The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-29

Ninth Massachusetts, regiment, United
states volunteers, telling him to be
ready to start for Santiago on or about
i Feb. l, and that from the time of sail
ing the government will pay him $50
a month, with ratiens
| MI. Garyey's engagement with the
government has not heightened title.
lie is hired as a '.laborer." This, how
/ ever is only the governments way of
getting around delicate point. Mr..
SIarVey is the only official representa-
i've Tor the former Ninth regiment,
! Cnlted states volunteers, who will go
with other Massachusetts men to bring
the bodies of Bay State soldiers home
Tor burial on United States soil.
| 5efgt. GarYey receives his appoint
ment through Lieut.. Col. Lawrence j.
| Logan.
he was getting his baggage together
To-Day, in readiness for a call from
the government, which may come at
any moment.
Sergt Garvey is a slim man, 1.-THE and
agile. He shows traces of the illness
ne endured during the Santiago cam
palgn he was willing to talk about
ms business when a representative of
Inc Spy saw him this afternoon II
snail take more baggage than 1 had
When | went with the company. In
fact, | shall take about all the clothes l
own AS the representative of the regi-
ment ought TO make d good appear
ance / am proud of the honor Col.
Logan has conferred upon me. OF
course it didn't come by any influence
OF mine. 1t came through Capt. Can
non. You can see how he stands, when
so many companies of the regiment are
in Boston
Il think Capt. Cannon selected me be-
cause l had better chance to see the
ground at Santiago. l was the first
man sent into the city from our regi-
ment, and l was sent into the city re-
peatedly. l was sent on errands to the
fever hospital, and l got to know the
country very well.
Il don't think it will be difficult for
me to find the bodies of the Clinton
men, WIN died in Co. K.
Corp. Henry j. Jennings was the first
to go. He died in the fever hospital, OF
typhoid He had been dead several
Capt. Cannon tried to get a marble
headstone to mark his grave. He
couldn't get stone cutter to cut the
letters soon enough, so he had a Cuban
carpenter make a wooden cross
He had Jennings name painted on
the cross. Then he took me
and we went to the burying
ground near the fever hospital and
put it at the head of poor Jennings
grave"
Sergt Garvey made a little diagram
to show where the body lies in that
lonely ground in Cuban soil.
Private John Mcnamara went
next" continued Garvey. He had in
termittent He was buried in the 9th
regiment burying ground, where sc
many of the dead of Bates division
were laid away
This ground was about 80 by so feet
wire fence. 1t is on the 81
honey side of San Juan hill
among the trees. One big mangrove
tree is near the entrance. When the
sun is right, this tree casts q shadow
over the whole ground. Mcnamara
grave is marked with slate tile, into
which his name is cut.
There is one grave between NC
Namara's grave and the grave of Pri-
vate Michael f. OMalley. O'Malley
poor lad, was the last of the K boys
who died on Cuban soil. His grave is
marked with a board taken from the
top Of box that was filled with ra-
tons. His name is cut into the wood
Private Frank Perant cut the name
with a pocket knife. 1t took him three
or four hours to do the work"
| Sergt. Garvey is very sure that Gin
| tc q nourners will receive their owr
| d. q. md no others. He is not so sure
tina, everybody will be so fortunate
Some graves were not promptly
| 'ii All IF the Clinton dead win be
brought home for burial. Their rela.
tives do not desire the remains of theil
loved ones to lie in the national Gem
etery.
The dedicatory service in the new
mission established by David Gilmore
Frank Menze and Horace Thissell will
be held tomorrow night. Rev. DR.. C. M
Bowers will preach the sermon. Hh
mission occupies the room in Tyler
block that was formerly occupied b!
the Graphic, a defunct newspaper. Al
organ has been put in, the walls hav,
been papered, so chairs are on tn,
floor. curtains are at the windows, ant
the mission is ready for business.
j. S. Allen is the latest seeker for tn,
republican nomination for town treas
urer.