The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1905-07-28
ON THE CREST Of
Iona PR0M0AT0RY
Forty-S.ven Of the Beasington's
Dead Inferred 10 One Grave.
FULL HONOR WAS PAID THEM


San Diego. Cal. July 2i-They buried
the D~ennlngton's dead Sunday-i1 Of
,hem-in a common graye On the crest
u the promoniofy Of Iona. high
above the sbimmoring waters OF San
Diego bay on the one side. within
sound Of the booming sum Of the Pa
eide on tho other, they were laid to
res; IL the peaceful little military
bur,lng ground. without the crash OF
the drum Or the sound OF the brsss.
without pomp or parade. sc, with sim
pic imprcssiycness all ho.or was paid
the nations dead.
raid Their Last rribases.
The army AID navy paid their lat
,iibu,.s TO isis sincere than the simple
srlof Of the Representatives Of peace,
who made ,he Ions journey around OF
across the gFeai bsy.
From forr RosecranS came the oua
Hundred and Fifteenth company. coat
heavy artillery. from the city Of saa
Diego the naval reserves; from 'ho
Universal Broiherhood's home on Point
Iona. q comrany ~ khaki-clad repre-
ssliauyes. and from the government
thl? Fortune a dozen Of their sailors.
But the most impressive body OF
mcurnors were the 80 men from the
battered Pennington Besides ihc-a.
there were hundreds OF civilians. who.
u~nthouRhtful Of the fatlguing Journey
from the city. brought offerings OF
flowers "a lay upon the grave.
roit.om~ rssk.
From noon until three O'Clock n
dead burdeusd wagons tollcd toward
the burial grounds. and not until $50
Vas the last ,askst placed IN the rock.
rlbhsd trench.
Capt = ]. Drake. Commander Luclen
Young OF the Remington and nom
be-s Of his stan; Capt. = n Scott.
commanding Fort Roseefaps. Capt.
Rofe. ~ the same post. Mayor Schor
OF san Diego. and members OF the ex-
erutiye aud legislative branches Of ihs
clty were haulsd around the steep hills
In ambulance wagons from Fort Rose
cians.
placed In Two Rowe.
The deep trench In which the bodlss
were placed. In two rows. feet 10 fee.
Il 60 feet iont and " fee, wide.
Around II we're drawn up u Ion
lines the company from the fort. -
stfone. on the west; the naval reserve.
bearing arms full Of fowsrs. on tho
norih. the B~ennlngion's survivors N
the east. and the Universal Brother
- - "a. H Fwas .UsaaN. Hk.
simple picket fence Incloslns the bury
lng grounds gathegcd tho publlc In sol
ID masses on all sides. This Was III
setting for tho most impressive spec
tacic-the eliminating scenes Of San
plrgo's week or sotfow.
shipmatcs' sad Task.
without n moments delay the vofh
Of iinlne The collins from the Wagons
ard RANGING them In the trench wa
carried on. shlpmaics from the B,n-
iAugton performed this sad duty
Squads o. tx came from the ranks To-
rapid succession. and, llftlng the cast
ct gently. catered the trench a. tn
head. and deposited the bodies a d.
rcc,ed by Lieut.. Tohin. who checked
thom AMI saw tina, the board placei
81 the head n each was properly
marked AMI numbered. In Just ort
hour and nftsrn minutes the last body
had been deposited in the trench. The
work of caring for the unfortuna''
men, brgun last Thursday mofnlnB
was completed.
The Episcopal and Catholic service
for the dead were read, and ,hen Com
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