The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-26
THE DEAD OF THE MAINE.
THEY 1RRIVE At NEWPORT NEWS
ON THE BATTLEsHTP TE1AS.

To-day They VIII BE Transferred to n
Special Funeral Train and Taken to
Arlington Cemetery, Where Burial Cere-
monies VIII Take Place on Thursdny.
NEWPORT NEWS. Va, Dec 25.-The battleship
Texas, which sailed from Havana on Thursday
morning with the remains OF the Maine VIC
tins. reached this city this morning at about
IL o'clock. after G rough voyage IN the coast
The Texas has aboard 151 collins. which
will be brought ashore tomorrow morn
ing with military honors and VIII be
sent to Washington for interment at Arlington
on a special funeral train over the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railroad. The lighter on which the
bodies will be brought ashore will leave the
battleshp at about IL O'Clock and will be towed
down the river to the passenger pier. where
the train will be In waiting. The Texas Is
now anchored Just below the railroad piers.
but at an early hour to- morrow she will steam
up the river to a point opposite the Casino
Park. This position Of the ship will enable the
spectators on shore to see the lighter. appro-
prlately draped. as II passes down to the land
Ing place. The funeral train will leave directly
after the arrival OF the train from the North
and Ia expected to start about IL o'clock.
There will be large turn OF citizens to-
morrow when the bodies are brought ashore.
and the transfer will be conducted with appro-
pirate ceremonies. This morning tho veterans
OF the Spanish. American War. men OF the navy
as we'll as the army. held n meeting and made
arrangements to turn out and escort the re-
mains from their landing place to the funeral
train. The Newport News Light Infantry will
also turn out and the city officials. m am bers OF
the City Council and the Business Mems Aaso-
MAYOR A. <. oss and Can't. j. e Baier.1 form.
ery commanding the second Virginia youn-
Texas and eo com the aTrss Ss 0 for
the ceremonies. Capt. Sigsbee has agreed to
cooperate with the citizens IN making this a
morrow will be the first one ever seen here.
The eoffins on the Texas are arranged in
pile is covered with large American dag aud
resting on this T. q wreath Of artificial greens
and and now WEI which makes the scene a very
Is constantly on guard and no one IN allowed
to approach the collins unless accompanied by
and in these are the bodies OF the unidentified
There are about two dozen coffins bearing
were recognizable at Havana
When Capt. sigsbee sends the bodies ashore
to tom arrow morning the lighter will be draped
with the Stars and Stripes as we'll as Grape
The lighter viii be manned by sailors and the
as guards. The collins will be carried between
two lines OF yeteans OF the last war to the train
ssd VIII be asposssS loI the baggage
ship Texas Is Father Chadwick. the for
mer chaplain OF the battleship Maine.
who has made Y his duty since the
81 the Names crew had proper burial. When
y was decided to dislntcr the bodies and bury
sent TO Havana to conduct the WORK. He
will! 90 from here 70 Arlington with the collins
and will see them In their final resting places.
noon at = o'clock burial ceremonies will be
held at Arlington Cemetery over the Maine
dead. The bodies will reach the cemetery on
Tuesday evening and be removed 10 the burial
plot on Wednesday. They will be inferred on
the inside OF the Knoll near the spot where the
with an American flag. Capt SiRsbee VIII be
IN charge OF the arrangements and Chaplain
funeral services. Chaplain Clark. now AT An
napolis. will probably assist. President McKin-
ley. the Cabinet. member OF the Army and
Navy and all officers OF the Maine within dis
lance Will attend the services. About one
hundred and ftty-one bodies will be inferred
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