Salt Lake Herald | 1901-02-06 | Page 3 | Remains of Captain Parker

I OF C PARKER BODY HAS BAS AT SAN SAX To Be Burled Buried B at ati Major I Twang His Ris Illness and Death II The remains of or the late bite Captain Montgomery Mont IX Do Parker are a ato supposed ed to have bave arrived from Manila on the transport W which readied San SanI I Francisco eo dar Kor although no direct Information to that effect has been re received received calved The TIle body will be brought to toI Salt Lake aad Interred with military honors at Port Fort Douglas I A private letter from General R B W Young You dated Manila Dec 20 IDOl all to Thomas ThoI J 3 Almy of this city and re received re received calved yesterday conveys coneys particulars concerning the last test illness and ad death of Captain Parker who was Mr Ir The letter states that Captain Parker went to 0 Manila about Dec Dee 7 and lid was taken ill III on the He was conveyed to the hoe hos hospital pital and breathed his last at 1145 p pm pm pm m on the night ht of the Thereafter General Young writes his remains were wre were prepared for ship shipment shipment ment mauL and his als funeral was held yes yesterday es esterday at 4 p m I attended and found the box containing the cot coffin t draped with the national flag and covered with Uh flowers lowers Colonel Woodruff of the commissary department Major of or the paymasters corps Lieutenant Wright one of General Bates aides Sides and half halfa a dosen Ben d officers of the Eighth infantry were present The services were con colt conducted ducted by Chaplain Freeman I believe though I am a little uncertain as to the name The remains were placed on an ar artillery tillery caisson on by b eight infantry sol sob soldiers diers dere The Fourth cavalry band was in attendance and a company of infantry I served sered as an escort with his foi mr of the Eighth as aa ers erf The day oay was perfect and the pro procession pr cession moved around the walled city ity on the bay bag shore she to the building where the th body wa was as States StaMs l placed aeed to await walt shipment to the United