The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-02-16

Washington. Feb. 10. - Mai Gen.
Henry W.. Ilawton was buried yester.
day in tile national cemetery ut .Arling-
ton. 1t was Il nations tribute to Il n,L-
tion's hero, and the sorrow of whole
people was expressed when was borne
from the chapel of Cypress Hill the
brow that so long had worn the laurel.
The burial service beneath the loafless
trees ut Arlington was preceded by IL
service in the Church of the Covenant.
jill which every department OF the gov.
crnmcnt was represented, the presi-
dent, cabinet, the army, the navy, the
supreme court and diplomatic corps
and as many citizens of all classes as
were fortunate enough to find standing
room within it's walls. But the crowd
was insignificant when compared with
the crowds that braved the elements
of lowering winter day for glimpse
OF the tiag-draped caisson with it's mil
itary escort as it passed through the
streets. Hundreds more made the
toilsome pilgrimage to Arlington to
hear the last words pronounced above
the open grave, where the president.
the cabinet and the general command
ing the army, stood with uncovered
heads until the last vclley was fired
and the bugle sounded. For day and
IL night the body of the soldier
Lay In State
in the Church of the Covenant So it
lay yesterday morning when the doors
were opened, troopers from his old
command. with sabcrs drawn, keeping
vigil mt the head and foot. About his
bier as the shrill pipes of the organ
trembled with the opening anthem
stood grouped his superiors and his
brother officers with whom his life
work had been done. Chaplain Pierce,
of Lawton'S old command, read the
Presbyterian burial service. the
cpistile to the Corinthians, and his
words Of comfort seemed specially
pruncd for the occasion. Then Iresl-
dent Stryker, of Hamilton college.
New York. clad in his divinity robes
rose to- deliver the Grafton. He had
been selected personally by the secrc-
tary of war. who knew his fitness for
the task. The choice was amply justi-
fled. Seldom has any ceremony called
forth I tribute more scholarly and elo.
quent, more simple and direct. and
more appropriate and fitting to the oc
casion. "A dozen troopers then lifted
the flower-laden coffin and bore it to
the door where 5000 soldiers and citi-
&ens in greater numbers waited to hon
or the soldier in his last march to his
Final Resting Place
on the Virginian hillside beyond NE
Potomac. The caskct was placed on
the rear caisson, an ideal soldiers
learse. 1t was Il dreary wait on the
cold, w:nd-swept slopes of Arlington
for the hundreds who had made the
pilgrimage early in tn" day But close
on sunset the boom Of the Sylph's guns
| on the PotomaS was answered by tho
crash of minute guns from Fort AIyer,
and then the solemn notes of the ilirge
was borne down by the wind as the
procession moved toward the great
city of the dead. The grave was in
the open space just south of the amplli-
thcater and in sight of the Mansion
house. Gen. Merritt and his mounted
staff deployed to the sOIth road, while
solid ranks of lisn:ounted troopers
held. back the crowd on every side
Nimble cavclrymen swarmed around
the caisson. tossing loose the lashings
and bore the coffin, while the president
and the cabinet, with the griy-haired
generals, stood silent and bareheaded
as the chaplain pronounced the words
Of com:mittal that consigned the NOR
tai dust to the dust from which it
came. Then the firing squad wheeled
into line. The Swapping of the volley
echoed among the bare trees. but the
wailing Of the bugle as it fingered III
the grey winter twilight was echoed
and re-echocd among the different
hills. AS it died away the coffin was
lowered. Gen. Lawton's homecoming
was completed.