The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-04-07
THE SOLDIER DEAD.
Impressive Ceremonies at Arlington
Cemetery-Thc President Present.

Cemetery-Thc President Present.
Washington, April 6.-With full hon
ors Of war, upon the crest of the south
ern slope of Arlington cemetery, this af-
ternoon the nation, represented by Pres
ident Mckinley, his cabinet and other
high digntaries of the government the
commanding general of the army, and
other distinguished officers, all the regu-
lar and militia organizations Of the Dis
trict of Columbia and a concourse of
fifteen thousand people, paid the last
tribute of honor and respect to the 1886
officers and men who gave their lives on
distant battlefelds for their country in
the war with Spain, and who were to-
day mustered into the silent army that
sleeps in the last bivouac of the brave.
The spot selected is in the new addition
to the cemetery looking out upon the
| broad sweeping Potomac. To the right
rise the ramparts of old Fort McPher-
son to the left are the countless graves
of heroes of the civil war, and to the
rear the stately old Lee mansion and
Fort Myer In this burial lot, which
covered two acres in extent, in parallel
rows the wooden boxes containing the
caskets were ranged, separated by great
mounds of earth.
Over each box an American flag was
draped There was no particular order
in the disposition of the remains, though
an exception was made in the case of
the officers. The boxes containing the
bodies of Captain Edgert Hubert of the
Eighth United States infantry, Lieuten-
ant L. |. Barnett, Ninth United States
infantry; Lieutenant William Wood
Twelfth United States infantry; Lieu
tenant r. S. Turman, Sixth United
States infantry, and Lieutenant Francis
Creighton, United States volunteer sig
nal corps, were placed at the head of
the line of graves Immediately under the
eyes Of the PRESIDENTIAL party OF the
Others fully 70 per cent. are identified,
about 80 per cent. as wholly unknown or
known only by the regiment to which
they belonged. A platform had been
erected enclosed with flags and draped
in mourning, but the day was an ideal
one, with the sun shinging from cloud
less sky and the platform was practi-
cally unOCcuplGQ. BEFORE the arrival of
the presidential party and the military
escort detachments from the Fourth and
Fifth artillery kept vigil over the dead.
Long before the arrival of the military
thousands of people had surrounded the
enclosure where the dead soldiers lay.
About 230 the presidential party,
which had been caught in jam at the
Potomac bridge, from which it required
d dozen mounted police to eXtricate
them, reached the enclosure. They were
followed by General Miles and his staff,
the military attaches of the British and
German embassies, all mounted and
the military escort. AS they arrived
the solemn strains of the dead march
in Saul slenced the vast assemblage,
and with barred heads the crowds stood
by the graveside, while the presidential
party advanced and the military dispo-
sitions were made. The military was
under the command of Colonel Francis !
L. Guenther and consisted of the Dis |
trict National Guard, the 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 three sides of q
rectangle and files of soldiers were