The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-01-12
Chief Leininger Will Go On His
SOrrOwful Mission,
GOVERNMENT WILL AID
And Has Given Its Entire Consent to
Remove the Body.
COL. HARD SENDS A LETTER.
Wants Relatives to Meet at Wooster and
Appoint Some one to GO to Get the
Bodies of the Dead of the
Eighth Ohio.-Text of

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Appoint Some one to 90 to Get the
Bodies of the Dead of the
Eighth Ohio.-Text of
the Letter.
Chief John Leininger of the fra depart
meut has determir ed to go to Cuba to
exhume the body Of his dead soldier son,
the late Captain John Leininger Of the
Eighth Ohio, who died during the San
tiago campaign Of the Spanish American
war. Mr.. Leiningr has received the full
consent Of the government to bring the
remains Of his son home and he will leave
for Cuba in short time. The govern.
meut has taken action to bring the re-
mains Of dead soldiers buried in the hills
Of Cuba to the United States, and Mr..
Leinir ger was invited to become one Of
the psrty sent by this government to
Cuba for that purpose, but he preferred
to 60 alone, as the work Of tAe agents Of
the United Stats will b5 necessarily
hurried, ana he desires to take his time
and pursue Investigations which he alone
is interested iu. Mr.. Leininger has not
determined the exact date of his depar-
ture, but it will probably be within the
n ext two weeks.
LETTERS TO RELATIVES.
Colonel c. V. Hard has sent out the
following letter to the f,isnds and
relatives Of the dead Of the Eighth Ohio:
Wooster, Ohio, Jan. 8, 1899.
Dear Sir:-The government has prac-
tics tlly completed its plans for bringing
home the remains of deceased soldiers
buried in Cuba. The quattermaster
general advises me that he has contracted
for burial clfes, which will be ready for
delivery shortly and will be for Karded
to San tiago early in February A COM
missioner will be sent from Washington
with sufficient corps Of experienced rnen
begin the dislnterment of the bodies and
their preparation for transportation
home. without en- teriDg into details,
will state that the plans devisei are ex.
cellent and calculated to avoid mistakes
or delays. At an ioterviCw with the
cuarterme ster general In Washington
recently, l was assured that permission
would be granted and transportation
furnished for one representative from the
Eighth regiment to Santiago and return,
to accompany the commissioner and look
after the dlsinterment Of the dead Of our
regiment All other personal expenses
will have to borne by the representative.
The goVernn eDt furnishes the burial
cases, pays all costs Of disiuterment and
transportation to New York and thence
to the place designated by the relatives.
In order to complete arrangements for
sending such a representative, and to
select some person to undertake the task
I suggest that one relative Of each of our
dead boys, or somebody to act for the
relatives, mest at the mayors Office 10
Wooster on Friday next, Janu ry l3. II
would be we'll, too, If some of the officer;
of each company could be present at the
time to aid in making the rsnGements
The choice Of the representative to go to
Cuba is matter, it seems to me, for the
friends Of the dead to determine and they
should come prepared to take action
There are many other details in csnnec
tion with the matter which will leAv'
to Ne explained when oil are together.
Very respectfully,
@. V. HARD.