Excerpt from Secretary's Report of the Obsequies of the Prison Ship Martyrs at Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, N. Y., June 16, 1900: Under the Direction of the Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument Association of the United States At 2 P. M. On June 16, the special escort, composed of Battery N, Fifth United States Artillery, Captain Thomas Ridgway, commanding, and a Battalion of United States Marines, Major Thomas Woods, commanding, headed by the band of the Fifth Artillery, assembled in front of the Commandant's office in the Navy Yard. The remains, in seven oak caskets, provided by the Monu ment Association, were placed in the several hearses by a detachment of United States sailors, and covered with American flags, the band playing a dirge. The procession moved at followed by General Brooke and staff, Admiral Philip and staff, and other distinguished officers and civilians, in carriages, to Plymouth Church. Here, while the escort presented arms and the band played Nearer My God to Thee, the caskets were carried into the church and placed in front of the pulpit. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.