Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-17
TRIBUTE To 4 SOLDIER
Great Men at the Grave Of
General Rosecrans.
R0oSEVE ELT SPEAKS
EULoGIEs By HENDERSON, FOR
AKER AND OTHERS.
Great Military Demonstration at Ar
lington-Many Public Men
Present.
R0OSEV ELT SPEAKS

Present,
bers of his cabinet and men we'll known in
| public life and in the army gathered today
| to pay the last honors to Gen. William S.
Rosecrans. Members of the Society of the
Army Of the Cumberland paid loving
| final tribute to their dead commander. The
| ser at Arlington. wiaere lie so many of
| the d Union dead, were simple and i'm
pressive. There was an absence of osten-
| tation.
1t was gathering ofsmen, many of them
veterans of the civil war, who shed tears
at the grave Of the man they loved as
soldier leader The man who was such
conspicuous figure in fhe war for the pres
ervation Of the Unionswas consigned to the
earth of the old home of the leader of the
lost cause" against whom he fought 1t
was an occasion repiete with pathos and
with patriotism.
The. morning was misty, and from the
lowering clouds there came at times spirts
| Of rain. AS the procession reached the his
| toric place of the dead the sun burst
through the clouds as If nature were
anxious to participate in the exercises and
had taken this means of expressing her
feelings for the man whose memory was to
be holored.
Many Dignitaries Participate.
President Roosevelt made speech that
will stamp him for all time to come as
| man who can rise to an occasion of the
kind and who has the ability to express
himself in the interest of furthering the
patriotism that animates the people over
which he rules. -
On the stage were three venerable SOL
diers of the government men who were
classmates of Gen. Roseorans Towering
above all was the commanding form of
Gen: James Longstreet, who fought valiant
| ly in the confederate cause. Beside him
were Gen. N. j. T. Dana and Col. John S.
McCalmont: On the stage. there were also
Legion, the Union Veteran Union, the
| Grand Army of the Republic, the National
Guard of the District of Columbia and
members Of the Society of the Army of the
Cumberland. ---4
After the services, which. included the ad-
dresses by the Presidefi and other distin-
guished personagey thS body was lowered
to the grave In a foi-Inost place in the
home of the Unian dead Throughout the
services there wasTa feeling of awe and
reverence on the part of the assemblage.
Only once or twice did applause follow the
words of the speakers, and then 1t was
when patriotic sentence or inspiration
made it almost incumbent upon the listen
ers to attest their appreciation
The Distinguished Pallbearers.
Gen. Schofield, who fought throughout the
civil war, sat with bowed head as he list
ened to the speeches. Brought back to
him forcibly was the history of the great
struggle. AT his side were the others of
the honorary pallbearers. all of whom had
seen service in that great war.
The honorary palbearers, beside General
Schofeld, were Lieutenant General Nelson
A. a III
bin U.S.A. Brevet Major General A. Baird,
U.SA.; Brigadier General John NJ. Wilson,
S.A.; Brigadier General George L. Gill
lespie, U.S.A.; Brevet Brigadier General
Thomas M. Vincent, u.s.A.; Colonel Frank
G. Smith, U.S.A.: Colonel Green Clay Good
loe, U.S.M.C.; Brevet Major William P.
Huxford, uS.A:; Major John NJ. Farquhar,
U,sV; Colonel Henry May. Dong: !:
George w. Steele. NC; H. Clay Evans,
quartermaster's sergeant, U.SV.
The body of General Rosecrans was
brought to this city for reinternent from
Los Angeles, Cal. His death occurred about
four years ago.
The Procession Forms.
The funeral cortege formed in front of the
Arlington Hotel at $50 o'clock. Many per-
sons distinguished in official life and in the
army of the United States gathered there
an hour before. Strapped to a caisson was
the casket containing the body of the dead
warrior. Members of the Loyal Legion
and other military organizations mingled
IN the crowd in front of the hotel. The
sound of a trumpet brought the so!diery
into place in the procession
Inc escort consisted of the following
regular troops, Lieut. Col. Eugene D. Dim
mick. "a United States Cavalry. command
politan police band Of the corps of enei-
neers: Sd Battalion, corps Of engineers;
the Battailon marine corps; the 4th Bat
dery, Field Artillery, and four troops of the
f0y, v,ao1 1yal
at 10 o'clock.
Gen; II: '. Boynton, who was lifelong
1riend OF Gen. Resecrans, having served
with him during the ciyi, war and who is
corresponding secretary Of the Society of
the Army Of the Cumberland, under whose
auspices the services were held, had charge
OF the arrangements. The apportionment
| of public men to the carriages occupied con-
siderable time
President and Cabinet in Line.
In the first Carriage rode the Rev. D. ].
Stafford. the officiating Clergyman In the
next carriage were the honorary pallbear-
ers. followed by the members of Gen.
Rosecrans' family and tie, e,President Of the
United States and members Of his cabinet.
In the carriages that followed in the order
named were Gen. John NJ Schofield, u S.
A.; Gen. H. G. Corbin, ~. s. A; Gen.
THOMAS M Vincent, q. s:ssA.: Gen. George
Gen; John NJ Wilson, u. S. A.; Col Frank
G. Smith. U. S. A.; Col. Green Clay Good
loe U. S. M. c.; H. Clay Evans lately ap-
pointed consul general at london; Maj. w.
r. Huxford. U. s. A.; Mai. John NJ. Farqu-
mar, y. s. v; Col: Henry May, N: g. D. G.;
Gov and Mrs. ]. K Toolei Miss Rosecrans,
Mr.. Carl F. Roseerans. Senator c. NJ De-
pew and Mrs. Depew,z Gen. and Mrs. Boyn-
ton, Edwin Warren Tople, Joseph Porter
Iooie; congressional carriages - Speaker
Henderson. SeflAte committee. House COM
mittee; Gen. N. j. T. Dana, Gen. James
Lon Cnt vn1, Na1p
tary Order of the LOYAL Legion, Union Vet
eran Legion: Encampment No. %, Union
Veteran Legion-Adjt. w. H. H. Price and
three others Department of the Potomac,
G. A. R.; Union Veteran Union-detail from
Hancock Regiment, Nos1. National Guard,
caVairy % y q oa4npla n na. rfnnsyavaela Nanaera
son, Gen James barnett. Col. T. w. Steele.
Justice John M. Harlan, Col. John T.
Nicholson, Maj Wm.. H. Lambert, Col.
! Archibald Blakelyy Col R. n. Pratt, u. s.
A.: Mrs G. G. KnstIn and three others, Mrs.
John TWeedale and party, Mrs. Sturgis and
l. party, Gen. John Es1ffyp frOl Henry s.