The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-07


Washington, April 6.-With full honors
of war. upon the crest of the southern
slope of Arlington cemetery. this after
noon. the nation, represented by President
Mckinley, his cabinet and other high dig
nitaries Of the government, the COM
handing general Of the army and other
distinguished officers. all the regular and
militia organizations of the district. and
a vast e%oneourse of 1900 people. paid the
last tender tribute of homer and respect
to the bodies of 336 officers and men who
gave their lives on distant battlefelds for
their country during the Spanish-Ameri-
can war. and who were today 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, and across to
where the giistoning Washington monu-
ment rearS its dizzy shaft and beyond to
the classic lines of the capitol and the
FURNISHED dome of the new library build
Ing To the right rise the rampartS of Old
Fort Mcpherson, to the left the COUNT
less graves of heroes of the civil war,
sprinkled with imposing monuments to
distinguished generals, and to the rear
Myer.
IL lnlS tuLldA lOLr WHICH COkt1S lNO
acres in extent, in parallel rows. the
wooden boxes containing the casketS
were ranged, separated by great mounds
of earth. over each o 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 Edgar Hubert OF the
Eighth United States infantry; Lieutel-
ant l.. I. Barnett, Ninth United States in
fantry; Lieutenant W. H Wood. Twelfth
TT-aNAI GNAAaa farTFnnnnr
thurman, Sixth United States infantry,
and Lieutenant Francis Creighton. United
States volunteer signal corps, were placed
at the head of the line OF graves. IN
medfately under the eye of the presiden-
tiaI party. of the others, fully 10 per e
are identified. About 80 per cent are
wholly or dn only by the regiment
A platform had been erected, enclosed
with flags and draped in mourning. 70 &C
co~mmodate the distinguished persons, IN
case of Indictment weather. but the day
was an ideal one, with the sun shining
from a cloudIess sky, and the platform
was practically u~noccupied.
Before the arrival of the p~resideatlaI
marty. military escort detachmehtS 1-om
the Fourth and Fifth artiller1eS kept VlSli
over the dead. Long before the arrival or
surrounded the enclosure where the
soldiers lay. Some sought vantage points
in trees or on the rampartS of old Fort
Mcpherson
PRESIDENTS ARRIVAL
About 2:SO the presidential party. winch
had been caught in a jam at the Potomac
bridge. from which il required a dozen
mounted police TO extricate them. reached
the enclosure. They were foloWed by
General Miles and his staff. the military
attaches of the British and German en-
bassies. all mounted, and the military es-
cort. As they arrived. the Solemn StraihS
of the Dead March in Saul sllenced the
vast assemblage, and Win DaIsu nsdIiS
49, o--J stood Of the grave side Wflle
the presidential party dvanced ana the
military dispositions were, made
The military was under the command OF
Colonel Francis L. Guenther n con-
sisted of the District national guard, the
Light battery, with two HotchklsS guns,
a battalion of naval MALTA ana the rss
ular troops from the arsenal and FOrO
The troops were formed upon thre4
sides of a r%ectangle n files OF soldlerS
were marched into the ranks OF tne d5da;
Thanking the open space at the nead OF
the graves were the relocated arulIery,
men VINO were to fire the last SaluIe, an
on the left was stationed the tourth
The president. accompanied by Secre-
+aries Hav. Gage. Long, Hitchcock ana
Wilson, Postmaster General smith, As
sistant Secretary Taylor. General Cor
hin. General John NJ. Wilson and colonel
Bingham, came forward with uncovered
head and took his place in the open space
facing the graves. He was Iol0Weu DE
General Miles and his staff. in tuu uni
fnrm and nv other distinguished guests.
Including some OF the representatives OF
foreign countries.
A PATHETIC INCIDENT.
Just as the president arrived, a pathetic
incident occurred when aged MI ana Mrs;
OfDOWd pressed through the lines anu
placed a bunch of roses on the caSket OF
their son. John ODOwG OF the seventh
infantry. The parents OF, Lieutenant
Wood also came Orwar and deposited q
beautiful wreath of flowers. The sword
of tina gallant officer was upon Els cas-
ket.
sweet strains of Nearer. My God, TO
Thee" and Post Chaplain C. w. Freeland
of Fort Monroe. with Rev. Father McGee
of ST. Patrick's church. followed by their
0urDIe-gowned acolytes. advanced to the
graves and the funeral services began
They were simple. but very Impressive
tai service of the Episcopal church, be-
ginning with Man that IS porn OF WO-
man. and concluding with the promise
of heaven contained in the words I am
the resurrection and life As ne pro
nounced the words, Dust to dust. earth
to earth" the soldiers at the side OF eacn
grave crumbled 81 clod OF eartn upon eaGh
casket. The vast c~oncOurSe pared Inelr
heads to the solemn words ana scene.
and thousands joined in the Lords
prayer. h Rev. Father McGee tnen
consecrated, with the churchly power
invested in him, the earth into which the
bou.es of the Catholic soldiers were
Meantime from Fort Myer, booming
down with the wind. came the dull crack
0f a g1n every half hour, and the ma
tionaI ensigns on the STATS there and at
the Lee mansion were run down TO half
mast. As soon as the religious services
had been concluded, fianking attachments
of the Fourth and Fifth artillery fired
three volleys, and in the solemn hush
that followed the salute the DuSle sound
ed taps
The last religious and military rites to
the dead heroes were over and the presl-
Dental party and the military departed.
Ieaving the work of actual interment to
follow. AS zach of the baskets weighs
almost 500 pounds and requires eight men
to handle ii. it viii be two or three days
before all the bodies are in their W
In order to permit all the government
employees to attend the services this
afternoon, all the departments and fed
eral courts were closed, by an
order of the president. and all the flags
In tha civ Wera half-maSted.