Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-12-14
REQUIEM FOR GARCIA,
Solemn Service For the Dead Cuban
Hero Held In Washington.
CHURCH PACKED TO DOORS.
Two Batteries of United States Ar
tillcry Escort the Remains From
the Hotel Raleigh-Interment
In Arlington Cemetery.

| Washington Dec. 1.-THE solemn
| high mass of the Catholic church was
performed over the remains of General
Calixto Garcia at st. Patrick's church
before the body of the distinguished
| Cuban leader was committed to the
vault in the National cemetery at Ar
lington. The service was notable in the
distinguished gathering present. All
the honors of war that could be meted
out to a national hero We're bestowed
by this government upon the lion heart
ed old Cuban. Havana itself would
scarcely have poured forth a larger
crowd than gathered in and about the
church.
The church was filled to the doors
long before 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 a 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 SWELL
ed 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 candala-
bras, with their many branches, flared
in the gusts from behind the chancel.
Cuban Flag ON the Coffin.
The solemn procession moved down
the aisle from the door, the coffin borne
by a detail of artilerymen. The Cuban
flag was draped over the silver bound
coffin.
To the left in pews reserved for them
sat the honorary pallbearers, General
Nelson A. Miles, commanding the Unit
ed States army; General Lawton and
General Joe Wheeler, who were among
the first to greet General Garcia in Gu
ba; General Shafter, commander of the
American army of liberation; Colonel
John Hay, secretary of state; Senator
Thurston, whose devoted wife lost her
life less than year ago in visiting the
.unha ppY island in behalf of the Cuban
people, and Senators Proctor, Mason
and Money.
The coffin was deposited before the
altar and the solemn mass was begun.
Those who officiated were: Rev. Joseph
MCGEE, deacon: Rev. Charles Warren
Currier of Baltimore. subdeacon, and
Rev. Clarence f. Woodman, c. S. p.
The sermon was by the Most Rev.
John Ireland, the dissolution after the
mass by Rev. George Doughtery, mas
ter of ceremonies, st. Augustine's,
Washington, and there We're present in
the sanctuary Right Rev. d. Sbaretti of
the apostolic delegation; Mgr Stephan
of the Catholic Indian bureau, Rev. DR..
Rocker secretary of the apostolic dele
cation, and other priests.
A preliminary service was held at the
hotel by Rev. Joseph MCGEE. At the
conclusion of the mass the body was
transferred to Arlington with military
honors, where it was deposited in a
vault to await shipment to Cuba.
The ArcllbisllOp's Sermon.
Archbishop Ireland in his sermon at
the church touched upon the solemnity
Of death, its lessons and it's encourage
ment toward a higher Christian life.
OF General Garcia's career Archbishop
Ireland said
His objects We're civil and political
freedom for Cuba. He sought these
interestedness. Under this same prin-
ciple we must judge all men, and under
such principle does God judge them
The eyes of the most high rested with
complacency upon soldiers in different
camps, for in different camps soldiers
did their duty as they understood duty.
The soldiers Of Cuba fought for noble
principle, the betterment of their coun-
try; the soldiers of Spain fought from
devotion to Spain and loyalty to their
governments; the soldiers of America
obeyed duty in obeying their country
and following out its high purposes.
1T is in such spirit as this at such a
solemn time as this that we-must lool,
upon the history of battlefields and ac-
cept the Judgment of the god of battles
as 1T is meted out to the nations who
have deferred to the arbitrament of the
sword. Now war is closed. Let peace
and friendship enter into our souls and
reign between America and Cuba, be-
tween America, Cuba and Spain. Let
there be upon us the peace of God made
manifest among men,"