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May 8, 1907 (Wednesday)
 WIDELY KNOWN SOLDIER OF FORTUNE FADES AWAY: Henry MacIver,
most recently a major general in the Servian army, died May 6 in New
York City. The notice in today's Washington Post said he died with 46
CENTS to his name. That's about 2.5 cents for EACH of the 18 FLAGS he
fought under during his long soldier-for-hire career. He was 61. He
fought in Crete, Egypt, Spain, Cuba and Bosnia -- all BEFORE taking up
arms for the Confederate States of America as a TEENAGER. After the
Civil War he went on to fight in Mexico and numerous other places. He
was expecting to travel to Washington but he lingered in New York for a
few days in order to meet journalist Richard Harding Davis, who
included MacIver in his book "Soldiers of Fortune". Evidently, Davis got most of his material for his "Captain Macklin" book from MacIver.
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