Age 65 years.
Spanish American War Veteran.
He was the son of Thomas R. Walsh and Catherine Galvin Walsh.
On September 29, 1892 as Harry J. Walsh, he married Annie C. Burke at Washington, District of Columbia.
They were the parents of five children.
The Evening Star
Thursday, September 17, 1931
Veteran of Three Wars Dies Here
Capt. H.A. Walsh Served Against Spanish, Boxers and Filipinos
Captain Harry A. Walsh, a veteran of the Spanish American War, the Filipino Insurrection and the Boxer Rebellion and a prominent Catholic layman, died last night at the home of his son, Thomas G. Walsh, 4312 Thirteenth Street Northeast, after an illness of more than three years. He was 65 years old. Captain Walsh was born here in 1866 and at the age of 24 he became Captain of the Emmett Guard, Washington military organization, which was the first unit to respond on the organization of the District National Guard. The Emmett Guard, then known as Company A, 4th Battalion, District of Columbia National Guard, enlisted to a man, at the outbreak of the Spanish War and as Company A, 1st District of Columbia Volunteers, participated in the battle of San Juan Hill. Previous to this he was Professor of Military Science at Gonzaga University here.
Serves in Orient
Following the Spanish War, Captain Walsh, as commanding officer of Company A, 47th United States Volunteers, served in the Filipino Insurrection and the Boxer uprising. He helped reorganize the District National Guard on his return from the Orient, completing more than 25 years in the militia. At the time of the Mexican border trouble and again during the World War, he was commissioned in the Army, serving during the late war at Camp Hill, Newport News, Virginia and later as an Inspector of Ordnance in New England. Captain Walsh was a Grand Marshal of a parade of 100,000 on Pennsylvania Avenue at the time of the rally of the Holy Name Society here in 1924. Shortly after this he was created a Knight of Saint Sylvester by Pope Pius XI.
Member of Seven Societies
He was a member of the Knights of Columbus, the Holy Name Society, the Columbia Historical Society, the Spanish War Veterans, Modern Woodmen of America, American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. He is survived by four sons, Thomas Gillespie, Harry S., M. Gerald and Burke Walsh; two brothers, Michael and Stephen Walsh; a sister, Mary Walsh and four grandchildren.
Spanish American War Veteran.
He was the son of Thomas R. Walsh and Catherine Galvin Walsh.
On September 29, 1892 as Harry J. Walsh, he married Annie C. Burke at Washington, District of Columbia.
They were the parents of five children.
The Evening Star
Thursday, September 17, 1931
Veteran of Three Wars Dies Here
Capt. H.A. Walsh Served Against Spanish, Boxers and Filipinos
Captain Harry A. Walsh, a veteran of the Spanish American War, the Filipino Insurrection and the Boxer Rebellion and a prominent Catholic layman, died last night at the home of his son, Thomas G. Walsh, 4312 Thirteenth Street Northeast, after an illness of more than three years. He was 65 years old. Captain Walsh was born here in 1866 and at the age of 24 he became Captain of the Emmett Guard, Washington military organization, which was the first unit to respond on the organization of the District National Guard. The Emmett Guard, then known as Company A, 4th Battalion, District of Columbia National Guard, enlisted to a man, at the outbreak of the Spanish War and as Company A, 1st District of Columbia Volunteers, participated in the battle of San Juan Hill. Previous to this he was Professor of Military Science at Gonzaga University here.
Serves in Orient
Following the Spanish War, Captain Walsh, as commanding officer of Company A, 47th United States Volunteers, served in the Filipino Insurrection and the Boxer uprising. He helped reorganize the District National Guard on his return from the Orient, completing more than 25 years in the militia. At the time of the Mexican border trouble and again during the World War, he was commissioned in the Army, serving during the late war at Camp Hill, Newport News, Virginia and later as an Inspector of Ordnance in New England. Captain Walsh was a Grand Marshal of a parade of 100,000 on Pennsylvania Avenue at the time of the rally of the Holy Name Society here in 1924. Shortly after this he was created a Knight of Saint Sylvester by Pope Pius XI.
Member of Seven Societies
He was a member of the Knights of Columbus, the Holy Name Society, the Columbia Historical Society, the Spanish War Veterans, Modern Woodmen of America, American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. He is survived by four sons, Thomas Gillespie, Harry S., M. Gerald and Burke Walsh; two brothers, Michael and Stephen Walsh; a sister, Mary Walsh and four grandchildren.
Age 65 years.
Spanish American War Veteran.
He was the son of Thomas R. Walsh and Catherine Galvin Walsh.
On September 29, 1892 as Harry J. Walsh, he married Annie C. Burke at Washington, District of Columbia.
They were the parents of five children.
The Evening Star
Thursday, September 17, 1931
Veteran of Three Wars Dies Here
Capt. H.A. Walsh Served Against Spanish, Boxers and Filipinos
Captain Harry A. Walsh, a veteran of the Spanish American War, the Filipino Insurrection and the Boxer Rebellion and a prominent Catholic layman, died last night at the home of his son, Thomas G. Walsh, 4312 Thirteenth Street Northeast, after an illness of more than three years. He was 65 years old. Captain Walsh was born here in 1866 and at the age of 24 he became Captain of the Emmett Guard, Washington military organization, which was the first unit to respond on the organization of the District National Guard. The Emmett Guard, then known as Company A, 4th Battalion, District of Columbia National Guard, enlisted to a man, at the outbreak of the Spanish War and as Company A, 1st District of Columbia Volunteers, participated in the battle of San Juan Hill. Previous to this he was Professor of Military Science at Gonzaga University here.
Serves in Orient
Following the Spanish War, Captain Walsh, as commanding officer of Company A, 47th United States Volunteers, served in the Filipino Insurrection and the Boxer uprising. He helped reorganize the District National Guard on his return from the Orient, completing more than 25 years in the militia. At the time of the Mexican border trouble and again during the World War, he was commissioned in the Army, serving during the late war at Camp Hill, Newport News, Virginia and later as an Inspector of Ordnance in New England. Captain Walsh was a Grand Marshal of a parade of 100,000 on Pennsylvania Avenue at the time of the rally of the Holy Name Society here in 1924. Shortly after this he was created a Knight of Saint Sylvester by Pope Pius XI.
Member of Seven Societies
He was a member of the Knights of Columbus, the Holy Name Society, the Columbia Historical Society, the Spanish War Veterans, Modern Woodmen of America, American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. He is survived by four sons, Thomas Gillespie, Harry S., M. Gerald and Burke Walsh; two brothers, Michael and Stephen Walsh; a sister, Mary Walsh and four grandchildren.
Spanish American War Veteran.
He was the son of Thomas R. Walsh and Catherine Galvin Walsh.
On September 29, 1892 as Harry J. Walsh, he married Annie C. Burke at Washington, District of Columbia.
They were the parents of five children.
The Evening Star
Thursday, September 17, 1931
Veteran of Three Wars Dies Here
Capt. H.A. Walsh Served Against Spanish, Boxers and Filipinos
Captain Harry A. Walsh, a veteran of the Spanish American War, the Filipino Insurrection and the Boxer Rebellion and a prominent Catholic layman, died last night at the home of his son, Thomas G. Walsh, 4312 Thirteenth Street Northeast, after an illness of more than three years. He was 65 years old. Captain Walsh was born here in 1866 and at the age of 24 he became Captain of the Emmett Guard, Washington military organization, which was the first unit to respond on the organization of the District National Guard. The Emmett Guard, then known as Company A, 4th Battalion, District of Columbia National Guard, enlisted to a man, at the outbreak of the Spanish War and as Company A, 1st District of Columbia Volunteers, participated in the battle of San Juan Hill. Previous to this he was Professor of Military Science at Gonzaga University here.
Serves in Orient
Following the Spanish War, Captain Walsh, as commanding officer of Company A, 47th United States Volunteers, served in the Filipino Insurrection and the Boxer uprising. He helped reorganize the District National Guard on his return from the Orient, completing more than 25 years in the militia. At the time of the Mexican border trouble and again during the World War, he was commissioned in the Army, serving during the late war at Camp Hill, Newport News, Virginia and later as an Inspector of Ordnance in New England. Captain Walsh was a Grand Marshal of a parade of 100,000 on Pennsylvania Avenue at the time of the rally of the Holy Name Society here in 1924. Shortly after this he was created a Knight of Saint Sylvester by Pope Pius XI.
Member of Seven Societies
He was a member of the Knights of Columbus, the Holy Name Society, the Columbia Historical Society, the Spanish War Veterans, Modern Woodmen of America, American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. He is survived by four sons, Thomas Gillespie, Harry S., M. Gerald and Burke Walsh; two brothers, Michael and Stephen Walsh; a sister, Mary Walsh and four grandchildren.
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