The Dallas Morning News July 4, 1898
Lieut. Ord Known At San Antonio
Spent the Greater Portion of His Life in Southwest Texas
San Antonio, Texas, July 3. Lieut. Jules G. Ord of the Sixth Regiment whose name is in the list of those killed before Santiago on July 2 was well known here. Garesche Ord, as he was best known to his friends, was a son of the late Major General E.O.C. Ord and had spent the greater portion of his life in San Antonio and southwest Texas, his father having resided at Fort Sam Houston, near here, for many years as Commander of the Department of Texas. Lieut. Ord entered the service as a Private in 1887 and after having served as a Quartermaster Sergeant in the first infantry on November 6, 1890. The following year he was made First Lieutenant of the Sixth Infantry, his position at the time of his death. Lieut. Ord leaves several relatives in southwest Texas and has two brothers in the Army, both of whom are officers.
Fort Wayne News July 26, 1898
Lieutenant Ord was named after Colonel Garesche, a friend of his father and Rosecrans's Chief of Staff, who was killed by a cannon ball at the side of his General in the Battle of Stone River. "Garry" Ord, as he was called by his friends, was about 31 years old. He enlisted in the Fourteenth Infantry in 1887 and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Eighteenth Infantry in 1890. Two years ago he was made First Lieutenant in the Sixth Infantry. He has two brothers in the service. Ord was a man of splendid physique and of such a frank and manly disposition that every one was instinctively attracted to him. Before the expedition left Tampa Ord heard that General Shafter was about to order him West on recruiting duty. He was heartbroken and went to the General to expostulate. The General listened for a while and then said, "Well you can go to the front of you want to. I will send someone else on recruiting duty."
Ord was jubilant. The men of the Sixth Infantry were extremely attached to Ord. He had that peculiar faculty which pertains to some officers of inspiring the love and respect of the men under him till it amounts to devotion. When he was killed at the fight at San Juan he was acting as aid on the staff of General Hawkins.
The Evening Star July 23, 1898
Washington, D.C., page 5
The Late Lieut. Ord.
Among the list of the gallant officers of our army who perished in the terrific battle of assault on the Spanish outworks of Santiago on the 1st and 2d of July last was First Lieut. Jules Garesche Ord of the 6th United States Infantry. He was serving as an aide on the staff of Gen. Hawkins and perished in the assault and capture of the strongly fortified hill of San Juan on Saturday, July 2. Garesche Ord, as he was best known to his friends, was the youngest son of the late Major Gen. Edward O.C. Ord, Unites States Army and was called after Col. Julius P. Garesche, Assistant Adjutant General, United States Army, who perished as Chief of Staff of Gen Rosecrans at the bloody battle of Murfreesboro or Stone River, Tennessee, December 31, 1862 and whom his father had known as a friend and for whose memory he had a profound respect and attachment. A strange coincidence is that his first battle proved his last; for Col. Garesche was killed in his very first battle.
Lieut. Ord had spent a great part of his life in San Antonio, Texas, his father being in command of the Department of Texas, with headquarters at San Antonio for some years prior to his retirement in 1881—from 1874 to 1881—and subsequently Lieut. Ord's company being on duty at Fort Sam Houston, near San Antonio. Lieut. Ord entered the service as a private in 1887 and was afterward promoted to be a Quartermaster Sergeant in the 1st United States Infantry, the regiment that Gen. Shafter commanded formerly. He subsequently passed the necessary examination and was appointed to a second lieutenancy in the 18th United States Infantry November 6, 1890. In 1897 he was promoted to a first lieutenancy and assigned to Company C., 6th United States Infantry, which position he held at the time of his death. He leaves two married brothers; one, Capt. E.O.C. Ord Jr., an officer of the army and the other, James, living in Mexico and two married sisters, one living in Texas and the other, Mrs. John S. Mason Jr., the widow of an army officer who died out west some few years ago and who with her children had for years made her home with Lieut. Ord.
Lieut. Ord was a gallant your officer very much devoted to his profession, full of enthusiasm and very popular with his men. He was reported by Gen. Shaffer in his first dispatch to the Ward Department as having been killed on the first day of the assault on Santiago, namely on Friday, July 1. And the newspapers all stated this fact in their headlines among the list of the casualties. But in another part of the papers appeared a paragraph stating that he was not dead and that he had just telegraphed home to his sisters, Mrs. Mason at Fort Thomas, Kentucky, near Louisville stating that "he was alive and well and was on the staff of Gen. Hawkins and had not been in the fight at all. It was peculiarly sad, therefore, that he should in truth, perish on the following day. His death is described as follows in the New York Times: "He was an aide on the staff of General Hawkins and throughout the day of the battle was active and energetic in getting the troops up to the line. He was right in the front line when the 6th, 13th, 24th and 16th Regiments made their desperate charge on San Juan Hill and was one of the first officers to reach the summit."
Just as he passed the brow of the hill, he saw a Spaniard lying on the ground and, pointing to him, he said, Take care of that man. The Spaniard saw the motion and evidently thinking Lieut. Ord was ordering him killed, he raised his rifle and shot the lieutenant dead.
"The soldiers of the 6th Infantry, as Lieut. Ord was an officer of that regiment and very popular, were wild with rage and literally tore the body of the Spaniard to pieces with bullets. Then they kicked it into a trench.
Lieut. Ord Known At San Antonio
Spent the Greater Portion of His Life in Southwest Texas
San Antonio, Texas, July 3. Lieut. Jules G. Ord of the Sixth Regiment whose name is in the list of those killed before Santiago on July 2 was well known here. Garesche Ord, as he was best known to his friends, was a son of the late Major General E.O.C. Ord and had spent the greater portion of his life in San Antonio and southwest Texas, his father having resided at Fort Sam Houston, near here, for many years as Commander of the Department of Texas. Lieut. Ord entered the service as a Private in 1887 and after having served as a Quartermaster Sergeant in the first infantry on November 6, 1890. The following year he was made First Lieutenant of the Sixth Infantry, his position at the time of his death. Lieut. Ord leaves several relatives in southwest Texas and has two brothers in the Army, both of whom are officers.
Fort Wayne News July 26, 1898
Lieutenant Ord was named after Colonel Garesche, a friend of his father and Rosecrans's Chief of Staff, who was killed by a cannon ball at the side of his General in the Battle of Stone River. "Garry" Ord, as he was called by his friends, was about 31 years old. He enlisted in the Fourteenth Infantry in 1887 and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Eighteenth Infantry in 1890. Two years ago he was made First Lieutenant in the Sixth Infantry. He has two brothers in the service. Ord was a man of splendid physique and of such a frank and manly disposition that every one was instinctively attracted to him. Before the expedition left Tampa Ord heard that General Shafter was about to order him West on recruiting duty. He was heartbroken and went to the General to expostulate. The General listened for a while and then said, "Well you can go to the front of you want to. I will send someone else on recruiting duty."
Ord was jubilant. The men of the Sixth Infantry were extremely attached to Ord. He had that peculiar faculty which pertains to some officers of inspiring the love and respect of the men under him till it amounts to devotion. When he was killed at the fight at San Juan he was acting as aid on the staff of General Hawkins.
The Evening Star July 23, 1898
Washington, D.C., page 5
The Late Lieut. Ord.
Among the list of the gallant officers of our army who perished in the terrific battle of assault on the Spanish outworks of Santiago on the 1st and 2d of July last was First Lieut. Jules Garesche Ord of the 6th United States Infantry. He was serving as an aide on the staff of Gen. Hawkins and perished in the assault and capture of the strongly fortified hill of San Juan on Saturday, July 2. Garesche Ord, as he was best known to his friends, was the youngest son of the late Major Gen. Edward O.C. Ord, Unites States Army and was called after Col. Julius P. Garesche, Assistant Adjutant General, United States Army, who perished as Chief of Staff of Gen Rosecrans at the bloody battle of Murfreesboro or Stone River, Tennessee, December 31, 1862 and whom his father had known as a friend and for whose memory he had a profound respect and attachment. A strange coincidence is that his first battle proved his last; for Col. Garesche was killed in his very first battle.
Lieut. Ord had spent a great part of his life in San Antonio, Texas, his father being in command of the Department of Texas, with headquarters at San Antonio for some years prior to his retirement in 1881—from 1874 to 1881—and subsequently Lieut. Ord's company being on duty at Fort Sam Houston, near San Antonio. Lieut. Ord entered the service as a private in 1887 and was afterward promoted to be a Quartermaster Sergeant in the 1st United States Infantry, the regiment that Gen. Shafter commanded formerly. He subsequently passed the necessary examination and was appointed to a second lieutenancy in the 18th United States Infantry November 6, 1890. In 1897 he was promoted to a first lieutenancy and assigned to Company C., 6th United States Infantry, which position he held at the time of his death. He leaves two married brothers; one, Capt. E.O.C. Ord Jr., an officer of the army and the other, James, living in Mexico and two married sisters, one living in Texas and the other, Mrs. John S. Mason Jr., the widow of an army officer who died out west some few years ago and who with her children had for years made her home with Lieut. Ord.
Lieut. Ord was a gallant your officer very much devoted to his profession, full of enthusiasm and very popular with his men. He was reported by Gen. Shaffer in his first dispatch to the Ward Department as having been killed on the first day of the assault on Santiago, namely on Friday, July 1. And the newspapers all stated this fact in their headlines among the list of the casualties. But in another part of the papers appeared a paragraph stating that he was not dead and that he had just telegraphed home to his sisters, Mrs. Mason at Fort Thomas, Kentucky, near Louisville stating that "he was alive and well and was on the staff of Gen. Hawkins and had not been in the fight at all. It was peculiarly sad, therefore, that he should in truth, perish on the following day. His death is described as follows in the New York Times: "He was an aide on the staff of General Hawkins and throughout the day of the battle was active and energetic in getting the troops up to the line. He was right in the front line when the 6th, 13th, 24th and 16th Regiments made their desperate charge on San Juan Hill and was one of the first officers to reach the summit."
Just as he passed the brow of the hill, he saw a Spaniard lying on the ground and, pointing to him, he said, Take care of that man. The Spaniard saw the motion and evidently thinking Lieut. Ord was ordering him killed, he raised his rifle and shot the lieutenant dead.
"The soldiers of the 6th Infantry, as Lieut. Ord was an officer of that regiment and very popular, were wild with rage and literally tore the body of the Spaniard to pieces with bullets. Then they kicked it into a trench.
The Dallas Morning News July 4, 1898
Lieut. Ord Known At San Antonio
Spent the Greater Portion of His Life in Southwest Texas
San Antonio, Texas, July 3. Lieut. Jules G. Ord of the Sixth Regiment whose name is in the list of those killed before Santiago on July 2 was well known here. Garesche Ord, as he was best known to his friends, was a son of the late Major General E.O.C. Ord and had spent the greater portion of his life in San Antonio and southwest Texas, his father having resided at Fort Sam Houston, near here, for many years as Commander of the Department of Texas. Lieut. Ord entered the service as a Private in 1887 and after having served as a Quartermaster Sergeant in the first infantry on November 6, 1890. The following year he was made First Lieutenant of the Sixth Infantry, his position at the time of his death. Lieut. Ord leaves several relatives in southwest Texas and has two brothers in the Army, both of whom are officers.
Fort Wayne News July 26, 1898
Lieutenant Ord was named after Colonel Garesche, a friend of his father and Rosecrans's Chief of Staff, who was killed by a cannon ball at the side of his General in the Battle of Stone River. "Garry" Ord, as he was called by his friends, was about 31 years old. He enlisted in the Fourteenth Infantry in 1887 and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Eighteenth Infantry in 1890. Two years ago he was made First Lieutenant in the Sixth Infantry. He has two brothers in the service. Ord was a man of splendid physique and of such a frank and manly disposition that every one was instinctively attracted to him. Before the expedition left Tampa Ord heard that General Shafter was about to order him West on recruiting duty. He was heartbroken and went to the General to expostulate. The General listened for a while and then said, "Well you can go to the front of you want to. I will send someone else on recruiting duty."
Ord was jubilant. The men of the Sixth Infantry were extremely attached to Ord. He had that peculiar faculty which pertains to some officers of inspiring the love and respect of the men under him till it amounts to devotion. When he was killed at the fight at San Juan he was acting as aid on the staff of General Hawkins.
The Evening Star July 23, 1898
Washington, D.C., page 5
The Late Lieut. Ord.
Among the list of the gallant officers of our army who perished in the terrific battle of assault on the Spanish outworks of Santiago on the 1st and 2d of July last was First Lieut. Jules Garesche Ord of the 6th United States Infantry. He was serving as an aide on the staff of Gen. Hawkins and perished in the assault and capture of the strongly fortified hill of San Juan on Saturday, July 2. Garesche Ord, as he was best known to his friends, was the youngest son of the late Major Gen. Edward O.C. Ord, Unites States Army and was called after Col. Julius P. Garesche, Assistant Adjutant General, United States Army, who perished as Chief of Staff of Gen Rosecrans at the bloody battle of Murfreesboro or Stone River, Tennessee, December 31, 1862 and whom his father had known as a friend and for whose memory he had a profound respect and attachment. A strange coincidence is that his first battle proved his last; for Col. Garesche was killed in his very first battle.
Lieut. Ord had spent a great part of his life in San Antonio, Texas, his father being in command of the Department of Texas, with headquarters at San Antonio for some years prior to his retirement in 1881—from 1874 to 1881—and subsequently Lieut. Ord's company being on duty at Fort Sam Houston, near San Antonio. Lieut. Ord entered the service as a private in 1887 and was afterward promoted to be a Quartermaster Sergeant in the 1st United States Infantry, the regiment that Gen. Shafter commanded formerly. He subsequently passed the necessary examination and was appointed to a second lieutenancy in the 18th United States Infantry November 6, 1890. In 1897 he was promoted to a first lieutenancy and assigned to Company C., 6th United States Infantry, which position he held at the time of his death. He leaves two married brothers; one, Capt. E.O.C. Ord Jr., an officer of the army and the other, James, living in Mexico and two married sisters, one living in Texas and the other, Mrs. John S. Mason Jr., the widow of an army officer who died out west some few years ago and who with her children had for years made her home with Lieut. Ord.
Lieut. Ord was a gallant your officer very much devoted to his profession, full of enthusiasm and very popular with his men. He was reported by Gen. Shaffer in his first dispatch to the Ward Department as having been killed on the first day of the assault on Santiago, namely on Friday, July 1. And the newspapers all stated this fact in their headlines among the list of the casualties. But in another part of the papers appeared a paragraph stating that he was not dead and that he had just telegraphed home to his sisters, Mrs. Mason at Fort Thomas, Kentucky, near Louisville stating that "he was alive and well and was on the staff of Gen. Hawkins and had not been in the fight at all. It was peculiarly sad, therefore, that he should in truth, perish on the following day. His death is described as follows in the New York Times: "He was an aide on the staff of General Hawkins and throughout the day of the battle was active and energetic in getting the troops up to the line. He was right in the front line when the 6th, 13th, 24th and 16th Regiments made their desperate charge on San Juan Hill and was one of the first officers to reach the summit."
Just as he passed the brow of the hill, he saw a Spaniard lying on the ground and, pointing to him, he said, Take care of that man. The Spaniard saw the motion and evidently thinking Lieut. Ord was ordering him killed, he raised his rifle and shot the lieutenant dead.
"The soldiers of the 6th Infantry, as Lieut. Ord was an officer of that regiment and very popular, were wild with rage and literally tore the body of the Spaniard to pieces with bullets. Then they kicked it into a trench.
Lieut. Ord Known At San Antonio
Spent the Greater Portion of His Life in Southwest Texas
San Antonio, Texas, July 3. Lieut. Jules G. Ord of the Sixth Regiment whose name is in the list of those killed before Santiago on July 2 was well known here. Garesche Ord, as he was best known to his friends, was a son of the late Major General E.O.C. Ord and had spent the greater portion of his life in San Antonio and southwest Texas, his father having resided at Fort Sam Houston, near here, for many years as Commander of the Department of Texas. Lieut. Ord entered the service as a Private in 1887 and after having served as a Quartermaster Sergeant in the first infantry on November 6, 1890. The following year he was made First Lieutenant of the Sixth Infantry, his position at the time of his death. Lieut. Ord leaves several relatives in southwest Texas and has two brothers in the Army, both of whom are officers.
Fort Wayne News July 26, 1898
Lieutenant Ord was named after Colonel Garesche, a friend of his father and Rosecrans's Chief of Staff, who was killed by a cannon ball at the side of his General in the Battle of Stone River. "Garry" Ord, as he was called by his friends, was about 31 years old. He enlisted in the Fourteenth Infantry in 1887 and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Eighteenth Infantry in 1890. Two years ago he was made First Lieutenant in the Sixth Infantry. He has two brothers in the service. Ord was a man of splendid physique and of such a frank and manly disposition that every one was instinctively attracted to him. Before the expedition left Tampa Ord heard that General Shafter was about to order him West on recruiting duty. He was heartbroken and went to the General to expostulate. The General listened for a while and then said, "Well you can go to the front of you want to. I will send someone else on recruiting duty."
Ord was jubilant. The men of the Sixth Infantry were extremely attached to Ord. He had that peculiar faculty which pertains to some officers of inspiring the love and respect of the men under him till it amounts to devotion. When he was killed at the fight at San Juan he was acting as aid on the staff of General Hawkins.
The Evening Star July 23, 1898
Washington, D.C., page 5
The Late Lieut. Ord.
Among the list of the gallant officers of our army who perished in the terrific battle of assault on the Spanish outworks of Santiago on the 1st and 2d of July last was First Lieut. Jules Garesche Ord of the 6th United States Infantry. He was serving as an aide on the staff of Gen. Hawkins and perished in the assault and capture of the strongly fortified hill of San Juan on Saturday, July 2. Garesche Ord, as he was best known to his friends, was the youngest son of the late Major Gen. Edward O.C. Ord, Unites States Army and was called after Col. Julius P. Garesche, Assistant Adjutant General, United States Army, who perished as Chief of Staff of Gen Rosecrans at the bloody battle of Murfreesboro or Stone River, Tennessee, December 31, 1862 and whom his father had known as a friend and for whose memory he had a profound respect and attachment. A strange coincidence is that his first battle proved his last; for Col. Garesche was killed in his very first battle.
Lieut. Ord had spent a great part of his life in San Antonio, Texas, his father being in command of the Department of Texas, with headquarters at San Antonio for some years prior to his retirement in 1881—from 1874 to 1881—and subsequently Lieut. Ord's company being on duty at Fort Sam Houston, near San Antonio. Lieut. Ord entered the service as a private in 1887 and was afterward promoted to be a Quartermaster Sergeant in the 1st United States Infantry, the regiment that Gen. Shafter commanded formerly. He subsequently passed the necessary examination and was appointed to a second lieutenancy in the 18th United States Infantry November 6, 1890. In 1897 he was promoted to a first lieutenancy and assigned to Company C., 6th United States Infantry, which position he held at the time of his death. He leaves two married brothers; one, Capt. E.O.C. Ord Jr., an officer of the army and the other, James, living in Mexico and two married sisters, one living in Texas and the other, Mrs. John S. Mason Jr., the widow of an army officer who died out west some few years ago and who with her children had for years made her home with Lieut. Ord.
Lieut. Ord was a gallant your officer very much devoted to his profession, full of enthusiasm and very popular with his men. He was reported by Gen. Shaffer in his first dispatch to the Ward Department as having been killed on the first day of the assault on Santiago, namely on Friday, July 1. And the newspapers all stated this fact in their headlines among the list of the casualties. But in another part of the papers appeared a paragraph stating that he was not dead and that he had just telegraphed home to his sisters, Mrs. Mason at Fort Thomas, Kentucky, near Louisville stating that "he was alive and well and was on the staff of Gen. Hawkins and had not been in the fight at all. It was peculiarly sad, therefore, that he should in truth, perish on the following day. His death is described as follows in the New York Times: "He was an aide on the staff of General Hawkins and throughout the day of the battle was active and energetic in getting the troops up to the line. He was right in the front line when the 6th, 13th, 24th and 16th Regiments made their desperate charge on San Juan Hill and was one of the first officers to reach the summit."
Just as he passed the brow of the hill, he saw a Spaniard lying on the ground and, pointing to him, he said, Take care of that man. The Spaniard saw the motion and evidently thinking Lieut. Ord was ordering him killed, he raised his rifle and shot the lieutenant dead.
"The soldiers of the 6th Infantry, as Lieut. Ord was an officer of that regiment and very popular, were wild with rage and literally tore the body of the Spaniard to pieces with bullets. Then they kicked it into a trench.
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