1958.1.7 Colonel Isaac Newell 派車接胡適到 St. Albans 的海軍醫院。14:00~17:00 大雪日。
胡適說他85歲了，"消瘦的很。"
Isaac Newell, Colonel
Birthdate: 1872年10月29日
Birthplace: Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Georgia, United States
Death: 1960年12月02日 (88)
West Point, Orange NY
葬於 USMA Post Cemetery
直系親屬
父母: Tomlinson Fort Newell 和 Ann Lane Newell (Colquitt)
妻: Maxwell Neill Newell
Colonel Isaac Newell與中國關係密切，胡適應該在北京或者上海認識他。
About Isaac Newell, Colonel
"Isaac Newell, now a colonel in the U. S. Army, stationed at Governor's Island, New York; a graduate of West Point, who was breveted for gallantry during the Spanish-American War, and who served over seas in the World War, as colonel of the 51st infancy. He was also military attache, at Peking, for the U. S. government and has had a rather picturesque and distinguished record in war service. He married Maxwell Jenks, daughter of a Chicago capitalist."
http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/baldwin/history/other/gms312historyo.txt http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=122527555 USMA Class of 1896. His next of kin was listed as his sister, Miss Mary Newell, of New York, New York.
In 1914, he was a military attaché in Peking, China. He traveled in the back county of China. Due to his relationships with the Chinese he was able to obtain valuable military information. From 1926 to 1929, he commanded the 15th Infantry at the China Station. In 1935, he retired and purchased a home in Peking where he and his wife, Maxwell lived. They also bought apartments in New York and Paris, which they visited frequently. Since he was a native of Georgia they also bought a home in Sea Island, Georgia where he died in 1960. The following record states: At El Caney (1898), the then 2d Lieutenant Newell commanded Company A of the 22d Infantry. During the advance under fire, one of his men, who was ahead as a skirmisher, was wounded. Ike Newell turned to one of his sergeants and said, “I want you to go out with me to get that wounded man.” Sergeant and Lieutenant went forward and brought back the wounded soldier who died enroute. The Company, which had been wavering up to that point, went forward with a cheer. Commenting on the incident later, a member of Company A said to a reporter at Camp Wikoff (Montauk Point), “That ain’t in the book, sir, but by God, that’s the sort of thing that wins battles.” Newell was cited for gallantry. Later (March 15, 1899), near Paternos, Luzon, Philippine Islands, Lieutenant Newell again distinguished himself while a member of a rescue detachment of three-and-a-half companies sent forward to attempt to assist a volunteer regiment which was under heavy fire from a large insurgent force. Newell’s coolness and leadership were subsequently testified to by an enlisted man who participated in the action.
General Joseph Stilwell wrote of him after his retirement, Ike is a gentleman and a human being and the only man I ever served with that put his regiment and his officers before himself.
After his wife’s death, he frequently visited his friends, Colonel and Mrs. John Whitcomb at Lima, Peru. Colonel Whitcomb had served under his command in China and they became lifelong friends. During his last few years of life, he was bedridden at his Sea Island home where he lived with his sister, Mary. On his death, his sister arranged for his burial at West Point. He was laid to rest beside his wife, Maxwell. Source: United States Military Academy Association of Graduates memorial.
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