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have soon been promoted to a commits
stoned officer.
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have soon been promoted to a commits
stoned officer.
Richard j. Harden.
The only officer OF the regiment to die
was First Lieut.. Richard J. Hardin, OF
Company A. At the time of The organi-
zation of the regiment, his application
for enlistment was rejected Dy the exam
lining board, on account Of his feeble
physical condition. The lieutenant, by
hard work and influence persuaded the
War Department to pass him. over the
| decision of the board. His friends know
| ing his weak constitution tried to dis
suade him from joining the regiment, hut
| his strong military spirit, overshaJowed
every consideration, even 10 the sacrifice
| of his life. The physical strain of caIap
| life proved too much for the lieutenant
and he died of general debility, soon after
| the regiment landed in Cuba.
Socrates Maupin.
| One of the youngest and most popular
boys of the regiment was Socrates Maui
pin He and his older brother enlisted in
Company G. They marched shoulder to
shoulder and lay side by side in the
| trenches before Santiago. Socrates COM
! planned of feeling badly for some time
| but for two weeks would not give up. He
was finally compelled to go to the nos
pital and his brother was detailed to
| accompany and nurse him. There he re-
| mained for short time, when he died OF
typhoid fever August 2S Socrates Maui
pin, was a graduate of the Eastern High
| School and the captain of the football
team that won the championship of '97
He was prominently identified with the
Metropolitan Baptist Church and was be-
loved by all who knew him.
Charles Waldham
Private Charles Waldman, a member of
Company C, withstood the hardships of
the Cuban campaign, and was on the
way to Montauk, on board the Olivette,
when he died from malaria. He was
buried at sea with military honors The
parents of Waldman were informed OF
his condition, by cable, when he left San
tiago, and were making preparations to
visit their sick son, when he should ar
rive at Montauk. 1t was only on the ar
rival of the transport they learned that
their son had been dead for several days
AIphonsus j. BahIman.
Private Alphonsus ]. Bahlman, of Com
| pany B, also died on board q transport
He was a Washingtonian by birth, anG
was twenty-siX years of age. Previous
to his enlistment he was employed in his
fathers tailoring shop. He was alway:
an enthusiastic patriot, and at the cal
for volunteers insisted upon enlisting
/ even against the pleas of his mother
who, with the help of her friends tried
to persuade him from risking his life an(
health.
William Mcdonald.
Artificer William Mcdonald, of Com
pany L. was another victim of the hard
ships of transportation. He died wher
but few days at sea. Mcdonald has M
relatives in this city, and was a nativ,
of the State of Maine. where he has al
aunt to mourn his loss. He was a maj
of fine physique, and very much liked b.
those who knew him. His stories of hunt
ing in the woods of Maine helped to pas
the weary hours of camp life, and on tn
fatal trip home he was cared for by hi
comrades az @I5s1i
George S. ShaItz.n.
George S. Shultz, private In Company
M, was honorably discharged from the
service in July, in consequence of his
weakened condition, and was sent to the
hospital at Camp Wikoff, to recuperate
There he died of typhoid fever August 19
Shultz has many friends in this city
where he lived for number of years be
fore enlisting. His parents are both dead
but he leaves three brothers and a sister
who deeply feel his loss.
Newton III. Ferree.
Sergeant Newton II. Ferree, of Compa
ny K, was the son of N f. Ferree o
the Treasury Department, and brothel
!. i to the first sergeant of his company, win
: is now ill at his home with typhoid fever
: He was first taken sick at Santiago, ant
, was brought to Montauk, where he diee
Of typhoid fever. His parents were In
formed of his condition and made al
: haste to arrive at the hospital, to Sc
n their son, but were only in time to clos
n his eyes for his last sleep. He was TWEEN
;, ty-two years of age and had been a lieu
tenant in the High School Cadets.
George GaskiII.
Private George Gaskill, of Company
was an Englishman, and had only bee
! In this country for five years, when h
= enlisted to fight for the land he had al
II ready learned to love. He passed through
d the campaign of Cuba without the slight