The times., 1899-12-29

the graves He was assisted in celebrating
the Catholic service by Father Holland and
Father George H. Bonner, behind whom
stood 'tFo acolytes clad in red, white and
purple
At the close Of the religious service, a
firing squad from the Marine Corps ad-
Hanced along the west edge of the burial
plot and. facing east delivered three vol
leys bugleT advanced and sounded taps.
The small crowd of civilian spectators be-
gan 10 melt away. the carriages of the
Presidential party began to whirl over
tire crisp snow and the cavalry, marines,
and hluejackets took up the march from
the field
When the crowd had disappeared a corps
of cemetery laborers began the removal Of
the hags and green wreaths from the
easEets. the lowering of the bodies, and
The filling OF the graves.
There IS no certainty as to the Identified
tion Of the remains. Some OF the bodies
were identified before interment in Colon
Cemetery. Havana. but in exhuming them
certain discrepancies were discovered.
According to the record made by Captain
Sigsbee after the Maine explosion, the fol-
lowing Of the crew were identified al the
time of their burial in Cuba:
John II. Dierking. drummer; James H.
Graham. chief yeoman; William II. Tins
man, landsman; James II. Brown, ser
geauf marines; Eldon H. Nero, chief ma
chinist. Harry J. Keys, ordinary seaman
Owen Sheridan. fireman, second class; Pat
rick Gafney, fireman Identification very
pTobable): Joseph Seery, fireman; James
T. Roberts. marine Identification very
prohable); Carl A. Smith. seaman; And
lew ". Erikson, seaman: John J. Nc
Manus. fireman; Charles Hassel, gunner's
mate. Jhird class; William J. Fewer gun
nef's mate. Gustav Holm, gunners mate;
Charles i. W. Elerman. gunners mate;
Frederick JeTnee. coal passeT; Harry
JeCtsOn. seaman; Carleton jerks, gunner ;
mate very probable) Patrick Flynn. fire
man ipTObable) Francis c. Phillips. ap-
prentice; Noble T. Mudd tprobable) /:
Thomas J. Jones. coal passer; i. J. Nc
Niece. coal passeT; James w. Louden. ap-
prentice ldoubtfuD; Samuel Lees, ordin-
airy seaman; \. J. Smith apprentice
idoubfuD; Alfred Smith. coal passer
Anthony Conray. ccal passer (probable); /;
joan y. Berry. apprentice; Charles Curran,
coXswSin; Joseph F. Gordon, fireman
tdoubtful); Hughes Patrick, fireman; Fritz
BAH. bayman ldoubtfuD William Don
oughy. ordinary seaman; Frank Sutton
fireman: Daniel Price fireman (doubtfuD; !;
Frederick II. Kniese (very probabIe)
Henry Gress landSman: Charles F. Just
apprentice: JAMES Boyle. qusrtermaster;
George JC1nScn. coal pasSer (dOubtfuD; /;
William J. Horn. fireman (most probable); /;
Joseph ScUily, boilermaker; Albert B. Hen
nekes- gunner's mate; James NJ. League
chief yeoman tprCbable); SCphius Nelson
coXswain (pTCbable); Thomas NJ. Cole
bayman tprCLable); Charles A. Scott, G.
II. tdCIbtfGl): John Matza. coal passer
tprCbabieJ: Trubic Finch, apprentice;
Thomas i. Harry. coal passer; Walter Sell
lers apCthecary; Alfred J. Holland, ccx-
swain; Frank 3 -Tigges. coppersmith prob
ablel. Robert Burkhardt, quartermaster
ipTC6sbIej; Frank Fisher, ordinary sea-
man Millard T. Harris. quaTtermaster;
William Lund, coxswain (probable); J.
Bennst. marine (probable); George ".
Klesber. apprentice, aad J. ". Johnson.
ordinary seaman.
Twenty-lour OF the Names dead were
buried at Key West. where a monument
has been reared to their memory
jerry Shea. a survivor OF the Maine, who
vas in The escort from the Texas, was
presented 10 President Mckinley by Cap
tain Sigsbee
The guard of honor from the Marine
Corps which has done duty al the graves
since the removal of the bodies from Ross
Ign. was under command of Lieutenant
Bates. The marine battalion was COM
msnded by Colonel Harrington, the detach-
ment of bluejackets by Lieutenant Gise,
and the escort from the Texas by Lieu
tenant Benham.