Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-05-01
GENERAL LEES REMAINS SENT
TO RICHMOND.

about 1890 o'clock, and made known
her wishes in the matter to Lieut. Gov.
Willard who, with party of officials
from Richmond, was at the station to
meet her. A squadron of cavalry and a
battalion ofsrtillery from Fort Myer and
battalion Of engineers from the Wash
ington barracks escorted the remains
from Epiphany Church where services
we're held at IL: as this morning conduct
ed 10y Rev X. II. McKim,- to the rail-
road station. The body was taken to
Richmond on a special train which left
Washington this afternoon at | O'Clock
On its arrival in Richmond the remains
will be taken to the city hall where they
will lie in state Thursday afternoon, when
the military funeral, and commitment
service will be held at st. Psu's Epis-
copal Church, where Gen..L Lee worship
ed.. Bishop Randolph, of Virginia, has
been asked to Officiate. The arrange
ments for the funeral services are in the
hands of Lieut.. Gov. Willard and the Of
ficals of the State of Virginia and NUM-
cipal government Of Richmond.
The services will be of military char
acteh however, and it is expected that
companies of the militia from Richmond
Petersburg, Norfolk, Suffolk, Lynchburg
Charlottesville and -Danyille will partici
pate.
The train on which Mrs. Lee came to
Washington was over an hour late in ar
irving. Mr.. and Mrs. B. II. Fowle,
brother and sister-in-law of Mrs. Lee,
and Mrs. Mann Page, of Richmond, an
intimate personal friend. were with her.
They met her in Lynchburg. Lieut..
Gov. Willard, Colonel 10. Lane Stern
and Mayor Carlton Mccarthy Of Rich
mond, who arrived in the city on an
earlier train, were at the station to meet
her. With them we're Mr.. Daniel NJ.
Lee, brother of Gen. Lee; Major f T.
d. Myers, Major r. W. Hunter and
others.
Neither of her daughters accompanied
Mrs. Lee on her trip, and she was alone
until she reached Lvnchburg, where her
brother and sister-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
Fowle, were waiting for her. From
them she learned the details of the gen.
erals illness aud death. The telegram
announcing his illness was interpreted
to mean that his condition was not seri
Gus, and Mrs. Lee started for Washing
ton alone.
On arriving at the station she was
driven to Providence hospital. She was
shown into the room where her hus-
bands remains were lying waiting h'r
arrival. She remained at the hospital a
short time, and was then driven to the
residence of Miss Virginia Dorsey, where
she spent the night.
A committee Of officers OF the regular
army, including Maj. Gen Gillespie,
Brig. Gen. Burton, Maj. Kean aud Capt.
Niche, yesterday arranged programme
as follows for the conduct of the remains
from the church TO the railroad station
The following programme was an
nounced by the committee directing
the ceremonies attending the re-
moval OF the remains of Brig. Gen.
Fitzhugh Lee, Y. s. A. (retiredD, from
the Church of the Epiphany to the
Pennsylvania Railway station, Wash
ington, d. c., on Monday, May |, ~
O'Clock noon. Pallbearers have been
selected as follows and are hereby re-
quested to assemble at The Office Of the
Inspector General, U. S. A.. War De
partment, at ll:l5 o'clock a. m.
The Secretary Of War, the Assistant
Secretary of War, Maj. Gen. George L.
Gillespie, Brig. Gen. John F. Weston,
Brig. Gen. George B. Davis, Brig. Gen.
George H. Burton, Brig. Gen. Andrew
S. Burt, Brig. Gen. Edward NJ. Hayes,
Brig. Gen. FULLY McCrea, COL Clarence
r. Edwards, Col. George f. Pond, Maj.
Jefferson K. Kean, Maj. Chauncey b.
Baker, Capt. Robert E. l.. Niche, Mr..
Leigh Robinson, Senator John w.
Daniel, Senator Culberson, Gen. l.. l..
Lomax, Ma. Robert w. Hunter, Hon.
John GOOde, DR.. H. st. George Tucker,
DIR. Gordon, Capt. Herbert Bryant, Col.
Thomas Smith, DR.. Shirley Garter, Capt.
w. p. Carter, Maj. Holmes Conrad, Nr.
John NJ. Johnson, Hon. Connally F.
Trigg, Col. Arthur Herbert, Mr.. w.
p. Mason, Messrs. Samuel w. Spencer,
II. Roziar Dulaney, II. B. Littlepage,
II. H. Marmaduke.
The escort formed at Epiphany Church
at J 80 o'clock, in the following order
Music, military escort, clergy, Gals
son, pallbearers, mourners, official dele
cations representing the State of Vir-
ginia and city of Richmond, Lieut.. Coz.
Joseph f. Willard, Col. 10 Lane Stern,
Col. Robert +. Lee jr., Mayor Carlton
Mccarthy, Major L. T. d. Myers,
officers Of the Seventh Army Corps, war
with Spain other officers United States
army, navy, aud Marine Corps, other
members of commands to which deceased |
belonged, societies, and civivilsns.
The military resort, composed of one
squadron of cavalry, one battery of field |
artillery, and two companies of engineer
troops, will be formed facing the church
at 1880 O'Clock a. m.
Maj. Edward Burr, of the engineer
corps at the army, commanded the es-
cort. The Confederate Veterans, under
Commander John t. Callsghan, took
part as a guard OF honor on the march
from the church to the railroad station.
Since | o'clock yesterday afternoon
the remains of Gen. Lee laid in state at
the Church of the Epiphany, in Wash
ington. The casket remained at Provi-
dence HnsDital vesterday in the main