The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-02-15
1HE NEWS AT WASHINGTON oIrr.


WASHINGTON CIrY, Feb. 1.-The presi-
dent had Just finished lunch this after
noon. and was walking up the stairs to his
Office, when the Associated Press bulletin,
announcing the death of General Sherman,
was handed him. The president was very
much moved at the intelligence. a. he and
General Sherman had been near and dear
friends for many years. Tho president
served under General Sherman in his ia
nous march to the sea, and the friendship
begun at that early time had been strength
ened by their close association ever since.
The president sent for General Grant,
acting secretary of war, and General Scho-
field, and gave instructions for full mill
tary honors for the dead soldier, and made
several suggestions in regard to the char
acter of the general orders announcing
General Sherman's death to the army.
He also prepared message to congress on
the same subject, and issued an executive
order announcing the death to the coun-
try, adding:
The secretary Of war will cause the highest
military honors TO be paid 10 the memory Of this
distinguished officer. The national flag will be
Aoated ct hslf.mast over all public buildings
b suspended in the executive departments at
the city Of Washington, and in the city where
the interment takes place. on the day OF the
during such hours, and to enable every officer
and employe to participate therein with their
fellow citizens.
The president also sent telegram of
coincidence to the family, in which he sug-
gested that the body be brought to WASH
ihgton City 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 today. Secretary Noble said he felt
General Gene Sherman. Among m s the as'' first st
events in Mobiles official life in Wash
ington City was visit from Sherman,
voluntarily made in behalf Of the ex-Con-
federate general, Joseph e. Johnston. He
(Sherman) was ready to support any
men when friendly to the government, as
he was incorporating to all of its enc
mics.
Postmaster General Wanamaker said:
Sherman was made Of pure gold. No man that
ever knew combined In such degree the
courage Of lion. the gentleness Of : woman
and the simplicity of child.
Attorney General Miller-The world has lost
the drst OF it, military men. At least there IL
no one surviving q all comparable 70 him, UNI
@ g = von Sss vr few haze bssI
sherman. One thing struck mo In the great
centennial revtew IN New York. The general
seG .h y S e. %:S & s' s and e s
he did not fail TO take OF his hat and salute the
flag. He might let men pass without Fecogni-
P secrstsl ni Bsns lc mors than thirty years
] have known General Sherman very intimately.
OF his many and great qualities, on the public
SIDE i !; = not e. g .PSaa Ms did not
the warmest Of friends 70 those Who profeCsed
irisndship; hank. iust and magnsnimous: He
almost reckless, and oftentimes was misunder-
stood, q whom b wrote his memoirs His death
Acting Secretary Of War Grant this Aft
ernoon Issued . general order to the army
announcing the death. It includes the
presidents message to congress and the
executive order. 1t was accompanied by
another order issued by Adjutant-G General
Kelton, directing that on the day of the
funeral the troops at every military post
to them, after which labors for the
day will cease. The flag will be displayed
at half-mast from the receipt of this order
till the close of the funeral. On the day of
the funeral, q salute Of seventeen guns will
be fired at half-hour intervals, commencing
at .. m. The officers of the army will
wear the usual badge Of mourning, and the
colors Of the several regiments and bat
talions will be draped in mourning for .
period of six months.
The House committee on military affairs
will report appropriate resolutions of re-
spect, and will recommend that the House
take part in the funeral services. General
Cutcheon, chairman of the committee on
military affairs, referred feelingly to the
fact that the death removed the last of the
three great Union generals. ''This passage
from Sherman's memoirs" said he, sis the
key to the character of the whole man. 1t
was written at the outbreak of the war,
when Sherman was in Louisiana: ON no
earthly account will do any act or think
any thought hostile to or in defiance of
the government of the United States"
Following is the presidents message to
the family Of General Sherman:
loved and venerated General Sherman, and
would stand very near to the more deeply af-
ficted members Of his family in this hour OF
bereavement. 1t will be If there were one
dead In every loyal household in the land I
suggest that the body be borne through Wash
ington City and lie In state for one day In the
rotunda of the capitol. Please advise me of any
arrangements made. BENJAMIN HARRISON