'It was with the greatest sorrow that I heard of your son's death.
He was a great friend of mine, and I always looked upon him as a man
above other men. His high principles, up to which he acted to the
letter, always made me describe him as "God's good man." I looked
upon him as a type of ideal manhood far above those with whom he came
in contact, and as a rich example of self-denial and uprightness
which had a lasting influence upon his brother Officers.'