Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-02-15

Washington, Feb. II. - Maj. Gen.
Henry W. Lawton Was buried yester-
day in tie national cemetery at Airing
ton. 1t was Il nations tribute to Il na
lions hero, and the SORROW OF y whole
people was expressed when Was borne
from the chapel of Cypress AN the
brow that so long had Worn the laurel.
The burial service beneath the laa1ilvss
trees at Arlington was preceded ny Il
service in the Church Of the Covenant,
in which every department OF the gov
ernment was represented. the presi-
dent, cabinet, the army. the navy. the
supreme court and diplomatic corps
and as many citizens of ali classes as
were fortunate enough to find standing
room within it's wallis. But the crowd
was insignificant when compared with
the crowds that bravcd the elements
Of a lowering winter day for Il glimpse
Of the flag-drapcd c:lisSon With It's NH
tary escort as it passed through th;
streets. Hundreds more made the
toilsome pilgrimage to Arlington tu
hear the last words pronounced above
the open grave. where the president,
the cabinet and the general command
Ing the army. stood with uncovered
heads until the last vulley WAS fires
and the bugle sounded. For Il day ami
night the body of the soldier
Lny in State
in the Church of the Covenant. So ii
lay yesterday morning When the doors
were opened troopers from his Old
command, with saberS drawn. keeping
vigil at the head and foot. About his
bier as the shrill pipes of the orga.:
trembled with the opening anthem
stood grouped his superiors and his
brother officers With whom his life
work had been done. Chaplain Pierce,
of Lawton'S old command. read the
Presbyterian burial service, the
epistile to the Corinthians, and his
words Of comfort seens2d specially
pruned for the occasion. Then Presl-
dent Stryker of Hamilton college.
New York, clad in his divinity robes.
rose to deliver the Grafton. He had
been selected personally by the secre
tary of war; who knew his fitness for
the task. The choice was amply JUST
fed. Seldom has any ceremony called
forth tribute more scholarly and clio.
quent, more simple and direct, and
more appropriate and fitting to the oc.
casion. A dozen troopers then lifted
the tiower-laden coffin and bore it to
the door where 5000 soldiers and cit;-
zens in greater numbers waited to hon
Or the soldier in his last march to his
Final Resting Place
OH the Virginian hillside beyond IRE
Potomac. The casket was placed on
the rear caisson, an ideal soldiers
hearse. 1t was a dreary wait on the
cold, wind-swept slopes of Arlington
for the hundreds who had made the
pilgrimage early in the day. But close
on sunset the boom of the Sylph's guns
On the PotOmas was answered by the
crash Of minute guns from Fort Myer,
and then the solemn notes of the dirge
procession moved toward the great
the open space just south of the amphi-
theater and in sight of the Mansion
house. Gen. Merritt and his mounted
staff deploycd to the south road, while
solid ranks of lisn:ounted troopers
held back the crowd OH every side.
Nimble cavelrymen swarmed around
the caisson, tossing loose the lashings
and bore the coffin, while the president
and the cabinet, with the gray-haired
generals, stood silent and barelleaded
as the chaplain pronounced the words
Of comlnittal that consigned the NOR
tai dust to the dust from which it
came. Then the firing squad wheeled
into line. The swapping of the volley
echoed among the bare trees, but the
wailing of the bugle as it fingered in
the grey winter twilight was echoed
and re-echoed among the different
hills. AS it died away the coffin was
lowered. Gen. Lawton's homecoming
was completed.