Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-10
BURIAL OF GEN. C0Rb|N
Funeral Today With Honors
Due His Rank.
BODY IN ARLINGTON VAULT
All Available Troops in the City
Form Escort.
FOREIGN DIPLOMATS ATTEND
FOREIGN DIPLOMATS ATTEND
President and Mrs. Taft and Vice
President and Mrs. Sherman
Send Floral Tributes.

Military and civil honors attended the
obsequies this afternoon of Lieut.. Gen.
Henry Clark Corbin. U. s. A, retired.
who died in New York city Wednesday
morning. All the available troops in
Washington formed the escort to the
cemetery. and nearly all the principal
officials of the government and diplomatic
representatives Of foreign governments In
the city attended the religious services at
| st. Johns P. E. Church, corner 18th and
H streets, at O'clock
1t was a large and distinguished gath
| ering and a worthy tribute to man who
had served his country long and well.
both on the field of battle and in the
| quiet walks Of civil life. The intimate
/ friend and military adviser Of Presidents
Hayes, Garfield. Arthur, Mckinley and
Taft. and the adjutant general OF the
army and its practical head before and
during the Spanish war. and with in
Vulnerable friends both in and out of the
service it was only natural that high
honor should be paid to his memory on
the occasion Of his funeral
Many beautiful floral pieces were placed
on his bier, including those from Presi-
dent and Mrs. Taft. Vice President and
Mrs. Sherman, and other personal friends
in high official position
i Services at the Church.
/ The services at the church were con-
Quoted by the assistant rector. Rev. E. s.
Dunlap, assisted by Chaplain w. w.
Brander, of the 18th United States Cav
airy, at Fort Myer. The hymns, Lead,
Kindly Light Now the Laborer's Task
is Over" and the Burial Anthem" were
sung by the choir, and the Engineer Band
from Washington barracks played Chop
ms funeral march.
| At the conclusion of the services the
casket was borne from the church by
leight non-commissioned officers and
placed on an artillery caisson at the en-
| trance, while the entire military escort
stood at attention and the civilians UNI
covered their heads. The casket was
draped with the American flag and COW
cred with flowers.
generals favorite horse, bearing the sa-
BILE trappings of woe and led by Sergt.
| Alexander OgleSby, who served with
Gen. Corbin during the civil war and
was his personal messenger at the War
Department for many years. Suspended
from the unoccupfed saddle were the
generals saber, and his military boots
were in the stirrups in reversed order.
Troops Composing the Escort.
The military escort consisted OF
squadron Of the 18th Cavalry, at Fort
Myer; battalion Of the Sd Field Artil
| Iery, at Fort Myer. and battalion OF en-
| gineers from Washington barracks. The
/ Engineers Band furnished music. Col.
| Joseph Garrard Of the 18th Cavalry COM
| manded the escort.
Twelve of Gen: Corbin's warm personal
! friends served as honorary pallbearers.
They are Assistant Secretary of War
Robert Shaw Oliver. Brig. Gen. w. w.
Wotherspoon. U. S. A; Maj. Gen. Leonard
Wood. U. s. A: former Gov. Myron 7.
Herrick of Ohio; j. G. Schmidlapp of Gin
cinnati, Ohio; Brig. Gen. Clarence r. Ed
wards, Z. S. A.: Gen. John A. Johnson.
Clement A. Griscom of Philadelphia, Pa;
5. Heistand, U. s. A; Gen. John c. Black,
civil service commissioner, and Brig. Gen.
Arthur Murray, U. s. A.
All arrangements for the funeral are in
| the hands of Maj. ]. A. Penn Of the gen.
eral staff of the army and Maj. w. E.
Horton of the quartermaster's depart
ment. both of whom were aids on the staff
of Gen. Corbin in the Philippines. Seat
ing arrangements at the church were in
charge of Col J. G. d. Knight, Engineer
Corps; Capt. George p. Summerlin, Capt.
]. R. R. Hanney, U. S. A.: Maj. D. s.
Staley. y. S. A.. and Lieut.. U. s.. Grant,
Sd, U. s. A. All the officers were in dress
uniform. The Grand Army of the Re
public and the Military Order of the
Loyal Legion, to both of which Gen. Cor
bin belonged, and those officers who were
closely associated with him for many
years, occupied pews reserved for them
at the church.
Remains in Receiving Vault.
The funeral cortege proceeded by way
of Pennsylvania avenue and the Aque-
duct bridge to the Arlington cemetery,
where the remains were placed in a re-
ceiving vault. Final interment will be
made on the arrival here of Mrs. Usher
NJ. Parsons, the generals only daugh-
ter, who Is now on her way here from
England.
Probably the best tribute paid to Gen.
Corbin is contained in the very unusual
letter written by the Secretary of State,
John Hay, to the Secretary of War, Elihu
Root, in the year 1903:
Tribute Of Record.
Department of State.
washington, June %. 1903.
Dear Mr.. Secretary: / should like
to put on file in the War Department
some expression of my high apprecia-
ton of the services of Gen. Corbin DUR
ing the last five years. Especially as a
| member of the administration of Presi-
dent Mckinley, I feel that 1t would be
unjust for US to withhold from the
record our sense of his faithful and de-
voted service during the Spanish war,
as well as before and after it. AS Pres
| ident Mckinley is no longer here to
| bestow upon Gen. Corbin the need Of
praise which I know he considered SO
| justly due, 1t is all the more incumbent
on the rest of US to testify with what
high esteem, profound affection and per-
feet confidence he regarded Gen. Corpin.
he has told me what a comfort 1t was
to him to know that he had ALWAYS by his
side man SO sound in counsel. SO Wig
orous in health and SO true In heart. upon
whom he could rely implicitly for any
| service he might demand of him at any
| hour of the day. or the night / believe
| this high opinion which the President en-
tertained of Gen. Corbin was shared by
every member of the government. and
most particularly by those who were
brought into immediate contact with him.
Faithfully yours, JOHN HAY.
"ELIHU ROOT. Secretary of War
Gen. Edwards Resumes His Duties.
| BRIG. Gen. C. r. Edwards, chief of
4 the inSular bureau of the War Depa ~.