The Washington times., 1912-08-26
CIVIL WAR RIVALS
ARE LAID AT REST
AT THE SANE HOUR
Union and Confederate Vet
erans Side by Side for
: ! Nearly Full Day.

After lying side by side more than
eighteen hours, each casket draped in
the respective colors they followed
through four years of civil war. the
bodies Of Thomas F. Stanford and Mar
cellus w. Harris will be buried this af-
ternoon at the same hour. The one
will be in Arlington and the other In
the Confederate plot in Loudon Park,
near Baltimore.
Stanford's funeral will take place from
Lees chapel and, accompanied by eight
body bearers and bugler from the
United States army, his body will be
laid to rest in Arlington.
Harris body, accompanied by Mrs. e.
M. Emmart, who devotes her time to
relief work among Confederate veter-
ans, was taken to Baltimore shorty
before noon today. They will be met by
sixty of his former comrades, clad In
the gray they wore in the sixties. A
special funeral train will bear the party
to Loudon Park Cemetery. where the
veteran will be buried among his COM
rades.
Draped In Colors.
The two caskets presented touching
picture as they reposed in Lees chapel
Stanford's draped with the national
flag, and Harris with the colors of the
Confederacy. The seven candles of the
Catholic Church burned between their
heads and seemed to unite the spirits
Of those who had fought each other
. with shot and shell half a century ago.
When the end came, neither veteran
was surrounded by his loved ones or
comrades. Most Of them had gone be-
fore, and those who had not were too
alone. stanford had been cared for by
the Union he had fought to preserve.
The success Of his army had enabled
the Government to provide ample funds
for the burial Of all who had battled
for It, and he was given every necessary
attention.
Harris cause had lost, but he, too,
was we'll cared for. The Confederate
Relief Association, of which ]. T, Petty
Is president, has, through voluntary
subscription and by means of the South
ern Relief ball. given annually at the
Willard, been able to take care of the
men who wore the gray.
Wife Appears.
woman we'll advanced in years and
clad In black appeared last night at
I.te's undertaking establishment and said
she was Mrs. Marcellus Harris. She
had read in The Times, she said, that
Marcellus Harris was dead, and she had
come to see If 1t was her husband
Upon being shown tht body. she declared
II was.
But we understood hit had no rel
ative," said one of the undertakers.
That is a mistake" replied the wom-
an. II am his wife, and 1 have six
children, of which he is the father. We
have not known where he was for a
long time. He never would stay at
home"
She then inquired as to what he had
done about his estate. The undertaken
did not know.
When told of the incident today Mrs.
Emmart, who has taken care Of the
aged man in his last days and provided
for his burial declared sheN would pay
no attention to the matter.
Where has she been all the time her
husband was SO Ill? l shall take the
body right on over to Baltimore and
have II buried by his comrades. And
as to his estate, what little estate he
has goes to our relief fund: Just a few
hours before he died he told me, in the
presence of sisters at Providence Hos
pital, he wanted me to have everything
he had for our relief work. He said he
wanted me to keep his watch for my
kindness to him, but will not do it.
will sell it and use the money in my re-
lief work."