New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-07
DEAD HEROES LAID TO REST.
FUNERALS OF $50 SOLDIERS IN AIRING
Ton CEMETERY
FULL MILITARY HONORs PAID TO THEIR
MEMoRY-THE PRESIDENT AND CAB
met IN THE GREAT THRoNG
PRESENT.

IhESENl
washington April 6.-with full honors OF war on
the crest of the southern slope Of Arlington 'eme-
terry this afternoon the Nation, represented by
PresIdent Mckinley his Cabinet and other high
Government officials the Commanding Genera' o'
the Army and many distinguished ofhcers' All tne
regular and militia organizations OF the District OF
Columbia and concourse OF l5.WO people pa'o 'ne
last tender tribute Of honor and respect 10 the
bodies OF 1896 officers and men who gave their lives
on distant battlefelds for their country IN the
spanish. American war. The, spot selected IL In lac
nety addition TO the cemetery looking out on the
broad sweeping Potomac. and across 10 wncre INV
glistening Washington Monument rears its uihhs
shaft and beyond to the classic outlines Oh Tue
Capitol and the FURNISHED dome or the new Library
R,,iIdlng To the right rise the ramparts OF Old
Fort Mcpherson to the left are the countless
graves OF heroes OF the Civil War. sprinkIed WIN
imposing monuments TO distinguished ofhcers' an"
&c the rear the stately old Lee mansion ana ro''
Myer In this burial lot. two acres IN extent III
parallel rows the wooden boxes containing the
collins were ranged. separated by great mouhus VI
earth over each box an American flag was
draped There particular order IN tue uiS
position Of tho bodies. though an exception ""S
made in the case Of the officers The DoNes con-
tanning the bodies OF Captain Edgar Hubert OIL 'ne
sth Infantry; Lieutenant l.. Barnett 9Th infanry'
Lieutenant William Wood, 18th Infantry Lieu
tenant r. s. thurman. 9Th Infantry and Lieutensn,
Francis Creighton Volunteer Signal corps were
placed at the head OF the line OF graves in"'eu
atev under the eye OF the Presidential party. III
the others fully 10 per cent arc Identified ana 'he
remainder are wholly unknown. or known only ny
the regiment to which they belonged.
A o,atform had been erected. inclosed with flags
and draped In mourning to accommodate the dis-
tingushed persons present in case OF 'n'f'"F''
weather but the day was an ideal one with tnc
sun shining from a cloudless SKY. ana the pat
form was practically unoccuped Before the ar
n ha
escort detachments from the Attn ana oth Aru'ler!
kept vigil over the dead. Long before the arrival
of the military thousands OF people had sur
rounded the Enclosure where the dead SOLDIERS ray
Some sought vantage points in trees or on tne
ramparts Of Fort Mcpherson. About 2:~ O'Clock
the Presidents party. which had been caught In
lam at the Potomac bridge. from which 1t required
a dozen mounted police TO extricate them reac"eu
the nclosure They were followed by dehera'
Miles and his staff the military attaches OF the
British and German Embassies all mounted anu
the military escort. AS they arrived the solemn
strains of THE Dead March In Saul silenced the
vast assemblage and with barred heads, the
crowds stood the gravesdes while the IFesi-
dents party advanced and the military dispositions
were made. The military was under the comfhahu
of Colonel Francis L. Guenther, and consisted OF
the District National Guard light battery with
two Hotchkiss guns a battalion of Naval Militia
and the Regular troops from the Arsenal and Fort
Myer -, ~. .
The troops were formed on tnree slus ss ~ 'n,o
rectangle and files Of soldiers were marched mo 10
the ranks OF the dead. Beside the open space az
tIlervmen who were to fire the last salute and on
the left stationed the an ArtIsry Ba,!u se e
Long Hitchcock and Wilson. Postmaster-General
smith, Assistant secretary Iay,odI c SeneeI' Bng
ham came forward with uncovered mead ana to9k
his place in the open space aacn nd bs sts in full
uniform and BY other guests including sEm st Ss
D. we'd a
when an aged couple Mar and an paced s bunch Of
roses IN the coffin of their son., John ODow w o,
the 18th Infantry. The parents OF 'leut si, th
OF flowers The sword Of that gallant onicer was
on his coffin
THE FUNERAL CEREMONIES
Immediately the band broke into the sweet strains
OF Nearer Ny God, to Thee" ana POST 'hapiaih
c. w. Freeand. OF Fort Monroe, In the eccies'as.-
cal robes OF his office. with the Rev Father Nc
Gee OF ST. Patricks Church, followed by three
purpled-gowned acolytes, advanced to the graves
and the funeral services began. They were simple
but mpress nrr,ce Mr Of the Episcopal Church A.
he pronounced the words Dust 10 gust EARN no
carIn i cod Of earth on each coffin The vast
concourse barred their heads at ne sp,en The
Rev Father Mc1ee then sod tse esee
pac wd'' From Fort Myer booming down the wind
came The dull crack of gun every half,h9ur ana ana
the NaS sn ensign run o." down to haf-mas
attachments from the ith and 9Th Artillery f0,d nrsd
three volleys and in the solemn h4sn 'nat rSnoweu
the salute the bugle sounded Taps me ss .sss
religious military rites to the dead n he m
tarv departed leaving the work or actual nuria
to follow AS each OF the cofns we, S a'o 30
hsndIn it. il will be two or three days before all
the bodies are in their graves -. ,ons % ~
tend the services this the he
a dr r of the President and all the flags In the city
were at halfmast