Arizona republican., 1906-01-30
AT REST IN
 ARLINGTON
The Impressive Funeral of
 General Wheeler.
The President, Members of His Staff and Representatives of the Cabinet Among the HOurners.

Washington, Jan. 29.--The body of the late Major General Joseph Wheel CT. U. $. A, retired; was laid at rest in Arlington this afternoon on a shaded slope overlooking the Potomac.
 Thousands uncovered their heads in silent tribute as the impressive caravan of mourners made it's way slowly out Pennsylvania avenue this afternoon beneath the wealth of sunshine that gave to the day a taste of springtime in the dead of winter. All along the line of march the white carnation marked the memory of the late VII liam Mckinley and on the casket wrapped in the folds of the American flag there bloomed a cluster of these pure flowers. They were placed on the altar in St. Johns Episcopal church at the beginning of the burial service, and as the choir softly chanted the closing hymn, Peace, Perfect Peace" a white rObed priest took the flowers from the altar and placed them rev. erently at the head of the casket amid the folds of the red, white and blue. Beside them bloomed the beautiful flowers sent by the president and Mrs. Roosevelt
 From 10 o'clock this morning until this afternoon, while the body lay
 
 on Lafayette square, thousands of General Wheeler's friends passed up the aisle to the outer chancel and bowed in silence as they looked for the last time on the warriors face.
 By 2 o'clock the nave of the church was filled with gray-haired men, the place of honor to the right of the pres ideut in the right transept being given to "Wheeler's old cavalry" who came on from the south by special invita- ton of the family. Back of them sat other confederate veterans. Lieutenant General and Mrs. Chaffee were among the friends who sat near the family. The cabinet was represented by Sec retary Taft and Postmaster General Cortelyou. Two minutes before the hour of the service to begin, the en- tire congregation arose while the pres ident. preceded by his military aide Col. Cromwell, and his naval aide Lieutenant Commander Key, in full uniform, and accompanied by Mrs. Roosevelt, entered the church from the trunsept door and were assigned to the first pew, which they shared with the family. who entered imluedi- ately afterward. The president and Mrs. Roosevelt were both in mourn ing
 Ine service was brief and impress sive, and followed with a few excep- tions the regular liturgy for the bur lal of the dead During the singing of Peace, Perfect Peace the pail bearers took positions at the front of the casket, which was borne to the caisson awaiting it at the trapsept door by eight sergeants of engineers in uniform. Throughout the service, a guard fo honor, consisting of a captain Of engineers and two sergeants, stood at attention beside the casket.
 Captain Fitzhugh Lee, an aide to the president, sat near the family, and Lieutenant U. s. Grant the third, also of the presidents staff, was one of the officers, who accompanied the body to Arlington. The line of march was down Fifteenth street to Pennsylvania avenue, on past the White House and the war department, and across the aqueduct bridge to Arlington. The pageant as it moved to the strains of the Dead March from Saul" made an impressive picture witnessed by thou sands who stood with barred heads. The president and Mrs. Roosevelt returned immediately to the White House after the service, remaining in the church, however, until the family had left.