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Description: General Boynton Section 1, Page 5
Date: June 4 1905Newspaper published in: Washington, D. C., USA
Washington Times June 4, 1905 General Boynton Section 1, Page 5
Friends and Co-Workers Praise General Boynton
“Conscientious, fearless, kind, and considerate,” was the tribute paid by Maj. J. M. CARSON to General BOYNTON in talking with a Times reporter yesterday afternoon. Major CARSON, who lately withdrew as dean of the staff of correspondents in Washington to accept the position of head of the Bureau of Manufactures in the Department of Commerce and Labor, was one of General BOYNTON’s most intimate friends.
“General BOYNTON was the pioneer of the present press gallery organization at the Capitol,” Major CARSON continued. “He was the oldest man in the service then - it was during Speaker RANDALL’s regime - and he registered a protest against the policy of crowding the press gallery with strangers. Correspondents could not get seats. To remedy this, the press gallery committee was organized, and General BOYNTON and I were the first members. L. Q. WASHINGTON and William C. McBRIDE were others of the early organization.
“The general was eminently capable, and those who knew him loved him for his other qualities. He was particularly kind and helpful to young men just starting in life. He was a friend to be proud of and a citizen to honor.”
Intimate Friends Away.
Brig. Gen. Frank SMITH, U. S. A., retired, was one of the intimate acquaintances of General BOYNTON, having been associated with him as a member of the National Military Park Commission.
Gen. Charles H. GROSVENOR, member of Congress from Athens, Ohio, district was another of General BOYNTON’s prominent friends, but he also was out of reach yesterday.
P. V. De GRAW, Fourth Assistant Postmaster General, was deeply affected by the news of General BOYNTON’s death. “General BOYNTON was highly honored among newspaper correspondents in Washington,” he said to a Times reporter. “He was a wonderfully talented man and thoroughly honest. Robert WYNNE was one of many newspaper men who ‘went to school,’ so to speak, under General BOYNTON.
“I accompanied him to Atlantic City over the Pennsylvania Railroad last Saturday. Dr. KINGSMAN, and Jerome J. WILBUR, of the Associated Press, were in the party.”
Engineer Commissioner BIDDLE said last evening: I felt a great admiration for General BOYNTON. We were warm personal friends. I first knew him during the Spanish war at the Chickamauga camps, and later we improved our acquaintance here in Washington. He was a very able man.”
Commissioner Henry L. WEST was out of the city when news of General BOYNTON’s death was received. Louis C. WILSON, his private secretary, said last night:
“Commissioner WEST left for Wilmington, Del., this morning, expecting to return tonight or tomorrow morning. Upon learning of General BOYNTON’s death a telegram informing him of the news was sent to Mr. WEST. I am sure that if he were here the Commissioner would speak in the highest terms of regard for General BOYNTON, both for his kindly manner and his interesting career. The Commissioner will sincerely regret to learn of General BOYNTON’s death.”
Commissioner Henry B. F. MACFARLAND is at lake Mohonk, N. Y.
Shocked at the News.
Members of the Board of Education were shocked to hear of General BOYNTON’s death, owing to the encouraging news which had come from time to time from Atlantic City.
J. Holdsworth GORDON, president of the board, said:
“While I had known General BOYNTON for many years by reputation as a gallant officer of the civil war on the Federal side, and as a journalist and gentleman of the highest standing, I did not know him personally until his connection with the Board of Education. In this relation we became closely associated, and I learned to admire him for his sterling character and lovable manners, for while General BOYNTON was ‘a good fighter’ he was ever gentle and considerate in his ways, and we of the board, who were his associates, learned to admire him for his unfailing courtliness and consideration for each of us, even though we might differ in views.
“As a friend, I deeply regret his removal from our midst, and his death is a great loss to the schools of this District. General BOYNTON took the deepest interest in everything pertaining to our educational affairs. He was ready to, and did, work early and late for their welfare. His acquaintance with the members of Congress was so extensive and his reputation among them was so well known for honesty of purpose, integrity and disinterestedness, that his opinions were potential and his advice of the greatest weight in securing needed legislation for our educational necessities.
“His death is a personal loss to each member of the board, as our relations as a body have been of so close and friendly a character that the ties of friendship have become strong and lasting between us.”
Was Highly Esteemed.
E. Southard PARKER said:
“I am very much surprised to hear of the death of General BOYNTON. You may say that the school board esteemed him very highly. He was much interested in the schools, and at any hour was willing to give his time to their needs. While president of the school board he was in very close touch with all of its business, and his fund of general information made him a particularly valuable member. The board as a whole regarded him most affectionately.”
“I have been associated with Glen H. V. BOYNTON for about three years,” said Dr. Richard KINGSMAN, “both as a member of the school board and as his family physician. I am, indeed, greatly pained to hear of his sudden demise.
“I was with him on Saturday, when we took him to Atlantic City, where it was thought the air would work a marked improvement in his health. When I left for home last Sunday he seemed brighter and better than he had been for some time. Every day since then I have had encouraging bulletins from his sister, Miss Mary BOYNTON.
“General BOYNTON had been in poor health for about a year, but until March serious consequences were not anticipated. Early in that month, however, he suffered an attack of acute indigestion and declined steadily afterward.
“In the death of General BOYNTON the city has lost a valued man. I never saw a man who had so many warm friends as he.”
Cheerful to the Last.
“No, I had not heard of the death of General BOYNTON,” said Prof. A. T. STUART, Superintendent of Schools, “and it is a great shock to me. Only last Saturday I was at the railroad station to see him off to Atlantic City, and he seemed very cheerful. His death is a great loss to the Board of Education, and an equally heavy blow to the community.”
J. F. BUNDY said:
“I am extremely sorry to hear of the death of General BOYNTON, though for some time I have feared he would not recover. As a member of the school board I can say his loss will be felt very keenly.”
Newspaper Men to Meet.
Major CARSON, chairman of the press committee of Congress, has called a meeting of all newspaper friends of the late Gen. H. V. BOYNTON to take suitable action of the latter’s death.
The meeting will be held at 12:30 o’clock, noon, Monday in the offices of the Associated Press. It is expected that a large number of those who have been identified with newspaper work in this city for many years will be present.