New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-18
GENERAL JOSIAH PORTERS FCNEhdL'
THE EXERCISES sIMPLE-MANY MILITARY MEN
pRESENT

THE EXERCISES sIMPLE-MANY MILITARY MEN
PRESENT.
In Difference 10 the wishes Of the family the
funeral of Adjutant-General Josiah Porter "hic"
took Mace Yesterday was with less military display
than his services TO the State would warrant VI "'
f,Eow-mi,itlamen were ready to give.
\ religious service was held at the house NO o.
W., ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS urth-st, to wnich
,one hut intimate friends Of the family were al
,nitted The body OF the dead soldier Gao IN 'ne
dress uniform of a Major-GeEeral, lay IN o.a'N-
covered coffin At his throa; was pinned ''e ga
81 ong and Faithful Service Medal, when WAS t'e
first one issued to a military man in this state Tor
twenty-five years of consecutive service. Inc o'"e'
medals with which the Generals body was Deco
a,el were the Grand Army. 22d Regiment Twenty
Years Service. Loyal Legion and Fifth Army corps
badges.
!, q2o p m. the body was borne to St Andre"
Church. Onc-hundred- aud -twenty-seventh-st. ana
Fifth-ave.. where the services OF the iIo'e'I 49,
Epscopal Church were performed by the Kew ~
n,,r.u ehaulaln Of General Porters old regiment
sch, WIS assisted by the Rev. Dr. George H. Va"
no Water rector OF the church. Every military Or
,,nlza,ion in he city WAS represented by ue'eTA
tion Of officers. and number came from distant
cities In this state and from -Engana
Governor Flower. attended BY his stan, arr'rei
o,rlv and was soon followed by the ioilo"ms
members OF Governor elect Mortons stan; Coohei
Edward A. McAlpin, Colone. Frederick e. McLe"ee
captain benjamin Flagler. General A." iila" -
Wallace Colonel Edmund Haynes. HOWARD Carron'
" : G. Wiley James VI. Narnum Gehera r. -
o,rren Dr. ~ O. Terry. as well as the iono"'hs
a,dos.de-camp: Archibald Rogers, Charles rrah''S
lanes. John Jacob AstOr, George w turner H''-
h.r Livingston Satter.ee and George BLISS Ashe".
,r,on- those who came from Albany were colonel
Frederick Phisterer. General Amasa j. fd'ht''
Major Horatio = Stackpole and Major Louis bai'n H.
u,nalo was represented ny Colonel :. VI. Wei'"'
a. Major \ j. Mycr. AdJutauts w. r Nur@'S
ana y \ Hail Captain g. *. wilson anu o.
,,rnnt Theodore Bclcher Among IN" .Nh''i ~
ser,. battalion representatives. were 'ohilt''
"a Miller Lieutenant Commander GcorSe T., 49, 49,
r,yuaster John g. Agar. surgeon J9hh an , '
Pol Assistant surgeon James H. !h'l, 80
t.rauts samuel Dana Greene. Rooert li"rpo"t ro. ,
sh.w william Butler puncan., Dr., " IMAM - ~
Sf,,fon washington Irving Edwin 1. Weeks an"
Elliot Middleton henderson. m, - .,.r
Is hon IN. service over the CONN WIS poi ~
fr,,n me church by SIX sergcants OF the "a iiSn
mnnt followed by the palibearers hrlSa,el
GENERALS James Mcl.cer, Robert shaw '.Ntt, tc,vi
- Dnvl. Joseph D. Bryant Joshua NJ NaIlai' anu
Ferdinand T. Earle. and the Inc OF maIrh Mr'
,,l,..i m 10 the Grand Central station. nrlSdur,
Grn.ral outs Fitzgerald was In command, anu t,.e
.srort consisted the I'D Re giment Colofle. amp
commanding. Troop y. captain Row aiiu ~
h.. Tnttcrv under command OF captain w EN-
I'M. hodv remained under guard or hohor IN ~
n IN when IL taken To CalhDr"se' 'i"9""
where the burial will take place