Huntsville gazette., 1891-02-21
'STATE FUNERALS.
The Late Admiral Porter and
Gen. Sherman
Receiving the Last Tokens OF
Respect.

Admiral Porter Laid to Rest-The Body
In Full Dress Uniform and Placed In
Casket of Royal and Purple velvet-Fu-
neral of Gen. sherman Announced to
Occur at st. Louis.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1S.-The body OF
the late admiral was embalmed.
It was dressed in full uniform OF his
rank. and was placed ina casket OF foyai
purple velvet, with silver handles ana
ornaments. Upon silver tablet on the
lid was the following inscriptions: David
d. Porter, Admiral United States Navy.
Born June 1s, 1873 Died Feb. l3, 1891.
It was the admirals wish. often ex-
pressed during his life, that after MS
death his body should not lfe IN state.
The body, therefore, was not exposed 70
public view. 1t was also his wish that
he might be buried from his home.
The list of pail bearers was increased
to sixteen and included Rear Admlrals
Worden, Jouett, and Queen and Gen.
Joseph E. Johnson. The latter was
warm, lifelong friend of the admiral.
Admiral Porter was one OF the most
earnest members of the Sons of American
Revolution and also its president.
President Harrison, his cabinet and
host of navy and army officers and many
members of the senate and house attend
ed the funeral, and, together with
great crowd, followed the casket to the
Arlington, where the admlralS remains
were inferred on the spot selected by
himself year ago. All the executive
departments and public buildings were
closed.
New YORK, Feb. 18.-The follow ing
details regarding Gen. Sherman's funeral
have been announced
The funeral cortege should form at
o'clock on Thursday, at the house on
West Seventy First street, and move
promptly at o'clock. The funeral ser
vice 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. Loomis l.. Lang
don, of the First Artillery, consisting of
| all the infantry battalions located i'll the
vicinity of New York harbor. The ar
tillery will be made up of the First Ar
tillery, U. S. A., Dillenback's Light Bat
terry and two four gun batteries of the
National Guards. The cavalry will con-
sist of troop of regulars and troop A
of the National Guards. The body will
be borne on a caiSson. AN escort of honor
from Lafayette Post, G. A. R., will sur
round the eaisson and the pail bearers,
who will be in carriages. Following
them will come the family and relatives
in carriage. Then the president and
| vice presiGelt of the United States and
| Mr.. il. Z. lTayes and delegations from
| the U.itcl S ates senate and house OF
represent 'iv, !, the governor OF the state
| of New Yo.,: AID the mayor of the city.
The mi.itasT part Of the procession
| will follu.- tile carriages in this order ::
| First, the Loyal Legion; second, G. a.. H..
posts; third, Corps of Cadets; fourth,
| National Guards New York;; fifth, del
| egations from civil societies; sixth, citi-
| ZenS.
Gen. Howard, in command of the mil
| itary. has designated Gen. Daniel But
| terfield as marshal in charge of the col
| umn veterans of the Seventh Regiment,
| and those from other regiments will be
! assigned to positions at the Desbrosses
street ferry, to receive the cortege on its
| arrival there. At the New Jersey end
of the ferry will be stationed posts Of
veterans from that state. The q. A. t..
posts at all points along the route who
desire to pay honor to the remains will
| be notified i'll season.
The pail bearers will be Gen, J. M,
! Schofefd, Gen. 0. 0. Howard, Rear Ad-
miral D. A. Baine, Rear Admiral L. A..
Kimberly, Gen. Thomas L. Casey, Gen.
! J. G. Kelton, Professor III. I. Kendrick,
Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, Gen. II. w.
SIocum, Gen. Daniel E. Sickles, Gen. L..
NJ. Dodge, Gen. j. NJ. Corse, Gen. Wager
Swayne, Gen. S. L. Woodford.
Gen. Clarkson expects to have 0,000
soldiers in line from New York and
Brooklyn, and 2, 800 from New Jersey.