The times., 1899-04-05
MORE OF THE HEROIC DEAD.
The Second Funeral Train Arrives
MT Arlington.

A special funeral train arrived at Ross
lyn over the Pennsylvania Railroad yes
terday afternoon with 1S6 bodies of un-
known and unclaimed soldiers who gave
up their lives in the West Indies The
remains were transported to Arlington and
placed under the shelter of tents to await
interment on Thursday afternoon.
Arrangements for this solemn occasion
when 325 heroes are to be buried are fast
being completed. and in compliance with
instructions from the War Department the
following general orders were issued from
the headquarters of the District National
Guard yesterday afternoon:
Headquarters District of Columbia Militia
Washington, April 4, 1890.
General Order No. .:
Par. l. Pursuant to instructions from the War
Department, and by direction Of the President OF
the United States the various organizations of
the District of Columbia National Guard will
be paraded, under arms, Thursday. the 9th in
stant. to participate in the funeral honors at
tending the burial at the National Cemetery at
Arlington. Va, Of the remains of the lamented
officers and soldiers who lost their lives in the
with Spain during the operations in Cuba
and Porto Rico.
For the purpose of this parade, and preliminary
to the prescribed assembling OF the troops at
the National Cemetery above designated at
o'clock p. III. the day fiNed the various or
ganizations will assemble at their respective ar
4. IN.
separate companies will then be marched to the
grounds south OF the Executive Mansion and
there duly assembled by regiments separate bat
taiions. and separate companies, preliminary to
brigade formation, which will occur promptly at
12:l5 o'clock n.
First call for brigade formation. IL m.
Assembly (Which will be the signal for cat
tion,' the organizations being already assem-
bled), 1905 p. M.
Adjutant's call. l2:1o p. m.
The uniform for this assembly, win be the reg
ulation prescribed uniform. consisting OF blouse
trousers, campaign hat, and leggins. All mount
ed officers and Don-commissioned officers OF the
general staff and all mounted officers OF the reg
mental staff viii be mounted. The officers OF
the general staff will report mounted in the pre-
scribed uniform at these headquarters at 1880
o'clock "a IN. sharp to the Commanding Cen
cral. a.1
Upon the return of the brigade to the city
limits the various organizations will be dis
persed en- route and marched to their respective
barracks at 4 time to be indicated by the Com
handing General on the return march.
The Naval Battalion which will form as an in
dependent organization the left of the brigade,
preceding the ambulance company, will conform
to the general movements prescribed and viii
appear in the usual unercss uniform.
By command of Brigadicr General Harries.
J. A. DAPRAY,
Adjutant GAneral.
Orders were also issued from the Fern,
by Lieutenant Hopkins as follows:
Headquarters Naval Battalion, d. C. N. G.,
United States Ship Fern.
Washington, April 4, 1880.
order-Thc entire enlisted force OF the Naval
Battalion will report in uniform on board this
ship foot Of Ninth Street southwest, promptly
at O'Clock p. M, this date.
s. G. HOPKINS.
Lieutenant Commanding.
The formation of the parade has been
| arranged by the War Department in the
following order;
First in line the First Regiment; second, the
| Second Regiment; third. the First Separate Bat
talon; fourth, the Light Battery: fifth. the En-
| gineer Company; sixth, the Signal Company
| seventh, the Naval Battalion, and eighth. the
| Ambulance Company. The corps of field music
will form with the band and will execute certain
march music jointly with the band.