The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-02-11
GEN. LAWTON'S LAST FIGHT
n THE LiST HONORS ram TO
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Lu,on Ills Disregard Of Danger
MANILA, Dec. 30 - Fifty soldiers and civilians
five bare headed Brigodier Generals, and n buglel
blowing laps a. the Qunrtermasi"ts steam launci
Kansas City swung from the Anda Monument
into tbs river that was Maniln's farewell Il
Major Gen. Henry Ware Ihwton this morning
SLY weeks from now when the nation takes Var"
we'll Of it, most disting nish.d soldier OF r"'"hl
DAYS at Arlington there will be the thunder OF the
guns which wer. silent this morning, and all the
pomp and pageGnrry which mark the last hon"rs
10 the glorious dead.
II was the regulation military funeral, with
rumble Of artillery and tramp ~ armed mon, but
somehow, excep, for the ever recurring funeral
on arch the reason 81 the parade seemed lost. The
~sauadrons of cavalry swung by In service
uniform, the foot soldiers marched as II going
out TO drill, II was hard 10 reall1" that l.a"l"h
was gone. then came the big caisson and the
riierless horse with boots reversed In the stlrrnIS
and the moving music Of the Chopin march, and
the lump came up in the throat with the sudden
understanding Of 1t all.
The ceremonies began with the firing Of the
regulation half hour guns, III" first one gong
al 8 o'clock. Soon after that the troops OF the
escort began to form in their places along the
limo OF march. by the army regulations the
formal escort was fixed al a regiment OF infantry,
two troops Of cavalry and a battery OF artillery.
Brig. Gen. Hall, acting in command Of the First
Division, was In command Of the escort The
regiment selected was the Fourteenth, which
has seen the longest service IN the Philippines
and has been all the time in the First DIVISION.
Ia wton's old troop, Is. Of the Fourth Cavalry
and I Troop Of the same regiment, which was
his personal guard through all his work here,
were the two troops selected, and Capt TaylOr's
lieht battery, i, q the Fourth Artillery, COM
pJeted the escort with the band Of the Twentieth
Infantry. At 10 o'clock there were simple cere-
monies At the temporary vault in Pace cemetery,
where the remains had been lying with a guard
Of honor since the day after they were brought
into Manila. Chaplain Marvin read the prayers
and Chaplain Pierce assisted. Every general
ON Ger Of the command who could ge, into town
was there. Gen. OTIS was attended by his entire
stan. Gen Macarthur had intended To come
down from Bayambang, but was unable 10 do
so. Gen. Wheeler came from PAINFUL, Gen.
Bates has Just come back from Zamboanga and
the Sulus, Gen. Kobbe was in town, not having
been assigned to a command yet, and Gen Schwan
IL always here. Admiral Watson was accom-
panied by the Captains Of all the naval ships
now in the bay. the Brooklyn, Oregon, Baltimore,
and Monterey. and attended by his staff. A
battalion Of blueiackets from the four ships
and marines from the ships and the battalion
Dn the Cavite yard also came. Besides these,
nearly all the troops now stationed around Manila
hrned out, and the consuls and representatives
" foreign nations. A singular mark Of the feel
hg for the dead General which those Fillpinos
had who knew hin was the attendance Of the
local Presidentes and head men Of many II the
governments which he established in
his various campaigns or which were established
as a result OF his work. They came even from
Tayug and San Jose and the far northern towns
Of the provinces which he took in his recent ad-
vance through Nuevs Ecija and Pangssinan.
When the simple service at the cemetery
was concluded the casket was borne from the
vault TO its place on the caisson by the members
Of wi staff, who desired TO serve as active pail
bearers They were Lieut. Coils Edwards and
Starr, Majors Beach, Lee, knight, bravo and
Powell, Captains King and Sewell, and Lieut..
Fuller Sergeant Simon. the only man now
serving with b Troop Of the Fourth Cavalry
who was in II when LAYTON commanded 1t and
Iawton's color bearer out here, followed the
caisson with the drapcd colors, and Tnmpetcr
ilaberkam Of | Troop was with him to give the last
call. The heavy casket, made Of native
mahogany, was fastened in its place and covered
the flowers tina, kept coming in large boxes
even at the las, minute. Then the procession
UP its march TO the .tnda Monument, where
the launch was to meet it to take the body To the
transport Thomas, which starts with il this after
noon for the United States.
A, a., l,al - a.. ,.I,.-. ,..ll ....
OF the native police, and behind them the band
Of the Twentieth Infantry, playing over and
over again the chopin march; then Gen. Hall
and his staff, the two troops Of cavalry, Battery
F and the Fourteenth; then the 'haplains and then
tie body Of the dead general. After that were
other troops Of The First Division and The Naval
Battalion Then came Gen. Otis and col. Barry,
the Adiutant General of the corps, Admiral Wat
son and Gen. Wheeler. Gen. Schwau and Gen.
Bates, Gen kohls and Capt Forsythe Of the
baltimore. Then came the representatives uf
foreign Governments and the members Of the
Supreme Court After that were the officials
OF Lawton's civil Governments. As the column
passed from the luncta into the Malecon paseo,
Gen. Otis dropped ont and went into the walled
city through the Real gate. At the head Of the
Paseo the column halted and the caiSson was driven
10 the head Of the gang plank which led down To
the launch. There, with the caSket still resting
on the calsson, Chaplain Marvin read the old,
familiar service, beginning Man that Is
born OF woman is Of few days and full Of trouble
For once all Of the noisy traffic Of the river had
been stopped, thanks Ia the thoughtfulness Of
commander Braunrrsreuther, the
captain Of the port With the band softly play
ing Nearer, My God, To Thee " the service went ON.
The sun that had been shining brightly all the
morning was overcast for the moment, aud the
hall masted flags dropped from the stalls Of the
vessels lying near with barred heads the mem
hers Of the dead mans stall and the Generals
who had come To do him their last honor listened
20 the words Of the preacher, Il am the llcsur.
Iection and the Life All along down the
Paseo the soldiers Of the escort were at present
arms. Gathered about was a crowd who had
come TO SEE, and On the walls of old Fort Santiago
and on the hill N front ut Il, stood little sroul,
Of men uncovered Chaplain Marvin finished
and Chaplain Pierce, who was H. have
gone home on the Pektug twp days agu but nvaI
70 accompany the remains ul Gen l.awlun at he
request Of the widow, made the prayer. Then
the casket was lifted down from the ralsson and
carried aboard the launch by the same members
Of the stall who had served before. rs the launch
swung out into the stream Trumpetcr liabrrkam
stepped 10 the wall and blew the last sweet call.
And as the tender notes rose clear and true one
thought Of the man Tor whom they were sounding.
how he came So full of energy aud hope. how
he worked as only he could work, and NJ the trek
Of chance that at last, when ms work was almost
finished, sent a stray bullet ms way aud cut HIM