general by President William Taft during the Second Cuban Campaign. In 1912, he was the Commanding Officer of the Field Artillery School in Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Death On 16 July 1914, while at his home in New York City, Myer suffered a stroke that took his life. His funeral was held three days later, on July 19, in New York City where he received full Military Honors by a detachment of the Watervliet Arsenal. He is buried at Section G-C plot of the Oakwood Cemetery in Troy, New York. See also List of mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico List of Puerto Ricans Notes References Further reading Fay Fowlie de Flores. Ponce, Perla del Sur: Una Bibliográfica Anotada. Second Edition. 1997. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Universidad de Puerto Rico en Ponce. p. 264. Item 1324. Stuart B. Schwartz. "El Huracán de San Ciriaco: desastre, política y sociedad en Puerto Rico, 1899-1901." Historia y Sociedad. Año 5 (1992) pp. 128–162. (Colegio Universitario Tecnológico de Ponce, CUTPO / Universidad de Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras). Mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico 1846 births 1914 deaths Burials at Oakwood Cemetery (Troy, New York)