The San Francisco call., 1898-12-14
HONORS IF WAR FOR DEAD GARCIA  Funeral Services Over
 the Patriot. LEGATHERING PRESENT MILITARY GUARD ESCORTS THE
 PROCESSION.
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Special Dispatch to The Call.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.-The solemn high mass of the Catholic Church was performed over the remains of General Calixto Garcia at St. Patrick's Church to-day before the body of the distin- guished Cuban leader was committed to the vault in the National Cemetery at Arlington. The service was not able for the distinguished gathering present All the honors of war that could be meted out to a national hero were bestowed by this Government on the ton-hearted old Cuban. Havana itself would scarcely have poured forth a 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- mains of their venerable leader.
 The church was filled to the doors long before the funeral procession from the Hotel Raleigh arrived. Escorted by two batteries of United States ar tillery, 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 mo- ment the church bell aloft tolled slow ly and Solemnly in 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 a strange tense ness, and rising slowly, swelled into a tender harmony that seemed to be more like a lullaby than a 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 can- delabra, with their many branches, fiared in the gusts from behind the chancel.
 The solemn procession moved down the aisle from the door, the casket borne by a detail of artillerymen The Cuban flag was draped over the silver mounted coffin. To the left in pews reserved for them, sat the honor- ary pallbearers-Genera Nelson A. Miles, commanding the United States army; General Lawton and General Wheeler, who were among the first to greet General Garcia in Cuba Gen eral Shafter, commander of the Amer ican 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 people; GenH~c- ---@-7=z ana Senators Proctor, Mason and Money.
 The coffin was deposited before the altar and the solemn high mass was begun. Those who officiated were: Rev. Joseph Magee, deacon; Rev. Charles Warren Currier of Baltimore, sub-deacon, and Rev. Clarence E. Woodman. The sermon was by the Most Rev. Archbishop John Ireland, the absolution after the mass by Rev. George Dougherty, master of cere- monies at St. Augustines, Washington, and there were present. in the sanctu- ary Right Rev. Sbarretti of the apos- tolic delegation, Monsignor Stephan of the Catholic Indian Bureau, Rev Dr. Rocker, secretary of the apostolic dele gation, and other priests.
 hotel by Rev. Joseph Magee. At the conclusion of the mass the body was transferred to Arlington with military honors. where it was deposited in g vault to await shipment to Cuba.