The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-04-12
OUR NOBLE DEAD.
Bufia! OF tie Heroes who Died
for their Country.
AN EVENT AT ARLINGTON.
Three Hundred and Thirty.Six
Forms Laid 10 Rest. The
President and Other High

sOIiilS ELiiu 10 ftSSL. ne
President and Other High
Officials There.
With full bonors ct var, upon the
crest Of the southern slope of
Arlington cemetery Thursday az
tcraoon, the nation. represented by
President Mckinney, his cabinet and
other high dienisaries Of the govern
mcnt, the commanding general of the
army and other distinguished officers,
all the regular and militia organizations
of the District and vast coucourse of
l5,00O people, paid the last tribute of
honor and respect to the bodies Of 336
officers and men who gave their lives
en- distant battIeicldS for their country
during the SpaniSh-Americal war and
who were Thursday mustered into the
silent army that sleeps in the last biv-
ouac Of the brave The SPOT selected
is the ne's addition to the cemetery
looking out upon the broad sweeping
Potomac. In this burial lot, which
covered two acres in extent. in parallel
rows the wooden boxes containing the
caskets were ranged, separated by great
mounds Of earth. Over each box an
American aag was draped. There was
no particular order in the disposition Of
remains, though an exception was made
in TIE case Of officers. The boxes con-
tanning the bodies Of Capt. Edgar HUI
be.t. Of the Eighth L. s. infantry:
Lieut.. L. /. D4rnctt, Ninth U. S. in
fant7y; Lieut.. Wm. Wood, Twelfth U.
5. infantry: Lieut.. R. S. Turman,
Sixth L. 5. infantry, and Lieut.. Fran
els Creighton, I. S. volunteer signal
corps, were placed at the head Of the
line Of graves, Immediately under the
eye of the presidential party. Of the
others fully 10 per cent. are identified.
ibout 20 per cent. are wholly unknown
Or known by the regiment to which
they belonged. \ platform had been
erected, enclosed with flags and draped
il mourning to accommodate the dis
tinguished personages in case of incle-
ment weather, but the day was an
ideal one, and the platform was
practically unoccupied. Long before
the arrival of the military thousands of
people had surrounded the enclosure
where the dead soldiers lay.
At 2:30 the presidential party, which
had been caught in jam at the Poto
mac bridge, from which it required a
dozen mounted police to extricate them,
reached the enclosure. They were fol-
lowed by Gen. Miles and his staff, the
military escort. AS they arrived the
solemn strains Of the Dead March in
Saul sileDced the vast assemblage, and
with heads barred the crowd stood at the
graveside while the presidential party
advanced and the military dispositions
were made. The military was under
the command of Col. Francis L. Guen-
ther, and consisted of the District Ma
tional Guard, the light battery with two
Hotchkiss guns, a battalion of naval
militia and the regular troops from the
arsenal ar Fort Myar.
The troops were formed upon three
sides of rectapgle aud files of soldiers
we're marched into the ranks of the
dead. FlanGing the open space at the
head of the grass were the relocated
artillery men who were to fire the last
salnte and on the left was stationed the
Fourth artillery band.
The president, accompanied by Sec
retary Gage. Secretary Long, Postmas-
ter General Smith, Secretaries Hay,
Hitchcock and Wilson, Assistant Sec
retary Tay lor, Gen. Corbin, Gen. John
NJ. Wilson and Col. Bingham, came
forward with uncovered head and took
his place in the open space facing the
graves. He was followed by Gen.
Miles and his staff in full uniform and
other distinguished guests, including
some of the representatives Of fereigp
countries.
just as the president arrived a pa
thetic incident occurred when aged Mr..
and Mrs. O'Dowd pressed through the
lines and placed bunch of roses on
the casket of their son, John O'Dowd,
of the Seventh infantry. The parents
Of Lieut.. Wood also came forward and
deposited beautiful wreath of flowers
and the sword Of that gallant officer
upon his casket.
Immediately the band broke out in
the sweet strains of Nearer My God
to Thee, and Post Chaplain G. ".
Freeland Of Fort Monroe, in the eccle-
siastical robes Of his Office, with Rev.
Father McGee Of ST. Patrick's church,
followed by three purple gowned AGO.
lytes, advanced to the graves and the
funeral services began. They were
verr simple but very impressive.
R@v Freeland read the military COM
initial service Of the Episcopal church
beginning with Man that is born of
woman and concluding with the prom
ise Of heaven contained in the words /
an the resurrection and the life. As
he pronounced the words Dust 70 dust,
earth to earth, the soldiers at the side
OF each grave crumoIed { clod OF earth
upon each casket. The vast concou.se
barred their heads to the solemn words
and scene and thousands joined in the
Lords prayer.
Rev. Father McGee then consecrated
with the chuFchly power invested in
him the earth into which the bodies of
the Catholic soldiers were placed.
Meantime from Fort Myer, booming
down the wind, came the dull crack Of
gun every half hour and the national
ensigns on the stats there and at the
Lee mansion were run down to half