Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-11
Bodies of American and
English Disintered
After 100 Years.
FALL IN PERRY BATTLE
Impressive Military Exercises
Mark Close of Put-in-Bay
Celebration.

Put-in-Bay, Ohio, Sept. 11.-With
solemn religious services, participated
/ in by representatives of the United
| States and the British empire, and
with impressive military exercises, the
remains of the six American and Brit
/ ish officers killed in the battle of
Lake Erie 100 years ago yesterday,
were today disinterred from the burial
/ plot on the shore of Put-in-Bay island,
where they have reposed for a century,
and re-interred in the crypt of the
Perry Memorial. This ceremony
marked the conclusion of the centen-
NAL celebration of the Battle of Lake
/ Erie, commemorating one hundred
years of peace between English speak
ing peoples, under the auspices Of the
commissioners appointed by the pres
ident of the United States and the
governors of Ohio, Pennsylvania,
Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, New
!
nesota and Louisiana.
The preparation for transferring the
remains had been in progress for some
time. The whole of the burial en-
closure, where the remains were
/ known to be without designation of
/ the particular spot, had been eXca-
waited over a circular area sixty feet
in diameter. Such bones of the mar
tyrs as had survived a century's inter-
ment were found to be numerous,
but there was no complete skeleton
and no means of Identification. The
remains had been gathered up several
days ago and placed in a copper lined,
Theoretically sealed box, and then re-
inferred in the same spot, awaiting
today's exercises.
FORM LINE AT DOCKS.
Upon the arrival of the centennial
commissioners, distinguished guests
and the military and naval escorts of
tie official party from Cedar Point at
IL o'clock this morning, a procession
formed at the docks and proceeded to
the ancient burial plot. The copper
box, containing the remains, had been
taken from its shallow resting place,
and a detail of Rhode Island militia
men lifted it to the beautiful funeral
bier which had been prepared for its
reception. while this ceremony was
in progres solemn religious exercises
were cond Ned by Right Rev. James
DeWClf Perry, Bishop of Rhode Is
land, representing the United States,
and the Venerable Archdeacon H. ].
Cody, DID, LID, rector of St. Paul's
church, Toronto, for the Dominion Of
Canada. The spectators, covering
every spot of ground in the ten-acre
grove at Putin-Bay and reaching far
away long the shore lines of the har-
Dor, stood with uncovered heads in
profound silence. Bells tolled in the
village churches and minute guns
were fired from the naval militia
ships in the harboT. The First Light
Infantry band of Rhode Island sound
ed the opening notes of a dirge, as
the funeral bier, beautifully draped in
black satin and silk American and
British flags, moved, on the shoul-
ders of sturdy soldiers from Rhode
! Island, Commodore Perrys native
state, toward the memorial along the
= road skirting the picturesque harbor
OF Put-in-Bay.
Colonel Harry Cutler, commanding
the First Light Infantry of Providence,
r. l., was marshal of the day, with
: the following staff:
= George H. Wood, adjutant general
: of Ohio, chief of staff; Lieut.. Gen
Nelson A. Miles, L. S. A. (retired)
Rear Admiral Charles H. Davis, U. S
N, (retired); Major General ]. War
5 rem Keifer, Ohio; George NJ. Lowry
: L. S. N; r. c. Vandercook, adjutant
general, Michigan; Frank S. Dickson
adjutant general, Illinois; John G.
Salsman, adiutant general, Wisconsin
]. Tandy Ellis, adjutant general, Ken
lucky; Fred B. Wood, adjutant gen
eral, Minnesota; Oswald w. McNess
adjutant general, Louisiana; Major
George W. Neff, Pennsylvania; Major
Christopher F. Baker, Newport Artil
lery Co., Rhode Island Militia; Cap
4 tain Walter NJ. Baker, adjutant, FRS
Light Infantry regiment, Rhode Is
: land; Captain Chesley R. Perry, Hi
nois; Milton W. Shreve, NJ. c., Penn
d sylvania; T. B. Alexander, mayor
d Put-in-Bay, o.; NJ S Johannsen, Put
e Inlay, Ohio; c. S. Magruder, CIsve
;. land.
e MILITARY ESCORT.
e The military escort to the memoria
d formed in the following order:
r Provisional battalion l. S. infantry
g Captain II. A Smith, L. S. A, com
d manding; officers and men from the
~. S. S. WolYering, Captain George