Evening star., 1899-04-05
MEM0RE:OF THE DEAD
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City and. Nat5lon to Pay Tribute to
" Their Heroes.
SERVICEsSss|YoMpRRoV At ARLINGTON
President MCKINLEY and Cabinet
Members to Attend.
CLOSING THE DEPARTMENTS

The nation and the city tomorrow will
pay their tributes Of respect to the memory
of the soldiers who lost their lives at San
tiago and in Porto Rico, and the dead
heroes will be then consigned to their final
resting place in the. rational cemetery at
Arlington. All the government depart
ments. the city post office and stations. the
courts and the municipal offices will be
closed at noon tomorrow in order to per-
NIT the officials ana clerks to join in the
public display Of esteem.
The funeral eerem6nies will take place in
the cemetery at 2 O'Clock tomorrow after
noon. The remains of 366 of the known and
unknown soldier dead, in the metallic cas-
kets in which they have been transferred
from their field graves in Cuba and Porto
Rico, will be placed in the graves which
have been prepared for them Full military
honors will be shown, and the President
and his cabinet and many distinguished off,
cials OF the government and representatives
of foreign governments will be present and
silently participate in the services.
The religious exercises will consist of the
military committal service, which will be
conducted by Post Chaplain Freeland Of
Fort Monroe. according to the ritual of the
Protestant Episcopal Church, and the
blessing of the ground by a Catholic
clergyman who will be designated to act
by Cardinal Gibbons. The customary vol
leys will be fired, taps sounded and then
each fag-draped coffin will be lowered In
to the earth. There Will be no addresses.
and the entire service will last but brief
period of time
Of the oath Infantry will occur at the ceme-
terry, and the body will be buried in the
officers section.
The military escort will comprise all the
artillery troops at the Washington bar
racks. one troop Of cavalry at Fort Myer,
battalion OF marines from the navy yard
and marine barracks and the entire Ma
donal Guard of the District of Columbia.
Col. Francis l.. Guenther. 4th Artillery,
will have command of the troops and
charge of the military ceremonies.
Relatives Permitted Within Lines.
Arrangements have been made to permit
relatives of the dead within the lines at the
cemetery tomorrow by acquainting the
guards Of the fact of their relationship. The
acting secretary of war issued today an
order directing all officers of the army at
the funeral to wear the uniform of their
rank. 1t is 9said at the War Department
that it is not' proper to speak of the soldiers
who are to be buried as unclaimed dead
the fact being that nearly one-half the
number wifi be Inferred here according to
the wish oefher ia miles or friends.
The actual interment of the remains will
not be completed7for several days. More
than one hEndred laborers have been en-
ployed, and as it requires six men to handle
each of the heavy caskets, It Will be seen
that Ihe task of tnterring 1856 bodies is one
of considerable magnitude. , t.. -.......
The eburiali site is in what Is called the
new addition to elhe Arlington cemetery,
which is on the. south side. 1t is in direct
line one-haH mile south of the Lee man.
sion, and is, reached directly through the
west gate. % s.sr III . s.-,cr
The graves have, been dug at the top of
the slope, and from that spot looking across
to the left fthe top Of the monument, the
tower of the post office building and the
gildad dome. of the library building tower
to the right. ard several miles distant. the
Potomac Isl seen as it winds by the Long
bridge and down toward Alexandria.
To the south of the site is the old Fort
Mcpherson, it's warlikenaspect softened by
the bright green grass that covers it, while
to the west of the spot are the buildings
at Fort Myer.s 1t is, one of the most heau-
tiful sections of the cemetery; and the
War Department officials contemplate that
1t will be an admirable location for a suit
able monument which Congress will pro-
vide in honor Of the dead. r..-.-
Courts to Close.
In keeping with the spirit Of the execu-,
tive order of the President, in connection
with the funeral services at Arlington, the
justices of the Supreme Court Of the Dis
trict of Columbia, at a special meeting this
afternoon, decided that the courts shall
close tomorrow at noon. a.
This means that all business at the city
hall will be practically suspended for the
entire day. No trials will be held in the
criminal or circuit branches of the court,
and if any legal action Is taken it will be of
a routine nature The clerks office will
close promptly at II o'clock
The Court of Appeals today adjourned
until Tuesday next.
Mr. ]. Nota MeGill, the register of wills,
will excuse the attaches of his Office at
noon tomorrow. Recorder Of Deeds Cheat
ham has directed similar action in regard
to his employees.
Post Office Employees Excused.
In accordance with the Presidents order
of April 3, 1889, directing that all govern
ments be closed half a day tomorrow, the
9th instant, as mark Of respect to the
nations dead to be buried at Arlington
that date, Postmaster Willett has excused
such employees in the post office and sta
tions, after II O'Clock, noon, /orrow, as
can be spared from their duSes without
detriment to the service.
Deliveries by carriers will 'be made at
and 1890 am The regular afternoon col
ha made