Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-08-12

nrouress the caisson was placed IN q posi-
tom Ia receiyet the casket, and the Generais
horse was led to q place immediateiy De,
hind. The horse is q dark bay, \ Was
bought by General Sheridan In Cnicsgo
four wears ago. 1t was bridled n sadoled
inst as when last ridden by the General
THE Generals boots were in the stirIup
with the toes pointing backward. Inc
animal was led by q tall sergeant In fnii
Uniform. All the horses used By the Gen.
eral during the wal are dead, n Guy.
who was used on this occasion is an AMI
NAL which had been the longest In tne
Generals service as his personal saduie
morse. In accordance with the wishes Oh
Mrs. Sheridan the funeral was q
STRICTLY MILITARY
affair and the escort was formed precisely
as prescribed by the army regulations ior
an officer of the rank of the deceased.
The order OF march was as follows: A
battalion of cavalry, two batteries ngnf
artillery, Marine band, Third Artillery
band, battalion of foot artillery, clergy IN
carriages, pail bearers in carrisges, bcdy
bearers, artillery sergeants, caisson hav-
Jag remains, the Generals horse, Mrs.
Sheridan and family, military staff, the
President and Mrs. Cleveland, the Cabinet,
the Judiciary, the Congressional commit,
tees, diplomatic corps, representatives Oh
LOYAL Legion, and G. A. r., citizens.
The escort assembled, while the funeral
services were in progress. 1t formed on ID
street, facing north with the foot and ar
tillery on the right. The cavalry on lett
and the light batteries in the centre. Be
fore the completion of the services, the
c~aisson.and the Generals horse were moved
to q point nearer the church entrance and
after the casket had been placed on the
caisson the column was formed by wheel
ing to the left and moved en- route tar
enough to permit the formation Of the col
umn of carriages in the rear. just
before the close of the services, General
Schofeld and his aides arranged them
selves in front of the troops and prepared
10 receive the funeral party. AS the body
was borne from the church, the bell tolled
and the Marine Band played the hymn,
'Nearer, My God, to Thee" The soldiers
stood at present arms and nearly all the
citizens removed their hats. The bsst OF
order was preserved, and the crowd
seemed inspired by the solemnity OF the
occasion.
TO BEAUTIFUL ARLINGTON.
When all had been arranged the column
moved slowly in the direction Of the GEM
etery.
The route was by II street to Pennsyl-
vauia avenue to the Arlington road by
way of the acqueduct bridge. Crowds
lined the entire route. All available
places for a view of the line were occupied.
At LOO p. n. the cavalry escort, with
Mai. Gen. Schofeld at its head came to a
halt beside the old Lee mansion, and soon
afterwards the rest of the cortage. As the
hearse came to a halt, the clergy in flow
ing robes headed q procession from the
carriages to the grave. Bishop-elect John
+. Foley, Of Detroit, (brother of Bishop
Thos. Foley, of Chicago, who married
Gen. Sheridan, was the officiating priest.
His assistants, colleagues and a trained
choir of dominican monks number
ed more than a score In all.
Next came the pail bearers,
Gen. Sherman and Secretary EDdicott,
Speaker Garlic and Secretary Whitney
walking at the head and behind them
leaning heavily upon the arm of Col.
Sheridan came the grief stricken widow.
The mourDers included John Sheridan,
brother of the deceased, General and Mrs.
Rucker, parents of the widow, her brother
and sister and the military staff and several
other intimate friends of the General.
The President aud Mrs. Cleveland, the
committees of the two houses of congress
with bare heads followed the mourners.
The pail bearers were: Gen. Sherman,
Secretaries Endioott and Whitney, Speak
er Carlisle, Senator Hawley, Gen. Augur,
Gen. McFeely, Gen. Wesley Merritt, Gen.
Joseph Fullerton, Mr.. Geo. W. Childs,
Col. @. p. Lincoln, Department Common
der of the G.. A. r., Marshall Field and
Vice-P President Frank Thomson, Of the
Pennsylvania r r.
AT THE GROvE.
Eight ssrgeants of artillery now lifted
the casket from the ~caisson, and bore it
with slow, careful steps down to the mouth
of the open grave, placing it thereupon
rods, ready to be lowered to its resting
place. When the ground should have been
consecrated by the priests. After a mo-
ment of reverent silence, the clear voice of
the Bishop Elect was heard utteripg the
works of blessing Deus Cujus Miseratione,
etc, o God by whose mercy the souls Of
the faithful fiad rest, design to bless this
grave and send Thy Holy Angel to guard it;
and loose from all the bonds of sin the
souls of those whose bodies are here in
TERED that they may ever rejoice in Thee
with Thy saints, through Jesus Christ our
Lord, Amen.
With a sprig of fir pucked from a
neigbboring branch holly water was
sprinkled over the grave and the casket
was lowered by the Sergeants.
The regular burial service, beginning
with the c~anticle of Zachary, or the ben
edictions, and ending with the chanting of
De Profundis by the choir OF dominican
priests brought the religious features Of
the obsequies to an end.
The priests stood aside and remained in
a group near the head of the grave, and
every breath was hushed while the widow
came q step forward and for mi brief mo-
ment looked upon the casket which held
her beloved dead.
As she turned away the other mourners
in a body paid
THEIR TRIBUTE OF Owe
and respect and then at a signal the artil-
lery fired q salute of seventeen guns. The
Legion Of Honor then moved up in a line
and looked in upon tho still uncovered cas-
ket and filed away. The great hollow
square now contained but one figure, that
OF a stalwart cavalry bugler, who stood at
ease facing the head Of tbs grave. There
was a hoaiss command at the left, echoed
and passsd on down the line of infantry
a rattle of steel, a moment Of expectation,
and then the simultaneous fash and roar
of five hundred muskets. Again and
again the volley wa repeated. Then tne
bugler came to attention, raised his bugle
to his lips and blew ''Taps," the signal for
Light out" the military equivalent for
good night. The tones were low, mellow,
and tremulous at the start but with each
succeeding phase swelled clear and
shrill and commanding, waking tardy
echoes from the surrounding banks Of
foliage, which came back to blend again
with the long drawn vail at the end. As
the last echo died away end just rs the