Evening star., 1898-07-06
GRAVES OF DEAD HEROES
Fund to Provide Fencing for Their Last
Resting Place.
Seamen Who Went Down With the
Maine-The Four Who Died
With Ensign BagIey.

gion, of this city for the erection of a hand
scme iron fence around the graves of the
twenty-four dead seamen of the battle ship
Maine, buried at Key West. is rapidly near
ing the $1,000 mark, and it is confidently ex-
pected by Major Frank A. Butts, secretary
ar6 treasurer of the encampment commit
tee in charge of this work, that this sum
will be exceeded. when all returns are
made.
The design for the ornamental wrought
iron fence, with it's appropriately decorated
gates reaching a maximums height of eight
feet, recently appearing in The Star,
has been forwarded to Commander For
syth, in charge of the naval station at Key
West, for the formal approval of the ceme-
terry authorities. Two smaller designs of
fence panels to inclose the four graves of
the sailors killed on the torpedo boat Win
SLOW were also forwarded for the approval
of naval and cemetery officials. A reply
frcm these communications is expected at
any time.
be let and work on the fence pushed with
all vigor The contracts will doubtless be
awarded to the Jcrss Iron Company of
this city, and IL such case Mr. Jorss will
go to Key West to personally superintend
The work Of erection.
Commander Forsyth has been asked for
an estimate Of the cost of the work that
VIII necessarily have to be done at Key
West-hauling, placing of foundation and
clearing the incosUre and mounding and
soddinG the graves. This it is expected,
viii be considerable.
The fence is to be of the finest wrought
iron construction. with handsome orna-
mental gates. 1t will require four weeks
to complete it after the letting of the con-
tract. Once finished it will be shipped i'm
nediately to Key West and erected with
out delay. The fence will inclcse a plot
nearly 100 feet square including every one
of the neglected graves of the Maine sail
Will derhr Sh
mounded and almost forgotten For the
purpose of providing a substantial and last
ing protection for these graves and TO
mark them in such manner BELTS their
memory the L. V. l.. of this city under
took to raise the sum that, through The
efforts of Major Butts and Capt. Gideon A.
Lyon, chairman of the committee, has
been secured.
Scope of Plans Extended.
The project originally intended to in
close only the graves of the Maine dead,
has widened in its scope and will include
the four graves of the Winslow martyrs.
The four seamen of the plucky little vessel
who lost their lives working alongside the
heroic Bagley are buried in pairs. and two
panels of three-foot wrought iron fencing
will incose their last resting place.
The subscriptions 20 date are as follows:
Previously acknowledged in The
buryport, Mass OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES l 90
Encampment No. =. Union Veteran
Legion, Philadelphia, Pa. a......... 90
Miss Ratclffe, Washington, d. c.. l 90
Employees department of labor,
Washington, D. C............... IA 90
Willie and Myron Curtis, Washing
ton, ID. CO.. ~
The following contributions have been re-
ceived from Charles A. Campbell, quarter
| master of Encampment No. 81, Union Vet
eran Legion, National Soldiers Home, Va:
pav Col dan for of Emo ANN
ment No. 81, U. V. L...-..... 80
VIM. H. Judd, Encampment No. 81,
Albert II, r' Moseiey Encampment No. ="
81, U. L. W: :'......::. 80
Eugene Hart, Encampment No. 81,
L. l.. w.. 5O
James Colgan, Encampment No. 81,
Jos. P. Dudrow, Encampment No.
Ananaz ga; Ia l; Taylor, Eneampment No. %
c. A. Campbell, Encampment No.
Patrick sti e v Weldon, edo Encampment No. ~
Weather bureau, Agricultural De-
Employees office adjutant general.
War Department. ................. 16 Co
Employees office quartermaster gen.
eral, War Department. .......... II 90
Employees office chief of engineers,
War Department. Observation-Disclosures. IA %
Employees Office surgeon general,
War Department NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. IL 40
Employees office commissary general,
War Department. Observation-Disclosures. s %
Employees office chief of ordnance,
War Department. Observation-Disclosures. a.
James NJ. Merritt, Buffalo, n. ". oU
Left at office Evening Star by P. 80
John V. Henry, u. S. r. NJ. s.,
quincy, Ill. ! w
Secretary's office, mail division, U.
S. Treasury Department. ......... 1 40
Secretarys office, customs division,
U. 5. Treasury Department. %
Secretary's office, division of public
moneys, Treasury Department. %
Secretary'S office, division of ap-
pointments, Treasury Department 80
Secretarys office. division of reve-
nue. cutter service, L. S. Treasury
secretary's office, division of book
keeping and warrants, U. S. Treas
ury Depart ment. ........-....... 80
Treasurer's office, cash room (addi-
tionaD, U. S. Treasury Depart
ment 20
Treasurer's office. chief clerks
room, U. S. Treasury Department. Go
Treasurer's office, redemption di-
vision, L. S. Treasury Department. 6 so
Treasurer's office, division of issues,
U. S. Treasury Department. 49,. 3 So
Treasurer'S office. division of ma
tional banks, Z. S. Treasury De-
partment 1 25
Registers office, U. S. Treasury De-
peTlWent IL az
Solicitors office. L. S. Treasury De-
partments %
Controllers Office. u. S. Treasury
Department ...-................. 90
Office auditor for Treasury Depart
ment D 20
John G. Teicher, Washington D. c. 90
Bureau of medicine and surgery
(additionaD, Navy Department. 90
Bureau of navigation. Navy De-
partment ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. u 20
Bureau of construction and repairs,
Navy Department. nt............. 20 90
Bureau of yards and docks, Navy
department 6 25
Bureau of supplies and accounts,
Navy Department. Observation-Disclosures. 8 90
Bureau of ordnance, Navy Depart
ment .:........-......... ............. 4 so
Bureau of steam engineering, Navy
Department Observation-Disclosures. 5 05
U. s. naval observatory. ory............ rs
photographic Office, Navy Depart
ment .................... IL 90
Naval war records office. ...... 90
Nautical Almanac office, Navy De-
partment ....................... 15O
District fire department. ........... "a so
IOtal. 1858 16
Sample Contribution.
The following letter, addressed to Major
Butts, explains itself:
"My Dear Comrade-Inclosed please find