The national Republican., 1861-10-24
ORDER or THE PROCESSION.
Funeral escort in Column.
Regiment of Infantry,


with side arms, in undress uniform.
The GCneral.in chief Of the Army, and Staff.
The General Staff of the Army.
Officers of the Army.
Officers of the Navy and Marine Corps.
Survivors of the War of 1872.
The President of the United States and mem.
bers of the Cabinet.
The Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the
Supreme Court. and District Judges
OF the United States.
The President and Secretary OF the Senate
Senators and Officers of the Senate.
Foreign Ministers and Suites.
Members and Officers Of the House of Repre-
sentativCs.
lstices and Officers Of the Court of Claims.
Members Of the sanitary Commission, Societies
and Fraternities.
Citizens ard Strangers.
ROUTE OF MARCH.
The fureral procession will start at l | o'clock
A. NJ. from the residence of Col. J. W. Webb.
corner of Fourteenth and II streets. and pro
ceed down Thirteenth street TO Pennsylv ana
avenue, up Pennsylvania avenue, to the Con.
gressional Burying Ground.
Capt. John Hall, Commissary Of Subsistence
of the Staff of the Brigade, is charged with the
duty of forming the procession agreeably to the
above programme, assisted by Colonel J. w.
Webb.
By command of Brig Gen. Casey.
HENRY w. SMITH, Asst. AdJt. Gen.
The body Of General Baker reached here
about six o'clock last evening, accompanied
by the adjutant of the regiment, and several
regulars, and was taken to the residence of
Major J. W. Webb, at the corner of Thirteenth
and II streets, where it was met by Mrs. Baker,
aud also by his brother and son. There were
seven shots in his coat, and two in his hat.
DEATH OF LIEUT.. WILLIAMS.
Among the number killed at the fight at
Leesburg Va. on the 2lst instant, was Lieut..
Joseph d. Williams, of Colonel Bakers Caliior
mia regiment. His brother, Sergeant Williams
of the Philadelphia police, left this city for
Poolesville yesterday, to bring home the re.
mains. The deceased officer leaves a wife
and several children.
THE GALLANT .BYReN BARTON.
We have received the following particulars
from an officer in the army, In relation to the
gallant ,nduct of Byron Barton, who was dan
gerously wounded during the reconnaissance
made by Gen Smiths division.
On tue Eotu INST, ii RECONNAISSANCE III IOTCe
from Gen. Smiths division advanced as far as
Flint Hill, where they came in view of the
enemy's pickets. 1t was desirable to ascend II
small hill to obtain nearer view, aud ascer.
tain II the enemy had any force in the neigh
| borhoOd. This was an undertaking OF great
risk, the man accommodating being exposed to
the deliberate fire of the enemy.
Byron Barton, OF the Fifth Regular Cavalry
volunteered, and although successful, was dan.
gerously wounded by three shots He was
brought as far as Vienna, where they were
compelled to leave him, and fall back some two
miles.
Surgeon Thompson, OF the Forty-Tbird New
York volunteers who was at the Gross Roads
with part of his regiment, bearing Of the &c
cident, volunteered to go back and bring the
man in, taking an escort of eight men with a
hand-litter. He found the man in the house
indicated, and brought him safely back within
our lines. General Hancock requested the
doctor to take him under his charge. General
Mcclellan, hearing of the circumstance, rode
over to the camp Of the Forty-Third in the
evening, to inquire into the condition # the
wounded man, whom he visited, In company
with DR.. Thompson. He complimented the
man highly on his bravery, and expressed him
self much pleased with the course the doctor
had pursued In going back and bringing the
man into oar lines.
No doubt, should tho man recover, he will
be fully rewarded for his bravery.
FROM GENERAL BANKS COLUMN.
Darnesto,on, October 20.-The first Maryland
regiment Col. Kenly, which for three months
has been qua, ding the Potomac from the mouth
of the Antietam to Hancock, distance of for
ty-fve miles, has been relieved from this ardu
Gus duty by the Thirteenth Massachusetts, and
arrived near General Banks headquarters yes
terday, accompanied by Brigade! General
Cooper. AS showing an Unprecedented degree
of health this regiment numbering upwards
OF nine hundred men, had only four sick men
TO be conveyed thither 10 ambulances. This Is
attributed by the medical officers to th. p"rga'
tion of liquor from their late camp and its sur.
roundngs. Letters for this regiment should
now be addressed to the care OF General Banks
headquarters, near Darnestown.