Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-30
GEN. LEES FUNERAL
It Will Be Held in Richmond
Tuesday.
MRS. LEES DECISION
HER WISHES THAT THE INTER
HER WISHES THAT THE INTER
MENT TAKE PLACE THERE.
Military Escort to the Station This
Heterogeneous in Hands
of Lieut. Gov Willard.

Inc DOuy OF ten fltZnuSn Lee Will De
removed to Richmond. Va, for burial to-
morrow afternoon. Mrs. Lee arrived in this
city from Fort Oglethorpe, Ga, last night
about 1870 O'Clock, and made known her
wishes in the matter to Lieut.. Gov. Willard
of Virginia, who, with party of officials
from Richmond was at the station to meet
her. squadron of cavalry and a battaI-
ion of artillery from Fort Myer and bat
talon of engineers from the Washington
barracks will escort the remains from
Providence Hospital in this city to the
railroad station. The body will be taken
TO Richmond a special train leaving
here tomorrow afternoon at l O'Clock.
On its arrival in Richmond the remains
will be taken to St. PauTs Church, where
they will lie in state. The arrangements
for the funeral services are in the hands OF
Lieut.. Gov. Willard and the officials of the
state of Virginia and municipal government
of Richmond.
The services will be of a military char
acter, however, and it is expected that
companies OF the militia from Richmond,
Petersburg, Norfolk, Suffolk, Lynchburg,
Charlottesville and Danyille will partci-
pate.
Mrs. Lees Train Late.
The train on which Mrs. Lee came to
this city was over an hour late in ar
irving. Mr. and Mrs. b. II. Fowle of this
city, brother and sister-in-Iaw of Mrs. Lee,
and Mrs Nan Page of Richmond, an init
mate personal friend. were with her They
met here in Lynchburg. Lieut.. Gov. VIII
lard Col. Joseph Lane Stern and Mayor
Carlton Mccarthy OF Richmond, who ar
rived in the city on an earlier train, were
at the STATEN to meet her. With them
were Mr. Daniel Lee. a brother of Cen
Lee; Major Z. T. d. Myers, Gen. Burton,
inspector general of the army; Mrs. Bur
ton, Major jefferson r. Keane, L. s. A,
and Mrs. Keane; Major Niche, L. S. A,
and Mrs Niche; Miss Virginia Dorsey,
Mrs. Caskey Cabell and Major Hunter. The
party from Richmond, representing the
state of Virginia and the city of Richmond,
came here late yesterday evening as COM
mittee to wait on Mrs. Lee and offer her
the condolences of the state and municipal
ity, and to invite her to bring her hus-
bands remains to Richmond for state
funeral. Before the arrival of Mrs Lee in
this city. however, she notified her brother
in-law Mr.. Lee of her wish that the gen
eral should be buried in Richmond, but ar
rangements to that effect were held up I'M
til her arrival.
Mrs. Lee was much fatigued when she
reached here She was informed of her
husbands death Friday night at a small
station in Tennessee, and was greatly
shocked at the intelligence. Neither of her
daughters accompanied her on her trip,
and she was alone until she reached Lynch
burg, where her brother and sister-in-law,
Mr.. and Mrs. Fowle of this city, were wait
ing for her. From them she learned the
details of the generals Illness and death.
On arriving at the station here she con
ferred moment with Lieut.. Gov. Willard
and her brother-in-law. Mr.. Daniel Lee,
and then was driven directly to the hos
pital, accompanied by Mrs. Page, Mrs.
Cabell and Mrs. Burton. Mrs. Lee was
sh N In n he " 10 her
remains were lying waiting her arrival.
She remained at the hospital short time,
and then driven to the residence of
Miss Virginia Dorsey, where she spent the
great bereavement bravely
The Military Arrangements.
Lieut. Gov. Willard and his party went
to the New Willard Hotel for the night.
Col Stern, who is inspector general of the
militia on the staff of Gov. Montague,
stated last night that the details of the ar
rangements for the funeral could not be
made until the arrival of the body in Rich
mond Col. Stern will probably have
charge of the military arrangements and
1t is probable there will be a large turnout
of Virginia troops. 1t is not likely that
any United States troops will attend the
services in Richmond Maj. r. E. L. Niche,
general staff, United States army, viii have
ClIdl &c VI the d. IdllSciitLlS IOI the escort
of honor here. Maj. Niche was an init
mate friend of Gen. Lee and served on his
staff during the war with Spain. Immedi-
ately after the arrival of Mrs. Lee last
night he began arranging for the escort
from the hospital to the railroad station.
The details had not been fully completed
up to a late hour last night.
Mayor Mccarthy OF Richmond received a
dispatch signed by the president of the
council and the board of aldermen of the
city, last night, conveying an invitation to
Mrs. Lee to bring the body of her husband
to Richmond. 1t is understood that the
funeral will take place Tuesday and that
the interment will be made in Holyrood
cemetery, where so many of the great con-
federate chieftains are buried
1t was the first plan to take the body to
Richmond Sunday. This was abandoned
to permit military honors to be shown
the distinguished officer it being impos-
sible to issue and carry out the necessary
orders for escort before Monday. The
interment will be made in Hollywood
cemetery.
Action Taken at Richmond.