The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-08-18


receive the casket and the Generals
horse was led to place Immediately
behind. The horse is a dark bay and
was bought by Gen. Sheridan in Chicago,
about four years ago. ltwas brj died and
saddled Just rs when last ridden by the
General. The Generals military boots
were in the stirrups with the toes point
ing backwards. The animal was led by
tall sergeant III full uniform. Ali the
horses used by the General during the
war are dead and Guy" who was used
on this occasion, was the animal which
had been the longest in the Generals
service as his personal saddle horse.
In accordance with the wishes of Mrs.
Sheridan, the funeral was a strictly mil
itary affair, and the escort was formed
precisely as prescribed By the army
regulations for an officer of the rank of
deceased. The order of march was as
follows:
Battalion Of Cavalry.
Two Batteries Light Artillery.
Marine Band.
Third Artillery Band.
Battalion OF Foot Artillery.
Clergy in Carriages.
Pallbearers In CarTiageI
Body bearers. Artillery Sergcgnts'.
Calsson Having Remains.
The Generals Horse.
Mrs sheridan and Fsmily
Military Staff
The President and Mrs. Cleveland
The Cabinet
The Judiciary.
The Congressional Committees
Diplomatic Corps.
Representatives of the Loyal Legion and G. Al r.
Citizens
The escort assembled while the funer-
al services were in progress. 1t formed
on III Street, facing north, with the foot
artillery on the right, the cavalry on the
left and the light batteries in the CEN
ter. Before the completion of the serv-
ices the caisson and the Generals horse
were moved to a point nearer the
church entrance, and after the casket
had been placed on the caisson, the
column was formed by wheeling to the
left and moved en- route far enonSh to
permit the formation of the column ot
| carriages in the rear.
Just before the close of the services
| Gen. Schofield and his aides arranged
| themselves in front of the troops and
prepared to 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 rec
moved their bats. The best of ordeY
| was preserved and the crowd seemed in
| spired by the solemnity of the occasion.
When all had been arranged the col
umn moved slowly in the direction of
| the cemetry.
The route was by II. Street to Penn-
sylyania Ayenne to the Arlington Road
| bv way of the aqueduCt bridge. All
available places for a view of the line
were occupied. The greatest respeCs
was paid to the occasion and TIE
spectators generally uncovered their
heads as the bier passed by
Several houses along the route were
draped in mourning, the most notice
able of which was the Metropolitan
| Club House at the corner of Seven
teenth and II Streets. Gen. Sheridan
was member of this club at the time
| of his death.
| The weather was warm but not so oFe
| pressve as it WAS yesterday. SeverAs
| soldiers however became exhausted
| during the march and had to be taken
to the hospital.
| Slowly passing through the long main
street of ancient Georgetown, over the
| lowly new bridge that spans the broad
| Potomac, then up the winding, Well-kept
| military road that leads through the
| cavalry post of Fort Myer, the
| funeral cortege at last gained the open
| heights commanding panoramic vier
| of the river and the city of Washington,
and met gratefully refreshing breeze.
| A mile further on it entered the
western gateway of the Arlington
| National Cemetery, where as far
| as the eve could reach to
right and left. under the spreading
| branches of majestic oaks, the grass ID
| thlckly dotted with the cleaning mar
| bic headstones that mark the graves of
| 5000 Union soldiers. A little later the
| FIVE miles weary march OF the long pro-
| cession was at an end. .
| At 20 p. NJ. the cavalry escort, with
| Maj. Gen. Schotield at its head, came to
| a halt beside the old Lee mansion and
| soon afterwards the rest of the cortege
| advancing slowly to the music of a peal
| ing military dirge emerged from the
| shadowy city of the dead and broke up
| into groups among the scattered trees
| on the open greensward.
| As the hearse came to a halt, the
| clergy IN FLOWING robes formed process
! sion from the carriages to the grave.
| Bishop Elect John 2. Foley, OF Detroit
| (brother or Bishop Thomas Foley, of
| Chicago, who married Gen. Sheridan), ,
| was the officiating priest. HIS asslst-
| ants, acolvtes and a train3d choir of do
| mInican monks numbered more than "a
score in all. Next came the pall-bear-
ere, Gen. Sherman and Secretary Endl-
| cott Speaker Carlisle and Secretary
| Whitney. walking at the head, and be-
| hind them, leaning heavily upon the
| arm of Col. Sheridan, came the grief
| stricken widow. The moarners in
| cluded John Sheridan, brother of the de-
ceased; Gen. and Mrs. Rucker, parents
of the widow her brother and sister and
the military statt aud several other INT
mate friends of the General Tho
/ President and Mrs. Cleyeland and the
committees of the two houses of Con
gress with barred heads iallowed the
| mourners.