The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-05-01
FUNERAL T0 HHEE BE
 HELD THURSDAY General Lte Mil be Inferred
 at Richmond PREPARATIONS ARE MADE 
Distinguished Honors Will be Shown the Dead by the People of Rich mond-Services in Wash.
 ington Today.

Washington. April 90-Brief funeral | services over the remains of General Fitzhush Lee. who died Friday night. | will be held tomorrow morning at the | Church of the Epiphany. They will con | sist of the rltualstie Episcopal services | for the dead. and will be conducted by the Rev. Randolph II. McKim, rector of
 the church, who was an officer of Gen eral Lees regiment, and is chaplain of the Confederate Veterans association. Af- | forwards the body will be removed at neon to the Pennsylvania railroad station. and under civil and military escort will 1 leave here in a special train for Rich- mond, where the burial will take place in Hollywood cemetery, according to the present arrangements on Thursday. The body of General Lee was taken away from the Providence hospital where he died, to the Church of the Epiphany | A committee of officers of the regular army including Major General Gillespie. | Brigader General Burton, Major Kean and Captain Michie today arranged a pro- l gramme for the conduct of the remains | from the church to the railroad station. | The escort will include the following: | A band of music, squadron of cavalry, | a battery of field artillery and two com panies of engineers, the pail bearers and mourners officers of the Seventh army corps of the war with Spain; other officers of the army and navy. and marine corps, l and members of the commands to which General Lee belonged; civilians and the I Aff ,t,I loIar
 of Virginia and the city of Richmond
 The following is the list of Honorary
 pail bearers announced by the commit- tee
 Honorary Pail Bearers. | The Secretary of War, the Assistant Sec.
 retary of War, Alajor General George L. Gillespie, Brig Gen. X, s. Burt, Brig. l Gen. John r. Weston, Brig. Gen George B Davis. Brig. Gen. Gsorge H. Burton,- | Brig Gen. Edward M Hays. Brig. Gen. l Fully McCrea; Col Clarence R. Ed wards, Col. George E. Pond; Maj Jeffer- son R. Kean, Maj. Chauncey B. Baker. | Captain Robert Mche. Dr Leigh Rob
 inson, Senator John W. Daniel, Senator l Cuberson; Gen. l.. l.. LomaX, Maj. Rob- ert w. Hunter. Hon. John Goode, Dr. II. | s. George Tucker, Dr. Jordan Captain 1 Herbert Bryant. Colonel Thomas Smith, l Dr Shirley Carter, Capt. w. r. Carter. | Major Holems Conrad John M Johnson. | Hon. Conely F. Trigg. Captain Arthur | Herbert, MT. W. P. Mason, MT Samuel 1 w. Spencer. H. Roster Dulaney, II. P. Littlepage. H. H. Marmaduke. | At Alexandria. Company C of the Sev- | enth regiment of Virginia will board the 1 funeral train and act as escort far as Fredericksburg. where it will be re- ieved by Company l. of the same regi- ment, which will continue on to Rich mond. The funeral train is scheduled to | reach Richmond at o'clock.
 Richmond Will Honor Dead.
 At Richmond full honors will be paid to the memory of General Lee by the | municipality and state. The body will
 lie in state in the city hall, and oppor- tunlty will be given to the public to view the face of the dead military escort will be provided on the day of the fu- neral. The services will be held in St. Paul's Episcopal church and Bishop Ran dolph of Virginia has been asked to offi- ciate. All the arrangements for the ser vices at Richmond are in charge of the state and city committees appointed for that purpose 1t Is said that 1t was Gen. eral Lees wishes that when he died hls body might be inferred in Hollywood. and site had been selected there overlook ing the James river.
 Mrs. Lee has received numerous fefe- grams of condolenee from all over the United States. some of which are from the following:
 Governor Montague of Virginia. Briga- dier-General H. C. Hasbrouck, Col. Harry s. New H. F. Gay, commander repre- senting the Stonewall Jackson camp of Confederate Veterans at Stanton, Vt: Lieutenant Governor Willard of Virginia. Stephen b. Lee of Meridian. Miss: Be- dell Parker. president In behalf of Che Georgia society of New York; John s. Wise of New York, the Veterans Asso- ciation of Northern Virginia, and the Southern Interstate Good Roads associ- ation at Baton Rouge, La
 Joseph Wheeler telegraphed Mrs. Lee as follows:
 "I join my hearts deep sympathy with the thousands who mourn with you over the loss of gallant eomrade."
 Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartors telegraphed from New York as follows: My family join me in heartfelt sym pathy fo- you and yours in your sor- row"