Evening star., 1900-02-01
REMAINS OF GEN. LAWTON
En- Route East With an Escort From the
Presidio.
Remains OF Mai. John A. Logan, Jr.,
md DIR. Armstrong on
Same Train.

SAN FRANCISCO, February THE re-
mains Of Major General Lawton, Major
John A.. Logan and DR.. John L.. Arm
strong will be taken east on a special train,
which will leave this city at 2 o'clock this
afternoon. Four troops Of cavalry and a
representative from the Odd Fellows, of
which General Lawton was an honored
member, will make up the escort. Part Of
the cavalry will consist Of Troop "A Of the
National Guard, and a detachment from
the signal corps OF the National Guard.
From the Preside there will be Troops F
and G of the 9th Cavalry Captain West
will be in command OF the escort.
At the ferry the caskets will be turned
over to the guard of honor, which is to
accompany the remains east. 1t will con-
Sist of non-commissioned officers and four
privates. They are Sergeant Simon Of the
4th Cavalry, who carried the division flag
all through the campaign with Lawton.
He was the only man left in Troop B of
the 4th Cavalry who was in it when Law
ton was its captain. The privates are John
H. Methusen, Company d. 14th Infantry,
the generals orderly; Charles A. Oakum,
Troop L, 4th Cavalry. his personal orderly,
and Trumpeter Frank H. Haberkamm,
who will sound taps over General Lawton's
last resting place. Private John K. Wag-
gaman of Troop F, 9th Cavalry, at the Pre-
sidio, is also to be member Of the guard.
The baskets will occupy the composite
car, the baggage car Intervening between
1t and locomotive of the special train.
Next to the composite car will be the
Pullman reserved for Mrs. Lawton, her
four children, DR.. Armstrong; relatives,
Gen. Shafter and others. Gen. Shafter is
the special escort designated to go east
by the Secretary Of War. Lieut.. Eugene T.
Wilson, his aid, will go with him. The
cort which arrived with Gen. Lawton's re-
mains from Manila will also ride in this
Pullman. This escort consists Of Lieut..
CO..: G. Ss E: EdSards; Capt. F S. King and
The other Pullman VIII be occupied by
Mrs. Logan, the widow of Major Logan;
her three children, her mother Mrs. C. H.
Andrews; Miss Parmlee of Cleveland and
Mrs. John A. Logan, the mother Of Major
John A. Logan, and Mrs. Tucker, his sis
ter, will meet the party on their arrival at
Chicago.
AS the train passes through Sacramento
the flag will he at half mast on the state
capitol and minute guns will be fired in
honor of Gen. Lawton. At Chicago Major
Logans body will be transferred to an
other train for transportation to Youngs-
town, Ohio, for intermene.
Gen. Lawton's remains will lie in state
one day each at Fort Wayne and at In
dianapolis, Ind, and will then be taken di-
TeClly 10 w dSJlUSlOH lOFtpurLdt IN the ma
tional Cemetery at Arlington. Washington
will probably be reached M Thursday next
and the public funeral. under the direction
of Gen. Wesley Merritt, win take place
on the following day.
Notification From Col. Long.
Quartermaster General Ludington re-
ceived telegram today from Col. Long,
depot quartermaster at San Francisco, say
ing that the remains of Gen. Lawton Major
Logan and Surgeon Armstrong, which were
brought from Manila on the transport
Thomas, have been turned over to the un-
dertakers, and will leave San Francisco
this afternoon on a special train, consisting
of two Pullman cars, one composite and
one baggage car, and If procurable, one
dining car. The trip to Chicago will be
made over the Central, Union Pacific and
Northwestern roads. At Chicago the re-
mains of Major Logan will be transferred
the special train will. proceed to Fort
Wayne and indianapolis, where the remains
of Gen. Lawton will lie in state, probably
day at each place. At indianapolis the
and Will proceed to Washington by that
route. The remains of Gen Lawton and
Surgeon Armstrong Will be inferred at the
National cemetery at Arlington with full
military honors. Mrs. Lawton and family
Major General Shafter and aid, the special
military escort, and all the other members
OF the San Francisco party, excepting the
Logan family, will accompany the remains
to this city.
Completing Funeral ArraHgements.
Maj. Gen. Wesley Merritt, commanding
the department Of the east, who has special
charge of all the military ceremon con-
nected with the funeral of Gen. Lawton in
this city, has practically completed all his
arrangements, after consultation with the
officials OF the War Department, and will
announce his program as soon as the date
OF the funeral and the church where the
funeral services will be held have been
definitely settled. Those important details
are held In abeyance until the wishes of
Mrs. Lawton are ascertained. Owing to
the ia 1t that 1t Is not known exactly how
long the funeral train will be detained at
Fort Wayne and Indianapolis, it cannot
De stated positively when the funeral party
will arrive in this city Allowing for two
days delay on the way, the party should
arrive in this city Friday of next week. In
that case the funeral ceremonies will prob
aoly take place on the following Saturday
or Sunday.
The funeral will be a strictly military af-
fair, and will be made as imposing as con-
oiaons will permit According to the plans
MADE by Gen. Merritt, about 5000 troops,
representing the three arms of the service,
Will participate in the ceremonies. Gen.
Merritt will be in personal command of the
escort, and will have as his principal as
sistants Col F. L. Guerither, 4th Artillery
Edward Moale. 18th Infantry.
The Military Esco.t.
The escort win consist of one squadron
| of the Sd Cavalry from Fort Myer, Va,
| headed by the Sd Cavalry Band: Light Bat
terry Nd and Siege Battery Q, zsh Artillery,
at Washington hatracksa q regiment of foot
| artillery. made up fronfs the 9TH and 5th
| Regiments, headed by-g the 4th Artillery