUar army.
Colonel Kennon saw service with the
United States armies in the Spanish-
American war and was in command
of the Cuban occupation armies. He
served as military representative of
this nation at the Rio de Janeiro cap-
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thecaduceus
the late camp GREENE COMMANDER
COLONEL L. W
DID NOT SER
FROM THE PRESS.
“Kennon, the Chevalier, he might
have been called, for he was a man ot
wonderful personality, handsome ot
face and figure, a countenance that
beamed amiability and a bearing . that
was at once military and nohl^ It wa^
but a few months ago that Clmrlott
clme into acquaintance with Colonel
Son and in that short time the
neople of the town had formed for him
a la^sting attachment.”—The Charlotte
^'‘‘Srlotte and Camp Greene lost a
fine friend in the passing of Colonel
Kennon. Since coming here h® “®de
a profound Impression upon the. cit
Lens who admired him not only as a
good soldier with an enviable record
. V. KENNON.
VE IN VAIN
as a military campaigner, but_ a= a
man of splendid character. —The
harlotte News.
OFFICIAL STATEMENT.
The following comment is the clos
ing paragraph of the camp announce
ment of Colonel Kennon’s death:
“Colonel Kennon’s career in the
army was a long and noteworthy one.
Especially noteworthy were his load-
building accomplishments m the Phil*
ippines. He was also an ®xte>isive
writer on military subjects.
shown a deep interest in the rebuilding
of Camp Greene. He carried a fil-hk
tied and attractive personality which
will make him missed by ah who we^-
brought in contact with
cial capacity.”
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