Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-29
THE FUNERAL ESCORT
Will Be Commanded by General Ruger-The President Will Accompany the Re-
 mains to Chicago.

Washington, May 2S.-At the conclu- sion of the services at the executive mansion the funeral escort, under com mand of Maj.-Gen. Thomas H. Ruger, United States army, will move in the following order from the executive man. sion to the Baltimore and Ohio depot:
 Military escort.
 Clergy and physicians who attended the deceased
 Pall-bearers and hearse.
 Relatives of the deceased.
 Places will be reserved for the presi- dent and heads of departments, mem berS of the senate and house of repre- sentatives, justices of the suprme court and diplomatic corps.4 r
 Troops of the escort will assembly at 9 clock a. m. on Pennsylvania avenue, in front of the executive mansion.
 Route of the procession Will be; ,s5a
 Pennsylvania avenue to the railroad depot
 The military escort will consist of all the regular troops in and about Wash ington, namely: Five troops ot the Sixth cavalry from Fort Myer, Va. un- der Colonel Gordon; four batteries of the Fourth and one of the Third artillery from Washington barracks. under Col. H. w. Clisson; Fourth artillery and the battalion of marines from the marine barracks and the navy yard, under com mand of Colonel Haywood. The escort will be under the command of Major General Ruger, United States army.
 The president and members Of the cab inet will accompany the remains to Chi cago, where the train will arrive some time on Thursday afternoon. The pres ident and cabinet will consequently n 1t be able to take part in any of the Dee- ora ton Day ceremonies in Washington or the 30th instant.
 The honorary pall-bearers will be See retary Lamont, Attorney-General Olney, Secretary Smith, .Postmaster-Gencr Wilson, Secretary Herbert, Secretary Morton, Acting Secretary IThl repre- senting the state department, and Act ing Secretary Hamln, representing Sec ietary Carlisle. MT. Carlisle will Join the funeral party en route. All these will accompany the remains to Chicago, with the possible exception of MT Ham, lin, whose place will be taken by MT. Carlisle
 The decorations of the cast room for the funeral services there tomorrow are most elaborate, and exceed in be Iuty on similar occasions. To carry out tn 2 intention to make the occasion purely military the American flag is predom- inant in the decorative display. Wher- ever the eye wanders the stars and stripes are seen.
 Each of the four great saloon mirrors is half hidden by large flag and ev- cry window is curtained by hanging, composed of the national standard, 20 feet long. These form the background for an effective display of growing plants and cut flowers Great spread ing palms branch out from every win dow and the alcoveS are surrounded by potted oleanderS and other greenery. White and gold flower pots, holding smaller palms and innumerable varie- ties of evergreen, are banked on the mantels and beneath them cut flowers are intersperSed here and there while wreaths of smilax entwine mirrors and windows and doorways. The effective ness of the arrangement will be greatly enhanced by the glow of electric lights rendered soft through hemispheres of thick glass of pinkish hue.