The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1898-12-17
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Funeral Services For General
Garcia All That Even Cubans
Could Wish,
Even to the Great Numbers OF
Sympathetic Spectators Who
Attended.
Honorary Pallbearers Included
Generals Miles, Lawt0n and
.. Wheeler.
Archbishop John Ireland of st.
Paul Preached the Funeral
Sermon.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.-The solemn
high mass of the Catholic church was
celebrated over the remains of General
Calixto Garcia at st. Patricks church,
before the body of distinguished Cuban
leader was committed to the vault in
the National cemetery at Arlington.
The ceremony was notable in the dis
tinguished gathering present. All the
honors of war that could be meted out
to national hero were bestowed by the
United States government upon the
sion-hearted old Cuban. Havana itself
would scarcely have poured forth q
larger crowd than gathered in and about
the church, and the most radical Of the
Cuban Independents could not have
picked a flaw in the official marks of
consideration bestowed upon the re-
remains of their venerable leader. The
church was filled to the doors long be-
fore the funeral procession from the
Hotel Raleigh arrived. Escorted by
two batteries Of United States artillery,
the procession halted before the door
and the military guard grounded arms
with ring of metal on the hard, cold
pavement, while at the same moment
the church bell aloft tolled slowly
and solemnly through the crisp winter
air.
Inside the church the great crowd was
hushed to perfect stiffness, through
which the first notes Of the organ
thrilled with the tenseness Of silver
wire and rising softly swelled into a
tender harmony that seemed to be more
a lullaby than dirge. The altar was
draped in the emblems Of mourning,
and the candles stood in black sconces,
except at the foot Of the catafalque,
where the golden candelabra with their
many branches foated in the gusts from
behind the chancel.
The solemn procession moved down
the aisle from the door, the coffin borne
by detail Of artillerymen. The Cuban
flag was draped over the silver bound
coffin.
Distinguished Pallbearers.
In pews reserved for them, sat the
honorary pallbearers, General Nelson
A. Miles, commanding the United
States army; General Lawton and Gen
eral Joe Wheeler, who were among the
first to greet General Garcia in Cuba;
General Shafter, commander of the
American army of liberation; Senator
Thurston, whose devoted wife lost her
life less than year ago in visiting the
unhappy island in behalf Of the Cuban
peor1". and Senators Proctor, Mason
and Money.
Ireland Preached the Sermon.
The coffin was deposited before the
altar, and the solemn high mass begun.
Those who officiated were: Rev. Jo-
seph McGee, deacon; Rev. Charles
Warren Currier of Baltimore, sub-dea-
con, and Rev. Clarence e. Woodman,
G. S. p. The sermon was by the Most
Reverend John Ireland; the absolution
after mass by Rev. George Dougherty,
master Of ceremonies, st. Augustines,
and there were present in the sanctuary
Rt. Rev. DR.. Sbareth OF the apostolic
delegation; Mgr. Stephanie Of the Cath
0lic Indian bureau; Rev. DR.. Rocker,
secretary Of the apostolic delegation, and
other priests.
At the conclusion of the mass, the
body was transferred to Arlington, with
military honors. where it was deposited
in vault to await shipment to Cuba.