The times., 1899-12-19

Preparations are in progress at the Ar
| lington Cemetery for the reception of the
bodies Of the victims of the Maine, now be-
/ ing disinterred from their temporary
! graves in Havana. About 175 viii be pre-
pared More than half of the number are
already complete They are in the south
ern part Of the cemetery, on a grassy
! knoll small rayine separates them from
/ the soldiers who fell at Santiago or died
from the effects of wounds received and
| disease contracted during the Cuban cam
/ paign.
The burial plot lies about 500 feet TO the
/ left of the road leading from Fort Myer to
! old Fort Mcpherson, and has been laid off
/ in the form OF wedge, with place at
the end Of the mound reserved for a mon
ument which is to be erected at some fu-
ture time. Space has been left also for a
granitoid walk eight feet wide, running
through the centre of the plot. Beginning
at the point of the mound near the site left
for the monument. the graves have been
! laid off three abreast this number being
increased as the plot widens out toward
the roadway. The road leading from Fort
! Myer to the gravel pit also passes within a
short distance of the place where the dead
/ of the Maine viii be inferred. Captain Sigs-
! bee, the commander of the Maine at the
| time of the explosion which destroyed the
! ship. has been, at his request, given the
! task of bringing the bodies 10 the United
! States. and arrived in Havana on the bat
tleship Texas on Saturday. The work of
| disinterrment began yesterday and is pro-
! ceeding under the direction of Father Child
| wick, who holds a chart showing the loca-
! tions of the graves. This work may be
/ completed by Wednesday night and the
! Texas viii probably leave Havana for
/ Hampton Roads on Thursday, arriving at
! that port with the bodies on Christmas
! Day.
/ Arrangements have been made with the
! Pennsylvania Railroad TO transport the
! caskets from Newport News to Washing
/ ton reaching Bosslyn Station December 26.
, or p. From Rosslyn they viii be moved
! to the Fort Myer entrance TO the cemetery
/ grounds and placed in tents. The bodies
will be enclosed in metallic caskets, and
/ each casket wrapped in an American flag.
/ The date of the re e-interment at Arlington
Will not be fixed until the bodies arrive at
/ Hampton.
| It is proposed TO make the interment
/ ceremonies as impressive as those of the
! burial of those killed in front OF Santiago.
/ Headed by the Marine Band there viii be
/ blue jackets and marines from the Texas,
! sailors and marines from the Second Bar
! racks cavalry from Fort Aiyer, and artill-
/ cry from the local post.
The District of Columbia National Guard
/ will probably be asked to take part in the
! ceremonies. President Mckinley, the mem
/ bers Of the Cabinet. Senators and Repre-
! sentatives officers Of the Army and Navy,
and prominent citizens of Washington Will
! be present at the time the bodies are in
| TERED. The officers of the Bureau of Navi-
Z
! for bringing the dead sailors to Washing
! ton. It was stated at the Bureau yesterday
4 that il was not known exactly how many
! caskets would be brought to this country.
| Chaplain John p. Chidwick has the official
list Of the dead, and has not yet notified
! the officers how many caskeJs viii be
placed aboard the Texas
! 1t has been stated that there were 166.
! but the officers OF the Bureau of Navigation
/ were unable 10 confirm the statement. Re
! quests were received from the relatives of
| a number of the dead whose bodies were
! identified that they be shipped to their re-
| spective homes for final burial. The Sec
! retary of the Navy sent letter TO the
| proper authorities requesting that the bod
| les identified be sent to those claiming
/ them. The letter states that all requests
for the remains for private burial must
! reach the Secretary Of the Navy not later
| than December %, and must state the name
! Of the person and the railroad station to
| which il is desired the body be consigned.
| The Treasury Department decided that the
| law does not permit The payment of eX-
| penses for private burial. In consequence
! the bodies viii be shipped at the Govern
| ment's expense to any given point, where
they must be taken in charge by the rela-
tives. The number of bodies which Will be
sent to friends for private burial Is not
known.
The list OF identified dead has been
changed several times because 1t was found
that some Of the bodies supposed to have
| been buried at Havana had been buried at
| Key West. The list as corrected by the
Navy Department officials numbers forty
| three, and is as follows:
| James Boyle, J. T. Brown, Lewis L.
| Barry, William Cosgrove, Charles Curran,
Donoughy Andrew Y. Erkson. Charles r
W. Eiermann, William J. Fewer, Trubie
! Fruck. James A. Graham. Henry Gross,
Charles Hassell Gustav Holm, Patrick
! Hughes, Alfred J. Holland Albert 3, Hen
| nekes. Fred Jernec, Carlton Jencks
| Thomas J. Jones Charles F. Just, Harry
| j. Keys, Frederick II. Kniese, Samuel
Lees. Eldron II. Nero, Noble T. Mudd,
| John J. McManus, Francis c. Phillips
| Daniel Price, j. II. Roberts, Joseph Seery
Nicholas, ]. Smith, Frank Sutton, Joseph
Scully, Walter S. Sellers. William H. Tins
man. William Lund Mllard Harris Henry
| Wagner, - Lomiette, and J. w. Johnson.