New-York tribune., 1902-12-22
GENERAL sWAYNE's FUNERAL,
prominent Persons at Service at St. Bar
tholomeW's-Burial in Washington

The funeral Of General Wager swavns was
heid at 2:3O O'Clock yesterday afternoon at ST
f04rCho!omew's Protestant Episcopal Church at
Forty-fourth-st- and Madison-ave The Rev
Dr- David H. Greer. the rector of the church
read the burial service, and the lesson was
Ieao ny the Rev James H. Darlington of
christ Church. Bedford-ave. Brooklyn
over the black coffin draped a silk United
states flag. In the procession up the aisle of
tie church the pallbearers preceded the body,
ana 1t was followed by General Swayne's wild
oW, his sons, his daughters and Francis B.
Swayne, a brother
The pallbearers were Major Andrew H
smith. Colonel Robert ". Tyler. ]. H. Brown
ing Justice Edward Patterson. General o. o.
Howard General Henry L. Burnett Chauncey
NJ Depew, General GrenviIIe NJ Dodge General
Ripley. John F. Dillon General Daniel E.
Sickles DR.. Kipp, Elihu Root and Colgate Hoyt.
Delegates from the Loyal Legion. the Ohio
society, the Bar Association. the Republican
Cinn and the Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity
occupied the two centre aises, and there
many present from the various Grand Army
posts and the religious and missionary societies
with which General Swayne connected. The
large auditorium was almost filed.
Jerusalem the Golden" sung by the
choir, after which the service was read and the
choir sang Peace. Perfect Peace" Thomas B.
Higgenbotham, OF Troop c. Brooklyn, in full
uniform. then stood at the head of the coffin
and sounded taps. The notes echoed strangely
through the silent church. The audience rose
and bowed their heads the body was car
ried down the aisle to the strains OF the Dead
March from Saul"
The floral tributes were many and handsome.
large pillow was sent by the Loyal Legion,
wreath of roses by the Ohio Society. and each
of the societies represented had placed near the
altar a wreath a large bouquet. On the lid
of the coffin was great bunch of Easter lilies.
There no eulogy. After the service was
over DR.. Darlington said that a few weeks ago
in his church General Swayne had delivered an
address on "A Layman's View of Christ This,
he said. the generals last public utterance-
The body was taken TO the Pennsylvania
depot in Jersey City and placed in special car
attached TO the Washington express. This
train carried the members of the immediate
family and few personal friends. 1t left the
city at midnight for Washington, D. c. Services
will be held in that city this morning at st.
Johns Episcopal Church. The burial will be at
Arlington.
A few among the large number at the church
were: Cornelius n. Bliss, Loyal FarraglIt Abner
Mckinley. General Stewart L. Woodford. Nor
ris K. Jesup, Judge John Clinton Gray, John
f. Parsons ". ". MacFarland, S. B. BrowneI,
William Brookheld, Justice Blanchard, John 5.
Wise the Rev. Dr.. Shearer. General Horatfo c.
King General Thomas H Hubbard, G. De For
est Barton, Joel B. Erhardt, James Stokes,
Aaron Vanderbilt whitelaw Reid Colonel A, n.
Clark Captain Charles Curie, Milton I South
ard John NJ. Scribner, Major a. Noel Furey,
the Rev DR.. A. B. Kinsolving, Homer Lee, the
Dr.. W. D. Powers Robert c. Morris and William
E. Dodge.