medal bar opinions please

[David S]

Interesting to say the least.

In 1914 he was 38. My guess would be heart problems, that would take you from active duty to something less stressful. Maybe a stroke later on that required round the clock care.

[joe campbell]

david-

certainly a reasonable cause for his "down-sizing"

his career. there are so many different manifestations

of heart disease, and not many ways to treat it

at that time.

i would imagine the survivability of either

cardiovascular OR cereboevascular disease was

pretty slim, so i bet he was a relatively

tough cookie!

i REALLY wish there were some pictures of him!

joe

[Richarddwh]

I am inclined to go with heart disease or TB. Certainly why life expectancy was lower due the period, this was in part due to the much higher infant mortality rate which tended to drag down the overall life expectancy figures.