New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-30
FUNERAL OF SERGEANT FISH.
SERVICES WITH MILITARY HoNoRs IN ST
MARKS CHURCH

The funeral OF Sergeant Hamilton Fish. jr. OF tho
LIST Volunteer Cavalry Trough Riders) who was
killed on June u at La Quasna. was held Mt st.
Marks Protestant Episcopal Church. at feminist.
md Second-avc.. yesterday morning. The funeral
was with military honors. There big gath
ering In the neighborhooi OF tho church before the
services began but Inspector Cross and Captain
Delaney. OF the Ffth-s, station. with n detail Of
| 10 men. kept perfect order.
The galleries opened to the public. and when
| they had become filled allowed to enter
unless by special permission. Soldiers. veterans
and military men IN general were allowed to enter
and sit where they desired
The chance and the altar bore profusion OF
floral gifts. On the chancel rail there was n great
wreath OF laurel with broad silk streamer and
| large wreath OF white with a streamcr OF
American coiors. On the fount lay q mag
niicent wreath OF roses. and on the pulpit and
| around about 1t were roses. water lilies. immor-
| telles. lilacs and other blooms. These offerings
from the friends Of Sergeant Fish will be distributed
| among the wounded soldiers at the various hos
| pitfalls In this city
| Tho ushers at the church were Dr. wynkoop head
usher Alfred Cooley. Richmond Talbot j. II. Prem
tice Julian Benjamin, l.. c. Nesbit. Beverly Robin.
son. Robert Miles. l.. VI. Lawson r. l.. Morris. H.
s. Benjamin. W. s. Gurnee. Sd. Charles Swords.
Arthur Choate, William Rogers and Evelyn Pierre
pont. s.
Before the arrival OF the family there was
| ligan and the choir. which consisted OF Clara Ane
Jewell. contralto: Mrs Connel soprano: Albert
Werner. tenor. and John c. Dempsey. bass.
Hamilton Fish, 1r. being sergeant was entitled
to the attendance OF squad OF privates as a mill
tary escort At request Of the parents OF the dead
soldier. Captain Oliver b. Brdgman. commanding
Squadron A. in Major Andrews's absence detailed
the following: Privates William Adams. John Shep
| herd. Stacy Richmond. Philip j. Stillman. o. H.
Whitehead. Alexander L. Ward w A. Pease and
Arthur Corlies. They were under command OF
Sergeant F. ". Jones. They were in service uni
FORM consisting OF blue bouses, blue trousers with
yellow stripes. cartridge belts. and the regulation
Army fel, hat This military escort bore the comm
from the vestibue to the altar rail. ,,,..-
The Rev. Walter f. Bentley. cuTate OF st. Mark s
Church, read the opening sentences Then the
Rev. William MONTAGUE Geer: vicar OF ST.. st. Pauis Is
cRRo ocs Of feas was begun during which the
members OF tn. Delta Psi Fraternity. OF which
Sergeant Fish was a member. marched up to the
Ren p nna villa William o" H. 1bsert vicar Of Trinity
Chapel. then read the rest Of the service, after
Heaven and ''On the Resurrection Morn
The mntary escort acted as pallbearsrrs . and
to Ffth-avc and along Fifth-ave. to the Grand
Central Station. whence the body was taken TO
Among those at the service were Senator Thomas
c. Plat. Bishop Potter MAGISTRATE Cornell: MnJor
John McCnock; Of the 2o3d Regiment; the r, Rev
Tarson. Of the LIST Volunteer Engineers recently
an aid to General Wade: Mrs. Robert Bacon, MT
Mr. a and N Ms f E6Sd nce
James Brown Potter Mr. and Mrs William H.
members Of the ga New-York. the eolst; the HQd
Wounded soldiers recently returned from Santiago
There some from the Regular army. par,
ticuarly those from the 9Th and the Sth on',e e.
States Artillery and two or three members OF the
Rough Riders