Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-29
ENSIGN PERRY'S
FUNERAL IS HELD
LAST RITES OVER VICTIM OF
BENNINGTON
REMAINS TO BE TAKEN EAST
Bodies Of Dead Sailors to BE DlsIn-
TERED and Sent Home, II ReIa-
tIves so Request, at Governs
ment's Expense
REMAINS TO BE TAKEN EAST
BY Associated Press.

By Associated Press
SAN DIEGO, July 2S--No more
deaths among the injured Bennington
men had occurred up to 9:30 tonight,
but there are three or four victims who
the doctors say cannot possibly sur
vive and death is only a matter of
hours or possibly days.
At st. Pauls Episcopal church at 10:S0
o'clock this morning was held the
funeral of Ensign Newman X. Perry,
the only officer who lost his life in the
disaster on the gunboat Bennington.
Rev. j. A. M. Richey was in charge,
assisted by Bishop ]. H. Johnson of Los
Angeles and Chaplain Stone of the flag
ship Chicago Commander Young and
officers and men Of the Bennington, Of
ficers and men from the Chicago, active
and retired army officers, councilmen,
heads of city departments, companions
of the military order of the Loyal
Legion, officers from Fort Rosecrans,
officers of the naval reserves, local
federal officials and officers and men,
bers of the chamber Of commerce were
present. The general public was not
admitted owing to the limited capacity
of the church. The remains will be
taken to Stockbridge, Mass, for inter-
ment, leaving here tomorrow afternoon.
The bodies of the Bennington boys who
were buried in the military cemetery
on Point Iona are not to remain where
they were laid with impressive cere-
monies. Now that they are at rest the
officials have discovered that after the
Maine disaster congress enacted law
providing for the transmission of the
bodies of dead sailors to their homes.
After the explosion the undertakers
to the nearest relatives of
the dead men for Instructions regarding
the disposition of the remains. In many
cases answers were made that the
bodies should be shipped at the gov
ernment's expense. Accordingly the
bodies of the forty-nine boys were in
TERED, unembalmed in the little burial
ground on the hill. Now Paymaster
Morris is telegraphing to relatives that
upon request the bodies will be disin-
TERED and sent home at the expense of
the government. So far such request
has come for two of the bodies, and 1t
Is likely that a majority of them will
be exhumed and sent away.
Among the bodies not buried, those
Of the following have just been sent
away: c. L. Burns, to Chicago; An
drew Kamerer. to Londonville, Ohio;
Joseph Newcome, to Quincy, Mass;
Emil Dresch, to Newark. N. j.; Give
w. Brockman, to Des Moines, Iowa;
VIM. Fickweiler, to La Porte, Ind;
John c. Barchus, to CIarinda, Iowa,
Charles o. McKoen's remains will be
to Fenton, Mich, this even
ing.
The condition Of the injured at the
private hospitals show little change ex
cept that C. Schultz has recovered suf-
hospital and w. A. Holley is improv-
ing. A. ]. Worthen is holding his own.
D. Sullivan has fighting chance and
D. R. McClintock and Harvey c. Dean
are doing WELL P. Nieman, q. H. Hal
lett, r. G. Muller and L. A. Greise are
classed as most seriously Ill at pres
ent. Skin grating will have to be per-
formed on about fifteen of the wounded
men,