The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-08-04

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2.-Tbe caslset
containing the remains of Colonel Hawk.
FMS was taken ashore today with cere.
monies BETTING Colonel Hawkins rank.
The remains OF the dead commander
will be sent to Pennsylvania for n-
terment. Colonel Hawkins died on
July 1S, on board of the trans.
port Senator enroute to this city with
his regiment from Manila. His death
occurred two days after the transport
sailed from Yokohama. Cancer of the
bowels was the cause of death. The re-
mains were embalmed on board the ship
and brought here for shipment to Penn
sylvania, The ship bearing the regi-
ment has arrived, bringing the sad news.
Flag at HaIf-Mast.
The Senator arrived with her flag at
halfmast on account of the death of
Colonel Hawkins.
The Senator sailed from Manila on
July /, with 39 officers and 72l enlisted
men. The transport was at Nagasaki
on July 10, when Colonel Hawkins was
taken i'll with cancer of the bowels, from
which he had been a sufferer during the
greater part OF his campaign in the
Philippines, and for which he had un.
dergone treatment in the military hos.
pital al Manila. His illness continued
during the following day, July lG, when
the Senator was at Yokohama, and two
days later he passed away at sea.
Colonel Hawkins illness dated from
the battle of Malolos, when he exposed
himself almost recklessly in the dis
ase-breeding climate. He was re.
spected and loved by every man of his
command, and his death is deeply
mourned by the troops. His body was
placed in a Theoretically sealed casket,
and on the Sunday following his death
impressive funeral services were con.
Quoted by the chaplain of the regiment,
all of his men being in attendance.
The remains were placed in the stern
of the vessel and lay in state, attended
day and night by guard of honor dur.
ing the remainder of the voyage.
After the death of Colonel Hawkins,
the command of the regiment was
vested in Lieutenant Colonel Barnett,
who, like the dead commander, is popu.
lar among the enlisted men, and made
good record in the war.
Of the 759 officers and men whom
Colonel Barnett brought to San Fran
cisco, three are privates in.the Sixth ar
tillery, U. S. A., and one is member
OF the Nebraska regiment who was left
behind at Yokohama when his compan-
ions sailed for this port on the Han
cock. A dozen stowaways were also
concealed in the hold and were soon
brought to light after the Senator left
Yokohama.
One Man a Victim of Appendicitis.
The Senator had a good trip from
Japan. With the exception of the sad
illness and death of the regimental COM
mander there was no sickness aboard,
barring few cases of seasickness and
half a dozen cases of dysentery. At
sight of land, all the invalids were able
to leave the hunks and line up on the
main deck except one poor fellow who
has developed symptoms of appendi
citis and who will be operated upon 10
the hospital here.
When the Tenth Pennsylvania left
for the Philippines last year the muster
comprised $50 men. Twenty-four We're
killed in battle or died in the Manila
hospital, and the rest of the sick and
wounded, to the number of seven, are
on the hospital ship Relief. which will
probably arrive here within the next
few days.
The quarantine officer boarded the Sen.
ator and after a.careful inspection passed
crew and passengers. The transport
had dropped anchor off the Folsom
Street wharf and it was decided that
the regiment should not be landed until
today. Under cover of darkness, how
ever, two privates slipped off in tug,
dropping down by rope which had
been used to haul up two sacks of mail
matter sent out by the postmaster to
lhe regiment
The privates who thus absented them
selves without leave announced their
intention of seeing the town last night
and Of rejoining the ranks when the
regiment was lined up on the dock to.
day AS the official committee on re.
ception to the regiment will not arrive
here from Philadelphia until this even
ing, the substitute committee appointed
informally undertook that duty. A tug
had been chartered for today with the
expectation that the Senator would not
arrive last.night and arrangements made
to 80 out to meet the transport with a
band. stacks Of flowers and tons of dain-
ties for the soldiers. The premature ap-
pearance of the transport last evening,