Person:Charles Hay (6)

Chas. E. Hay Jr.

Charles E. Hay, Jr, was born in Springfield, Illinois, the son of Charles E. and Mary Ridgely Hay. He was a Yale University graduate in 1899 and was appointed 2nd Lieutenant in the 24th United States Infantry. He served three years in the Phillippines and was promoted to Lieutenant upon his return to the U. S. He spent two years in Washington, D.C., preparing for the legal branch of the service. He was then appointed acting judge advocate and assigned to Ft. Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas and served four years there, during which time he was commissioned as a Captain. At the time of his death, he was stationed at Madison Barracks, Sackett's Harbor, New York, having been there for two years. He was ready to sail with his regiment from San Francisco when he was stricken with pneumonia and died at Madison Barracks.

Captain Hay was the grandson of Nicholas H. Ridgely and the nephew of John Hay, Secretary of State and private secretary to President Abraham Lincoln. He was survived by his wife, Jane Roby Hay, his son John Hay, and two brothers, Arthur and William R Hay.

Charles Edward Hay

Born November 21, 1874, in Sringfield, Ill.
Died November 23, 1911, in Madison Barracks, Sackett Harbor, N. Y.

Charles left college in March of Senior year to accept a commission as Second Lieutenant of the 24th Infantry, but in April, 1906, he was enrolled with his Class by vote of the Corporation. In 1905 he received the degree of B.L. from the Union Law School.

He was first stationed at Columbus Barracks, Ohio, then was sent to The Presidio, San Francisco, and on June 22, 1899, sailed for the Philippine Islands, where he became 1st Lieutenant in 1901. After some months at Fort Harrison, Montana, and then in the office of the judge advocate general, United States Army, in Washington, D.C., he was appointed judge advocate in the Department of Texas, June 7, 1905. During his three years as judge he prosecuted the case against the officer charged with responsibility for the "Browsville Affair." He was promoted to the rank of Captain in 1908 and in 1910 was appointed to regimental commissary. As he was about to start again for the Philippines he contracted pneumonia and died at Madison Barracks, Sackett Harbor, New York.

On May 21, 1903, he was married in Decatur, Illinois, to Jane, daughter of Kilburn Harwood and Annie Louise (Haworth) Roby. One son, John Leonard, was born to them, June 9, 1905.