The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-02
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representing In their persons some office
? they held or had held under State or
the national government, or men distin-
gulshed as soldiers, who had worn the
blue or the gray, arrived at the same
time. The guests OF honor consisted Of
the Secretary Of War, the Assistant Sec
rotary OF War. General oliver; Major
General George l.. Gillespie. Brisadltr
General John Il. Weston, Brigadicr Gen-
eral George b. Davis, Brigadier Genera
Andrew s. Burt, Brigader General George
H. Burton. Brigadicr General Edward M
Hays. Brigadicr General Tuliy Mccrcd,
Colonel Clarence r. Edwards Colonel
George l.. Pond, Major Jefferson r. ltcai.
Major chauncey 3. Baker and Captain
army: Mr.. Leigh Robinson, Senator John
w. Daniel. Senator Culbcrtson, General
LII. Lorlax. Major Robert ". Hunter,
Hon., ohm Goode, DR.. IL. st. George
Tucker, DR.. Gordon, Captain Herbert bry-
ant, Colonel Thomas Smith, DIR. Shirley
Carter, Captain w. p. Car ter, Major
Holmes Conrad, Mr.. John al. Johnson;
Hon. Connolly L. Trigg, Captain Arthur
Herbert, Mr.. w. p. Mason, Samuel W.
Spencer, II. Roaier Dulaney, II. B. Lit
uepage, H. II. Marmaduke.
Virginia's Representative.
The guests were ushered into pews
reserved for them near the altar. Lieu
tenant. Governor Willard, as the repre-
sentative OF the Commonwealth Of Viz;
g1nia occupied a pew near the front.
Lieutenant Colonel 10 Lane Stern, req
E rcsenting the Virginia military, was IN
the same pew. Immediately In their rear
sat Secretary Taft and q number o.
officers OF the army, all In uniform and
each wearing knot of crepe on sword
hilt.
Mrs. Lee did not go to the church
& The pew for members of the family was
occupied by Captain Damn Lee General
Z Fitz Lees brother; by General @. W. g.
Lee. son of General Robert ~. Lee; BY
Colonel r. e. Lee, son of General w.
& H. Lee. and Mrs. Lee, widow OF Cen
eral w. II. r. Lee.
Admiral schley arrived at the church
before II o'clock. He and General Lee
had been warm friends for years.
y Rev. DIR. Randolph II. MclNlH, chap
Z lain OF the Confederate Camp OF Wash
Z ington, and a lifelong friend Of General
Lees conducted the service. His read
Ing was sngularly impressive. and once
or twice there was note OF personal
sorrow{ir, his tones. lit was remarked
u that he repeated the entire fifteenth chap
ter Of St. Paul's second epistle to the
Corinthians.asf from tamemory maktngsro but
a single. error.
5peated the lltnny, and them followed a
solo, Jesus Lover ,of My Soul ~ sung
nv n male voice. II was very impressive.
Nearly the entire; audience appeared
to Join in repeating the a postles' Greed.
: The rector then read a brief prayer a nd
the audience was dismissed.
A large number OF those IN the church
d passed out By way OF the space in front
OF the chancel. In order to take n farewell
view OF the dead.
s. Borne From Church. J.
Then eight cavalrymen marched in to
the bier. There they stopped. and raising
the casket to their shoulders. bore 1t from
Il the church There was n sharp word OF
i command from Major Burr. bugle call.
and swords leaped from scabbards IN
salute, the infantry presented arms, and
q Tic artillerymen stood Mt attention. 1T
Z the curb caisson, heavily draped IN
black, stood to receive the remains. To
,8i, wore attached six. horses in funeral
trappings and behind vas a trooper. lea'i-
ing "Domino,' horse of the Seventh
K Cavalry. saddlcd and bridled. but ridcrlcsS
The cnffln was placed on the caissoil.
There was ruffle fstrumpcts.. a. large
American flag was draped about the
) flower-laden coffin. and the procession
moved slowly out 6 Street towards Four
teenth, down Fourteenth Street to Penn
A sylyania Avenue, and down the Avenue
to Sixth Street into the Pennsylvania Sta
ton.
I The band played Nearer. Ny God, TO
The" as the procession moved. The
following was the order Of formation:
Tho band. the military escort. the clcr-
gy, the caisson, the pail bearers. the FAM
liz, Lieutenant-Go Governor Willard, reprs-
senting Virginia; Lieutenant Colonel 10
Lane stern, Officers of the Seventh Army
Corps, war with Spain, other army
h and navy officers, The foregoing
were in carriages The veterans, those
boys In gray, and the members OF The
4 Union VetGra Legion, trlmpcd sturdy
& along the entire distance
The scene on the Avenue WIS most = NJ
pressive. The sidewalks on either nanl
were thronged, in every wnuow were lnor,
ava women eager TO Witness tht process
son following the distinguished Amef'-
can to hie last resting place III Virginia,
aud every balcony was croWaed, rhe
hand played Chopin's deal march, the
most beautifuy dlrge ever written ana when
& me station was reached the a. so!emii
chords OF 1.-THE Dead March from SOU,
smote the May ali.
The troops were formed on Sixth street.
K n cling thu, station as the caisson was led
Up la the missouri Avenue entrances 70
X the train shed. and again there Wna the
rattle OF arms, as tho soldiers came y
salute, when the bOdy-bedrels lifted
The casket to their shoulders and bulf
it into the shed and to the car. These
troopers accompanied tho hody to Alex
andr!a. X
1t was 1910 o'clock when the train Of
four. cars pulled out of the station for
the SOUTH In n Pullman at. the, rear
was Mrs Lee, who drove from the home
OF her brother. Mr. b. u. \ FoWle, on
II Church street, to the station, In the
car with her were her brother. Mr.,
Fowle; Captain Dan M, Lee.J General G,
w. G, Lee, Mrs, Willard Mrs, Mann
Page, Mrs. r. u, L. Mlchie. Miss Dorsey,