Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-01-12
HONORS TO MAINE DEAD

Washington, Dec. 27.-Captaiu sigs-
bee and Chaplain Chadwick called a.
the Navy Department this morning 10
consult with Assistant Secretary Allen
respecting the ceremonies to take place
tomorrow at Arlington in connection
with the reinterment Of the bodies of
the Names victims. The remains OF
151 dead sailors arrived here this
morning over the Chesapeake & Ohio
Railroad on a special train Of six cars.
They were escorted by guard OF
honor composed of twelve men from
the Texas. including one OF the origin
al Maine crew, Jerry Shea. The party
was under the command OF Lieutenant
Benham.
The remains were conveyed to Ross
Ign, Va. opposite the District OF CO.
lumbia, and there were transferred to
wagons belonging to the Quartermas-
ters Department, which removed them
to the burial site in Arlington Gene
terry. The caskets have been placed in
open hospital tents, and the guard of
honor will; be maintained over them
until they are buried tomorrow,
The exercises will be as simple rs
possible. The President and members
of the Cabinet and number of naval
officers are expected to attend the fun
eral ceremonies. The Navy Depart
ment today ordered a sufficient number
Of wreaths. made OF galax leaves. to
enable one. to be placed on each casket.
! The body OF Frederick 9. HolZer, an
ordinary seaman, killed In the eXplo-
sion of the Maine, is the only one OF
the 151 bodies disinterred from Colon
cemetery, Havana, and brought to
Newport News by Captain Slgsbee in
tho Texas which will not be buried al
Arlington Cemetery tomorrow. The
body OF Holzer has been shipped to
New York. where 1t will be received by
relatives. About thirty requests were
received by the Navy Department foi
the bodies of the victims Of the Maine
disaster. but In only ten Of these cases
had the bodies been identified. Tho
other twenty were either In the lis,
of unidentified dead or among The
bodies not recovered. Owing to the
confusion In which tho graves were
found when the dead were disinterred
at Havana. the department has reluc'
family decided not to extend to the
relatives and friends Of the other nine
positively identified bodies the privi
lege of burying the remains at home
When the remains were inferred in Co
Ion Cemetery two years ago the cere
mony was conducted with great haste
because the condition of the remains
absolutely required such action Shout
be taken In hot climate. u r.,
As the remains were landed at Ma
china wharf. Havana harbor, they were
identified as far as possible. and eacl
coffin was numbered. They were theI
taken to the cemetery, but In SOM
cases the superintendent Of the GENE
terry failed to note more than the mum
Der Of the row in which these coffin
were placed. For instance, In on
case there were fourteen collins, con
tanning two victims who had bee
| positively identified. When Captain
| Sigsbee came to dislnter these collins
the numbers had become undecipher
able, and 1t was manifestly impossible
. to determine which two were the bod
les identified at the time Of burial !
havana.
The department, therefore, was CON
PEELED to deny the requests. except |
the case Of Apprentice Holzer, VIII
died In the hospital some time afte
the disaster, and whose grave wa
! definitely located. OF the $50 bodit
II which are to be buried at Arlington II
&C morrow, sixty-three were identified ,
. the time Of their interment In Colo
II Cemeterw. Ninety-seven of the bodit
r. to be inferred tomorrow were new
n, identified. In all Of the 260 victims
the disaster, two officers and 1858 me
the body of one officer. Lieutenant Jel
kins, who was buried at Allegheny, p,
and the bodies or portions of the boz
les of 1871 men were recovered. OF Il