The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-05
TOA HERO'S Crave
Borne by the Com
rades With Whom
He Fought.
OF PRIV. GUERIN
Crowds Stand With Barred
Heads as Impressive
Cortege Passes.

With the honorS due to a soldier VINO
died in the thick of battle, at the TAX
ling of Ell Caney, all that was mortal
of Private Patrick B, Guerin, Co. G,
18th infantry, was laid at rest In ST.
Johns cemetery yesterday forenoon
The last willing tribute was paid the
dead heroe in the firing Of a vollsy by
the sharp military salute and the
sweet, trembling notes Of the bugle
sounding the last call, Taps"
| Comrades of his regiment gathered
about his bier in the WareroomS of Cal
lahan Brothers and bearers selected
from among their numbers placed the
basket upon their soldiers and slowly
and reverently proceeded down Temple
street to st. Johns church. They were
proceeded by the firing squad from the
Emmett Guards and the remainder of
the 18th regiment delegation. The fun
eral procession was striklngly impress
sive and the throng gathered on Tenn
] pie street reverently barred their heads
as the cortege passd.
| At the church high mass Of requi-
EN- was offered for the fepose Of the
soul Of the dead soldier. The scene was
particularly impressive. The cata-
falque was shrouded with the colors for
so willingly The only floral tribute
was cluster Of cut flowers, a token
Of love and esteem of the donor Rev.
NJ 7. O'Brieh was oelebrant and also
delivered a short eulogy in which he
drew touching picture Of the soldiers
death and compared the glory won up
on the battlefield by his death to the
glory which Christ won by his death
on the cross.
He said in part:
1--WE are assembled this bright sunny
morning to do honor to one of our
country's noble heroes, one who made
the supremeSt offering to his country
his life. His love for his country did
not equal his love for life and he sac
rificed his life willingly for the flag he
loved so dearly.
Animated by his love for country and
his desire to relieve the downtrodden
and oppressed, he cheerfully went
forth In the prime of life and in the
splendor Of his manhood and laid down
his life for the cause he upheld The
lessons to be derived from his death
are many, We do not know what were
the thoughts Of the soldier as he
leaped upon that entrenchment the
second time. We cannot say that he
knew that step was to be his last. Pos
s1bly no thought of death came to his
mind before making the last step. We
should therefore watch every step and
be prepared should that step be the
last"
After delivering the eulogy, the fun
! eral cortege was preceded to the door
Of the church by Rev. M. T. O'Brien,
who recited prayers for the dead. Pri-
Yates Timothy Ahearn and t. J. Lsary
of the firing squad followed. Then came
the delegation of his comrade In arms
of the Twelfth regiment and the bear
ers with the casket. The mourners
then followed. Michael Guerin, broth
er Of the deceased, was the only rela
tive present, his other brother Hum
phrey, being unable to attend the OBJ
sequies. When the bearers with their
burden reached the outer door of the
church, the long roll was sounded by
Drummer Edward Murphy, the firing
squad came to present arms, and heads
were uncovered as the casket was
placed In the hearse. The firing squad
and the delegations of the Twelfth
formed into a column of fours, and
with the blue uniformed pall-bearers
fianking the hearse, the sombre pro-
oession moved down Temple, Park,
Main and Grand streets. All along the
line of march people paused to dof
their hats and to gladly accord rever-
ence to the dead hero. At St. Johns
cemetery the long roll was sounded as
the casket was slowly lowered into the
grave. The firing squad fired three
volleys and Principal Musician Peter
F. Sullivan of the Ninth regiment
sounded taps.
The pail bearers were Corporal II J.
Fitzpatrick of Co. f, Privates T. T.
Looney of Co. D; Frank Murphy, Co.
H; John T. Kavanaugh, Co. H; Jere
Sullivan, Co. H; o. w. McManus, Co.
H; T. ]. Kelley, Co. Al and Musician
John A. Conlonj Co. B. Sergeant M. ].
Koran was in charge of the detail Of
the Emmett Guards, who made up the
firing squad, which was composed of
Timothy Hearn, p ]. Shea, T. ]. Lea
~, L. ]. Sullivan, E. r. Barker, James
Larner, M. ]. Gully and J. j. Casey.