Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-04-15
A NATIONS TRIBUTE
The President Orders Military
Honors For Dead Heroes.
ARLINGTON A LAST RESTING PLACE
FIaE. on Public buildings t@ be Dis
played nt Half MRst-oi"Nern"Snt
Departments 40 Be Cto-ed-M@os
Fallen Heroes 10 he Irterr"d.

WASHINGTON, April 4.-Arrange-
ments have been practically completed
for the funeral ceremonies on the occa-
sion OF the reinterment In Arlington
cemetery at2O'clOCk Thursday afternoon
OF the remains OF about $50 soldiers and
civilians who lost their lives either as
result OF wounds or disease in the cam
paigns OF Santiago and Porto Rico. The
ceremonies viii be OF the simplest char
acter. being confined 70 the commit
rnent services conducted by Post Chap
lain Charles w. Freeland. who has
been summoned from the military post
at Fort Monroe for that purpose Full
military honors viii De paid the mem
ory OF the patriotic dead, and all OF the
regular troops IN this vicinity. the DIS
trict national guard and battalion OF
marines will participate in the eeremo-
nies At the cemetery. Colonel Francis
l. Guenther OF the Fourth artillery
will have command OF the military es-
| cOrt and exercises.
! The remains OF $50 OF the heroes OF
the war have already been deposited In
| tents near the spot selected for their IN
| terment and IL is expected that the re-
/ manning 200 bodies Will be brought or
from Jersey City today. The president
and most OF the officials OF the admins
tration in the city will attend the fu
neral services. President Mckinley ha'
ISSUED the following executive order II
connection with the interments:
1t is fitting that in behalf OF the ma
tion tributes OF honor be paid 10 IN
memories OF the noble men who los
their lives In their country's servic
during the late war with Spain. II
the more fitting inasmuch as. in con
sonance with the spirit OF our free III
r stitutions and in obedience TO the mos
A exalted promptings OF patriotism, thos
= who were sent 20 other shores 70 do oa'
tie for their country's honor under the
= country's flag went freely from ever
Z quarter OF our beloved land. Each 80
= dier. each sailor. parting from hon
] | ties and putting behind him private II
e terests in the presence OF the stei
e emergency OF unsought war with
E. alien foe was an individual type Of IN
J. devotion OF the citizen 70 the sta
of which makes our nation strong in uni
L and in action.
Those who died in another land Ia
in many homes the undying memori
that attend the heroic dead OF all az
e. II was fitting that with the advent
g peace. won by their sacrifice. their DO
- les should be gathered with tender ca
e and restored 10 home and kindred. IT
OF has been done with the dead OF Gu
no and Porto Rico. Those OF the Fnis
sc pines still rest where they fell. watch
OF over by their surviving comrades a
n crowned with the love OF grateful
he tion. The remains OF many brought
he our shores have been delivered 10 IN
ir~ families for private burial But Tor o
ers OF the brave officers and men
perlshed there has been re-erYed INT
ment in ground sacred TO the soldi
lSe and sailors. amid the tributes OF mali
or ry honor and national mourning u
tee have so well deserved
10 'I therefore order that upon the
her rival OF the cortege at the Natio
ont cemetery at Arlington all proper m
the tary and naval honors be paid to
re- dead heroes. that suitable ceremoi
ice shall attend their interment that
by customary salute OF mourning be
70 az the cemetery and that on the q
day at 2 o'clock p. m. Thursday.
sth day of April. the national ensixi
displayed az half stan on all pu
A a buildings. forts. camps ana public
dss- scls OF the United states. and that
rom o'clock neon OF said day al the dep
vsss msnss of the govsSAmsnt ~ Wash
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