Sixty-ninth's Dead Buried.
New York, Oct. 22. -
During the months immediately following the close of the Spanish-American war six enlisted men of the Sixty-ninth regiment died in southern camps. With the simple service prescribed for a private soldier the men were buried near the camps where they died.
They were:
Private Daniel Crowley, Company F, who died on July 23, 1898,
and Musician William Ray, who died on July 26 of that year, at Fort Thomas, Newport, Ky.;
Private John Riley, Company M, who died on Sept. 12;
Private William Pyne, Company B, who died on Oct. 21;
Private John Burke, Company B, who died on Nov. 14, and Private Henry Murray, Company N, who died on Jan. 12, 1899, at Huntsville, Ala.
A committee of officers of the regiment was sent to Huntsville and Newport to disinter the bodies and bring them home for burial here. The bodies reached here last Friday and till yesterday afternoon lay in state in the Sixty-ninth's armory at Seventh street and Third avenue. They they were buried beside their own kindred, with full military honors and with all the elaborate ceremonies of the Roman Catholic church, in whose faith they died.
The Portsmouth Herald; Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
October 23, 1900; Page Two.
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New York, Oct. 22. -
During the months immediately following the close of the Spanish-American war six enlisted men of the Sixty-ninth regiment died in southern camps. With the simple service prescribed for a private soldier the men were buried near the camps where they died.
They were:
Private Daniel Crowley, Company F, who died on July 23, 1898,
and Musician William Ray, who died on July 26 of that year, at Fort Thomas, Newport, Ky.;
Private John Riley, Company M, who died on Sept. 12;
Private William Pyne, Company B, who died on Oct. 21;
Private John Burke, Company B, who died on Nov. 14, and Private Henry Murray, Company N, who died on Jan. 12, 1899, at Huntsville, Ala.
A committee of officers of the regiment was sent to Huntsville and Newport to disinter the bodies and bring them home for burial here. The bodies reached here last Friday and till yesterday afternoon lay in state in the Sixty-ninth's armory at Seventh street and Third avenue. They they were buried beside their own kindred, with full military honors and with all the elaborate ceremonies of the Roman Catholic church, in whose faith they died.
The Portsmouth Herald; Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
October 23, 1900; Page Two.
dm wms (#47395868)
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Sixty-ninth's Dead Buried.
New York, Oct. 22. -
During the months immediately following the close of the Spanish-American war six enlisted men of the Sixty-ninth regiment died in southern camps. With the simple service prescribed for a private soldier the men were buried near the camps where they died.
They were:
Private Daniel Crowley, Company F, who died on July 23, 1898,
and Musician William Ray, who died on July 26 of that year, at Fort Thomas, Newport, Ky.;
Private John Riley, Company M, who died on Sept. 12;
Private William Pyne, Company B, who died on Oct. 21;
Private John Burke, Company B, who died on Nov. 14, and Private Henry Murray, Company N, who died on Jan. 12, 1899, at Huntsville, Ala.
A committee of officers of the regiment was sent to Huntsville and Newport to disinter the bodies and bring them home for burial here. The bodies reached here last Friday and till yesterday afternoon lay in state in the Sixty-ninth's armory at Seventh street and Third avenue. They they were buried beside their own kindred, with full military honors and with all the elaborate ceremonies of the Roman Catholic church, in whose faith they died.
The Portsmouth Herald; Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
October 23, 1900; Page Two.
dm wms (#47395868)
_________________________________________________________
New York, Oct. 22. -
During the months immediately following the close of the Spanish-American war six enlisted men of the Sixty-ninth regiment died in southern camps. With the simple service prescribed for a private soldier the men were buried near the camps where they died.
They were:
Private Daniel Crowley, Company F, who died on July 23, 1898,
and Musician William Ray, who died on July 26 of that year, at Fort Thomas, Newport, Ky.;
Private John Riley, Company M, who died on Sept. 12;
Private William Pyne, Company B, who died on Oct. 21;
Private John Burke, Company B, who died on Nov. 14, and Private Henry Murray, Company N, who died on Jan. 12, 1899, at Huntsville, Ala.
A committee of officers of the regiment was sent to Huntsville and Newport to disinter the bodies and bring them home for burial here. The bodies reached here last Friday and till yesterday afternoon lay in state in the Sixty-ninth's armory at Seventh street and Third avenue. They they were buried beside their own kindred, with full military honors and with all the elaborate ceremonies of the Roman Catholic church, in whose faith they died.
The Portsmouth Herald; Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
October 23, 1900; Page Two.
dm wms (#47395868)
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