The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-10

Henry w. LaWt0n was buried today ID
the national cemetery at Arlington. II
was a national tribute to national
hero. and the sorrow of a whole people
was expressed when America added the
chapIet of cypress to the brow that so
long had worn the laurel. The burial
service beneath the leafless trees at Ar
lington was preceded by services III the
Church Of the Covenant on Connecticut
avenue. at which every department of
the army and navy within reach OF
Washington, Lawton's old comrades OF
the line and staff, the diplomatic corps
in an it's brilliancy Of uniform and dec
Grafton and as many citizens OF all
degrees as were fortunate enough 10
find standing room within the walls
were in attendance.
But the crowd within was insisnifi-
cant compared with the thousands who
braved the lowering winter day for a
glimpse Of the flag-dTaped Caisson with
its military escort as it passed through
the streets. Hundreds more made the
tOilsome pilgrimage to Arlington 10
hear the last words pronounced above
the open grave, where president cab
met and general commanding the army
stood with bowed heads until the .cst
volley had been fired and the bugle
sounded taps"
The HERDS Homecoming.
It was the homecoming Of a hero.
For several weeks, ever since the fnal
news from San MateO had been flashed
around the width of the world, the
country had waited to pay its best trib-
ute to the dead.
I.awton. to the great bulk of Ameri-
inc Hrrarrfr HrFsrn snF
American soldier. lie had made his
mark in the civil war from the Missis-
sippi to the sea and in the interval Of
potential peace, il was he who had
beaten at his own game Geronimo, the
greatest master of desert craft and
mountain fighting the west had ever
known, and who. i'm the new problems
of a tropic war had proved the most
daring and resOurceful of all the gem
erals I'm the field.
1t was in tribute to these qualities
that the Lavton fund had I'm a few
weeks been swelled past all the eNpec-
tatiOnS of its OriEinatOrs. for America
knew LaWton to be a soldier first, and
only had left to those who loved him
: no heritage save his sword and a spot
less name.
For q day and night the body of the
soldier lay i'm state i'm the church 'of the
A
the doors We're opened, troopers from
his old command with sabTes drawn
keeping vigil at the head and foot
The President Was There.
Beneath the soft lights Of the altar
rose a tropical jungle Of palms. and
higher than the fiaE-draped coffin rose
banks of flowers. tributes from every
quarter of the land. At his head hune
i'm dim folds the dingy battle flag from
san Nateo, still on its bamboo staff
and supported by one of the men who
was near him when he fel.
From The ceiling hung the red cen
tered flag of the Eighth corps. under
which he had won perpetual fame in
two island wars. About him, as the
shrill pipes of the organ trembled with
The opening anthem, stood grouped his
superiOrS, and his brother officers. with
wnom and for whom his life work had
been done.
Close TO the coffin sat President Nc
kinley and on his right the secretary
of state. With them were the secretary
of war. the attorney general the sec
rotary 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. LaWtOu, Little
r
and 10 the left General Miles, General
Merritt, General Brooke General
Shafter and their stan officers. all in
uniform and all LaWton's comrades
who at one time OF another had CampeJ
ana fought with him,
A Notable Gathering.
In the body of the church was q
scarcely less notable gathering, assist
ant secretaries and heads of bureaus
Inc military committee of the nous.
and senate, diplomats. the 0rientdls il
their flowing robes Of sombre color auJ
the Europeans reSpleUlcnt In decOra
lions, amongst them the Spanish min
lister. There were delegations from tn,
loyal legion. tle grand army and othe
patriotic societies.
Chaplain Pierce. Of LaWtOns o!t
command, read the Presbyterian buria
service. that cCislie To- the Corinthians
whose words OF comfort seem freshly
prCncu Tor each occasion of bereaVe
ment, Then President StTyCker o.
Hamilton College, New York, clad IL
his divinity robes rose to deliver in,
GRAFTON. lie had been selected person
Gliy uy the secretary of war. who knew
his fitness Tor the task.
The choice was amply justified. Sci
cum has any ceremony called forth
more simple and direct and more an
pIvruaJc and attiUs 10 the occasion.
An Eloquent Tribute.
Dr. Suyker said in part. over IN,
width of The earth a soldiers bousa
hold has brought IJs warrior home. Nh.
dust that the nation eatber- fp ir
guarding is chat OF no louala,, ..-.-,
We are met 10 celebrate ana r01uyr
him. BuJ while VIC recall The record 81
compact with mglliuess. and which TIA,
white blossom C- mUdeSty crowns with
ais while we reeite the story If oD
VINO pelsan--lrd The best American tfa
ullons, ursJ this day DO we 1a,rsr.
her sorrow VINO Jreads than .soienr
aisle of pain the sanctity of who's
shadows are accessible only TO her Cod
HltLer we have come-the paopIa-
chosen head, and an authorizes els
from their high several sessiaus-fo f.l.
our poor bat tender, aims Of love IN II
unblemished memory. 90 thank him, ,-I,
ls our dwelling place n an generation
mat the stout tree of liberty sin yjaf5
such manner of frUitage and 10 r1a5e
ourselves, considering the issue of live
OF our renowned dead. 10 initiate tbai
Unbiemlsned and mbHghted faith
station Is secondary. humanity
primary And, whatever else any is tn
day we are only men and v-9r,S-
brothers and sisters. lifting as Oh il5,.-,
our faces toward the consolation =
God The stars of the spangia5 10,
covering now this shape of its No.
warden, shine multiplied upon the daU
IF grief. But, with a solemn low r. h,
seems you. his comrades of fbe s,-,,,,
TO give thanks Tor the life whose en-