Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-29
TAPS ARE SOUNDED
FOR gen. WHEELER
Veteran Cavalry Leader Buried
in National Cemetery at
Arlington Today
SIGNAL HoNoRs ARE ACCORDED
military and Civil Departments of tho
Government Take Part in the Final
Tribute to the Dead - Veterans Of
The Union and Confederate Armies
In the Procession.

wa washineton, Jan. 29.-With full mill
tarv honors the body of General JOS
enh Wheeler was laid at rest today IN
the national cemetery at Arlington
Homage was paid by the veterans OIL
two conflicts in which Wheeler dls-
+inpuished himself as a gallant soldier
and dashing cavalry leader, personal
friends, representatives of the Two
MO ,c1,es Of congress and citizens. The
funeral corteee was most imposing
one. A guard of honor was selected
from the ranks Of the Spanish war
vaterans here. which met the body on
u. arrival from New York last night,
and escorted it TO st. Johns Episcopal
church, remaining in charge OF the
casket during the might, until relieved
this afternoon by the regular army
o,,ard. From 10 q. m. until p. M, the
Sodv Law In state in the church and
was viewed by thousands. AT p. m.
tr;ar services were conducted by Rev.
Dr Roland C. Smith, rector, and Kew.
Dr., Ernest Stires, ST. Thomas churcn
New York. When the services were
concluded the solemn procession " 'ne
cemetery was started.
first in line were united states
sfxfes troops detailed by the war ue-
paftment as a military escort. WIN
the cavalry was led a rfderless nofse'
denoting that one of the country >
soldiers was lost from the ranks. Inc
hedy was borne on calsson ora"h
hvsfour horses and the casKet was
draped with the stars and stripes. FOL
lowing the caisson came the un1teu
Confederate Veterans Association OF
wa shington; Grand Army OF the Re-'
public, Spanish War Veterans, Com
nany A Of wheeler's Confederate cav
airy. Atlanta, Ga, and the Army ana
Navv Union. Then followed army Of
f1cers senators, representatives ana
citizens in carriages. Impressive mill
tary services marked the ceremonies at
the cemetery. The cavalry dismounted
a. the gates and proceeded within the
silent city Of the dead on foot. The
troops formed in line at the grave and
stood ..At present arms" The vet
eran associations also took positions
oron,,d the grave. With the casket
resting 1ust above the grave the COM
INITIAL services Of the Episcopal church
were conducted by Rev. DIR. Stires. AS
the casket was lowered into the ground
a squad detailed from the troops fired
three volleys over the grave. Taps
were then sounded, concluding the
ceremonies,
New York, Jan. 2s-An imposing
military pageant passing across
Brooklyn bridge, brief services at st.
Thomas Episcopal church in Fifth av-
enue. and an escort across the North
river ferry to Jersey City, where the
body was placed on a train, to be taxi
en- to Washington for interment In the
national cemetery at Arlington, marked
the funeral in this city Sunday Of Brig.
oeu. Joseph Wheeler, cavalry leader OF
the Confederacy and later one OF the
most prominent figures among the
generals Of the spanish
american war. The body Of
the dead soldier was wrapped in the
aaps ,,nfler which he had served with
almost equal vigor and distinction =
the stars and bars of the confederate
states and the stars and stripes. vet
erans Of the southern and northern
armies mingled in paying tribute to
General Wheeler with the younger vet
erans Of the Cuban and Philippine
campaigns of 1898 and 1899. The route
of the funeral cortege was lined with
great crowds, most Of whom stood with
bare heads as the procession passed.
The funeral took place from the
home Of General Wheeler's sister, Mrs.
Sterling Smith, in Brooklyn, where
General Wheeler died on Thursday of
pneumonia
A riderless horse with boots reversed
in the stirrups and a cavalry sword
dangling from the saddle, was led just
behind the caisson.
The church edifice was thronged.
The brief services were conducted by
the Rev. Ernest Stires, rector of the
church, assisted by Rev. DR.. Morgan
Dix.
DR.. Stires in his sermon said:
This is one Of the great occasions
Of our lives. For We are met to honor
the memory Of a rare man. 1 do not
speak to you of him principally as a
citizen, statesman or soldier, for the
mere record of his deeds is far more
eloquent than any praise of ours could
be. It is of the man L think at this
hour. Was he entitled to be called
great? It is not difficult for you to
decide.
"The north gives him unstinted hon.
or. The south, even in her grief, is
proud of her ever loyal son. Cuba, for
whose freedom he fought. sobs out her
grief across the waves.
"And the whole world pauses for a
moment today to declare that this was
indeed a man."
Big Hospital Endangered.
New York Jan. 27.-Fire which
svept ToliA Pergmont & company's