The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-09-22
FUNERAL OF MISS DAVIS
ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CEREMONY As
FAR AS PERFECTED.
Generals Fiizhugh Lee and Joseph Wheeler
Among the Pail Bearers. A Most I'm
posing Procession in Prospect.

posing T TUCcSSiOH W. IoSpeCt'
Richmond. Va, Sept. 21.-The details
of the arrangements for the funeral of
Miss Winnie Davis, as far as perfected
were given out tonight III the following
order of the committee having charge
of the arrangements:
I'll is desired rnat organizations partici-
pating in the ceremonies will take their
position i'll line as follows:
Platoon of police, military, Lee Camp,
Pickett Camp. visiting camps, Veterans
from the Soldiers Home, Sons of Veter-
ans. honorary pail bearers, active pail
bearers, hearse. family, friends, Holly
wood Association. lakewood Association,
Hebrew Association. Confederate
Museum, Daughters of the Confederacy,
Lee and Picket Camps Ladies Auxiliary,
private carriages.
Organizations or delegations desiring
assignment in line must apply to the
chief marshal by II O'Clock M. Friday,
September 23rd.
The remains will arrive in Richmond
at $40 Friday morning, at the Union
depot and will be met by Lee and
Pickett Camps. The body will be es-
corted to the lecture room of st. Paul's
church and be deposited there and re-
main under guard of honor until $3.50
D. M, when it will be borne to the
church.
Parties desiring to send flowers will
send to the lecture room of st. Paul $
church. where committee Of ladies
from the Chapter Of the Daughters of
the Confederacy will receive and list the
same. 1t is especially requested that no
flowers be sent to the jefferson hotel.
The funeral will take place at $3.50
o'clock p M, and be conducted by Rev.
DR.. Carmichael, Bishop Whittle, Bishop
penick, Rev. Langdon Il. Mason, DR..
Moses d. Hoge and DIR. James F..
Smith. The entire body of the church
will be reserved for organizations. The
public to be only in the galleries. In
concluding the ceremony at the grave
the Centenary church choir will sing II
hymn. The churches of the city will
toll their bells during the passing of the
procession. Citizens are requested to
display flags at half mast. The active
pail bearers are as follows:
From Lee Camp-T. p. Pollard
James E. Phillips, ID. S. Redford, w. l..
Royal, T. w. Sydnor and j. w. Pc
gram.
From the Sons of Veterans-Edwin
+. Cooke and w. r. Waldron.
Honorary pail bearers-Governor j.
Hoge Tyler, General John b. Gordon,
General Fitzhugh Lee, General Joseph
Wheeler, Hon. j. Taylor Ellyson, Col
onel w. o. SHELTON, Mr.. James Swan,
General Dabney III. Maury, Colonel Will
liam Ii. Palmer, Judge George l.. Chris
tian, Mr.. Virginius Newton. Mr.. Joseph
Bryan. Mr.. w. ID. Chesterman, Colonel
w. Gordon McCabe, Colonel E. l.. Hob
son. Mr. Walter e. Grant Colonel John
B. Purcell, General Charles J. Anderson,
DR.. james B. McCaw, DR.. George Ross,
Major Robert Stiles, Colonel Archer
Anderson, Mr.. Burton n. Harrison,
Colonel E. w. Cutshaw. General Brad
ley L. Johnson, Mr. Arthur M. Seldom,
General David A. Weisiger, Mr.. z. b.
Addison, Mr.. J. Ii. Dooley, Mr.. Thomas
Atkinson, Mr. T. G. Williams, Mr.. j. n.
Boyd, Mr.. E. Leslie Spence, Jr."
The following gentlemen are to act as
aides to the chief marshal;
Captain e. Peter Bosher, Mr.. S. w.
Travers, Mr. S. II. Halves, Judge
George L. Christian, Major A. w.
CARRIER, Mr. III. G. Chamblin, Mr.. Greer
FL. Baughman, Colonel G. Percy Halves.
Captain j. Thompson Brown, Colonel
p. z. Winston, Judge E. G. Minor, Mr..
John r. Hughes.
The committee will meet tomorrow to
make further arrangements. 1t is under
stood that the hearse will be drawn by
white horse, and each horse will be
led by veteran. Notices are pouring
in from Confederate Camps in Virginia
and other parts of the South indicating
n purpose to send delegations TO the
funeral and the procession promises to
be most imposing one. All of the
Confederate organizations i'll the city
have adopted resolutions of respect to
the memory of Miss Davis.
The military feature will be very
striking. 1t viii consist of the local
military, embracing infantry, artillery
and probably the Second Virginia regi-
ment, which has just arrived here from
Jacksonville, Fla. The officers Of the
regiment will hold a meeting to decide
this matter tomorrow morning. Com
pany III, Jeff Davis Rifles, of this regi-
ment, of Salem, are especially DESTROYS
of participating in the parade, and will
probably do so, whether the other COM
panies participate or not.