Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-23
FUNERAL OF L. ". FERGUSON
SPECIAL HoNoRS BY ARMY AND
NAVY OFFICIALS
By Direction Of the President.
Services at st. Johns P. e.
Church Tomorrow.

Funeral services will be held at ST.
Johns Church, 10th and H streets to-
| morrow afternoon at 2:3O o'clock over the
| remains of Mr.. Arthur w. FERGUSON, late
executive secretary of the Philippine
commission. who died at his post of duty
IN Manila January % last The body
arrived here yesterday from San Fran
cisco. and Is at local undertaking es-
tablishment. Mrs. Mary F. Ferguson,
wife of the deceased, accompanied the
remains from Manila to this city. The
fnterment will be made in the family lot
at Oak Hill cemetery.
BY direction of the President full civic
honors will be paid to the memory of the
deceased. The fact that Mr.. Ferguson
had no connection with the army or navy
precludes the observance of military cere-
monies
BY direction of Gen. Franklin Bell.
chief off staff. most all the officers of the
army in this city will attend the church
services in dress uniform. Surviving
| members of Troop A of the District Ma
tional Guard. in which Mr.. Ferguson
| served as a lieutenant many years ago,
have decided to attend the funeral In a
body.
List of Pallbearers.
The honorary pallbearers will be the
Secretary of War. Maj. Gen. J. Franklin
Bell. chief of staff Of the army; Mr..
Benito Lagarda and Mr.. Pablo Ocampo
de Leon. delegates Of the Philippines to
Congress; Associate Justice Day of the
United States Supreme Court, Senator
William p Frye OF Maine. Mr.. William
F.. Curtis, Minister Calvo Of Costa Rica.
Cen. C. F. Humphrey. U. S. A. retired:
Brig. Gen. C. R. Edwards. chief of the
insular bureau of the War Department:
and Mr.. F. ]. Yanes. secretary of the
bureau of American republics.
The following will be the active pail.
bearers: Mr.. Charles H. Cragin. Mr.. w. B.
Commander Downes Wilson. U. S. N; Mr..
w. w. Boarman. Col. Scott, L. S. A; Mr..
Beekman Winthrop. assistant secretary OF
the Treasury. and Mr.. A. L. Lawshe. third
assistant postmaster general.
The ushers will be Mr.. Henry Matthews.
DR.. G. P. Du Bose. Capt. Mccoy and Mr..
Fred w. Carpenter.
Gen. Bell, chief of staff. has announced
that because of the exceptional character
Of Mr.. Ferguson and his close and friend
ly association with the Army OF the
Philippines the President and the Sec
rotary Of War would be pleased to have
army officers attend the services. and the
chief of the bureau of navigation. j. p.
Pilsbury, in a memorandum for the
bureaus and officers of the Navy Depart
ment and the commandment of the Marine
Corps announces that II Is the wish OF
the President that the funeral shall be
of an official character. and expressing
the wish of the Secretary Of the Navy
that opportunity be given as many onl-
GERS as possible to be present.
Tribute by Gen. James F. Smith.
Gov Cen James F. Smith of the Philip
pine Islands, in a public proclamation an
nouncing the death Of Mr.. Ferguson, re-
views the life Of the late executive secre-
tary of the islands from the time of his
graduation at Georgetown University in
1856 to the time of his death, referring
to the many positions of trust and honor
held by him. and pays a high tribute to
his personal character. He declares he
was lever tactful. ever kind. ever gener-
Gus, which made him of all men, perhaps,
the best fitted to carry to the hearts OF
the people of the Philippines the friendly
sentiments of the Philippine commission,
and to impress the people of the Philip
pine Islands with confidence in the benev-
client Intentions of the American govern
ment.
The value of his brief services. he con-
tinued. during the tourney of the COM
mission through the provinces for the
purpose of establishing civil government
cannot be adequately measured. From
bureau came into existence, Mr.. FERGUSON
spared neither time nor energy In creating
and maintaining an organization of the
highest degree of efficiency. and his
assiduity have contributed gxeatly not
only to the orderly development of popu-
lar government. but also to the success
full administration of the several gov
errors general under whom he served. all
of whom have borne testimony to his
merit
In sorrowing testimony Of the loss
which has fallen upon the archipelago.
the proclamation concludes, it is directed
that the flags upon the government build
ings be placed ct half mast and the
buildings draped in mourning for thirty
days to pay appropriate tribute to the
memory of Mr.. Ferguson.
The Quill Club Of Manila adopted reso-
lutions offered by its vice president. James
F. Tracey. associate Justice of the su-
preme court Of the Philippine Islands. set
ting forth it's sorrow and paying high
tribute to the character and services Of
Mr. Ferguson. They recite that among
those men of memorable achievement In
the islands he was Of the best. and the
value of his unique services cannot be
overestimated."