Evening star., 1925-05-19

/ family and official representatives OF
! veteran societies.
Gen. Miles remains were clothed in
! The dress uniform of lieutenant gen.
,ral OF the Army. His coffin, steel gray
IN color, was borne on an Artillery
! naisson drawn by six shining black
! horses. His honorary pdllbearers Were
! retired commanders of the Army and
! Navy, and pacing the caisSun on foot
| he entire distance to the tomb We're
! active officers of the same services the
| ,allen leader had loved so well.
Promptly at las o'clock a troop of
| the Sd Cavalry drew rein at Gen. Miles
home in the RoChambeau, on COnnecti-
cut avenue, and escorted the body to
St. Johns Episcopal Church, Sixteenth
md II streets. President Coolidge and
other distinguished persons already
filled the edifice. and a crowd of sew
eral thousand citizens, all uncovered,
filed the streets through which the
procession passed.
As the caisson traversed the two
blocks between his home and the
church. it passed through solid lines
of troops bearing inverted rifles. In
front of the church the Army Band
awaited it, and as the coffin was car
ried into the inspiring little house of
worship the band played Nearer, My
God. to Thee" On the march to the
grave such religious marches as Our
Fallen Hero" Pathetic and Re
ligeoso" were played in quick time.
Simple Funeral Rites.
Ston, the rector, recited the simple
burial. service of the Episcopal faith
md the earthly remains of Gen. Miles
were given to the Nations military
service for the final honorS that were
awaiting him. The coffin was placed
on the caissoH and the march to Ar
ington began, led by Brie. Gen. Sam
uel d. Rockennach. commander of the
district of Washington, and his staff.
Along the entire line of march, down
Jackson place to State place. down
seventeenth street to the Tidal Basin
md around it's east side to the High
way Bridge, when the Military road
20 Arlington was followed. the funeral
passed through d lane of bowed citi-
zens, who had forsaken offices and
homes to pay their parting respects
% the last commanding general of the
,ine in the Civil War.
Immediately behind Gen. Rocken-
bach and his staff rode a battalion
of the Sd Cavalry, followed in order
by battalions OF the 18th Field Ar
he 18th Infantry, a battalion of Ma
rines from Quantico and a sailor bat
.alion from Norfolk. Automobiles con
tanning members OF the family and
close personal friends were followed
oy the caisson.
The casket was wrapped in an
American flag and d standard bearer
rode by its right flank. carrying the
blue flags and stars of a lieutenan;
general. The active pallbearer.
marched OH either side. while in the
rear came the honorary pallbearers
as follows: Maj. Gems. Dennis E
Nolan, acting chief of STAFF of the
Army; Hugh l.. Scott, Oswald e
Ernst, John l.. Clem, Henry T. Allen
and William NJ. Black; Rear Admiral
George Baird. Brig. Gems. Edward
j. McClernand and John A. Johnston
and Truxton Beale, son Of the late
Maj. Gen. Beale.
Societies Represented.
Behind the pallbearers rode patri-
otic and veterans organizations, in
Guiding the Military Order of the
Loyal Legion, of which Gen. Miles
was elected commander-in chief last
year; the Grand Army of the Re-
public, Indian War Veterans Society.
United Spanish War Veterans, Mill
tary Order, Veterans of Foreign
Wars, American Legion, Danes of
the Loyal Legion and Disabled Amer
lean Veterans of the World War and
nearly a score of others. The Army,
Navy and Marine Bands also ac-
companied the cortege, playing ap-
propriate airs.
AS the head of the column turned
into the south gate of Arlington with
measured tread, a battery of French
75s on the brow of the hill began
to boom the lieutenant generals sa-
lutte of f5 guns, at the rate of one
gun a minute. Through most of the
service at the grave this deep.throated
chorus continued, the smoke of the
ghstening artillery rising over the
treetops within view of the tomb in
small white. clouds.
The mausoleum, which was built
under the personal direction of Gen.
Miles, was lined with floral tributes
from all eVer5the world. Conspicuous
among the pieces were offerings from
the veteran societies that grew out of
the divisions Gen. Miles had COM