Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-09-19
Arrangements for the State Funeral
of the Late President McKin-
ley at Washington.
GRAND MILITARY AND CIVIC PAGEANT.
Remains VIII Lie In state In the
Rotundn of the National Capital,
After the Services, Until Removed
for transportation to Canton, o.,
for Final Interment

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ing is the order of arrangements for
the obsequies, at Washington, OF
William Mckinley, late president of
the United States, arranged to meet
the wishes of Mrs. Mckinley:
The remains of the late president
will arrive in Washington at $3.50
o'clock Monday night, and will be es-
corted to the executive mansion by
squadron of United States cavalry.
On Tuesday, at nine o'clock a. m,
they will be borne to the capital,
where religious services will be held,
after which the body of the late pres
ident will lie in state in the rotunda
for the remainder of the day. In the
evening the remains will be borne to
the station of the Pennsylvania rail-
road, escorted by squadron of Unit
ed States cavalry and then conveyed
to their final resting place at Canton,
o.
Following is the order for Tuesday:
section I.
Funeral escort under command Of Maj
Gen. John X. Brooke, L. 5. a.
Artillery Band
Squadron Of Cavalry.
Battery of Field Artillery.
Company \. L. $. Engineers.
Two battalions Coast Artillery.
Hospital Corps.
Marine Band.
Battalion of Marines
Battalion of L. 5. Seamcn.
National Guard, District of Columbia.
section II.
Civic procession, under command of Chief
Marshal Gen. Henry V. BOynton.
Clergymen in attendance.
Physicians who attended the late presi-
dent.
Military order of the Loyal Legion of
the United States.
Grand Army Of the Republic.
Guard of Honor, Pallbearers and Hearse.
Officers of the army, navy and marine
corps in this city who are not on duty
with the troops forming the escort will
form in full dress, right in front, on eth
er side of the hearse, the army on the
right and the navy and marine corps on
the left, and compose the guard OF honor.
Family of the late president.
Relatives of the late president.
EX-President of the United States.
Section Ill.
The President.
The Cabinet Ministers.
The DplomtiC Corps.
The Chief Justice and the Associate JUS
tees of the supreme court of the
United states
The Senators of the United States.
Members of the United States House of
Governors of States and Territories and
Commissioners of the District
of Columbia.
The Judges of the court of claims, the
judiciary of the District of Columbia, and
judges of the United States courts.
The assistant secretaries of state, the
treasury, the navy, the interior and agri-
culture, the assistant postmasters-gen-
eral.
The sollcitor-general and the assistant
The CHILEAN claims, civil, Industrial, in
terstate commerce, isthmian canal, joint
high, Mexican water boundary, fish and
fisheries. special tariff and Philippine
commissions, and other departments and
commissions OF the government in the or
der of their precedence.
Official representatives Of the insular
Organized Societies.
Citizens
The troops designated to form the es-
cort will assemble on the north side OF
Pennsylvania avenue facing the executive
mansion, the left resting on the eastern
entrance to the grounds and in inverse
order, so that when the column is formed
to the left the organizations will be in
the order before designated. The forma-
toin will be completed at a. m, on Tues
The civic procession will form in ac-
cordance with the directions to be given
by the chief marshal.
The officers of the army and navy Sc
lected to compose the special guard of
honor and such other officers OF the army
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at the capitol so as to receive the re-
mains on arrival there.
Religious services will be held in the
rotunda Immediately after the arrival of
the remains. Thereafter, during the re-
mainder of the day, the body will lie in
state in the rotunda, and will be escorted
to the railroad station in the evening by
a squadron of artillery. While the cor
tege moves to the railroad station, min
ute guns will be fired at the navy yard
by the vessels of war which may be in
port, and at TT. Myer and by a battery
OF artillery stationed near the capitol for
the purpose At the same hour the bells
of the several churches, fire engine houses
and of the school houses will be tolled.
The firing of the minute guns and the
tolling of the bells will continue until
the departure of the train from the rail-
road at about s p. m,
The officers Of the army and navy Sc
lected to compose the special guard of
honor to accompany the remains of the
late president to the place OF interment
at Canton, o., will assemble at the rail-
road station at 1880 p m, to receive the
body and accompany II to the car re-
served for the purpose.
other officers OF the army, navy and
marine corps previously instructed to re-
ceive the body on its arrival, Monday
evening, will reassemble in full dress uni
form at the railroad station at 1880 Tues
day evening, to pay final honors to their
late commander-in-chief.