Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-09-21
The Funeral Arrangements

The following arrangements for the funeral
services were ordered by the Cabinet last night:
The remains of the late President of the United
States will be removed to Washington by spe-
cial train on Wednesday, September 81, leaving
ElberOn at 10 am. and reaching Washington at
pm Detachments of the United States army
and from the marines of the navy will be in
attendance on arrival IN Washington to per-
form escort duty. The remains will lie in
state in the rOtunda of the Capitol on Thurs
day and Friday, and will be guarded by a
deputatiOn from the Executive departments
and by officers of the Senate and House
of Representatives. Religious ceremonies
will be observed in the rotunda at o'clock on
Friday afternoon. At pm. the remains will be
transferred to q funeral car and be removed to
Cleveland, Ohio, via the Pennsylvania railroad
arriving there Saturday at 2 pm. In Cleveland
the remains will lie in state until Monday at 2
pm. and be then inferred in Lake View Gene
terry. No ceremonies are expected in the cities
and towns along the route OF the funeral train
beyond the tolling of bells. Detailed grange
ments for the final sepulture are committed to
the municipal authorities Of Cleveland, under
the direction Of the executive of the state of
ONO. JAMES G. BLAINE.
The Burial Permit.
The following permit has been issued to Chas
A. Benedict, the undertaken, who has charge of
the Presidents remains:
STATE OF NEW JERsEY-TRANsTT PERMIT.
COUNTY OF MONMOUTH !
OCEAN Tow NsuIP, Sept. 90 1881,
Permission is hereby given to remove the
remains of James Abram Garfield, aged forty
nine years, who died at Elberon, Ocean town
ship. on September 10, 1881, the cause Of death
being pistol shot wound, and a transit per-
init being asked, for burial at Lake View ceme-
terry, Cleveland, in the state of Ohio. Name of
undertaken. Chas. A. Benedict. Signed by E.
j. Green, East Long Branch, assessor New
Jersey.
Coupon to transit permit No. 3,OSO
James Abram Garfield who died at Elberon,
n. j.. The ferry master or agent will tear off
and keep this coupon. If otherwise detached
from the permit the coupon must not be received.
The Autopsy.
UNEXPECTED RESULTS FROM THE POST MORTEM
EXAMINATION.
The result of the autopsy was made public
last night at IL O'Clock. 1t was as follows: By
previous arrangement post mortem examna-
ton Of the body of President Garfield was made
this evening in the presence and with the as
sistance of DrS. Hamilton, Agnew Bliss, Barnes
Woodward, Reyburn. Andrew Smith, of Ell
boron, and Acting Assistant Surgeon d. s.
Lamb, of the Army Medical Museum. Washing
ton. The operation was perfOrmedby d. s. Lamb
1t was found that the ball, after fracturing the
right 18th rib. had passed through the spinal
column. in front of the spinal canal, fractur-
ing the body of the first lumbar vertebra driving
a number of the small fragments of bone into the
adjacent soft parts, and lodging below the pam
creas, about 212 inches to the left of the spine,
behind the peritOneum, where it had become
completely encysted. The immediate cause of
death was secondary hemOrrhage from one of
the mesenteric arteries adjoining the track of
the ball, the blood rupturing the peritOneum,
and nearly pint escaping into the abdominal
cavity. This hemOrrhage is believed to have
been the cause of the severe pain in
the lower portion of the chest. complained of
just before death. An abscess cavity, six inches
by four inches in dimensions, was found in the
vicinity of the gall bladder, between the liver
and the transverse colon, which were strongly
adherent. 1t did not involve the substance Of
liver, and no communication was formed be-
tween it and the wound. long suppurating
channel extended from the external wound be-
tween the lOin muscles and the right kidney
almost to the right groin. This channel, now
known to be due to the burrowing of pus from
the wound, was supposed during life to have
been the track of the ball. On an examination
of the organ of the chest, evidences of severe
bronchitis were found on both sides Of the
of the lower portions
much less extent. Of the left. The lungs
contained no assesses and the heart no
clots The liver was enlarged and fatty, but
free of assesses. Nor were any found in any
other organ except the left kidney, which con-
tanned near its surface small abscess about
one-third of an inch in diameter. In reviewing
the history of the case in connection with the
autopsy it is quite evident that the different sup
puratlng surfaces, and specially the fractured
spOngy tissue Of the yertebra, furnish asuffcient
explanation of the septic condition which ex-
isted (Signed)-D. W. Bliss, j. K. Barnes, J.
Woodward, Robert Reyburn, Frank H. Hamil-
ton, d. Hayes Agnew, Andrew II. Smith and d.
S. Lamb.
Military Honors.
A FORMAL ORDER FROM THE WAR DEPARTMENT.
General Orders No. II, issued last evening
from the War department, are as follows:
The following order of the Secretary Of War
announces to the army the death of James A.
Garfield, President of the United States:
WAR DEPARTMENT, Sept 20. 1881.
With profound sorrow the Secretary Of War
announces to the army that James A. Garfield,
President of the United States, died at Elber0n,
N. j., at twenty-five minutes before eleven on
the evening of September 10, 1881. The great
grief which is felt by the nation at the untimely
death of the President will be especially felt by
the army, in whose service he bore so cOnspic-
uous part during the war of the rebellion. In
him the army has lost beloved commander-in-
Chief friend and former comrade. Proper honors
will be paid to the memory of the late Chief
Magistrate Of the nation at headquarters of each
military department and division and at eaci,
military station. The general Of the army viii
give the necessary instructions for carrying this
into effect. ROBERT T. LINCOLN