Alonzo Myers (1880-1938)

Captain's Commission for Police Officer:

Philadelphia, Pa. - Alonzo Myers, a policeman of the Moya Mensing Avenue and Dickinson Street station, was notified by the War Department on Wednesday that he has been commissioned a captain for the Negro officers training camp at Des Moines, Ia. He will leave on Friday. Myers, who lives at 1825 Christian Street, has a fine record for bravery both in the Army and police force. He served in Cuba during the Spanish-American war and also in the Philippines during the insurrection. Congress awarded him a McKinley medal for bravery. The New York Age Newspaper (New York, N.Y) June 21, 1917, Thru, Pg. 1

Great Meeting Of Colored Regiment Tuesday Night: Capt. Myers To Address Men: Capt. Myers To Address Men:

The recruiting office at O'Neill's Hall, Broad and Lombard Streets., will be open daily after next Tuesday night's meeting at that hall, at which time it is expected to have Captain Alonzo Myers the only Philadelphia boy to remain in the army as a Captain after the war, will address the regiment. Philadelphia Tribune, July 10, 1920; ProQuest, page 1

Thousands Pay Tribute To Our Fallen Heroes:

Workers of All Ages Busy on Vital Jobs With ODB:

Newark, N.J. - Although age may keep many patriotic citizens from the battle front, it does not keep them from doing vital jobs on the home front. In the latter category, working at the Office of Dependency Benefits here, are at least ten employees ranging in age from 60 to 75 years old, who help the ODB to live up to its slogan, "Get 'em Paid." (2 Ministers in Group). Among them are two ministers, the Revs, George Lewis of Westwood, N.J., and Hugo J. Bowles of Newark: and a Spanish-American War veteran, George W. Sherman. Other men who have passed the three-score mark are: Willian Johnson, a native of Farmville, Va., a machine operator; Clarence Wilson, formerly of Atlantic City, who works in the mailing room section, and William Humphrey in the supply branch. (Women Do Their Part). Women in this group are Mrs. Maud Myers, a former hat designer of New York and Chicago and widow of Capt. Alonzo Myers; Miss Maybelle Gunn of Stockbridge, Mass., and Mrs. Adelaide H. Lee of Washington, a former schoolteacher. Mr. Sherman, who joined the ODB in June 1943, is a clerk in the family allowance accounts branch. There are 3,882,484 family allowances on the ODB books and new applications pour in at the rate of 84,000 a month. Afro-American, June 9, 1945; ProQuest, page 6

Local Soldier Victim of Taxicab Accident: Captain Alonzo Myers Made Record in Two Wars:

New York, N.Y. - Captain Alonzo Myers, 58, a veteran of the Spanish-American and World War, I died here after being struck by a taxicab recently. Captain Myers, a native of Philadelphia, was buried in that city. Graduating from Central Manual Training School in 1987, he joined the army and served during the Spanish-American War at the conclusion of which he held the rank of regimental sergeant major. He served in the Ninth and Tenth Cavalries and the Twenty-Fourth Infantry. At the beginning of the World War, he was sent to officer's training camp in Des Moines, Iowa, and was later made a Captain. He saw active service in France. He is survived by his widow Mrs. Maude Dixon Myers, and a brother and sister. -The Tribune Cooking School.

Crash Injuries Prove Fatal To Army Captain:

Brooklyn, N.Y. - (ANP) A full and eventful life was suddenly brought to a close here recently when a taxicab struck Capt. Alonzo Myers, injuring him fatally. Capt. Myers was born in Philadelphia, February 29, 1880. He was graduated from the Central Manual Training School in 1897, and in the following June enlisted in the regular U.S. Army. He had a long and honorable service as a soldier, serving in the Spanish-American War, in campaigns against the Indians in the western part of the United States, and in the Philippine Insurrection. He was a member of the Ninth and Tenth Cavalry Regiments and also the Twenty-Fourth Infantry. Myers not only fitted himself for work in discipline, regulations, tactics and marksmanship, but also went in for what the old-timer's called "paperwork" and other specialties of the staff soldier. Myers was sent to officers' training camp at Des Moines, Ia., established shortly after the United States entered the World War, and was soon made an instructor, and was commissioned a captain in the National Army. He was sent to France, where he saw much active service right up to the time of the signing of the armistice on November 11, 1918. On his return to the United States, he was assigned to Camp Dix, N.J., a mustering out officer. He held many medals including the bronze Congressional medal authorized in 1906. Outside the army, Myers found time to devote to pursuing a degree in Chiropractics, railway mail service, tenement house inspecting and accounting. He worked in the Philippine Constabulary and had charge of cost accounting work. Some of the Filipinos who received their training under the direction of Capt. Myers have gone on to big things in the Islands.

Crash Injuries End Career of Captain Myers:

Brooklyn, N.Y. (ANP) - Capt. Alonzo Myers, born in Philadelphia on February 29, 1880, was fatally injured when struck by a taxicab las week. He joined the regular army in 1898 and had a long and honorable record. During the World War, he was commissioned a captain and saw active service in France. He held numerous medals, including the bronze Congressional Medal authorized in 1906. (Served as Accountant) Outside the army, he devoted his time to railway mail service, tenement house inspecting, and accounting. He worked for a number of years in the accounting department of the Philippine Constabulary and had charge of cost accounting work. He leaves; wife, Mrs. Maude Myers; brother and sister in Philadelphia, where the body was interred on Tuesday.

Captain Myers Is Fatally Injured:

A full and eventful life was suddenly brought to a close on the afternoon of Tuesday when a taxicab in Brooklyn, struck Captain Alonzo Myers. Capt. Myers was born in Philadelphia, February 29, 1880. He was graduated from the Central Manual Training School in 1897, and in the following June enlisted in the regular U.S. Army. He served in the Spanish-American War, in campaigns against the Native American Indians in the western part of the United States, and in the Philippine Insurrection. He was a member of the Ninth and Tenth Cavalry Regiments and also of the Twenty -fourth Infancy. He held rankings as corporal, sergeant, squadron sergeant-major, color sergeant, and regimental sergeant-major.

MAUDE MYERS SERVICES HELD:

Mrs. Maude Dixon Myers, wife of the late Will H. Dixon, author-musician, and mother of Miss Frankye A. Dixon, professor of music at the School of Music, Howard University, was buried Monday at Evergreen Cemetery in Brooklyn. Mrs. Myers was later married to Capt. Alonzo F. Myers, now dead and formerly of 351st Machine Gun Battalion. New York Amster-dam News; June 8, 1957; ProQuest, page 19

MOTHER OF HOWARD U. Music Professor Dies:

NEW YORK - Mrs. Maude Dixon of 312 Manhattan Ave., was buried recently in Evergreen Cemetery. She was the mother of Miss Frankye Dixon, pianist and professor of music at Howard University in Washington. Funeral services were held at Miles Chapel, 136 Decatur St., in Brooklyn, with Dr. Pual Brunet of Second Church of Religious Science officiating. Mrs. Myers was a native of Macon, Mo., and a graduate of Northwestern University. She taught in Missouri for some time. In addition to teaching, Mrs. Myers was one of the first colored women to distinguish herself in business. A milliner, she established a business in the heart of Chicago. She came to New York 35 years ago with her husband, the late Will H. Dixon, an author, composer and publisher of music. Her interest in millinery continued and she later turned to real estate until retirement. Following the close of World War, I she married the late Capt. Alonzo F. Myers of the 351st gun battalion. In addition to her daughter, survivors include a sister, Mrs. Rose Knox Ellis; a brother Clarence Rubey, Kansas City, Mo.; a nephew, Ernest Wyatt Knox, NYC; and a niece, Mrs. Ethel O. Countee. And also, cousins, Mrs. Bessie Lloyd Hosman, Mrs. Pauline Stokley and Harold Lloyd, all of Los Angeles. Afro-American Newspaper, Jul 6, 1957; ProQuest pg.16

CAPT. MYERS FOUND BY ACCIDENT IN ROOM, UNCONSCIOUS: Four Gas Jets of Kitchen Range Turned on Full--- Saved by Prompt Arrival of Pulmotor Squad

Alonzo Myers, 48, Chiropractor and a former captain of the Fifteenth Infantry, who is believed to have attempted suicide Friday, has returned home after three days confinement in Harlem Hospital. Meyers, the story goes, was found unconscious in the kitchen of his apartment at 172 West 130th street, where the police found five gas jets turned on with windows and door tightly closed, after they had battered down the door about two o'clock in the afternoon following a report of escaping gas.

The man's life was undoubtedly saved by the timely arrival of an electric inspector. J. J. Hines, white, of the New York Edison Company. Hines

said that, before going into the flat, which Meyers is said to own, he had decided to "knock off and call it a day." A sudden impulse, he said changed his mind, and he decided "to do one more house." Arriving at Meyers door on the top floor, he said, the odor of escaping gas was very strong. A woman in a neighboring apartment had told him that she had smelled gas since early in the day. Someone notified Meyers sister-in-law, Rose Ellis, 251 West 143rd street, and she rushed to him. According to Mrs. Ellis, Captain Meyers was born in Philadelphia and has been in New York for about eight years. He was recently employed by the Post Office Department, she said. Captain Meyers, was a member of the Ninth Cavalry in 1898 and also a sergeant in the 351st Gun Battalion.