Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-20
BURIED IN THE SEA
Five Men Died onthe Hospit-
al Ship 0Iivette,
LIST OF THOSE ON BOARD
Believed That Jones, the Man That Was
Killed nt Old Point Thurs,iny;
Night, Committed Suicide. ."

The hospital ship Olivette from sam
tago. Cuba. with 200 sick soldiers on
board. arrived in Hampton Roads Il, .
o'clock yesterday afternoon. Tne colors
flying from her foremost indicated 10
all that SAW her sail into the harhor
that she was from the South and ,h,t
her paSSengo rs were S gldieiS SIflrrn@
with diseases contracted on the trori-
cal island. The Olivette cast anchor
Well below The dock and perhaps n
quarter If Il mile from shore. IN. Pc
tus, surgeon in charge of To- Marine
SiJit;il Service at Fort Monroe, i'4.-
mediatelN boarded her and proceeded 20
ascertain the condition of her sick. Tire
examination made by the doctor wa
most satisfactory for when he cam.
ashore he spoke in high praise of the
ship and her officers The vessel. ne
said, was in most excellent condition in
every department. She is in charge of
Major \. Fl. Appel. surgeon U. S. A..
assisted by Surgeons l.. S. Brown. L
$. ~. executive utticer; Surgeon F'eliH
Am;,bal. L. S. A., and Surgeon S. 2
Wilkinson L. S. a. 'Of the large mum
Der of patients. more than 200 sick and
wounded that have been cared TOR on
the Olivette during this campaign
said DR.. Pettus. mot one has suffered
for proper care. medicine or nursing
Under charge of Major y. II. Appel. tn,
surgical staff of the ship has taken
care Of this large number of patients.
without hitch " an adverse critici-m
For discipline and searching cleanline 5.
the ship is like Il mau-of-war. Every
assistant on board knows what is eN
pecttd of him and without exception all
seem TO unite to keep up the eNcellen,
work al the ship"
IT was not expected that the Olivette
would put any of her sick ashore at Old
D,Ni ~, II I,
Santiago to call at Fort Monroe for or
ders- Fever and dysentery are the pre-
vailng ailments on board and on tn,
voyage up the coast five men died and
were buried at sea. as will be seen by
the list printed below. Major Appel
was very anxious To bring the body -:
Major Conrad. who expired shortly af-
ter the ship sailed, to the North for in
tei'ment. but he found it impossible t,
de so and the remains We're deposited
with military honors in the sea The
scene at the burial Of the officer is said
TO nave been most Impressive ona
kilograms to his friends announcing
his dea tn We're sent from Old Point
yesterday. as We're also messages telling
of The last hours of those who follow
him few days later. DR.. Pettu
brought ashore With him IL number Is
kilograms from sick soldiers on the ve--
sci to wives and kindred at their homes
The 0liN,tte will proceed to New York
where provision mas been made for the
care of her patients. ..
y rumnr became current soon aftei
the arrival of the ship that Battery Fl .
which left Old Point about the begin
ming of May for the front, and whic'
was repGrted to have been annihiIateG
by the bursting of 4 SHE'LL from the bat
t.cship Texas during the fighting
around Santiago, was on board and
would lie landed at the fort. Battery II
had been at Fort Monroe for Il long
time and its members We're known t..
hundreds of people in this city ana
PhoebuS. Many of them married in tie
latter place. and hence the news that
they had come home gave great pleas
IRE ~ all that heard it. Unfortunatel
however. the batterymen We're not OF
the ship. The following men died o,
the voyage:
Corporal Emory Brown f. Tenth
cavalry malarial dyscntery. Aug. IA:
Charles w. -Aldman. G. First District of
Columbia malarial dysentery. Aug. 16;
James II. Spencer. !. First Illinois. in
termittcnt fever. malarial dyScntcry
Aug. is: Major Casper H. Conrad
Eighth infantry. malaria fever. remit
tent. dEsentery died off Santiago de
Cuba. Aug. 10: Herbert II. Mccormick.
Aug. IS: Homer Covery, F. Thirty
fourth Michigan. malaria dysentery.
Aug. 10.