The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-03

the company had done duty in Cuba,
and were comrades of the dead. Many
bore traces OF the sickness and fatigue
Which they had survived, and to which
Jennings, O'Mslley and Mcnamara
succumbed
The hearses came next, followed by
Is hacks, containing the mourners. The
order was three abreast The fremen,
Court Clinton and the Metropolitan So
cial Club came in the order named,
with Division No 8. A. o. H, bringing
up the rear. The band struck up dirge
and the column moved up High street
until it reached Main street. The col
umn halted while the dead were taken
into the church.
Co was brought up in two lines,
extending down the steps of the centre
door to the road. A single line closed
the road. leaving only a lans through
which four might march abreast. The
company stood at present arms" I'M
til the column had fled into the church
and taken seats at the head Of the
auditorium. Last Of all, the soldiers
marched up the centre aisle in single
column and were seated.
ST. Johns church will seat 400 peo-
pie. Theirs was no room for all who
wished to enter. Women stood on the
staircases and in the side aisles. The
seats taken. Several hundred persons
waited outside the church. The ser
vices were brief but most solemn. The
candles all burned on the altar. The
odoT Of many flowers with which the
altar and chancel were adorned was
heavy in the air, and mingled with the
perfume of incense lingering from the
many masses. The altar boys were
present in their robes.
Rev FIR r T Patterson paue o1OSa
to the place where the three baskets
rested, outside the chancel rail He
eulogized the heroes in a few words,
but tenderly. He said: Il can add very
little to the tributes that their noble
natures deserve. They severed them
selves from warm and comfortable
homes and dear and loving
friends, TO lie in trenches and under
the stars of a foreign land, unselfshly,
for the sake Of the flag.
4 honor them above all other men,
l call upon the seleCtmen and the
townspeople to see that their names
shall be cut in enduring granite and
handed down, that the eyes of genera
tions yet unborn may read.
"A plinth should be placed against the
soldiers monument we have and their
names should be cut deeply into it,"
There were tears in many eyes when
the venerable rector ceased speaking.
The women were visibly affected. In
the mOurners' benches were the wild
owed mother of Corp. Jennings and his
brothers and sisters, and the brothers,
sisters and parents of Priv Mcnamara
and PRIV. OMalley. All Of the women
wept. Tears ran down the cheeks Of
the men.
FIR. Patterson asked the congregation
to say three Our Fathers and three
Ave Marys for the repose Of the souls
Of the dead, and that "They may spend
the Easter in heaven with Jesus Christ,
resurrected from the dead" Newman
Harrison sang a solo. The band played
Nearer, my God. to Thee" The organ
gave out the notes of a funeral march
as the Baskets were taken out of the
church.
The interments were made in three
graves in the new St. Johns cemetery
in Lancaster Capt. Cannon drew the
company into firing order. and the
sharp rattle of three volleys disturbed
the Sunday air. Then bugler JAMIE
put the brass bugle to his lips, and the
end came with the calling Of taps"
Company K marched back to the arm
cry. 1t came down High street preceded
by the band, 25 men abreast MARCHING
with the precision only gained in the
regular army. The men were dismissed
and that was the end Of a day most sac
and solemn. Tonight the stores are
open again, and Easter services have
the right Of way in all the churches.