Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-08-09
THE DEAD RECEIVED.
The Bodies of the Arctic Heroes Reach
New York.
New YORK, Aug. :


harbor about midnight last night. The pro-
gramme that was TO have been carried out
yesterday will be completed today. Ii is out
lined by Gen. Hancock a follews:
salutatory Of l2s guns will be fired from
Castle William as the ships are approaching.
The bodies will be conveyed from the ships
10 the island By the navy. During the trans.
fer and until tie building is reached in which
they are 10 be deposited d. minute suns will be
fired from Castle William The bodies will
be received a, Governors Island BY the major
general commanding and stati and an escort
To consist of all available troops from posts IN
the haroor. Each ca>ket will be placed by
itseli upon an army Caisson, the escort pre-
senting arms and the band playing dlrge AS
it is received AT the hospital the bodies will
be placed upon catafalque under military
guard.
NEW YORK, Aug.
At quarter before eleven this morning 2l
reyer0eratIons sounded from Old Castle Will
liam on Governors Island as a salute 10 See
retary Lincoln and General Sheridan, who
had gone over to the island where they were
u participate in tht ceremonies of receiving
the bodies of the dead heroes OF the Greedy
expedition. The Thetis, Bear and Alert had
steamed up the bay during the morning, aad
were living to the west of Governors Island,
waiting instructions TO begin landing on the
island. Gen. Sheridan accompanied by
h.s staff. Capt. Reilly OF Gen. Hancock's
staff met the battery on the pier AMI escorted
them over TO the island. Among the passen-
gers cirrIed over in the morning was Com
mander Tavlor, naval sttache Of the mayor :
office, who represented Mayor Eds)n Pro
badly there we're 10000 visitors 10 the island
during the morning. The scene on the island
wa, interesting. There was no suggestion of
the death except the Grape worn on the left
arm Of the soldiers. Ii was not until noon
that the bodies were transported from the
Bear to a place on Governors Island. They
came on the steam tug Catalpa; then came
Gen. Hancock barge and after that Commo-
dore Fillebr1wn's barge and steam launches
Dispatch and Minnesota, commanded by Lieut..
Commodore Hitchcock; then there we're
about 400 troops in line made up from six
batteries of foot artillery, together with the
mounted men OF the light battery.
The names of the dead are as follows ::
Lieut.. James Wood his body will be sent to
Annapolis in charge of Lieut.. Peck, L. S. A.;
Fred L. Kisling, whose remains will be sent
to Rochester, n, Y, for interment; Sergt
Trael, who will be buried at his home at kala-
mazoo. Mich. Sergt David c. Ralston.
whose body will be sent to Howard, Knox
county, Ohio; Sergt. David Linn, whose re
mains will be buried at Philadelphia; Sergt
w. NJ. Cross whose remains were forwarded
TO his widow in Washington, ID c.; Corpl.
Joseph Ellison, his brother in Pottsville,
Pa will receive his body; Private +. w. Nj.
Whistler, who will be buried by his father at
Delhi, ID. and Private VIM. A. Ellis, whose
mother will take charge OF his remains in
Clyde, n. Y.
The Catalpa was over an hour bringing the
bodies from the Thetis to the island. At
II 20 p. NJ. the guns sounded again to an
nounce that the Catalpa had gotten under
way. An escort began to form and march
down the East dock. Gen Hancock walked
with Sec. Lincoln, who was in citizens dress
Gen. Sheridan was also present. An escort
formed at the wharf and column OF
caiss9ns a short distance from the docks. Rae
escort consisted of light battery +, 9TH artil-
lery, a battalion of foot batteries of that
regiment and mounted men of battery B, 4th
artillery The salute wBs continued while
the Catalpa was making the island, single
casket was placed on each of the caissons
The band played a dirge as they were landed
and borne to the caissons. Then the band
took the lead of the procession, which pro-
ceeded to the hospital. The bodies were fol-
lowed by relatives and friends of the deceased.
As the column moved the band played Dead
March in Saul. Commanders Kane and
Watson from Brooklyn Navy Yard were in
line As each body was landed it was carried
BY eight artillery men up the wharf while the
band struck up its dirge, the escort presenting
arms and the guns keeping up their booming
Directly behind the bodies the relatives and
friends formed.
At l.lO z. NJ. the procession moved toward
the hospital.
After the mourners came Sec Lincoln and
his little son. Then came Genls. Sheridan
and Hancock. Commander Schley and other
officers Of the relief expedition, Gen. Hazen,
signal service. and Commodore Fillebrown
with a number of navy and army officers.
Two lieutenants of the signal service brought
up the rear.
The crowd of spectators had increased to
about $500. lined both sides OF the avenue
leading to the garrison. When the first truck
bearing the body reached the last door of the
hospital, the procession halted the escort was
formed to the left and again presented arms
as the dead heroes were carried in. After
the bodies had been deposited in the hospital
the escort returned to quarters.
Beside the dead men mentioned above, the
bodies of Private Chas. B. Henry of troop f,
5th cavalry and Private Roderick Il. Sneider.
were also brought to the island
Those have not been claimed by any
friends and will be buried with honors in the
National Cemetery on Cypress Hills The
hospital was appropriately decorated. Later
in the afternoon the Thetis and Bear proceed
ed to the Navy Yard.
About o'clock in the afternoon the caskets
containing the bodies Of all except Henry and
Sneider were replaced in wooden cases and
taken to the barge office, whence they will be
taken to the railroads which will bear them
to their final resting places.
Private Henry will be bu ried tomorrow
morning at Cyprus Hill, in the G. A. r plot
Sneider's body will remain at the island for
few days. as it is thought his relatives in
Germany will claim it.