The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-08-05
TRIED To PASS
BUT STOPPED
BY A BAYONET
William Holmes in the
Hospital.
WOUNDED IN THE ABDOMEN
ARRANGEMENTS FOR FUNERAL
OF COLONEL HAWKINS.
Chaplain Hunter of the Tenth
Pennsylvania Regiment Will
Accompany the Body
East.
WOUNDED IN THE ABDOMEN
ARRANGEMENTS FOR FUNERAL
OF COLONEL HAWKINS.

William Holmes of Company F of the
casual detachment at the Presldlo was
stabbed with a bayonet by j., Farrel a
sentry on duty at the recruit camp.
Thursday night. Holmes is now in the
general hospital at the Presidio. The sur
geons will not say how serious the wound
is. but it's location, in the abdomen, makes
it a dangerous one.
The sentry who did the stabbing is con-
fined in the stockade at the recruit camp
The officer of the day at that place
who is responsible for all prisoners did
not know the man had been arrested; ne
did not know the name of the sentry, nor
did he know the name of the man wound
ed. and as to the assault he knew only
that such a thing he had heard had nap
pened 1t had not been reported to the
adiutant of the casual detachment, cap
tain Hardin, for he said he knew nothing
about the matter at all. He did not know
where it had happened nor did he know
who could tell anything about 1t. The
only thing certain about the whole case
is that the wounded man is at the gen
eral hospital and he may die.
Holmes says the whole thing was an ac-
cident He is a cook, and with another
cook he was going down toward the COM
pany kitchens when he was halted by
sentry. He says he told the sentry he was
a cook and thought it would be all right,
but the sentry still refused to let him
pass. Then, he says, he tried to pass any
at him and it entered his abdomen just
under the stomach.
The other side of the story is that the
two cooks were going down toward the
kitchens when the sentry stopped them.
They insisted on passing and he arrested
them. They were released soon after and
where they lay for him to thrash him.
He saw them as they jumped at him and
thrust his rifle at them, wounding
Frank DrivaIl, Company F, First Col
orado Volunteers; Chris Raus, Company
liam r. Bartlett, Company F, First South
Dakota Volunteers, three men who died
on the Relief during her passage to this
port, were buried with military honors
at the Preside yesterday.
The funeral of the late Colonel Alexan-
der Hawkins of the Tenth Pennsylvania
O'clock at the Masonic Temple on Post
street. E. F. Delger, worthy master of
Occidental Lodge, under whose auspices
they will be held, will conduct the ser
vices.
General Shafter has ordered Batteries l.
N and o of the Third Artillery to parade
as an escort, under command of Colonel
regular troops will precede the caisson
bearing the body and the Tenth Penn
sylvania will follow. The march will be
down Market street to the ferry, the pa
rade starting at o'clock from the temple
The body will go East in charge of Chap
lain j. A. Hunter, the chaplain of the
Ientn PennSylVanla regiment. He Will
return to duty with his regiment as soon
as he has seen the body in charge of
Colonel Hawkins relatives.
The Oregon. Nebraska and Utah men
have been invited to parade, but it is not
likely they will appear.
The following officers have been as
signed to duty at the general hospital:
Captain Eugene l.. Swift, assistant sur
geon; Acting Assistant Surgeon George
II. Calkins, Acting Assistant Surgeon }.
6. Marion and Acting Assistant Surgeon
l.. r. Tetamore.
Second Lieutenant Henry NJ. Merriam,
Third Artillery, has been assigned to duty
with Battery A of that regiment, now
stationed at Angel Island.
Acting Assistant Surgeon Carl H. An
dersen has been assigned to duty with
Lieutenant Colonel Jocelyn, the muster
ing out officer of the volunteers, in con.
nection with the medical examination OF
officers and enlisted men of the volun-
teerS.
Captain Sedgwick Pratt. Third Artillery.
commanding officer of Fort Mason, has
been assigned to the charge of the once
of ordnance inspector of this department.
This evening Company l., First NebrasI
ka, will be entertained at the Colonial