THE BATTALION
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ROBT. R. DeWARt HAS
ENTERED INTO REST
Was One of A. and M.’s Great
est Football Warriors and
Had Many Friends
Here
Chas. Allen DeWare today receiv
ed news of the death of his brother,
R. R. DeWare, who died at the sani
tarium at Hot Springs, South Dako
ta Tuesday of this week, at the age
of 41 years. He has been ill there
and undergoing treatment for the
past three years.
R. R. DeWare is well known
throughout Texas and the South, and
is one of the best loved and admired
athletes in college circles in the
South. He is remembered as the fa
mous 1902 Agricultural and Mechani
cal College full back, track and
baseball star of that year.
“Bob’’ DeWare, as he was affec
tionately known to the men of col
lege athletics, crowded into his short
life such activity as has been achiev
ed by few men; star in athletics, win
ning an enviable career as an engi
neer and having fought under ten
flags which took him to all corners
of the globe, DeWare helped to make
and break little countries of the
Latin-Americas.
In 1911 Robert DeWare and a
party of men working with him in es
tablishing the Southern Pacific lines
in the wilds of New Mexico were
caught in a blizzard and some of the
men froze to death. Mr. DeWare suf
fered terrible hardships, but finally
wandered out of the wilds, terrib 1 y
afflicted from the cold. From this ex
posure he lost his right hand and
never completely recovered, it con
tributing to trife*death which has just
occured.
To Cuba to Fight Spain
When “Bob” DeWare was little
more than a youth America became
involved in the war with Spain. He
was offered a commission in the
American army, but declined it for a
place in the ranks, and there on the
famous battlefields won an enviable
reputation as a fighter. This reputa
tion stayed with him until the end
came. After the fighting in Cuba
he went to the Philippines to help
put down the insurrection. In the
fighting with the insurrectionists he
did splendid work, and came in for
such attention that he won the high
est commendation of “Fighting Joe”
Wheeler. The general was instru
mental in having him commissioned
to the rank of captain, and after the
Phillipine service was completed
went to the home of Mr. DeWareb
father at Jefferson, and asked him
to exert his influence in getting his
son to remain in the service. The
general then said: “Your son is the
best civilian military man I ever
saw, and the hardest fighter.” It was
a rare compliment from a sturdy
warrior like Wheeler, who made the
long trip to try and get the young
man to remain in the service perma
nently, to start at his then temporary
rank of captain.
After the Philippine insurrection
“Bob” DeWare went with the forces
to China and helped put down the
Boxer uprising, being with the men
who entered the walled city of Pekin.
Acting Soldier of Fortune.
As a soldier of fortune in Mexico,
Nicaraugua and other Latin-Ameri-
can countries DeWare became a
prominent figure, figuring with va
rious forces. He was with Geneial
Madero in his conquest of Mexico.
It is believed that his death was
hastened because of the heart-break
ing disappointment he suffered in
missing getting in the biggest scrap
of all times in Europe. “Bob” De-
Ware loved a good clean fight, and he
was a clean fighter, whether it was in
athletics or teaching some bully his
proper place.
He was always ready to take issue
with the proper side, and was not
long - in taking that issue as is shown
by his record of military achieve
ment.
There has never been a better
athletic record than that made in
college athletics by “Bob’’ DeWare
at A. and M. in 1902, as the powerful
full back of the football team; lead
er On the baseball team, and swift
man of the track, his record still re
mains as one of the best the south
has ever produced. Then he was uni
versally proclaimed the south’s best
all-round athlete.
Robert R. DeWare was born in
Jefferson, Marion County, Texas,
and there he spent his earlier years.
He is the son of J. M. DeWare, prom
inent East Texas citizen and nephew
of Chas. Culberson, United States
senator from Texas. Besides his
brother in Brenham, he leaves a wife
and two other brothers, Jesse De-
Ware of Jefferson and Lieut. Curtis
DeWare of Fort George Wright,
Oregon.
MIDNIGHT MUSINGS
Darwin may be right but that
would certainly make a monkey out
of Adam, wouldn’t it?
* * *
If it wasn’t for Prof. Brackett’s
little oratorical contest in the morn
ing I would write to my girl!
sjc
Come little Freshman, don’t you cry;
You’ll be a soph too, bye and bye.
* * *
The first couple on earth raised
Cain. Why blame the Sophomores?
* * *
There are sport editors and writers
on some of our big Texas dailies
who are going to have an awful time
explaining why they forgot A. and
M. when they doped out the 1929
champions.
* * *
We have learned that it is a good
policy to go by the Exchange Store
before telling Prof, that old excuse:
“No text book.”
* * *
We have noticed that Prof. Brack
ett’s public speaking course is help
ing the Battalion Contest right
along.
* * *
There is a vote coming Tuesday to
divorce A. and M. and State. WAit
’till Turkey Day and we’ll give suf
ficient grounds.
Interested boy of ten at the game
when the band played “Wildcat
and all the bunch stood up.
“Say, papa, what is that they are
playing, the Star Spangled banner?
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STEWART
N. A.
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