The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-12-16
COL. .GA|LLARD' SFUNERAL
IMPRESSED DCAROL|N|ANS
Many From South Carolina
Attend.
SERVICES WERE SIMPLE.
Persons Attending From This State
Were Deeply Touched by Honor
Paid Noted Engineer.

days Columbia State:
South Carolinians who attended
the funeral in Washington of the
late Lieut.. Col. David DuBose Gail
lard were deeply impressed and
touched by the manner in which mill
tary and official Washington honored
the South Carolina engineer, paying
marked tribute to his memory and
expressing sympathy by every posi-
Bile attention to his family. To those
who had never witnessed large mill
tary funeral this one was particular
ly beautiful and affecting, and, from
accounts OF those who have recently
returned from the national capital, 1t
must, indeed, have been solemn and
imposing, and yet sufficiently simple
oaccord with the Sastes OF Colonel
Gaillard, who was known to be q man
who disliked ostentation.
1t was not until after the services
at the church-historic old st.
Johns, "the church of presidents"
on Lafayette square, Just across from
the White House-that the military
took charge and paid their last
tribute.
The funeral party, arriving from
Baltimore, was met at the station and
accompanied directly to the church
ny anu TeldJlNeS anu Dy Jne
pallbearers, Coils. William NJ Black,
Edward Burr, w. C. Langfitt, Harry
Taylor, Joseph f. Kuhn and Chester
Harding of the corps of engineers:
Col. S. M. Foote of the coast artillery
corps, and Lieut.. Col. F.. A, Means of
the medical corps, retired.
The four companies composing the
engineer battalion stationed in Wash
ington were drawn up at present
arms" while the casket, flag draped,
was borne into the church Only two
floral pieces were placed upon it with
the colors-a beautiful bunch of car
nations and palm leaves which went
from the White House to Baltimore
the personal token of sympathy from
the wife OF the President to the wod-
ow OF the distinguished engineer
and a crescent from the Third United
States engineers. All other flowers
were placed in the church-a mag
nificent dishplay filling the entire
chancel.
The rector, the Rev. Roland Cotton
Smith, ID. D., was assisted in the ser
vices by the Rev. Randolph McKim,
d. D., rector of the Church of the
Epiphany, and the Rev. Edward S.
Dunlap, d. D., the latter conducting
the services at the grave In every
detail there was a touching note OF
feeling and fitness. Instances of this
sentiment were the facts that Col
onel Taylor, who was one of the pail
bearers, and who made all arrange
ments for the military side of the flu
neral, was best man at Colonel Gail
lard's wedding in Washington in
1887; that DR.. McKim, who assisted
In the services, was a warm personal
friend, having been entertained by
the Gaillards in Panama, and con-
Quoted through Culebra cut by Colo
mel Gaillard himself; that the bugler
who sounded taps over the grave at
Arlington had been director of the
band of Colonel Gaillard's Third
United States Volunteer engineers
Mr.. Webber, at present leader OF the
band of the engineer battalion at the
Washington barracks, a position Sc
cured for him by Colonel Gaillard
after the SpanishAmerican war.
The church was crowded to it's ca
J city. many prominent in official and
military circles attending. Although
President Wilson was prevented by
sickness from going to the funeral.
Mrs. Wilson was present. The secre-
tary of war and Mrs. Garrison, the
assistant secretary, Mr.. Breckenridge,
Gen. Leonard A. Wood, chief of staff,
the chief of engineers and the quar-
termaster general were among the
many there. The South Carolina dele
CATION attended in a body, and Sena-
tors b. r. Tillman and E. ID. Smith
and their wives were there; the Off
GERS of the Third engineers were pres
ent in a body, as were Colonel Gail
lard's classmates of West Point, 1884,
with their wives.
Colonel Gaillard's only two sisters
Mrs Elliott Ellerbe and Mrs. Walter
Marion Lenoir, both of Sumter coun-
ty, were prevented from going on to
the funeral, but a number of rela-
tives from this state went, among
them Mrs. Gaillard's brother, James
Q. Davis of Winnsboro, Mr. and Mrs.
John Thorn of Winnsboro, Miss Isa-
bel Run OF Ridgeway and David
Gaillard Dwight of Charleston.
The simple order OF lessons and
prayer, and the singing of the two
old-fashioned hymns. favorites OF
Colonel Gaillard's-"Rock of Ages"
and ASLEEP In Jesus"-completed
the services at the church.
Then II was given to the engineer
companies to honor the man who had
risen high In accomplishment in their
branch of the service The casket
was borne to Arlington cemetery OH
a gun carriage draped with the colors,
the battalion of soldiers acting as es-
cort. There, the religious services
having been completed and the bene-
diction pronounced, three volleys
were fired over the grave of the SOL