Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-09-13

,Oi the,Uat tallDn 1T engineers. Every
efiot: was made 10 save the HE
OF the young man. both by the In
diaua's doctors and those brought
aboard her from tho other ships, but
all in vain. He died on the 2lst OF
July Of ''acute meningitis" He was
the yOuugest officer In the Third ex-
petition, and probably In all the
Philippine Islands expeditionary
forces, and graduated from West
Point only last spring. The first
death took place July Ia aud was
that of Private Roddy OF the 2rd e.
). Infantry: cause oi death, apoplexy..
The second was that Of Private
Bowers Of the Signal Corps. U. s.
volunteers, who died on the 10Th. ~
a result OF heat prOstr0ti"n. The
funerals were rs sad as they were
novel, and 1 am going to quote from
my journal oi July q description
of the second, which did not differ
materially from the other two. The
quotation follows:
AT about 9:45 I climbed up into
the ships boat ON our port side aft,
just over the bier Of the dead soldier.
Private Bowers VI the Signal corps,
that I might listen to the serviLe
from a quiet. roomy place. At ln:N'
O'Clock. the hourset for the beginning
Of the exercises, the officers aboard.
including General Macarthur,
gathered around the improvlsed
bier, which consisted Of light plat
form VI boards with its outer emil
resting ON the ships rail and its
inner end on barrel. '~ =
On the bier lay the corpse, sewed
M in canvass shroud and weighted
with old CRATE irons from the ships
furnaces to make 1t sink. Over 1t
was spread the flag Of the country
which the dead patriot was serving
when he died. ~
The ceremony began with a dirRe
blythe 23rd U. s. Infantry band, after
which they rendered "Jesus Lover of
my SOUP with a beauty and sweet
ness which added much pathos to
to the occasion. Capt. McKenna Of
the Signal Corps then read the
burial service. at the conclusion IF
which the body was consigned to
the deep. There was white flash as
it shot overheard, followed by Il
splash, and 1t disappeared instantly
In the Fblue waves. A Scripture
lesson was read by Capt. McKenna;
the trumpeter blew "taps", and the
exercises were oyer" " :
At about $3.50 O'Clock on the after
noon Of Saturday, July 23rd, We
sighted land southwest of us. Soon
we could see four islands belonging
to the Ladrone Or Mariana group. a
Spanish possession east Ut the
Philippines. They are a group Of
about two dozen small volcanic IL.
lands with a population OF about
S,OOO people. Three OF the four which
we saw were off our port side. while
the largest, on which was a very
high, active volcano, was directly
head Of US. Out o! the lofty crater
poured a great cloud Of steam and
smoke. Our chart shows rs to be
about forty or fifty miles from the
island; We continue to approach it
during the rest OF the afternoon and
bv $50 In the evening we can see 1t
plainly, and notice also that there is
a smaller mountain south Of 1t. At
1880 1t Is dark and we can see the
outline Of the mountain against the
starry sky. Just over the crater IL
dull red glare, and the volume Of
steam and smoke which rises from it
mingles with the clonds. The sight
is Il grand one and I mark In my
journal for the 23rd, Saw my first
volcano today"
Most of the time since leaving
Honolulu the weather has been very
hot and the great humidity Of the
atmosphere makes the heat all the
more Oppressive. The last two days
have been cool and pleasant CON-
pared to those which have proceeded
them but the water has been rather
rough and we have had two little
"white squalls" We are now In the
region Ut typhoong and we will be
lucky II we get into Manila without
encountering one.
Here in the troDice we have prac.