David J. Caw

                  OBITUARY.
                 David J. Caw.
 Colonel David J. Caw died yesterday at his
residence, No. 213 Eleventh street, after suffering over
four months with Bright's disease and related troubles.
He was 47 years old. His military title was honorably
won in the rebellion. He was among the first to volun-
teer when early in the war the Seventy-seventh--the
"Old Bemus Heights"--Regiment was mustered into
service. From the rank of sergeant he rose rapidly. In
every battle he was with his regiment, and the through the
bitter campaigns of the Army of the Potomac he fought
continually, until at Petersburg, as lieutenant colonel
and in command, he was seriously wounded. On more
than one occasion he was urged by influential persons
to join other regiments, higher rank being promised
than was obtainable in the Seventy-seventh. But all
such temptations were pushed aside, and until the end
he remained with the men of the "Old Bemus Heights."
Early in 1866 President Johnson conferred the rank of
colonel by brevet upon the soldier, so executing a plan
which was resolved upon by President Lincoln before
his assassination. At the close of the war General
Wright, who had been the close friend of Colonel Caw,
urged him to join the Regular Army, promising him
the rank of major. But for sufficient reasons the propo-
sition was declined, and Colonel Caw returned to his
home in Schenectady, where for a number of years he
acted as chief of police. Subsequently he accepted the
superintendency of the Wagner Coach Company at the
Grand Central Depot in New York, a position he held
about five years. Since 1875 he held a position in the
Custom House as foreman in the Weigher's Depart-
ment. The funeral will take place in Schenectady.
Services will be held at his late residence to-morrow
afternoon.