The evening times., 1900-01-23

The remains of forty-siX victims of the
yellow fever epidemic which ragged at San
tiago, Cuba, during July, August, Sep
tember. and October of 1898, arrived
at Rosslyn, Va, this morning for
interment in the National Cemetery. With
but few exceptions, the bodies are those OF
soldiers, the others. being Seamsters, steve
dores. and other civilian employees of the
Government. OF the bodies is that of a
Washington man. Eben Brewer who
was employed in the military postoffice at
Santiago 1t was claimed by Mrs. Eben
Brewer, of 1886 Rhode Island Avenue.
The bodies were brought from Santiago
on the transport Mcclellan, arriving at
New York, Sunday. There were seventy
one bodies on the transport of which fif-
teen we're unidentified and twenty-five
were shipped to friends who claimed them,
leaving forty-siX to be. brought to Ar
lington for interment tomorrow forenoon.
The officials in charge of Arlington have
selected a plot of ground near where the
soldiers killed in the Cuban campaign are
buried and here the graves have been dug.
On the arrival Of the bodies at Rosslyn to-
day they were moved TO tents near where
the graves are dug and each casket was
wrapped in an American flag. A detail of
soldiers from Fort MyeT swil stand guard
around the bodies until the interment to-
morrow.
The burial ceremonies will be very sim
pie and will consist of the reading Of the
burial service, music by the band from
Fort Myer, and the firing of a volley over
the graves. According TO a statement is
sued by the War Department the bodies
of the following were shipped to their rel
atives who claimed them Robert l..
Armstrong Company II, Eighth Ohio; Gill
bert A. Brown, Company f, Fifth Infantry;
Effie J. Bassett Company G, Twenty-fourth
! Infantry; Corporal George l.. Hopper, Com
pany H. Eighth Ohio; Sergeant Arthur
Henry, Company B. Thrtythird Michigan;
Sergeant Frederick Holman, Company X,
Seventeenth Infantry; Daniel j. Maloney,
Company G. Thirty-third Michigan; Hum
phrey Montgomery, Company A, Twenty
fourth Infantry; J. T. McClenahan, Troop
A, Second Cavalry; Jacob John II. Brock
mann. Company l., First Illinois; Fred G..
Covey. Company NJ. Thirty-fourth MichI-
/ gan; Corporal Peter H. Devoe Seventh
Infantry; James F. Farrell. Ninth Massa-
! chusetts; John T. FalIon, Company II,
| First Illinois: Forest Cooley. Company G.
] Seventh Infantry: Corporal Campbell
/ Hughes. Company c, Twentyfourth In
| fantry; p. Phillips. Company E, Twenty
| fourth Infantry: S. j. Power, Troop F. Sec
ond Cavalry; Ayrid p. Peterson, Company
/ X. First Illinois; Sergeant Frederick ROep-
er, Company II, Twenty-frst Infantry;
! William J. Ross Troop ID. First Cavalry;
Lieut.. James r Steele Signal Corps; Al
fred II. Taylor. Company II, Twenty first
| Infantry: Wilson 6. Dudley. Company G,
! Eighth Ohio; Eugene Yowell, Company ID,
/ Seventh Infantry; Paul Zoubeck Company
/ X. First Illinois. The fifteen unidentified
and the following viii be brought TO Ar
! lington Cemetery: William Brent, musi-
/ clan, Twenty fourth Infantry; Frank NJ.
! Burton. Company L.-&fhirty-third Michi-
gan; Eben Brewer. military postoffice at
tache: Henry Chubss, Company ID. Twen-
! ty-fourth Infantry; J. F. Dekmder, civil
ian stevedore; Charles H. Diggs. Compa-
ny b, Twenty fourth Infantry; William
H. Dollard. Company c. Thirty third Mich
/ igan: Daniel p. Duskill Company A, Sew
enth Infantry; Warren Green Company
! II, Twenty sixth Infantry; Mosley, Troop
/ B. Tenth Cavalry; Charles Hicks, Com
! pany F, Twenty-siXth Infantry: George
r. Holderness, musician, Thirty fourth
Infantry: Willard d. Hamill, Troop A,
| Second Cavalry: W. +. Howe, teamster;
! O. W. Johnson, Battery F, Fourth Artil-
/ lery; Andrew Johnson Troop f, Second
. Cavalry; Corporal John :. Lee Company
/ C. Eighth Ohio; Ward Mars, Company |,
/ Thirty-third Michigan: y. J. G. Mcmillan,
/ Company NJ. Seventy first New York; Max
! H. Pausler Company ID, Thirty-third Mich
/ igan: John Richards. Company B, Twen-
ty-sixth Infantry; Corporal Thomas Rob
erson, Company B, Twenty fourth Infantry:
! NJ. Stewart teamsteF; Corporal Harry A.
Shaw, Company +. Twenty fourth Infantry;
! Sandy Smith, Company II, Twenty-fourth
| Infantry; Bernard J. Taylor, civilian en-
ploye; Maryland Thompson. Troop G,
! Tenth Cavalry; Louis II. Wagner Com
nany G. Thirteenth Infantry: John Wilson,
| Troop /. Tenth Cavalry; Robert Wash
! inc, probably civilian.
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