The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-30

lies. Miss NJ "A. Howe. trained nurse. Milford Mass
of relief, thinking that the bones of
their son and brother was lying near
them.
When the government expedition ar
rived at Santiago, Superintendent
Rhodes and his men went to work, and
in the course of time came to the same
row of graves that the undertaken had
removed one body from.
When the diggers reached the end of
the row body was brought to the
surface to which was attached an emp
~ ginger ale bottle. Inside Of the bot
tie was a slip of paper ON which was
written the full name and address and
the company the man served with
and the name was that of the, soldier
who had been carried to America by
the undertaken and buried by the sor-
rowing parents as the remains of their
much beloved son.
DR.. Whitaker would not give the
name of the soldier or the state from
which he came, but he was volunteer
and The Spy man surmised from what
the doctor said that the man served
with New York regiment
The doctor remarked In the course of
tHe inter view lDdL superintendent
Rhoades and many Of his men knew Of
this occurrence, and that it was ex-
pected that the matter would sooner
or later be brought to the attention Of
the authorities at Washington
The. body of Silas I. Mayo of the light
infantry is aboard the Crooke, and DR..
Whitaker says that he thinks that his
body as well as the body Of Hugh G..
Davis of company r. Second Massa-
chusetts, who belonged In Greenfield,
and the one which the doctor went to
CT I to identify, will arrive in Wor-
ces,er late tonight of early tomorrow
morning.
The body Of Private Davis was buried
in a grave marked Unknown" but the
doctor says the Identification was COM
plete by means of the dental work in
the boys head.
Many fdentifcations were made by
means of charts of the teeth furnished
by dentists.
The grave of Private A. G, Stewart
of company @, Worcester, was properly
marked and positively identified, as
was also the body Of Patrick Guerin Of
the regulars also a Worcester man who
died on the battlefield.
Marvin +. Ames of the Wellingtons
who is buried in the yellow fever dis
trict. will be one Of the last bodies to
government dare not remove them until
all the other work is done.
The body of Patrick +. Shea of the
Seventh regulars, who belonged in
Worcester. is also aboard of the Crooke
and fully identified
The list of Second regulars and regu-
lars belonging in Worcester aboard the
Crooke, which was taken by DR.. Whit
taker, just before his departure, only a
few hours previous to the departure Of
the Crooks, numbered 50 men, and was
as follows:
William c. Piper, Richard Darling,
jeremiah Sullivan, George NJ. Brooks,
Jacob Stork, teamster; Silas l. Mayo,
George E. Whipple, Andrew Little,
Maj. Fl. c. Brown, James M. Smith,
John NJ. Thyme, Gus Halburg, Alfred
NJ. Belleville, William H. Cockneu,
Robert f. Clark, Benjamin Riley. Ri
chard w. Bruce, Richard H. Beane
Eugene F. Cole. A. d. Stewart, Har.
vey r, Atkins, Frank E. Barbour, Jo-
seph Bonneville, William L. Pike, Fred
A Stetson, John j. Malone, David G.
Ferguson, Joseph Gravel, George A.
Brooks, Paul l.. Vesper, Hugh c. Da-
Wis, Auotole Dugas,, Lieut.. G. II. Field,
Archie c. Hall, Arthur NJ. Burnham,
Arthur II. Packard, George A Rich
mond, Patrick j. Shea, Frank e. Moo
dy, George E. Whipple and Andrew
Settle.
The doctor thinks that the bodies OF
two others were added to the vessels
cargo.
The bodies of Privates Houlihan Of
North Adams and Kelley of Springfield
could not be found. A thorough search
was made but the identification was
not complete.
DIR. Whitaker says that the presence
~ AaEggrbngatte l,
an interest in the dead heroes was the
one reason why the Identification of
Massachusetts soldiers was so very
positive.
The doctor found Spy in the
trenches Of Santiago and brought it
home with him and prizes it highly
Two hundred bodies We're removed
before the graves Of Massachusetts,
boys were touched. Gen. Wood IA
vored the men who were after the
rough riders, and men from New York
state regiments.
The bodies Of Privates Davis and
Vesper We're both marked unknown
and were located through information
furnished by Lieut.. William Fl. Plum
mer before the doctor left Worcester
DIR. Whitaker said that the place
where the Second Massachusetts dead
lay buried was a COW pasture, and ami
mails are now walking over the place
which has been fenced in by barbed
wire. He is of the opinion that If the
regiments who were doing duty near
the place had not patrolled the bury
ing ground out of respect and rever-
ence every Identification mark would
have been removed.
An Associated Press dispatch early
this morning said that the transport
Cooke, 1.-The funeral ship" which has
the bodies Of Massachusetts soldiers
aboard, has not landed at her dock in
New York city owing to very rough
weather and heavy gales. The vessel
will be brought 20 the government
docks at Brooklyn some time today,
weather permitting.