The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-02-15


the memory of this distinguished oficer.
The national flag will be hoated at half
mast over all public buildings until after
the burial, and public business will be sus-
pended in the executive departments at the
city of Washington and in the city where
the intermenJ takes place on the day of the
funeral, and in all places where public ex
preston Is given to the national sorrow
during such hours as will enable every Off
Ger and employee to participate therein
with their fellow citizens
The President also sent a telegram OF
coincidence to the family in which he sug
gested that the body be brought to Wash
ington on the way to ST. Louis and that it
lie in state in the rotunda of the capitol for
at least one day.
Representatives of the Associated Press
interviewed several members of the cab
met TO day. Secretary Noble said ne felt
great personal grief at the loss of General
Sherman. Among the first events in
Mobiles official life in Washington was
visit from Sherman, voluntarily made in
behalf of the ex-confederate General
Joseph E. Johnson. He (Sherman) was as
ready to support any man when friendly
to the government, as he was uncompro-
missing to all its enemies.
Postmaster General Wanamaker said he
was made of pure golu. mo man that
ever knew combined in such degree the
courage of a lion, the gentleness OF a
woman, and the simplicity Of a child
Attorney General Miler-The world has
lost the first of its military men, At least
there is no one surviving comparable to
him, unless it be Won Moltke. Very few
men have been so close to the hearts of the
1 people as General Sherman. One thing
struck me in the great centennial review IN
New York. There stood the general by
the side of the President. No matter what
xal, ~ IA 4 onf
fail to take off his hat and salute the flag
He might let men pass without recogni-
cation but not the flag.
Secretary Blaine-t'or more than thirty
years l have known General Sherman very
intimately. OF his many and great quail
ties on the public side, it is not necessary
to speak. He did not grow less in the init
macy of private life and by the fireside in
his own home. He was frank. just and
magnanimous. He spoke and wrote with a
freedom that seemed almost reckless and
oftentimes was misunderstood, US when he
wrote his memoirs. His death seems pre-
mature.
Acting Secretary OF War Grant this
afternoon issued a general order to the
army announcing the generals death. l.
included the Presidents message TO Con-
gress and executive order. 1t was accom-
panied by another order issued by Adjutant
General Kelton directing that on the day
of the funeral the troops at every military
post will be paraded and orders read to
them, after which laborS for the day will
cease, and the flag be displayed at haifmast
|, from receipt of this oroer till the close OF
the funeral. On the day Of the funeral q
salute of seventeen guns will oe fired al
half-hour intervals, commencing at O'CLOCK
am. Officers of the army will wear the
, usual badges of mourning and the colors OF
the several regiments and battalions will be
draped in mourning for a period of SIX
J months.
, The House committee on military affairs
will report appropriate resolutions Of re
spect, and recommend taat the House take
, part in the funeral services.
General Cutcheon, chairman of the com
mittee on military affairs, referred feel
ingly to the fact that the death OF Sherman
t removed the last OF the three great unior
generals. This passage from Sherman!
memoirs" said he, us the key to the char
acter of the whole man. 1t was at thu
outbreak of the war when Sherman
was in Louisiana. On no earthl.
] think any thought hostile to or in defiance
, OF the old government of the Unitet
States.' !"
( The following is the Presidents mes
= sage to the family of General Sherman
} 81 have loved and venerated General Sher
g man and would stand very near to the NOR
3 deeply afflicted members Of his family il
this hour of bereavement. 1t will be as i
: there were one dead in every loyal house
y hold in this land. L suggest that the bod
f be borne through Washington and lie i
f state for one day in the rotunda of tn
r capitol. Please advise me of any arrange
g ments made" BENJAMIN HARRISON.
e Arrangements for the funeral of Admire
:, Porter were completed to day. Brief X
llgious services will be held at the famil
r residence Tuesday afternoon, at the clos
;. of which the remains will be, taken t
Arlington cemetery.