The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-04-14
was with his regiment III the Spanish
american war.
He is survived by his wife and a
son, Edward.
Impressive Military Funeral.

Impressive Military Funeral.
Probably no more impressive fun
eral services were ever held in this
city than those i'll which the last
honors were paid to the commanding
officer of the Missouri National
Guard by the officers and men of tina,
organization.
The remains, accompanied by a
guard Of honor by many officers #
the national guard were brought -
this city Wednesday morning on a
special train from st. Louis and
taken to the home of his mother, Mrs.
]. c. Clark, on North Main street.
A special train bearing the officers
md men the Third Regiment az:
rived from Kansas City shortly be-
fore noon, and the Machine Gun Co.,
nom Nevada arrived shortly after.
AT 2:45 the body was taken from
the Clark home to the Baptist church
and placed before an altar profusely
dcckcd with floral tributes from his
legion OF friends. Prayer was Of
fered by Captain Edwards of ii
Kansas National Guard, and Rev.
,chn Baxter Clyde delivered the
funeral sermon. Hon. Fl. O, Maxey
of this city paid wonderful tribute
to the character and life OF General
Clark. At the close of the services
the flag draped casket Was carried
from the church, and as the band
played The Star Spangled Banner
the troops stood at present. and
the officers at the salute. as it was
strapped to gun caisson drawn ly
black horses and the funeral march
@ the cemetery began, the General :
,iderlcss horse, led behind the calsscn
which bore the remains OF his master
At the cemetery the troops were
formed, and as the casket was carried
to the grave stood at present arms.
Masonic services were held at the
grave, conducted by Wesley Denton,
and as the. casket was lowered to its
last resting place salute of three
guns was fired, and Taps was
sounded.
The services were solemn and I'M
pressivG in every particular and the
ceremopies took on deeper sig
nificance when the realization came
that these clean cut, serious men,
many of whom had faced death in a
thousand forms on the battlefields of
France were bidding their last fare
well to their beloved commander and
friend. .
The military organizations taking
part in the funeral services were the
,srd Regiment, Kansas City, Col +.
M. Stayton commanding; detach-
ment from the Ist Regiment, St.
Louis, under Col. c. S. Thornton; a
Battery from St. Louis under Major
Horace S. Rumsey; battery from
ssedatia under -Majef-Legaa Anil
Air Craft Machine Gun Company
from Nevada, under Captain J. \.
Frow.
Among the National Guard officer,
attending the funeral were: Ad;u-
tam General w. A. Raupp, Jefferson
City; General John 3. O'Meara, ~.
Louis; Col. w. L. Maybree; Lieut..
Col. A. V. Adams; Lieut.. Col. Wes-
ley Halliburton; Lieut. Col. S. l..
Lowe; Major I. II. 10y; Major il.
w. Brown; Major X. Gruner; Major
n. B. Comfort; Major Manchester;
Captain H. A. .Sugden, Captain Jesse
Robinson, Captain Jesse Corey, Cap
tain Claude Earp.
Many prominent Missourians from
every section of the state were here
to attend the funeral. among who'll
were: Judge James F. Green, S.
Louis; Hon. Cyrus Crane, Hon.
Thomas Hackney, A. z. Patterson,
Kansas City; Judge w. w. Graves
and J. d. Allen, Jefferson City; Hon.
c. A. Calvird, Clinton; Hon. w. N.
Bowker, Andy King. Claud carp and
wife, Nevada; Hon. Ben ]. Woodson,
St. Joseph. Mo-, and c. C~ carp and
family of Nevada.