Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-02-19
GEN. SHERMIN,S FnNIR.AU.

family are strongly Catholic. ] am not
and cannot be. That is all the public has
a right to know"
GEN. sHERMIN,S FUNERAL.
The Dead Soldier to be Buried ON Thurs
day--Isemains to be Taken to st. Louis.
New York, Feb. 16.-Gen. Shermans
funeral will occur ON Thursday. The
process of embalming Gen Shermans
body was completed by Undertaken
Wiggcr, and it was prepared for burial.
II lay on a bier in the room in which
death occurred. Over it stood the mill
tary guard from Governors Island. The
guard was relieved every six hours. The
Rev Father Taylor called in the after
noon and offered consolation to the
family. Nobody was allowed to see
Gen. Sherman's body.
Generals II. w. Slocum, o, 0. Howard
and Daniel u. Butterfield into whose
charge the funeral arrangements were
committed by the family of General
Sherman, met at the generals late resi-
| dence yesterday morning and outlined
the plan of funeral after a consultation
with the members Of the family.
The funeral services will occur Thurs
day afternoon. The cortege will form at
/ O'clock and start at O'clock. The
route has not yet been agreed on, but
the destination will be the Desbrosses
street ferry of the Pennsylvania rail-
road, and thence TO the Jersey City sta
ton, where u special train will be in
waiting to convey the body and those
who accompany it to st. Louis.
The army regulation escort will be
under the command of Col Loomis L..
LangdoJt Of the First Artillery 1t will
consist, for the infantry, of the battalions
in the vicinity of New York harbor
The artillery will comprise the First
United States Artillery, Dillenback's
Light Battery, and the two four-gun
batteries of the national guard. The
calvary will consist of one troop of regu-
lars and Troop A of the national guard.
The body Of Gen. Sherman will be borne.
on n caisson, and there will be an escor
Of honor from Lafayette Post, G. A. II
| The escort will surround the pall-bearer.
in the carriages. After the body will
come the family and relatives, followed
| by the President and Vice-president and
| ex-Presidents, committee from the
| United States Senate and House of Rep
resentatiVes, the governor of New York
state, and the mayor of New York city.
Then will follow, in the order named,
| the Loyal Legion, the Grand Army of
the Republic, Corps Of Cadets, the Ma
tional Guard, delegations from societies
and citizens. The department of the
Grand Army of the Republic will be
1ndef the command q zen. Eloyd
Guard will be commanded by Brigadier
General Louis Fitzgerald; the regular
escort will be under Col. Langdon. Gen.
| Howard has designated Gen. Butterfield
| as chlet aide ana marshal IN charge Oh
the column. me veterans OF inc oeyenth
Regiment ana othef New YORK veterans
VIII DC assigned posltiohs AT the Des-
brosses street Terry TO receive the pooy
OF zen. sherman on us afflyal there'
ana veterans In New Jersey VIII pc as
signed positlohs al INC station IN Jersey
City to receive the body When II reaches
there, Special nominations VIII DC
issued to those veterans VINO desire 10
assume POSITIONS along the route.
The special aldes othef thah tnose IN
command OF tne respective DIVISIONS OF
the column VIII pc named hereafter.
| At the invitation OF zen, Shernans
family, Gems. Howard ana Si9eum VIII
have charge OF all the tuheral arrange,
ments mere ana en- route, ana they WI
probably accompany the Douy on tne
special tram 10 ~. LOUIS, Where inc
lnterment VIII pe IN oalNafy Cemetery
There VIII be mlillary luhefal III ~
Louis. Here there VIII pc merely Pr
waite services and the proeesSAoia' AID
body will not lie IN state
Mayor Grants private secretary last
night visited Generals Butterileld ana
Slocum and offered Them IN the name
of the mayor, the use OF the city hall IN
case it was decided to have General
Sherman's body lie in state, The offer
was declined, IN conformity with the
urgent wishes OF the family. General
Clarkson estimates That there VIII DC
10000 Grand Army men IN line from
New York and Brooklyn, and 2,50O
from Jersey City.
The pall-bearers We're yesterday Sc
lected by Gems. Howard, slocqm and
Buttertield. They are Gen. j. M. scho-
d. L. Braiue, Rear Admiral l.. A. KIM
berly. Gen. Thomas l.. Casey, Gen. j.