New-York tribune., 1902-08-25
FUNERAL or GENERAL SIGEL.
EULoGIES BY CARL SCHURZ DR.. jacob
AND GEORGE Won SKAL,

The funeral OF General Franz Sgel was held yes
terday from the hall Of the Melrose Turn Nerein
al ne-huudred and -fftieth-st and Courtlandt-
ave. Simple In the extreme the service. The
general loved simplicity and his friends. rtlnem-
bering this saw to it that the last honors. civic
and military. did not conflict with the duietness
Of the closing years of his life. one of the last
wishes Of the genera was that the funeral be held
IL The Bronx, where he had lived for thirty-!ive
years.
For three hours the body lay in state in the hall
and in that time at least ten thousand persons
passed the bier Then the doors were closed ana
the service was held. Great throngs stocd in the
streets the hall while the body remained III
the building and thousands of persons were gath
cred along the route taken by the funeral process
sion IN going and from the hall
The burial was in Woodlawn Cemetery. The
body was escorted from the hall to the grave by
two companies of artillery stationed at Governors
Island and at the grave they fred salute IN
honor OF the dead warrior The speakers at the
service Carl Schurz, who was eomrade IN
arms OF the general in is4s and in the Civil War;
DR.. Abraham Jacob and George Won ssai' OF 'ne
Stats Zeitung."
About an hour before noon the body was taken
under military from No 500 Mott-ave. where
the general lived. to the hall and on reaching the
hall the coffin carried into the building by the
men composing the escort all Of whom were men,
bers Of the elisa Post No 2i2 G. A. r.. OF whicn
the general was a corarade soon after the comm
had been placed catafa'que. Theodore Baum
o.
bier by his sons. He fought under Genersl
Sisel In the Civil War and also in the Revolution
OF 1853. He is seventy-three years OF age
few months ago he suffered psralytic stroke that
made him partially lame, and since then he has
been confined TO his bed Despite his inhrmitss. he
insisted upon being present az the funeral He
was brought TO the hall dressed in his old army
uniform and with his coat decorated with the med
ais he for bravery When he saw the body OF
the general he overcome with emotion.
tQttereG
the hall an old man, whose form was greatly bent
In his hand he carried a small bouquet which ne
insisted placing on the coffin
II was wounded at Pea Ridge said the old man,
as those surrounding the coffin tried 10 demonstrate
with him and tell him that the flag, and nothing
else must lie the lid of a soldiers coffin Gen
eral Sigel me lying bleeding on the battieneio
and it is through his and solcitude for me
that I among the NUMBER OF the hVlhs'
added the old man.
He was finally allowed to carry out his wishes
piece of note paper attached to the bouquet pore
the name Carl Savary' and the following legend;
Dedicated to the memory OF Franz Slsei from
one whom he once called friend. In honor OF the
hero of two wars, who always carried Freedoms
banner high
About o'clock the doors OF the hall were closed
TO the general public. and the service was begun
Then thousands of were seeking tn get into
the hall and Captain Wiegand. Of the Morrisanih
station had to increase the squad Of policemen at
the hall to keep the throngs in the street.
some members OF the army and the honorary pail
hearers eight members from the Society of 1915 i9
Il stand here one Of the very few surviving
colleagues of our dead brother" said Carl schurz
in his euIogy II his comrade-at-arms in two
wars-holy wars-fought for the great ana glorious
ideal of human liberty. The ideals which inspired
those who fought in these wars-the uprising OF
lSs-4 A. and that twenty years later-were Ideals o
which no need to be ashamed Though our late
was one not unusual in the worlds history to nght
10
lieve that by this time ali are agreed that had IT
-o+ taken place that great and mighty uprising of
1885 the war of twenty years later which mace all
Germany one would never have occurred
..Tbus our Of seeming defeat triumph for
one of the issues fought forthe restoration of the
German nation-and 10 me 1t seems certain that IN
the fuIness of time the other issues VIII he carried
to victory well.
after The uprising of lS.S Sgel came to America,
hoping in common with many other patriots TO
see on American soil the realization of the great
ideals by which he had been inspired in the Ola
World
after referring to General SigeIs readiness to
take up arms for the Union cause Mr. Schrz con-
tinued by saying that it was through him missouri
and ST Louis were preserved for the tn'oh cause'
and mentioned how Fighting nit Sigei became
winged words" which inspired thousands 10 go out
and night for me mon: nr continued Nr schurz
In life he was never amply rewarded for what he ne
did But we are c"hofn' % s na m rtaI shall place his
name high for his herosm and for MS many
virtues. H. .,lo m, tho
Neld of bate when the cannon roared ana the
bullets came in steady downpour Then the eye M
now closed was agiow with the nre OF battle, but
there was also the supreme calm OF the leader As
7 STOOD hy HIM then | stand by him now, reVer-
entity where he lies. shining example OK the fame
which he so gloriousiy won in many heroic bat
ties ~.
emnfiou He wept and stood leaning heavily
apainst the coffin TO avoid falling flood of feel
ing seemed to sweep over the audience as with
bnwsd head Mr.. Schur8 took his seat
mr. Jacobi paid high tribute Franz Sigel,
man rather than the soldier.
"The life that he lived, the doctrines he taught
said Tlr Iacobi life and teaching for all time
Inenired With an unquencha5e thirst for freedom
re ra~ a man who not only wanted freedom Tor
bi-,sef but who would sacrifice ali TO give freedom
70 others as he showed by the part he took in the
resolution of '4s and ater in the Civil war
The future. he would say res,s or The hi m fhs
ynung went something like this: Get yourself
;SeaIs and live and work for their reahGauon:
IgSaIs are not only for the great and those OF
snnsrior intellect. but for the common people as
Well .,.auo.. .-,hu,s 70 tsr
eral Sigel. -. -, o,o o,h.r tb.,gs
"was a man with whom the love OF freedom was
not ynerely an empty dream or an ideal he was
the highest type of the patriot who IS WHIPS 20
sacrifice an that he possesses, and even MS IRE 10
fll.c that IDEAL q -calif:. In this MS ne" eoun-