The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-10
NOW RESTS in
QUIET ARLINGTON
Major General LaWton
Buried Yesterday
A NATIONS TRIBUTE.
The Sorrow Of a Whole People Was
Fittingly Expressed.
HIS BODY LAY IN STATE
In the Church Of the Covenant troop
crs From His Old Command hccp
fn., Guard-His Brother ohl
GERS in Full Uniform Among
the Attendants oi
His Euncrnl.
HIS BODY LAY IN STATE

WASHINGTON, FEB. .-Major-Generai
Henry w. Lawton was buried to-day III
the National Cemetery at Arlington. II
was a nations tribute to a natlpnai her9
and The sorrow of a whole people was eA-
pressed when America added the chaplet
of cypress TO the brow that so long hau
worn the laurel.
The burial service beneath the leafless
trees at Arlington was preceded pS ser
vices in the Church of the Covenant Oh
Connecticut avenue. at which every de-
part1nent of the government was repre-
scented, including the President Congress,
the Supreme Court, all the ranking OH
GERS of the army, and every oince' WIZ
dn reach of Washington. ltaWion ON
comrades of the line and stan, the aiPio-
matte corps in all its brilliance OF UNI
form and decoration, and as many aIu-
sans of ali degrees as were 1ortuha'a
enough to find standing room withln the
walIs But the crowd within was lnsls-
1ificant compared with the thousailuS
who braved the lowering winters DAY iei
q glimpse of the f1aG-draped calSson WIZ,
Its military escort as 1t passed throush
the streets. Hundreds more maze me
toitsome pilgrimage to Arlington 10 Heai
the last words pronounced above the open
grave where President, Cabinet and the
general commanding the army stood win
bowed heads till the last volley had been
fred and the bugle sounded 'IapS.
HOMECOMING OF a HERO.
It was the homecoming OF hero. For
seven weeks. ever since the fatal news
from San Matco had been flashed around
the width of the world, the country haa
waited to nay it's best tribute to the
dead.
l,awton, to the great bulk of Americans,
mad been the incarnation of the American
soldier He had made his mark IN the
civil war from the Mississippi TO the sea,
and in the interval of potential peace IL
was he who had beaten at his own game
Geronimo the greatest master o1 desert
craft and mountain fighting that 1he
West had ever known, and who in tne
new problems of a tropic war had proved
tho most daring and resourcetu oil al
the generals in the field.
II was In tribute to these qualities that
the I.awton fund had ia q few weeks been
swelled past the expectations OF It's oriSi-
nators for Americans knew taat ID"
ton .heing a soldier first and only, had
left to those who loved him no heiataso
save his SWORD and Il spotleSs name.
17or a dnv and a night the body OF
the soldier lay in state in the ChErch
of The Covenant So il lay this morning
when the doors We're opened, troopers
from his old command, with sapfes
drawn, keeping vigil at the heaa ana
feet Beneath the soft lights Oh Aiie
altar rose a tropic jungle of Palms, ana
higher than the flag-draped collin rose
banks Of flowers. tributes from every
quarter of the land.
BROTHER OFFICERS.
AT his head hung in dim folds the dlnsy
,,at1le flag from San Alateo, still on its
bamboo stnff. and supported by one OF
the men who was near him when ne
fell. From The ceiling hung the red
centred flag of the Eighth corps, under
which he had won perpetual fame III Two
island wars. About him. as the shrll
Dipes OF the organ trembled with the
opening anthem, stood grouped his su-
peyiors and his brother officers, with
whom and for whom his life work had
been done Close TO the coffin sat Pres1-
dent Mckinley. and on his right 1he
Secretary of Suite. With them were the
Secretary OF War, the Attorney-tienerai.
the Secretary Of The Navy, the Post
master General. the Secretary of the
TreaNry The Secretary of the Interior
and the Secretary of Agriculture.
Close by were Mrs. Iawton. little
Nanley and the Others Of the family.
and TO the left General Miles, General
Merritt, General Brooke, General Shafter
and their staff officers all in uniform,
and all Lawtens comrades, also <onl-
rades who at one time or other who had
cnInped or fought with him.
In the body of the church was a scarce
~ less notable gathering, assistant secre-
raries and heads of bureaus, the military
committees of the House and the Sena te.
diplomats. the Orients, In their flowing
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resplendent in decora tions, prominent
among them being the Spanish Minister.
There were delegations from the Loyal
legion. the Grand Army and other pa
iriotic societies.
BURIAL SERVICE READ.
Chaplain Pierce, of Lawton's Old COM
snand. read the Presbyterian burial ser
glce, that lGpistle to the Corinthians
whose words of comfort seem freshly
Denned for each occasion OF bersave-
Vnent- Then President Striker, OF Ham
Z ilbon College. New York. clad in his di-
Sinity robes. rose TO deliver the oralion.
Seldom has any ceremony called forth
a tribute more scholarly and eloquent,
more simple and direct, and more appro-
PIRATE and lifting 10 the occasion.
A dozen troopers, as the doctor closed
UIted the fiower-laden coffin and bore II
TO the door, where 1900 citizens and SOL
ulers waited TO share the last march 10
the restng-place on the Virginia hills
beyond the Potomac.
With the clatter OF iron hoofs the cav
airy escort cantered forward 80 form the
guard OF honor.
Orders flung from rank to rank down
the broad avynue, brought troop and
platoon wheeling into line. With crepe.
shruuded coloTs lowered. they tiled past
scarlet creped artfierymen, cavalry with
their orange ptumes and facinss. and tho
rank of blue-clad infantry. moving with
machine-like cadence.
At the rear, with rumble Of heavy
wheels and clash OF trace chains, came
the guns. field batteries and siege trains
Ahead of the scores os carriages was lhe
sag-oraped. nower-laden caisson. the idea