St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-16
THE FUNERAL.
Arrangement for the Services in
New York City.

Arrangement for the Services in
New York City.
New YORK, Feb. 15.-The prelimi-
nary arrangements for the funeral of the
late Gen. w. T. Sherman have been
made. The funeral cortege will form at
l o'clock on Thursday next at the house
in West SeVenty-first street and move
promptly at 2 o'clock. The funeral
services proper will be held in st. Louis.
The funeral procession in this city will
be made up as follows: The regular
army escort will be under the command
of Col. Lewis Langdon, of the First
artillery. 1t will consist of all
the battalions located in the vi
cinity of New York harbor.
The artillery will be made up of the
First artillery. q. S. A, Dillenbacks
light battery and two f0ur-gun batter
les Of the national guard. The cavalry
will consist of troop of regulars and
Troop A Of the national guard. The
body will be borne on a caisSon. An
escort of honor from Lafayette Post. g.
A. r., will surround the caisson
and the pall-bearerS who will be in car
riages. Following will come the family
and relatives in carriages. Then the
president and vice president of the
United States, eX-President Hayes, ex-
President Cleveland, delegations from
the United States senate and house
Of representatives, the governor
of the state Of New York
and the mayor of the city.
The military part of the procession will
follow the carriages in this order; First,
the Loyal Legion; second, &. A. Il.
posts; third, corps of cadets; fourth,
national guard, s. N. g.; fifth, delega-
tions from civil societies; sixth, citi
zens. The line of march from
Des Dresses street ferry has
not been decided upon yet.
The department of the G. A. r. will be
under the command of Gen. Floyd
ClarkSon: the National guards under
Gen. Fitzgerald; the regular escort
under Col. Langdon. Gen. Howard, in
command of the military, has designated
Gen. ID. Butterfeld as marShal-in-charge
of the column. Veterans of the Sew
enth regiment and those from other
regiments WILDE assigned to positions
at the DeS Brosses street ferry to re-
ceive the cOrtege on its arrivalthere. At
theNew Jersey end of the ferry will be
stationed posts of veterans from that
state. q. A. R. posts at points along
the route who desire to pay honor
to the remains will be notified
in season. The bearers will
be: Gen. j. M. Schofeld, Gen. o. o.
Howard. Rear Admiral d. L. Braine,
Rear Admiral |. A. Kimberly. Gen.
Thomas l.. Casey, Gen. j. c. Kelton,
Prof. II. l.. Hendricks. Gen. Joseph E.
Johnston, Gen. II. w. Slocum. Gen.
Daniel E. Siczles, Gen. l.. l.. Dodge.
Gen. J. M. Gorse, Gen. Wager Swayne,
Gen. S. l.. Woodford. Gen. CLARK
son expects to have fully 10000
soldiers in line from New York and
Brooklyn and $500 from New jersey.
Gems. Howard and Slocum were askt q
by the family to take entire charge of
to st. Louis. The interment will be in
Calvary cemetery, st. Louis. The
funeral in st. Louis will be strictly
military in character.
On account of the expressed wish of
Gen. Sherman when alive, it was decid-
ed not to comply with the request of
President Harrison that; the body be
taken to Washington and there lie in
state for a day. 1t will not lie in state
anywhere. The casket is oak covered
with black cloth and lined with white
satin. The handles ale plain sill
yer bars, and on the lid is a
plate of plain silver, on which
is inscribed the name civilian Tecum-
sch Sherman" and the date of his birth
and death. While being transported
from here to st. Louis the casket will be
placed in polished oak box with silver
trimmings. The body is now lying en-
balmed in the room where the general
died. 1t is covered with an American
flag. Gen. Nelson A. Miles arrived here
tonight from Chicago to attend the
funeral. lie will accompany the re-
mains to st. Louis.