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Colored
Hero's Last Bivouac
Forgotten by Comrades,
Sergeant Dorsey Lays Down His Arms After Gallant Service for the Stars
and Stripes.
Forgotten
and forsaken by the comrades who served with him on many battlefields,
homeless and penniless, attended only by a faithful woman of his own race,
Horace A. Dorsey, colored, hero of San Juan Hill, died Sunday in a little
cabin in the rear of the old Third Avenue theater building. Death was
due to wounds received while serving with the 24th U. S. Infantry in the
Phillippines.
Dorsey went through the Spanish American
War as a trooper in the famous Ninth U. S. Cavalry and took part in the
battle of San Juan Hill, where the regiment greatly distinguished itself.
After the war closed, he re-enlisted and was sent to the Phillippines with
the 24th Infantry, where he participated in a number of campaigns. He
was wounded in the arm in one engagement and, at the battle of San Pedro
Mecate on the island of Samar, received the bullet through the right lung
that eventually caused his death. On his return to this country he
was honorably discharged with the rank of sergeant.
For the last three months of his life, during
which time he was gradually growing weaker and weaker, Sgt. Dorsey was
cared for at the home of Mrs. Allen, who attended him faithfully to the
last.
The deceased man is well known in Phoenix,
haivng lived here for the past twelve years. For three years he
was employed at the Ford Hotel barber shop. He leaves a wife and
one daughter.
Efforts to provide suitable burial for the
dead soldier are being made by a number who knew of his honorable record,
and any who may desire to help by subscribing to the fund may do so by
notifying W. D. O'Neil. Arrangements for the funeral, which will
be held from the parlors of Merryman and Hayt, will be made later.
--This article copied from the Arizona Republican newpaper,
Tuesday morning edition, 3 November 1914
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