The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-02-02
FUNERALOFWHEELER
IMPOSING MILITARY PAGEANT
over BROOKLYN BRIDGE.
Brief Services at Episcopal Church In
New York city-Body of Dead Sol
der Wrapped In Flags Under Which
He Had Served-Rody Was Taken
to Washington, D. c.

New York, Jan. 29.-An imposing
military pageant passing across Brook.
Ign bridge, brief services at st.
Thomas Episcopal church in Fifth
avenue and an escort across the North
river ferry to Jersey City, where the
body was placed on a train to be taken
to Washington for interment in the
National cemetery at Arlington,
marked the funeral in this city Sun
day afternoon of .Brigadier General
Joseph Wheeler, one Of the most
prominent generals of the Spanish
American war. The body of the dead
soldier was wrapped in the flags I'M
der which he had served with almost
equal vigor and distinction-the stars
and bars of the confederate states and
the stars and stripes. Veterans of
the southern and northern armies
mingled in paying tribute to General
Wheeler with the younger veterans of
the Cuban and Philippines wars of
1898 and 1899. The route of the fun
eral cortage was lined with great
crowds, most of whom stood with
barred heads as the procession passed.
+ The funeral took place from the
home of General Wheeler's sister, Mrs.
Sterling Smith, in Brooklyn, where
the general died Thursday of pneu-
monia. The body was borne from the
house by noncommissioned officers OF
/ infantry and placed upon flag draped
artillery caisson. Squadron c and a
detail of the Second battalion of artil-
lery, escorted the body from the Man
haitian side of the bridge to where the
Seventy-first regiment, N. Y. N. G., in
full dress uniform was drawn up. The
Seventy-first, commanded by Colonel
w. d. Bates, served under General
Wheeler in Cuba, and today was given
the post Of honor. Infantry from Gov.
ernor's island, headquarters of the de,
partment of the east, United States
army, also joined the procession on
this side of the river.
From Brooklyn bridge the line OF
march was across town to Washington
square and then up Fifth avenue from
, Eighth street to Fifty-third street to
i st. Thomas church. A riderless horse
and a cavalry sword dangling from
the saddle was led just behind the
caisson.
The brief services were conducted
by the Rev. Ernest Stires, rector Of
|, the church, assisted by the Rev. DR.
Morgan Dix, who, meeting the body
at the door, led the way to the chan
Gel. They were followed by the
! church vestry, consisting of D. o
;, Mills, George McCulloch Miller, ]. A
Atterbury, A. r. Flower and Charles
H. Stout. Following these came thu
honorary pallbearers, Colonel J. ]
Aston, j. P. Morgan, r. T. Wilson
Fitch Smith, DR.. John Wyeth, Johl
McKesson, S. R. Bertron, DR.. William
t M. Polk, Commander Parker, U. S. N
Archer Huntington, General ]. H. Viii
son, General Kent, Senator Clark o
!, Montana, Charles S. Fairchild, Genera
o. o. Howard, U. S. A., retired; Gen
/ eral Stewart L. Woodford, DR.. Ogdel
: Doremus and DR.. Parrius.
After the casket had been placed OF
the pedestal, the full choir of ST
! Thomas entered the church, singing a
: a professional hymnal, Lead, Kind.
7 Light"
, Following the church services tn
: body was escorted to Jersey City
2 where it was placed on board a trail
of the Pennsylvania railroad for Wash
> inptOD where services were held Nor
2 day. The interment was made in Ar
4 ington, the last military honors bein
: presented at the grave.