Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1905-07-28
BURIEDLASTSUNDAY
VICTIMS OF WARSHIP BENNTEG.
TON EXPLOSION AT REST.
r0r'y-ssven Of Them Laid in a Com
mon Grave in Military surylng
Grounds at San Diego, cal.-Army
and Navy Tributes-city in Deep
M0urnins-NO Band Of Music.

San Diego, July 24.-They buried
Bennington's dead today-47 Of them
lin common grave. On the crest Of
the promontory Of Iona, high above
the shimmering waters Of San Diego
Day on the one side, and within sound
q the booming surf Of the Pacific on
the other, they were laid to rest in the
peaceful little military burying
ground. Without the crash Of drum
or the sound of brass, without pomp
OF parade yet with simple impressive
ness all honor was paid the nations
dead.
they have honored dead to keen
them company, these brave boys Of
the Bennington. All about them lie
those who died in the nations service
IN more trying times. Gravestones.
yellow with age, bear the names of
the men who died at Monterey. in the
Mexican. war; others who gave M
their life in the conquest of California.
and who followed Commodore Stock.
ton at Old San Pasqual These are
their neighbOrs in death. Surely they
should rest well.
Army and navy paid their last trib-
utes no less sincere than the simple
grief of the representatives of peace,
who made the long journey around or
across the great bay. From Fort Rose
Grams came the One Hundred and Fiji
teenth coast heavy artillery; from the
city of San Diego the naval reserves;
from the Universal brotherhoods home
on Point Iona, a company Of khaki
clad representatives, and from the
government ship Fortune dozen of
her sailors. But the most impressive
body of mourners were the 50 men
from the battered Bennington. Besides
these, there were hundreds of civil
lans, who, unthoughtful of the fatigu-
Ing journey from the city, brought
their offerings of flowers to lay upon
the graves.
Promptly at noon the long line of
vehicles began the long journey
around the bay to the burial place.
Owing to the steep hills and rough
roads, it was found impracticable to
use hearses or even dead wagons, and
The bodies were stacked in heavy ex-
press wagons and other ordinary We
licles.
There were no bands of music to
stir the people with doleful melody
everything was quiet and businesslike.
The task was too big to be hampered
~ any usages Of ordinary funerals.
men were to be buried
Ind to bury them it was necessary to
haul them 10 miles up steep hills and
llong dusty roads And so there were
,nly flowers and flags. But there was
i striking display of these. Every
asket bore a beautiful executed
wealth of asparagus ferns and white
thoughtfully sent by the
San Diego commercial bodies. The |
Iags came from the nation in whose
ervice they had died. Every one of
he plain black stained caskets was
raped with the national emblem, and
he plain commercial utility of the
cad wagons was disguised under the
Olds of the national colors.
The deep trench in which the bodies
rere placed in two rows, feet to feet,
!, so feet long and IA feet wide. It
ras finished but a few minutes before
be arrival of the first load Of bodies.
DepOsitlng Bodies.
without moments delay the work
/ lifting the collins from the wagons
nd lowering them in the trench was
arried on. Shipmates from the Ben
Ington performing this sad duty.
auads of six came forward from their
inks in rapid succession, lifting the
askets gently, entered the trench at
le head and deposited the bodies as
rected by Lieutenant Tobin, who
lecked them and saw that the board
aced at the head of each was prop
'ly marked and numbered. In just
he hour and 10 minutes the last body
Id been deposited in the trench. The
ork of caring for the unfortunate
en-, which began last Thursday morn
&, was completed.
It only remained for the representa-
yes of the church to pronounce final
essings for the dead. Rev. ]. A. M.
Ichie, rector of st. Paul's, read the
piscopal burial service, the 21st
,alm and repeated the Lords prayer.
e closed his impressive duty by cast '
@ a handful of earth on the collins.
venerable Father D. Aubrach of the I
ltholic church, attended by two in
nse bearers, then stepped forward.
a rich and resonant voice he read (
e service of the dead and blessed I
EN- with water and incense. {
Commander Young of the Benning-
n stepped out from the group of
icers at the head of the trench and, ]
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