New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-30

BURIED WITH HONORs or WAR AT NEW
PORT-COIONE1 ROOSEVELT AND DE-
TAIL OF ROUGH RIDERS ATTEND.

TAIL. OF ROUGH RIDERS ATTEND
Newport. r /. Aug - (SpcciaD-With the
service II the Protestant Episcopal church ana
all the honors of war the body Of the late Lieu
tenant William Tiffany was to-day borne 70
burial Practically all Newport turned out 10
honor his memory The streets at the railroad
station and The church. along the Inc q march
and az the cemetery. were lined with spec
tato-s Many Of the business houses 81 The city
We're closed during the hours Of the funeral. and
tho American flag everywhere displayed as
usual. was generally at half-mas,.
Al the SPECTATORS were silent and respect
full many Of the men uncovering as the BODY
PASSED by The train from Boston bearing the
body and the funeral party was twenty MIN
ures late and there was some celay IN trans
ferring the body from the cars and forming the
procession TO the church, the column hha"y
moving in the following order:
Platoon OF police. Major Stevens and Acju-
,ant DeBlo!s. Newport Artillery. Newport Band
Atm Regiment Drum Corps. Newpor, Artillery
bugiers Colonel Eddy and twelve ofhcers 81 the
37th Regiment NeW-York Volunteers. newport
.~,iilorv staff with with Colonel John II
We,hereu Of Governor Overs staff. Company l.,
47th Regiment Ncw-York Volunteers. CAPTAIN
Libby Newport Artillery Captain Richardson,
pall-hearers In carriages Colohe! Ih f,ars
Roosevelt and Colonel John Jacob Astor. kough
Riders acting as body bearers. under captain
Woodbury. Kane and Lieutenant Ferguson 81
Troop X hearsc. carriages
7, was after II o'clock when the body. escorted
by the Rough Riders was borne past the MI.
tary companies. al present afms. ana INTO GA
Trinity Church.
sonal friends Of the dead officer were the ush-
ers-Coonel Addison Thomas. Henry r. RI
dridge j. Nelson Howard. Prescott Lawrence
Roland King James Eusiis Daniel T. Fearing
Elisha Dyer. jr.. and Stuyvesant Leroy. The
funeral party. in charge OF Perry belmont VINO
escorted his aunt Mrs. Tiffany. mother OF NE
dead man. were met by the officiating clergy
man the Rev Dr 6. W. Douglass. u Grace
church. New-York The choir sang Nearer. MY
Cod TO Thee" Asleep in Jesus" and Peace
Perfect Peace"
There was no address. only the regular burial
service being read The chancel was filed with
choice flowers. tied with broad satin ribbons OF
red. white and blue. with appropriate enhleTns.
Colonel Roosevelt Colonel Aston and Captain
Woodbury. Kane and the guard Of honor the
Rough Riders were seated Immediately behihd
tho family. The Rough Riders carried their
carbines into the church.
A. The conclusion ~ the service the line was
again formed. and marched through names
ST to the Island Cemetery. where IN me ierIi;
circle in front of the Belmont Memorial ChapeI,
beside the graves Of his father and brother, a
new ore had been prepared for Lieutenant Will
lam Tiffany r-........ t,.,s
conal church was read the Rough Riders fred
the regulation three voIeys. taps We're
sounded and the last token Of respect that the
Army could give had been paid 10 the hrst
victim 81 the war 10 lie buried IN NeWpoiN
The bearers were Lieutenant II. DevercauX
and Sergeant H. W Bull. Of the Rough Riders
the former with his arm in sling. columbus
c Baldwin. J. De X. Baldwin. X /. Dottenet
F p Randolph. +. II. Buckley and II Hollis
Hunnewcl- - <
on leaving the church carriages were fur
nisbed for the Rough Riders who rode 10 me
cemetery IN the procession They were Ser
cear, Frederick x Lie. Company X. in charge
r. F. Jordan. Troop G: T VI. Baird Troop NJ;
G G Babcock. Troop X: II. G. POLLOCK. Troop
y. q y FRYE Troop II; George l. Alien. Troop
A. Alhort p Russell. Troop y; " NJ Cochran
Troop +: william &. John. Troop l.; a como
yer Troop 6: Roll Alinack. Troop T.. ana VI y.
c,ornns TROOP / There were two Rnugh RIDERS
from TROOP X who were in town. yet we're no,
., me funeral They are Corporals Maxwell
Norman and Joseph s. Stevens. who were 700
III 10 he present.