The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-12-28
Arrive at Arlington Cemetery. Where They
: Will Be Reinforced To-day.
The Body of Ordinary Seaman Hol-
ger, Another of the Victims,
Shipped to Relatives in New
York-The President and Mem
bers of the Cabinet and a Num-
Der Of Naval Officers Expected
to Attend the Funeral Services
at Arlington.

Sigsbee and Chaplain Chadwick called
at the Navy Department this morning
to consult with Assistant Secretary AL
len respecting the ceremonies to take
place tomorrow at Arlington in connec-
ton with the refinement of the bodies
of the Names victims
The remains of 151 dead sailors ar
rived here this morning over the Chesa-
peake and Ohio on a special train of six
cars. They were escorted by a guard
of honor, composed of twelve men from
the Texas, including one of the original
Maine crew-John Shea. The party was
under command of Lieutenant Benham.
The remains were conveyed to Rosslyn,
Va, and there were transferred to
wagons belonging to the Quarter
masters Department, which removed
them to the burial site in Arlington
Cemetery. The caskets have been
placed in open hospital tents, and the
guard of honor will be maintained over
them until they are buried tomorrow.
The exercises will be as simple as pos
sible. The President and members of
the Cabinet and number of naval Off
GERS are expected to attend the funeral
services. The Navy Department to-day
ordered a sufficient number of wreaths
made of galax leaves to enable one to
be placed on each casket.
The body of Frederick c. Holzer, an
ordinary seaman, killed in the explosion
of the Maine, is the only one of the 151
bodies disinterred from Colon Cemetery,
Havana, and brought to Newport News,
which will not be buried at Arlington
tomorrow. The body of Holzer has
been shipped to New York, where it
will be received by relatives About
thirty requests were received by the
Navy Department for the bodies of the
victims of the Maine disaster, but in
only ten of these cases had the bodies
been Identified. The other twenty were
either in the list of unidentified dead,
or among the bodies not recovered.
Owing to the confusion in which the
graves were found when the dead were
disinterred at Havana, the Department
has reluctantly decided not to extend
to the relatives and friends of the other
nine positively identified bodies the
privilege of burying the remains at
home. When the remains were inferred
in Colon Cemetery the ceremony was
conducted with great haste, because the
condition of the remains absolutely re-
quired that such action should be taken
in the hot climate. AS the remains were
landed at Machina wharf at Havana
harbor they were identified as far as
possible, and each coffin was numbered.
They were then taken to the cemetery.
but in some cases the Superintendent of
the cemetery failed to note more than
the number of the row in which these
collins were placed. For instance. m
one case there were fourteen collins
containing two victims each who had
been positively identified When Cap
tain S1gspee came to diSinter these
collins the numbers had become unde-
cipherable, and it was manifestly i'm
possible to determine which of the two
were those of bodies identified at the
time of burial in Havana The depart
ment, therefore, was compelled to denv
the request except in the case of
Apprentice Holzer, who died in the hos
pital some time after the disaster. and
whose grave was definitely located.
OF the 100 bodies which are TO he
buried at Arlington tomorrow. sixtv-
three were identified at the time of their
interment in Colon Cemetery. Ninetv-
7e'Sh u Tic pOuieS 10 De inferred to-
morrow were never identified In all of
the 260 victims of the disaster two Off
GERS and 2oS men, the body of one off,
Ger or portions of the bodies of 1q1
men were recovered. The body of AS
s1stant Engineer Merritt was not re-
covered, or If recovered, was unrecog-
nizable. Twenty-Five of the Maine vic
tins were buried at Key West. Their
bodies are not among those to be buried
at Arlington.