The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-04
STEWART BURIED
FLOWERS FROM ALL OVER CotJN-
 TRY DECKED frHE BIER.
Lieutenant General of Confederate Army Laid To Rest By His old Comrades In q St,
 Louis Cemetery.

St. Louis. Mo. Sept. 3--Generai Alexander P. Stewart. with one ex- ception the last of the Lieutenant Generals in the Army of the Confed- crate States. who died at Biloxi, Miss last Sunday at the age of s6, was buried in Bellefontaine Cemetery. this city late this afternoon.
 In accordance with the custom of the United Confederate Veterans, the in- terment was not marked by the call Of the bugle or by the beat of the drum. for in the absence of these martial signify that their warfare Is over,
 Though the funeral was semi-mili- tary in character, yet the services were q tribute to the dead as educator. fa- ther and Christian. rather than as commander. Military features were not lacking, however. for members of the St. Louis camp of the United Con- federate Veterans formed a double col- umn through which the casket was borne to the hearse and escorted the funeral eertege to the grave
 The funeral was held at the home of A. c. Stewart, a son of the departed general, and former president of the St. Louis Police Board. The home is at No. 5727 Cabanne Avenue. far from the turmoil of the city, and thither the Veterans of the war between the States turned their steps, early In the afternoon to take a last look at the face of the commander. who, because of his courage and his honesty was af- feetionately called aold Straight"
 Members of the local branches or the Daughters of the Confectionery and of the Sons of the Confederate eyt- erans, also attended the service and added their tribute to the memory of the man who had led their fathers in the field.
 Despite the request of the family that flowers he omitted. the easket which rested in the large vestibule of the home, was buried under floral tributes, some of which had come from l far away cities At the head of the easket was a cross of white asters, Japanese lillies and tube roses, the gift of the General A. P. Stewart chap ter, United Daughters of the Confed- eracy, Chattanooga, Tenn. Across the foot of the casket and almost hiding Confederate battle flag, the gift of the St. Louis branch of the Sons of Confederate Veterans. was a palm spray tied with red and white stream ers the colors of the Southern cause. | This tribute was sent by the New Or leans chapter of the Daughters of the | Confederaey. Beside the bier was palm spray sent by the St. Louis chap l ter of the Daughters of the Confed-
 eracy, while at the foot was wreath l of white asters and tube roses, the | gift of the thirty third degree Ma | sons of this city. A palm spray was
 also sent by the St. Louis camp of | Confederate Veterans and the top of | the casket was hidden by mass of white asters.
 Though the service did not begin l until 2:S0 o'clock, yet long before that hour the veterans of forty-hve years ago, some of who mhad follow ! ed General Stewart in the field, began ! to gather to, see their commander for | the last time.
 The service at the home was very | simple. A quartette stationed on balcony above the vestibule in which
 the casket lay, sang Lead Kindly
 Light" and then Rev c. T. Russell, l of Pittsburg, president of the Watch | Tower Bible and Tract Society and long time intimate friend of General 1 stewart told of his character his ser vices in Tennessee. his native State, and as an educator and of his relig-
 ious faith.
 The best compliment I have heard | of General Stewart" said the minis | ter was by one of his colleagues on
 the Chickamauga National Commis-
 sion. who called him one of the first
 gentlemen of the South-gentlemen in | the true sense of the term" Continuing, pr. Russell said:
 'I am happy to say that I knew the 1 general well as Christian, that the l same courage and honesty that won for him the title of old Straight ac-
 companied his religious life"
 After the remarks of pr. Russell @ 1 prayer followed and the Veterans
 passed before the casket and formed a
 double line between which the casket
 was borne to the heaTse
 At Bellefontaine Cemetery, the Vet
 erans, who had taken street cars
 from the Stewart home. met the fu-
 neral cortege and escorted the casket | to the grave.