The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-08


iment VIII BE Moved at an Early
Date-The Burial of Private MI
chael-CIOse of the Court Martial
More Cases of Typhoid Fever
Developed.
Any doubt that has existed in the
minds of the Fifteenth as to the re-
liability of the press reports of their
prospective move was dispelled yester-
day in an unexpected manner. Quar-
termaster Coe, when the weather sud
denly became so frlgid wired for army
overcoats, additional blankets and win
ter underwear, and yesterday he re-
ceived message from Washington
stating that these articles would be
supplied the regiment at Camp Meade,
Pa, which is taken to mean an early
move.
The burial of George Michael Com
pany H, took place yesterday In Fort
Smelling cemetery. Early In the morn
ing detail went to Minneapolis to
escort the remains from the Craig I'm
dertaking company's rooms, where
they were removed from the hospital.
The corpse was wrapped in a silk
flag, and another flag draped the cof-
nm, While in and on the coffin were
great punches of red and white roses
and other flowers, the gift of the COM
pany.
AS the hearse with its escort ap-
preached the camp along the Mime
haha road, Company H went out to
meet 1t and formed the procession to
the grave. The firing squad, Corporal
Rogers, Privates Edwards, Scanlon.
Lund, Holton, ROberge, Green and
Fitzpatrick, in command of Sergeant
Rose, marched at the head of the col
umn, followed by Capt. Dolan and Cor
poral Cook. Then came the hearse
with the six pallbearers under Ser
geant Kennedy, Privates APPEL, Peter
son, Witherby, Paulson, Palmer and
Irwin, and after that g. carriage in
which rode Mrs. Michael, mother of
the dead man, and two Red Cross wom-
en-. The remainder of Company H
brought up the rear. They carried only
their side arms. The march to the
grave was In slow time. Every effort
was directed towards making the or
dinarily impressive ceremony doubly
so, and everything was carried out in
a strictly military way.
AT the grave the company was drawn
up in an easy manner, and Corporal
Cook delivered a ten-minute talk, ad-
dressed particularly to the boys Then.
as the body was lowered, three rounds
were fired over the grave, and as the
first shOVelful Of earth was thrown
upon the coffin Bugler futile, Company
+, blew the mournful call Of taps
lights out"
George Michael was but twenty-six
years old a the time Of his death. and
he was very popular fellow at home
and viii his company. His home was
In Bigelow, where he taught school.
He marched in the first set Of fours
and Company H had no more soldierly
figure than his. Since he was taken to
the Northwestern hospital he has been
on steady decline, and his death was
not unexpected
high temperatures picked up about
camp yesterday; in fact, about ten, but
probably few Of the cases are typhoid.
Nearly all were included In the days
expectation Of tnvalids, but 1t is prob
able that In many cases the high tenn
perature was due to slight colds and
the tendency towards light feyers in
duced by the sudden change in the
weather. About nine Of the seventeen
sent away had we'll marked typhoid
cases, the accumulation of three DAYS
In the morning George Eveland, Steven
Stevens, William Pickett, George
Humphrey, Carl Hoven, William
Welch, Corporal Frank Irvine, Joseph
DWyer, all Of Company G., were taken
to st. Mary's hospital, Minneapolis,
and in the afternoon Adam Simpson
Company K; Edward T. Fremming'
Company K; John Karg, Company 3:
John Brunnell, Company E; Nels Mel
son, Company A. and Mike Lynch.
Company A, were taken to Asbury
hospital, while John Bremen, Company
e; Frank Walker, Company B, and
Oscar Fry, Company B, were allowed
to go to their homes in st. Paul
The patients moved in the afternoon
were first sent to the hospital at Fort
Smelling, but no place could be found
to put them, and they were sent back.
The post is very crowded but all the
cases are doing nicely.
DR.. Richardson and wife, Of Mime
apolis. called upon DR.. Fry last even
Ing and were shown through the hos
pltal. Dr. Richardson has In his care
several of the fever cases at the
Northwestern hospital, so he feels
much interest in the boys. He reported
that all the typhoid cases from the
Fifteenth at the Northwestern were
doing nicely, with the possible excep-
ton Of Private Dudley, who Is very
low.
Quartermaster Sergeant Bierman re-
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