Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-02-15
BURIAL OF LAWT0N
Gallant Soldier Laid at Rest
With Fitting Honors.
A NATIONS TRIBUTE TO A HERO
The President, His Advisers aud Many
Officers Of High Rank Attended
the Funeral.

Washington, Feb. ll.-Major.Gen.
ral Henry w. Lawton was buried to-
day in the national cemetery, at Ar
lington. 1t was a nations tribute to
national hero, and the sorrow of =
whole people was expressed when
America added the chaplet of cypress
to the brow that so long had worn the
laurel.
The burial service beneath the leaf.
less trees at Arlington was preceded by
services in the church OF the Covenant,
on Connecticut avenue, at which every
department of the army and navy with
in reach of Washington, Lawton's old
comrades OF the line staff, the diplo-
matte corps in all its brilliance OF uni.
form and decoration, and rs many citl-
zens of all degrees as were fortunate
enough to find standing room within
the walls, We're present.
But the crowd within was insignifi.
cant compared with the thousands who
braved the lowering winter day for a
glimpse OF the tlag-draped caisson, with
its military escort, rs it passed
through the streets. Hundreds more
made the toilsome pilgrimage to Al.
lington to hear the last words pro-
nounced above the open grave, where
president. cabinet and general com.
manding the army stood with bowed
heads until the last volley had been
fired and the bugle sounded TAPS"
For day and night the body OF the
soldier lay in state in the Church Of
the Covenant. So it lay this morning,
when the doors were opened, troopers
from his old command with sabers
drawn keeping vigil at the head and
foot
Beneath the soft lights of the altar
rose tropical jungle OF palms, and
higher than the tlag-draped coffin rose
banks of flowers, tributes from every
quarter of the land. At his head hung
in dim folds the battle flag from San
Mateo, still on its bamboo staff, and
supported by one OF the men who was
near him when he fell. From the CELL
ing hung the red centered flag Of the
Eighth corps, under which he had won
perpetual fame in two island wars.
About, as the shrill pipes of the organ
trembled with the opening anthem.
stood grouped his superiors and his
brother officers, with whom and for
whom his life work had been done.
Close to the coffin sat President Me-
kinley, and on his right the secretary
of state. With them We're the secre.
tary OF war, the attorney general. the
secretary OF the navy the postmaster
general, the secretary OF the treasury,
the secretary OF the interior and the
secretary OF agriculture. Close by
were Mrs. Lawton, little Manley and
the others of the family, and to the left
General Miles, General Merritt, Gem
eral Brooke, General Shafter and their
staff officers, all in uniform and all
Lawton's commrades, who at one time
or another had camped and fought with
him. In the body of the church was
scarcely less notable gathering, assist
ant secretaries and heads OF bureaus,
the military committees OF the house
and senate, diplomats, the Orientals in
their flowing robes of somber color.
and the Europeans Respondent in deco
rations, among them the Spanish min
lister. There were delegations from the
Loyal Legion, the q. A. K. and other
patriotic societies.