The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-01
THE BURIAL THURSDAY
FUNERAL SERVICES OVER LEES
 REMAINS TODAY.
Brief Obsequies at Washington Preced- ing Journey of All that Is Mortal of the General to Rich-
 mOnd, Vn.

Washington, April 30.--Brief funeral services over the remains of General Fitzhugh Lee. who died Friday night, will be held tomorrow morning at the Church of the Epiphany. They will consist of tho ritualistic Episcopal ser vice for the dead and will be conducted by the Rev. Randolph H. McKim, rec tor of the church, who was an officer of General Lees regiment and Is chap lain of the Confederate Veterans As- sociation. Afterwards the body will be removed at noon to the Pennsylva- mia Railroad station and under civil and military escort will leave here on a special train for Richmond, where the burial will take place in Hollywood Cemetery, according to the present arr arrangements, on Thursday.
 The body of General Lee was taken today, from the Providence Hospital. where he died. to the Church of the Epiphany. GA committee of officers of the regular army, including Major- General Gillespie, Brigadier- General Burton, Major Kean and Captain Michie, today arranged program for the conduct of the remains from the church to the railroad station. The ses- cort will include the following:
 Ddnu OI music, u b1u<tuioh OA CoN - airy, a battery of field artillery and two companies of engineers the pail bearers and mourners, officers of the 7th army corps of the war with Spain. other officers of the army and navy and marine corps and members of the com marids to which General Lee belonged, secret societies and civilians. and the official delegation representing the State of Virginia and the city of Rich mond.
 The following Is the list of honorary pail bearers announced by the commit tee:
 The Secretary of War. the Assistant
 Secretary of War, Major General Geo
 l.. Gillespie, Brigadier General A. s Burt, Brigadier General John F. Wes' ton, Brigadier General George B. Da wis, Brigadier General George H. Bur
 ton, Brigadier General Edward M
 Hays. Brigadier General Fully McCrea
 Colonel Clarence R. Edwards, Colone
 George E. Pond. Major Jefferson K
 Kear, Major Chauncey B. Baker, Cap tain Robert E. L. Michie, pr. Leigf Robinson, Senator John W. Daniel
 Senator Culberson, General L. L. Lo'
 max, Major Robert w. Hunter, Hon
 John Goode, pr. H. St George Tucker
 Dr. Gordon, Captain Herbert Bryant Colonel Thomas Smith, pr. Shirle! IT. T
 Holmes Conrad, John M. Johnson Hon. c. F. Trigg, Captain Arthur Hor' bert, w. P Mason, Samuel w. Spencer H. Roster Dulaney, H. B. Littlepage H. H. Marmaduke.
 At Alexandria, Company G of thu roth regiment of Virginia will board | the funeral train and act as an escor | as far as Fredericksburg, where 1t wil | be relieved by Company L of the sam' xxyi11 tf Richmond. The funeral train Is scned | uled to reach Richmond at 5 o'clock. At Richmond full honors will be paid | to the memory of General Lee by the municipality and the State. The body will lie in state in the city hall and an opportunity will be given the public to view the face of the dead.
 A military escort will be provided on the day of the funeral The services will be held in St. Peters Church and Bishop Randolph of Virginia, has been asked to officiate. All the arrange ments for the services at Richmond are l in charge of the State and city commit tees appointed for that purpose. It is l said that it was General Lees wish
 that when he died his body might be inferred in Hollywood and site haG l been selected there overlooking tht | James River.
 Mrs. Lee has received numerous tele'
 grams of coincidence from all over tint l United States, some of which are from the following:
 Governor Montague of Virginia | Brigadier Generel H. c. Hasbrouck
 Colonel Harry s. New. Lieutenant Gov
 ernor Willard of Virginia; stephen D Lee, of Meridian. Miss: Be. Il Parker president. in behalf of the Georgit Society of New York: John S. Wise O New York; the Veterans Association O l North Carolina. and the Southern In | terstate Good Roads Association a Baton Rouge. La. General Josepl
 Wheeler telegraphed Mrs. Lee as fol | lows:
 l T join my hearts deep sympathy ant sorrow with the thousands who mourn | with you over the loss of our gallant l comrade."