Omaha daily bee., 1885-03-16
COL. TAYL0R's FUNERAL.
The Dead Soldier Laid to Rest-The
Ceremonial at,the House
snd Cemetery.

Joseph H. Taylor, assistant adjutant-
general, U. s. A., took place yesterday
afternoon from the late residence, 1926
Dodge street. They we're of a military
character and, simple and unostentatious,
were touchingly beautiful and impressive.
AT the appointed hour, the psrlots of
the residence we're filled TO %ove,lowing
by a throng of the fellow officers and
civilian friends of the dead soldier. The
funeral ritual of the Episcopal church
waspronouncedby Chaplain John Vaughn
Lewis, of Fort Omaha, after which the
body of Col. Taylor, encased In a plain
but elegant casket, was removed to the
c~aisson, the military hearse, by the
pail bearers, ak non-commisslon-
ed Offices, followed by the
honorary pail bearers, Gen. Hawkins,
Col. Stanton, Col. Smith, Mai. Towsr,
Mai. Rawles and Capt. McCauley. The
coffin, placed on the caisson and embodied
by the stars and stripes of the national
ensigo, was conveyed to Prospect Hill
cemetery. The funeral cortege was q
long one, and was headed by the Fourth
infantry, which played appropriate music
of a funereal character during the solemn
march.
The rest of the procession was COM
posed as follows:
2. Four companies of the Fourth
infantry, commanded by Maj. Da Rus
aey.
8. Detachment of Fifth infantry, with
c~aisson bearing corpse.
4. Pail bearers.
8. The horse of the dead officer, prop
erly capsrisoned.
6. Officers of army on foot.
z. Carriages with mourners, Mrs.
Taylor and two daughters, with MI.
Meigs, son of the late Q~lartermaster
| General Meigs, U. S. A, in the first,
and two sons of the deceased, Joseph and
Montgomery, with E. d. Webster, In the
second.
s. General procession.
At the cemetery the troops form in
two lines with presented arms, on either
side of the path leading to the Gen. Nc
| Cormick vault. The caissun bearing the
casket passes between the ranks. The
body of the dead soldier Is laid away In
the vauls during the reading of the bur
ial service by Chaplain Lewis, In the
presence of $500 people, who have as
rembled topayth tinalhomsgetothenoble
deceased. Three vollsys of musketry are
fired over the tomb, and, with the sound
ing of the drum taps, which, In the sim-
pie funeral rites of the military code, has
the suggestive mesning of ''good night"
the ceremonial is ever. The vault is
closed upon the remains and the shadows
of death and decay lengthen into that
night which only finds a dawning in the
morning of the Resurrection and the
Judgment.
The following general order has been
Issued by the LEGAL military authorities
relative to Col. Taylor's death;
The department conn snder announces,
with profound sorrow, the death Of Ma
jer Joseph 81. Taylor, assistant adjutant
general and adjutsnt general of his com
mand, which resulted from pneumonia,
yesterday, after a brief Illness of six
days.
Graduating from the military academy
III 1856 and assigned to the LIST Cavalry,
his early service was almost entirely upon
the Indian frontier, and much of 1t with
In, and ad jscent to, the present limits OF
the command. At the outbreak of,the re.
bellion he was assigned to duty In con,
n%ection with the organization Of the
Army of the Potomac, serving as adju-
tant general of General Summers COM
msnd, and in that capacity, during the
Peninsula campaign, participated
in the siege of Yorktown
and the battles of williamsburg
and Fair Oaks, receiving for the latter
the brevet of major. Later he served al
the adjutant general of the I'd army
corps, and as such took part in the battl,
of Antletam, and was brsvetea as lieu
tenant-cololel Tor gallant and meritorlouI
services there. AS assistant inspector
general he served with General Stone
mans command during its famous raie
toward Richmond in 1868. He wa
breveted colonel August Is. 1866, foI
meritorious services during the rebellion
In 1866 he was transferred to the adju
tant generals department of the regula
army, and his service since that time 1
well known.
Maj. Taylor belonged, by family ties
to the most honored of u people. d.
himself added greatly to their distin
guished record of service. He was re
markAble among his associates for a dell
cate sense of honor and devotion to duty
In the performance of which, In a marke'
degree during the rebellion, he e1hibite'
the highest qualities Of a soldier. 81
was indsfatigAble In his work as on exc
cutive officer, and heroic In battle. hi
= death Is widely felt by q host of friends
: Every expression Of sympathy is ex
/ tended to those nearest, who are so sadl
bereaved by this.sudden providence.
> The officers of the department staff wi
wear the usual badge of mourning fc
thirty days. By order of
2, BRIG. GEN. HOWARD.
!. j. A. SLADEN, Aids.ds. Camp.
:. Official.