The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-01
Hhe Cuban Party Has
transportation.
|R0UMANIAN SAILS
tomorrow Crowded to Full
est Capacity.

transportation has at last been Sc
cured for the Massachusetts delegation
ia 10 to Cuba to bring back the soldier
as2H and the party will sail on the
saaher Roumanian Thursday afternoon
Don. the Brooklyn navy yard.
cpl. p. L. Rider DR.. Clarence w.
1Ittaker and Fred P. Dean left Wor-
Ter at 1928 this morning for New
Hrk The Springfield, Holyoke and
Jams delegations will reach New York
oily this morning and will meet at the
my and navy building where the en-
tife party will be given transportation
bF Col. Kimball The party will remain
I'd New York until the vessel sails to-
borrow afternoon.
Capt. Rider telegraphed Col. Moore
early yesterday morning and the follow
lng telegram came from New York city:
Capt. Rider-Your wire today War
department has ordered transportation
pm Roumania for persons going to Cuba
Tor purpose Of returning with remains
of soldiers.
State room accommodations very
s limited. Most of party must sleep in
hammecks.
81 (Signed) Zones, Gen Supt"
The telegram undoubtedly means that
the tickets of transportation will be
given to the delegates today and the
gentlemen may have the pleasure of
selecting their hammock tonight or to-
morrow morning.
Capt. Rider sent kilograms explain
ing the. situation to the following mem
bers of the delegation: Capt j. J.
Leonard, Lieut.. T. f. Burke and Pri-
waite Fred A. jerks, Springfield; S. c.
Bogert, Holyolle; Capt. H. L. Williams
Northampton; Henry A. Wise, Tur-
ners Falls; Maj. r. A, Whipple, Adams;
Edward c. Glover, Baldwinville.
Many of the above named gentlemen
acknowledged the receipt of the mes
sage and said that they would be in
New York city this morning.
Fred P. Dean was given all docu-
ments by Capt. Rider yesterday per
tanning to the dead soldiers of the Sec
ond Massachusetts regiment, as we'll
as the regulars who were residents of
the Bay State. He will locate all
graves that he can find at Santiago and
will generally superintend the removal
of the bodies and place upon the cas-
kets the proper directions.
The Massachusetts dead number
over rs men, including the volunteer
and regular soldiers and the sailors
Havana harbor. last year.
Following is an incomplete list
which gives the names of the men and
the regiment or vessel they belonged
to:
WORCESTER'S DEAD.
Silas L. Mayo and A. d. Stewart.
Company G., Second Massachusetts;
Marvin #. Ames, Company Fl, Second
Massachusetts; Roger Mellin, Com
pany I, Ninth Massachusetts; Henry
D. Lyman, Company d, Tenth United
States infantry; p. f. Guerin, Twelfth
infantry.
SECOND MASSACHUSETTS, REGI-
MENT.
Maj. H. c. Bowen, surgeon.
Company B-Sergt r. II. Bearse,
Privs. ]. ]. Malone, P. L. Vesper.
Company I-Privs. Harvey r. Atkins,
Alfred N. Belleville, Eugene F. Cole,
Frank E. Barbour, Levi L. Lacross.
Company D-Privs Anatole Dugas,
Joseph Bonneville, H. r. Atkins.
Company K-Corp. w. c. Piper, Privs.
A. NJ Burnham, F. f. Moody.
Company E-Privs. George A. Brooks,
Hugh G. Davis, Robert F. Clark, Will
liam L. Pike, Gus Hagberg.
Company Lieut.. c.. H. Field,
Privs. Joseph M. Lenois, Jacob Start
(servanD, Sergt. A. C. Hale, Corp.
George NJ. Brooks, Privs. jeremiah j.
Sullivan, John Thyme, Jr.
Company G--Privs. Arthur H. Pack
ard, George A. Richmond, Robert G.
Kelley, Fred S. Stetson, Andrew Lit
tie.
Company M-Privs. James NJ. Smith.
Richard w. Bruce, William H. Crock
well, Benjamin Riley, Corp. George e.
Whipple. Privs. Joseph Gravel, David
N 10 n "
D, Thirteenth infantry.
REGULARS AND SAILORS.
Seventh United States infantry, Com
pany A, Corp Patrick j. Shea of
Holyoke Thirteenth United States in
fantry, Privs. Richard M. Bowling of
Dalton, Henry b. LYMAN Company D,
Tenth United States infantry, South
ampton. Frank e. Alden, commissarY
sergeant, Seventy first New York vol
unteers, of Chicopee. Arthur T. At
wood, Company G. Fifth infantry. J.
E. Clary, Seventh infantry, Hyde Park.
Ralph K. Howard, Ware, Seventh in
fantry. William Harrington, Fall
River, able seaman on steamship Mains.
H. J. Jennings, J. NJ. Mcnamara, Com
pany K. M. S. O'Malley, Clinton.
Terrence NJ. McDollard, Company D,
Seventeenth infantry, Amesbury. -
Currier. Seventeenth regiment, Ames
bury. w. d. Ruckledge, sailor on
steamship Vulcan, Lowell George j.
Whitaker, Company E, Seventh in
fantry, South Boston.
There are many others, who are
known only to the government and
the immediate relatives.
These bodies will be all brought to
America, and if the relatives do not
care to go to the expense of burying
them, the government will inter the
remains in the National cemetery.
Late last night Capt. Rider received
the following telegram from Col. Moore
which guarantees transportation, as
the telegram is To he used as a1lthoritV.