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

| lister, as the missionaries of the perfect
| law OF liberty, toward the pacification of
Blessed and Only Potentate, having
neither beginning of days nor end of
years who in Righteousness judges and
makes war. and who is the Prince of Life.
New merldl"Es of relation, new zones
or authority, new horizons of duty-these,
with all their conccmitant responsibilities;
put also with the assurance that He who
ladies' the burden will strengthen the back
that
J Only the Master shall praise us,
And only the Master shall blame
Our faith. too, must needs be militant
dauntless. ready to die If need were, or
else we are unworthy to touch the hem of
this pail, which rather let us, in remem-
brance of one who fought our fight, press
to our lips with kisses that are covenants
covenants that We henceforth will stand
as those that are baptized for the dead,
TO advance our countryS true cause, to
purify and to eXalt it.
I'm some good day-not far away, please
God-when those islands, foundlings no
longer, shall have been rendered as a ma
Jestfc deodand to civilization, to regulated
freedom, and to the God of these, there in
fair Luzon, right where he fell, front to
his duty, let the valiant frame of this true
liberator rise in lmmutable bronze while,
understanding us at last, our brown broth
ers, gazing upon that statue, stature, stat
ute, all in one, shall say: He Amer
ica's; but he Is ours, too-Lawton! He was
slain by US ignorantly in unbelief; but he
has forgiven. "
AS the casket was borne from the church
Lieut.. Santlemann of the Marine Band
raised his baton, and there was a low
double ruffie of the drums, and then the
band softly began the impressive music of
safe in the Arms of Jesus"
The Start for Arlington.
The casket. lightened of part of its bur-
den of flowers, was lifted to the shoulders
Of ha
to the street, past the great crowd outside
where it was raised to the caisson waiting
at the door. The waiting ranks of cavalry
moved forward and closed about 1t as
guard of honor. Orders, flung from rank
to rank down the crowded avenue. brought
troop after troop and platoon after platoon
wheeling into line. Then, with rumble
Of wheels and clash Of trace-chains, field
and siege batteries Joined the procession
and the hero of three wars moved on his
last march to his final resting place on the
Virginia hillside beyond the Potomac.
The Route Of March.
Thousands OF citizens stood with uncov-
cred heads as the caisson passed over the
route to the cemetery. The line of march
and the order of the procession was as fol-
lows:
Connecticut avenue and K street west
to Pennsylvania avenue; thence through
Gath street to NJ street: thence west on NJ
street to Aqueduct bridge and Fort Myer,
Va.
Platoon of mounted police, Captain NJ
A Austin commanding
Third United States Cavalry Band
Major General Wesley Merritt and staff
Squadron Sd United States Cavalry, Major
Henry jackson commanding.
Light Battery M 18th United States Ar
tillery, Captain NJ. NJ Macomb command
ing.
Siege Battery o, 9Th United States Ar
tillery. Captain John R. Williams com
handing.
Brigade Of foot troops, Colonel Francis
L. Guenther commanding. and staff.
Regiment United States Infantry, Colonel
Edward Moale commanding.
First Battalion, Companies c, d, E and
F, 18th United States Infantry, Lieutenant
Colonel Constant Williams commanding
Second Battalion, Companies G, X, L
and NJ, 10Th United States Infantry, Major
George A. Cornish commanding.
Third Battalion, Companies E. F, G and
H, I'd United States Infantry, Captain Ed
mund X. Webster commanding.
Regiment United States Artillery, Colonel
John l. Rodgers commanding.
First Battalion, Batteries p, G, X and
N. 4th United States Artillery, Major
James M. Lancaster commanding.
Second Battalion Batteries A, B, L and
NJ, 9TH United States Artillery. Major John
B. Burbank commanding.
Third Battalion, Batteries c, H and N,
9TH United States Artillery, o, 4th United
commanding.
Battalion United States Marines, Major
Randolph Dickins commanding.
salutes by Navy and Army.
The U. s. s. Sylphe, U. 8. N, Lieut.. w.
K. Gise commanding. will fire minute guns
as the funeral cortege crosses the Aqueduct
bridge. and the guns at Fort Myer will con-
tinue the salute until the cortege reaches
the cemetery.
On approaching the entrance to the ceme-
terry the column will be formed in two lines,
facing each other on opposite sides of the
road; the cavalry along the left curb. The