Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-09

able troops remaining in the country were
called out and 5000 soldiers gathered to
follow the fiag-draped ca!sson to the grave,
but in the crowds that surrounded the
church and lined the streets and avenues
along which the cortege IS to pass and
have assembled at Arlington the greater
significance Of tribute was exemplihed
Lawtcn was to the people the ideal Amer
lean soldier, whose exploits In three wars
made his name household word, and who
being soldier first and only, died in the
line of duty, leaving nothing to his children
but the heritage Of an honorable name.
1t was in tribute to this soldierly ideal that
American generosity for weeks past had
swelled the Lawton fund.- beyond all ex-
pectauon of its originators, and in further
tribute today that the great outpouring Of
citizens filed the streets long before the
hour when the services at the Church Of
the Covenant We're to commence over the
hero whose remains had lain in state under
military guard through the silent watches
of the night.
The guard, caValrymen from Lawtons
old command. stood at each end of the
catafalque, silent and motionless as uni
formed statues, and the hush of the silent
church was broken only by the soft tread
of those who with bowed heads came to
pay their last, silent tribute to the brave.
4 Distinguished Gathering.
Mrs Lawton and the members of her
family occupied a front pew. and among
the early arrivals was President Mckinley,
who was accompanied by the Secretary of
War. The Secretary of the Interior, the
Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary of
Agriculture, the Attorney General and the
Postmaster General Were also present. The
United States Supreme Court was repre-
setned by Chief Justice Fuller and several
Of the associate justices.
Admiral Dewey is absent from Washing
ton but was represented by Captain A. 8.
Barker. EX-Secretary Alger was also pres
ent by proxy, having sent from Michigan
Mr.. Victor Mason his secretary while in the
War Department, The military committees
of both House and Senate were present as
well as all the senators and members who
could gain access to the church Army
and navy officers in uniform filled most of
the forward pews and a press of citizens
stood up at the rear and in the wide yesti-
bule beyond the doors.
The PalIbearers.
The honorary pallbearers We're Rear Ad-
miral A. S. Barker. representing the navy.
| Maj. Gems. Miles. Brooke and Shafter rep
resenting the army: Brig. Gen. Breckin-
ridge. representing the corps to which Gen
Lawton belonged; Senators HawIey and
Sewel. representing the Senate; ex-Gov
Hull of Ohio; Col Steele and Mr. j. NJ. Rob-
| fnson of Indiana, representing the House
| of Representatives; Gen. ]. NJ Wilson, rep
resenting the Loyal Legion; Col Farms
worth. representing the Grand Army of the
| Republic; Col. Creighton Webb, U. S. ".
representing the officers on Gen Lawton's
staff during the Santiago campaign; Col.
| NJ. E. Urell. representing the veterans of
| the Spanish war
There were delegations present from the
| Military Order of the Loyal Legion and the
| Grand Army of the Republic. The first
| was composed of senior vice commander,
| Rear Admiral Edwin Stewart, United States
navy: Junior vice commander. Brevet Brig
| Gen. Ellis Spear. United States yoluf-
| teers: chaplain, James H. Bradford, United
| States volunteers; Gen. Royal T. Frank,
| United States army; Gen. Henry " Boyn-
| ton, United States volunteers; Col. George
I A. Woodward, United States army: Col.
| Addison A. Hosmer, United States volun-
| teers: Capt. Benjamin P. Lamberton.
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