The Anaconda standard., 1899-06-12
THE DEAD HONORED.
Funerals of the Montana Men Who Died
the Philippines.

Funerals of the Montana Men Who Died
the Philippines.
| Great Falls, June 11.--Central avenue
was crowded from the Standard Office
for six blocks with people watching
the procession and funeral cortege in
honor of the three Montana men who
have died in the Philippines, John c.
Adams, Daniel McE1liott and Cary
Saylor, and whose remains were re-
ceived here on Friday night. The pro-
cession formed in front of the Standard
office at 2 o'clock this afternoon, al
though it did not move until half
hour later. Two bands attended it, the
Black Eagle and the Great Northern,
and aided in making the occasion the
most magnificent of any which has
been seen in the city. The parade oc-
cupied the length of nearly 20 blocks,
or over mile, and nearly every order
and society in town was present. From
the Standard office it moved down Cen
trail avenue to Sixth street south, where
it turned towards the cemetery. It's or
der was as follows:
Chief Marshal w. Fl. Stafford and
aides, Vincent Fortune and w. F.
Brown. First division: General j. I.
Stanford. commanding, and Aides
James Greeley and s. r. Jensen; Great
Northern band; platoon of police;
mayor and city officials; Flambeau
club; Sons of St. George; Scandinavian
Brotherhood; Modern Woodmen; Sons
of Hermann; other civic societies; Smell
termen's union and other labor unions;
Ancient Order of Hibernians. Second
division: Captain c. H. Robinson, COM
manding, and Aides Professor S. D.
Largent and Fred Fuller; Black Eagle
band; S. D., U. r., K. of P. No. 10;
firing squad, commanded by Sergeant
Stuart Reed of 1st Montana; the three
hearses and pallbearers: Governor r.
b. Smith and staff; union and confed-
crate veterans, Captain ]. o. Gregg,
commanding; carriages containing
mourners and friends; carriages with
citizens.
Arriving at the cemetery the exercises
were as follows: After formation
around the graves by relatives and ex-
soldiers and a brief ceremony by Rev.
Father III. B. Allaeys over the body of
Daniel McElliott, the Rev. DR.. Cham
berlain invoked the divine blessing;
hymn, by the choir; address, by Gov
ernor Smith; laying of eyergreens and
flowers upon the coffins; hymn, by the
choir; salute, by the firing squad; taps;
benediction.
The high winds and threatening
clouds tended to cut the programme,
but the weather favored the crowd suf-
ficiently to allow it to be carried out in
a degree very impressive to the audi
ence. The address was full of feeling
and moved the crowd deeply. Without
an exception the cortege and every
thing connected with it was the most
perfect ever seen in Great Falls. The
three hearses bearing the bodies of the
dead were drapd in the national colors,
and outside of this there was, of course,
no attempt at display. The long line of
hacks and carriages containing the
friends and relatives of the soldiers and
citizens moved by respect to partici-
pate in the ceremony spoke eloquently
of the feeling which the entire COM
munity has for the members of Com
pany A, whether they be dead or alive,
and that feeling will last as long as
this city stands by the falls of the Mis-
souri, river.