Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-01-30
MILITARY HONORS
Continued from Page One)

as one of the most beautiful sites in
| the home Of the soldier dead, as 1t over
looks the nations capital across the
Potomac.
Homage was paid by the Blue and
! the Gray Veterans Of the two conflicts
in which Gen. Wheeler distinguished
himself as n gallant soldier and a dash
| ing cavalry leader. personal friends
| representatives Of the two branches OF
| Congress and citizens joined with tn"
nations military in paying tribute 10
| the dead general. The funeral corteSe
was a most imposing one.
| The honorS due a major general were
paid Although but brigadicr general
, III the regular army Gen. Wheeler held
! the rank of major general of volunteers;
and was hOnO:cd accordingly by the
government he served
4 guard Of honor selected from the
ranks of Spanish war veterans here
which met The body on its arrival from
! brooklyn sunday night and escorted Ii
to ~. Johns Episcopal church. remain
ed in charge Of the caSkot during tie
night and until relieved Monday fore
noon by the regular army guard. st.
/
and II. Streets. Northwest. opposite
! Lafayette square ana there from 10 A.
NJ. until = =. NJ. the body lay in state
tor the hosts To pay their last tribute
to The distinguished soldier.
From this church many men CON
spicuous in public and private lie have
| been buried.
At p. VI. very brief services were
| conducted at the church by the Rev.
DR.. Roland &. Smith. rector of the
church. and the Rev. DR.. Ernest s;tircs
of St. Thomas church in New York
who conducted the funeral services
held in New York Sunday and who ac-
companied the body to Washington to
perform the last sad rites here.
The President had indicated his pur-
| pose Of attending the services at the
church. When these services had been
concluded the solemn procession to the
cemetery was started. First in lire
were the L. 5. troops detailed by tha
| war department dS the military escort
| In the absence Of an infantry organ
| lza,ion i'll the immediate vicinity Of
| W ashinsstof. q battalion of engineers
| from Washington barracks represented
| that branch of the service. \ squadron
! of ,a,.oI,.,. s,..,, r.. ~,
c,v.,I,.,, h,1,i anI ,,t, "li'' II
artillery It'll, rro.,, ~, li''',
the escort. With the cavalry was lcd
Il ridtrless horse denoting that onn Of
c,,,,' .''' mas pcVil !"St
i''''' ~ i"hMS. III" p"uy was borne
an a c:isson drawn BY four horses an.
IN" caskct vas drapcd with the Stars
a'i H'flpeS.
'"li"WlhS the cdisson came the vet
cram organizations as follows:
| United Confederate Veterans Asso-
'iafIon of Washington under com
l.H'ii'i ol J"hh l. Cail'Shan. president;
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N'"pn' "S"h' HAWKINS, Randolph
anu humphreys.
| Representing Con. Whcclc,.s e+,fr
ana @S"'c:atc officers IF the C"Hf"der-
"tr 'Iii'E Il! tAc tlFll war. Cen. How
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.'"i .r!luS f"lhlcf' MAJOR Hayes. Ma
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~ ',h Major fafkcr West,
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