The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-29
R0UMANIA
Sails for Cuba on
Thursday.
ORDERS RECEIVED
By Messrs. Dunkerton and
Dean.

The Roumania will sail from the
; Brooklyn navy yard, Thursday morning
. for Santiago de Cuba, carrying the
government expedition that will bring
{ back the bodies of the dead soldiers.
A. p. Dunkerton received orders yes
? terday morning to report at New York
+ Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock, pre-
pared to sail on steamer Roumania
Thursday.
At $50 o'clock last evening, Fred p.
Dean. received a telegram from Col.
Moore, chief quartermaster of the Uni
ted States army, ordering him to re-
port in New York in time to take
steamer Roumania for Cuba, which
the telegram also stated would leave
New York city Thursday morning.
Mr.. Deans message confirms his APP
pointment as official representative of
the Second regiment. Ii will be re-
mernbered that The Spy announced
that Col Clark had sent a letter rec
ommending Dean. to Gen Luddington.
Mr.. Dean has not received any official
notification from Col. Clark. but the
telegram from Col. Moore shows that
Col. Clark's recommendation received
the endorsement of Gen Luddington
and his name was at once entered upon
the lists.
Capt. Rider wrote to Col. Charles
Bird, jan 25th, telling him of the meet
ing of the citizens committee which
was held at Springfield, and the fact
that transportation for Is would be re-
quired.
Yesterday Capt. Rider received the
following letter from Col Rir0.
Quartermaster Generals Office,
War Department,
June 81, 1899
Capt. P. L, Rider, Co. c, Second Reg
iment, Worcester, Mass
My Dear Captain-Your letter regard
ing sending party to Santiago to eX-
hume bodies of Second Massachusetts
received. l have referred it to Col.
Moore who has entire charge of this
matter, and you will hear from him
regarding it. Yours truly.
Charles Bird,
Colonel and Quartermaster, u. S. V.
Capt. Rider expects to receive word
from Col. Moore either tonight or to-
morrow. When the captain is notified
he will in turn notify. the other men,
bers of the Massachusetts, delegation.
Dispatches from Washington said
that the Roumania would be fitted out
as a funeral ship and it is thought in
Worcester that only the government
employees and the representatives of
the different volunteer regiments viii
be allowed to sail on that vessel and
that the delegation of relatives and
friends will go later in the week on the
steamer Berlin, which is regularly. EN-
ployed in the transport service between
New York city and Santiago de Cuba
A. F. Dunkerton leaves Worcester
aff 1,i 81
in New York will Immediately report
to Col, Rhodes, superintendent of ma
tional cemeteries who will have entire
charge of the disinterring and bringing
back to America of the soldier dead.
The expedition will be accompanied
by several practical undertakers, who
will superntend all removals. They will
see that everything is properly disin-
fected and that the Baskets are proper
ly sealed
The Roumania will probably not reach
Santiago de Cuba until Monday Feb 6.
If the Berlin leaves even two days
later it is thought that that vessel will
arrive at its destination almost as soon
as the Roumania, as the Berlin is a
fast boat and one of the best transports
in the service of the government. The
Berlin was formerly an Allan line stea-
mer.
Local military men say that the UNI
expended balance that was appropri=
ated by the council last year to bring
back from Cuba the bodies of Worces-
ter's dead should be given to, a fund to
erect monument on the triangular
plot Of ground in front of the armo1y.
The soldiers who. fought in the Cuban
war feel as if the city had Intentionally
sighted them, and now that they want
to erect an appropriate testimonial
they think that it would be a graceful
act on the part of the city to turn over
to their fund what they were saved by
the governments decision to send its
own expedition to Cuba's shores.
Maj. Harry B. Fairbanks said in an
interview with a Spy man: 81 think
that it would be a graceful act on the
part of the city to subscribe towards
erecting a memorial. Worcester sent
more men to the war than any other
city and the dead, l think, should be
honored. That plot of ground in front
OF the aflnory is certainly suitable
place. The boys were nearly all state
militiamen, and I do not know of a
more suitable place to erect a monu-
ment to their memory. | hope that
the matter will receive the immediate
9ttentloni of those interested. / Ink
SEAT chain letter fund would not be
out or place. and l believe that nearly
every person in Worcester to whom a
letter was sent, would be only too will
ing to contribute at least dime
The invitations to the social to be
given by Co. G, Light Infantry, Tues
day, Feb. ID, will be sent out during