El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-14
THE SIMPLE FUNERAL OF COLONEL
MABRY
A Tribute of Love From the Soldiers
In Cuba

A Tribute of Love From the Soldiers
In Cuba
Correspondence New Orleans Picayune.
| Headquarters Second Louisiana Re-
giment, Bueua Vista, Near Havana,
Cuba, Jan. 6.-The death of Colonel
Mabry of the First Texas regiment,
took place yesterday evening, at $3.50
O'Clock. He had been very dangerous
ly sick since Saturday. He was
not in good health when he left Savan-
nah, but seemed better when heslanded
in Havana. This was q very brief i'm
provement, as. a day or two later his
illness was announced, and the fol-
grave. He was victim of pneumonia
with some complications, such as usual
| ly cause the fatal termination of such
cases of sickness.
| The body was taken to an under
takers establishment in Havana yes
terday evening. and left on q steamer
for home today. The funeral ex-
ercises in camp took place at O'Clock
yesterday afternoon. The body had
casket, and reposed in the cOl0nel's
tent, under the reRimental flag. A
| sentinel paced to and fro before the
| tent. At the appointed hour Colonel
Dryer ordered the regiment formed
| in line of masses, facing the tent. and
the coffin was brought out and placed
on two camp stools, in the open space
thus thus inol9 3.i A little group Of t,s o..
Major General Keller. Brigadier
General Hasbrooke, Colonel Wood,
Colonel Vifquain, Colonel Dufour,
Colonel Cresger, Major Scott, Colonel
McClsy, q number of the officers of
General Keifer's staff and the members
of the first brigade staff. Several
ladies were present.
The scene was indescribsbly impress
i've. The light was very slowly fad
ing, and the faint breeze stirred the
| flag resting on the coffin. The coffin
| was brought out from the tent by six
| sereesnts from the regiment. AS soon
as it was in position, Chaplain Watts
took his place at the head, and the re-
giment came to parade rest. Every
body else stood bareheaded. The chap
lain read the brief service appropriate
to the occasion. The solemn words, ''In
the morning it cometh up as q flower,
and in the evening it is cut down." fell
with melancholy insistence. AS soon
as the:chaplain concluded, the sergeants
stepped forward, and as they raieed the
coffin to their shoulders the whole re-
giment presented arms and the band
began to play ''In the Sweet By and
By" The little procession marched to
an ambulance, which Was In waiting.
and there 1t was placed In the position
in which it was brought to Havana.
Then the procession formed, the re-
giment marching in column OF forms
at the head, preceded by the band.
After the ambulance walked the pail
bearers, who were Colonel Wood, re-
presenting the brigade; Colonel
Dufour, representing the Second
Louisiana; Colonel vifauain, re.
Scott, the division adJutant; Colonel
McClay, of the Third Nebraska, and
Colonel Creage, the division quarter
master: General Hasbrooke marched
behind the pallbearers. Then
came second ambulance,
containing the travelling case, or outer
coffin. An army wagon followed, con-
tanning the gusrd which was assigned
to watch the body during the night.
The, closing part of the column was
COMPOSED OF q number of mounted OFF,
GERS from the regiments, etc. The
column was nearly quarter OF mile
long. It marched down the road,
through the camps, between rows of
men standing barehesded and reveren-
TALLY; down to the military road, and
thence about mile to the bridge over
the Conongo river. Here the reei-
ment formed in double line, facing in
towards the road, and presented arms
while the ambulance passed, followed
by the wagons and the escorts.
At this point the official parade
broke up and the regiment returned to
the camp. But the body, with an
escort from the Fret Texas, besides
the guard, proceeded to town, where the
coffin was deposited in an undertaking
establishments, where it was encased
in metal. In the morning it was taken
aboard the Lincoln, q vessel running
from this point to Miami. 1t will be
sent back to Texas for interment.