Waterloo Daily Reporter
Waterloo, Iowa
18 May, 1905

CHALMER GILLILAND IS DEAD.
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Jefferson Boy in United States Service
Expires at Manila, P. I.

    Jefferson, May 18. -- Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Gilliland of this city have just been notified of the death of their son, Chalmer Gilliland, who died at Manila, Philippine islands, April 5. They are much chagrined at the long delay in notifying them and censure the war department bitterly. The body was interred at Manila the day after the young man died. A sister, Mrs. W. W. Barclay, resides at Tuguegaro, P. I. It is probable that the parents will request the body be brought home for burial.
    Chalmer Gilliland was born in Jefferson, October 12, 1872, and went to the Philippines early in 1898, being with the first company of the first regiment to set foot on Philppine soil. He has been in the quartermaster’s department for several years.

-- transcription by Kate Maynard, 2011