Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-22
BURIED At ARLINGTON
Body Of the Late Wager
Swayne Laid at Rest.
FULL MILITARY HONOR
PAID TO MAN WHO WAS DISTIN-
GUIsHED AS SOLDIER.
Men Prominent in Military and Civic
Life Attend the Funeral at
Saint Johns.
FULL MILITARY HONOR

Full military honors were paid to the
memory of the late Gen. Wagner Swayne
today. Men prominent in military and civic
life gathered at ST. Johns Episcopal Church
to attest their appreciation of a man who
had distinguished himself as defender OF
his country and whose life was well worthy
Of the emulation Of his fellow beings.
The body arrived from New York over the
Pennsylvania railroad at 80 am. and was
escorted from the 9th street depot to st.
Johns by large detachment Of troops, in
Guiding a squadron of cavalry and battery
Of artillery from Fort Myer and the bat
talon Of engineers from the Washington
barracks, all under command of Capt. E. l.:
Higgins of the I'd Cavalry.
Services at the Church.
The services at the church were simple
and brief, consisting Of the reading Of the
Episcopal service and prayer by the Rev.
ROLAND Cotton Smith, rector, and singing
by male quartet. An American flag was
draped about the casket and there were
floral emblems from the Loyal Legion, the
Grand Army Of the Republic and other
patriotic organza lions Of which General
Swayne was a member.
At the close of the services the casket
was borne by six artillerymen to caisson
which transported it to Arlington, where
interment was made. The honorary pail
bearers were: Mr.. Justice Harlan, Judge
William Maury of the Spanish claims COM
mission, former Senator John NJ. Thurston
Of Nebraska Gen. Gillespie, chief of en-
gineers; Gen. Davis, judge advocate gen.
eral. and Gen. Breckenridge, inspector gen.
eral. Members Of the family Of the de-
ceased followed the body to it's last resting
place.
Funeral in New York.
Funeral services were held in New York
yesterday afternoon In ST. Bartholomew
Church. The Rev. David H. Greer, rector
of the church. read the burial service. The
pallbearers were: DR.. Andrew H. Smith,
Col. Robert w. Tyler, ]. H. Browning, JUS
tice Edward Patterson, Gen. o. o. Howard,
Gen. Henry L. Burnett, Chauncey NJ De-
pew, Gen. Grenville NJ. Dodge, Gen. Ripley,
Judge John F. Dillon, Gen. Daniel E.
sickles, DR.. Kipp, Secretary of War Elihu
Root and Colgate Hoyt.
Delegates from the Loyal Legion, the
Ohio Society, the Bar Association, the Re
publican Club, the Delta Kappa Epsilon
Society. the various Grand Army posts and
religious and missionary societies with
which the general was connected were
present.
Gen. swayne's Career.
Gen. Wager Swayne was born in Toledo
ciate Justice Noah H. Swayne Of the United
States Supreme Court. After being sent to
the pubic schools Of his native state he
entered Yale College, where he was gradu-
ated in 1856. After leaving college he at
tended the Cincinnati Law School, and
practiced law in Columbus for two years,
but by that time the war between the
states had been declared, and he gave up
his business to enlist with the 43d Ohio
Volunteers.
Under General Sherman he served
through the Atlanta campaign with distinc-
ton, and 1t was at alkahatchie S. c.,
that he received the wound that caused
the amputation Of his leg. Because of his
services he received commissions briga-
der general and major general shortly be-
fore the close of the war, and later, In 1866,
he was appointed colonel of the 45th Infan-
try In the regular army. After one year
he was made brigadier general by brevet,
and then brevet major general of regu-
lars.
In reconstruction days Gen. Swayne was
commissioner of the freedmans bureau in
Alabama, where he led the movement that
resulted in system Of public schools for
negroes.
Career as Lawyer.
Retiring from the army in 1870, he opened
a law office in Toledo, where he remained
ten years. After going to New York, in
1850, he was not long In obtaining clients,
among them being the Goulds. He was a
director Of the North American Trust Com
pany, and the social organiza lions to which
he belonged were numerous, among them
being the Ohio Society, the Association Of
the Bar of the City of New York. the Law
yers Club, City Club, Union League Club,
Loyal Legion, Yale Club and Meadow Club
of Southampton. When he died he was the
president Of the American Church Mission
airy Society and one of the Union League
Clubs vice presidents.
Although Gen. Swayne's public activity
was necessarily lessened after he took to
his invalids chair, he refused no invitations
to help along favorte cause when it was
possible for him to get out. In April of
last year, when the house committee of the
Union League Club had decided to expel
the clubs negro servants, he was one of a
few who got up petition to have the
members vote on the proposition. Support
ed on his crutches, he spoke in favor Of the
negroes, and after several others had talked