The Red Cloud chief., 1888-08-17
sHEeipaN'S FUNERAL.
aH rhs. i. ,yorta, - the Late General o
.,e ARMY Quiet. Laid tn Rest AT A-iinS

-ba d.si vcre today performed accord
- - ordinances Of the Roman Catho-
T.CF-rch for Philip Henry Sheridan. Gem
era'of the army Of the United States. and
rs body was laid 70 rest IL beautiful Ar
ington, the city OF the soldier dead.
The event was marked 10y a general sus-
pension of public business. The ceremo-
MES throughout Were in keeping with the
character Of the man. The strict adhs-
renee 10 an almost military simplicity in
the arrangements. the t-avv-wteelei cais-
SOD for his hear-e. which had seen service,
best befitted ;he closing scenes in the Ifs
Of 50 great d soldier
- Matthew'S Church. where the re-
mains 81 General Sheridan had laid in
STATE since Thursday afternoon. and where
the principal t-riaI services We're held. is
an ancient elihce OF modest p~retensiors.
WIKI succeed walls. and bu: FOX lis CLASSY.
riliared front. would attract little atten-
ton from z stranger.
Il l. the most popular Catholic church
II Washington and FOR many wears it has
numbered among IL congregations the
members o; many OF the foreign legations.
abine members. Senators and Congress.
men.
At min O'Clock the doors We're thrown
elen and those OF the large crowd passed
inside who mad tickets OF admission. They
were conducted 70 their seats By ush.rs
dressed ia full military under the
direction OF Colonel John u. Wilson Of the
corps OF civil engineers.
Among the prominent persons present
were Senators ingalls,. Eimunds. Evarts.
Jones. o- Nevada, SAWYER and Far
well and JusTtce Harlan and wife. Atabore
$50 the pail bearers. headed by General
Sherman in full uniform. entered at the
left OF the catafelGue- Soon the Joint COM
mlrtee - Congress appeared and was con-
Quoted 70 seats reserved for them in front
am % The right Of the ca:afaIGue. Four
u them occupied General Shernan's pew.
About 80 the President and Mrs. Cleve-
land and Secretaries Fairchild and Villas
came IN and took seat, IN the front pew TO
the right ri the center aisle. MIS-. Folsom.
Secretary Bayard and Observation-Disclosures
Dickinson ollowei and We're seated IN the
vicinity About five minutes after the
Presidential! party arrived Mrs. Sheridan
was escorted 70 4 seat TO rhe left and near
the casket- She was deeply vailed.
Cardinal Gibbons delivered the Sermon.
Before The completion Of the services the
caisson and the Generals horse We're re-
moved 70 a point lear the church en-
y aA4N dAlcs l0t Cd>ecl udAl tccu
placed N the csisson the column was
formed by wheeling 70 the left and moved
en- route far enough TO permit the forrn7-
ton OF the column Of carriages in the
rear.
In accordance with the wishes of MS.
Sheridan the funeral was a strictly mill
tarv affair. and the escort was formed
precisely as prescribed by the army reyu-
ia-IOus to- al officer OF the rank Of the ee-
ceased
The pail bearers Were: General Siler-
man. Secretaries Endicott and Whitney.
Speaker Carlisle. Senator Hawlev. rem
eraI Augur. General McFeeIv. General
Weslev Merritt General Joseph Fuller.
Nj. George w Childs. Colonel Charles 2.
N.oln department commander Of the u.
\. z. Marshal Field and Tice-Presideut
Frank Thomson. OF the Pennsylvania rail-
road.
The Joint Congressional committee was
COMPOSED Of Senators Hawlev. Nand.r-
son. CUilom. Hampton. Gibson
and Gray. and Representatives. Hooker. OF
Mississippi: Cutchecn. 81 Michigan:
Whee!er. Of AlahaIna: Henderson. OF ILL.,
nois: Cox. OF New York: Grc~veno-. OF
ONO. and NCShsue. Of Nebraska
The :usIc- WAS by II street to Pennsyl-
wanna avenue 70 the Arlington road by way
II the agu.duct bridge. Crowds lined the
enti-e route. and al available places for a
view ot IN. line We're occapieG.
- the caisson cams 70 a hault at the
grave The clergy II flowing robes headed 4
procession from the carriages 20 the grave.
B~.shop-lect Thomas F. Foley. OF Detroit,
brother OF Bishop Thomas Foley. OF Chi
cage. who married General Sheridan. was
- r. . u
a~colvtes and trained choir OF Dominican
monks numbered more than a score in all.
Next anne the pall-bearers. General Sher-
man and Secretary Endicott. Speaker Car
Isle an Secretary Whitney walking at
tne head and behind them. leaning heavily
on the arm 81 Colonel Sheridan. carne the
-riet-~tricken widow. The mourners in
Guided John Sheridan. brother OF the de-
ceased. General and Mrs. Rucker. parents
OF che widow her brother and sister. and
the military staff and several other init
mate friends " the General. The Presi-
dent anu Mrs. Cleveland and the commit
tees OF the TWO houses OF Congress with
tare heads followed the
Win . spric of tr p!ucked from a neigh
boring branch holy wafer was sprinkIei
over J.e grave az; The casket was lowered
tv -h- >---eants.
The regular burial service. beginning
w-h the c~aE-icie az Zachary or the ben.-
dictu>. and ending with the chanting Of
DE Profundis" h IN choir of Dominican
priests, brought the religious features Il
the ohSeg-le- - an end. The priests then
stood a>.t- and remained IN a group near
go head 81 tie grave. Every breath was
EusheG wnii. the WIDOW cana z step for
ward and for one brief moment looked
uron tl- casket which held her beloved
dead. A. she turned away the other
Inourne-s n ii body paid their tribute of
love and respect and then az q signal the
artillery fired 4 salute II seventeen guns.
Tn Legion ~ Honor moved up in a line
and looked II upon tae still uncovered
ca~het and then fled away.
The great hollow square now contained
but one figure. That of a stalEart cavalry
bucler who stood facing eastward. his
huCie under his arm. at the head of the
grave. There was q hoarse command at
the left. echoed and passed on down the
Line of infantry. a rattle Of steel. q moment
Of expectation and then the simultaneous
fash and roar of .pr rauskets. Again and
again the vollev was repeated. Then the