Evening star., 1925-05-17
GEN. MILES RITES
PLANS COMPLETED
Limit Is Placed on Number
to Attend Church
Services.


A. Miles sleeps peacefully today in
the unpretenrluus drawing room of
his Connecticut avenue home, await
ing his eternal reunion with comrades
of Old in the quiet biveuacs of Ar.
lington.
Faithfully followed by a bowed cor
porals guard of the fast vanishing
line he commanded in the past, the
veteran of three. victorious American
armies will be borne to his final rest
ing place at O'Clock Tuesday after
noon amid honors fitting his high
rank and his place in the Nation 8
history.
Military to Escort Body.
Two regiments, representing every
| branch OF Americas armed service,
will escort him from St. Johns Epis-
! copai Church. at Sixteenth and RI
| streets, to the mausoieunl on the
! summit OF Arlington's slopes.
Beside him viii lie his wife. who
preceded him in death by t6 years.
Just step away Il great marble
globe marks the grave Of Admiral
Peary. discoverer of the North Pole,
and across shallow ravine the mast
| of the Maine towers near the Tomb
| OF the Unknown Soldier on a neigh
| boring hill. Shadowing his sepuIcher
the embattlements of one of the forts
thrown up to defend Washington
! from invasion from the South sti1f
stands guard.
| Flags to BE Half-Staffed.
On the day of the funeral every
! nag in Washington and the standards
! on Government buildings and reser-
Vatlons Throughout the country will
! be half stated IN honor of the pass
| ing commander The services at
st. Johns Church, which will be con-
| Quoted by its rector. Rev. Robert
Johnston, will be brief and immedi-
ately afterward the cortege will pro-
| ceed to Arlington, the caslset resting
on the carriage of a field piece,
| draped with American flags.
The corteSe will move from the
| church TO Jackson place, through
| West Executive avenue past the
! White House. turning west at State
! place TO Seventeenth street whence
| it will turn south and swing past the
| statue Of John Paul Jones and around
| the east angle OF the Tidal Basin to
| the Highway Bridge. Reaching the
! Virginia end of the bridge, it will
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| Arlington and to the mausoleum.
Church Attendance Limited.
As the seating capacity of the
! Church of st. John is limited. a wish
! has been expressed by members Of
! Gen. Miles family that those who
attend the funeral will do 50 at the
| grave, where the simple but impress
| sive military honors of farewell will
! be paid. 4 limited number Of auto
| mobiles will be allowed to park in the
| cemetery on roads some distance from
| the tomb, but after noon the gates
will be closed entirely to motor traf
! fic. Parking will be permitted. how
| ever. on the roads surrounding the
cemetery.
| Brig. Gen. Samuel D. Rockenbach,
| commander of the district Of Wash
| ington. will be in charge of the cor
| tege, accompanied by his entire staff
| The troops will include a battalion
each of Cavalry, Artillery, Engineers
| and Infantry, a battalion of Marines
and battalion of seamen. The Army
and the Navy bands will also be in
line. Members of the Grand Army of
! the Republic and representatives Of
other military and patriotic bodies
| will ride in automobiles.
| After the regular military service
at the mausoleum, the regular three
volleys will be fired, followed by the
sounding of taps by an Army bugler.
The military escorts will be broken
up to return to their posts by diff
iferent routes to prevent crowding the
roads back to Washington. Automo-
biles bearing civilian members of the
cortege will return individually.
| Sons Approval Awaited.
Final approval of these plans
await the arrival of Gen. Miles son,
Maj. Sherman Miles, who is due in
| New York Monday from Constan-
tinopIe. Maj. Miles Is on the Levia-
than, and upon the ship reaching
Quarantine his journey to New York
! and then to Washington win be ex-
pedited as much as possible. He Is
expected here late Monday afternoon
or evening, but 1t is thought he will
approve the plans as they now stand.
They have already been accepted by
other members of Gen. Miles family.
| Gen. Miles will be laid to rest in
the dress uniform of lieutenant gen.
eral of the Army. rank that was
| accorded him in 1901. He was the
sixth man in the history of the Army
to win that high Office, George Wash
| ington having been the first. From
his throat hangs the Congressional
| Medal of Honor he won at Chancel-
Iorsville when. although despera tely
wounded and thought to be dying, he
refused to retreat in the face of
numerically superior Confederate
forces.
Scores Send Condolences.
More than hundred kilograms from
all parts of the world have been re-
ceived at Gen. Miles hsme expressing
regret over his death. Many are from
high officials of the Government, the
Army and Navy A number are from
! Paris and London. Acting Secretary
of War Davis today advised the far
flung Army posts of the death of Gen.
! Miles in a special order that recounted
his record. Gen. Pershing, who once
served under Gen. Miles, added his
tribute, saying:
"He was an exceptionally splendid
field soldier, and during the trying
days of frontier campaigns was the
| idol of all who were associated with
him. His death ends a life entirely de-
voted to loyal and patriotic service to
the Nation-one which must ever
stand out as fine example to his
fellow counrtymen." Gen. Pershing
recalled that he had seen service with
Gen. Miles during the Sioux Indian
campaign and later as a member of
his staff in Washington.
Stations Are Changed.
Capt. Charles ]. Denholm, Dental
Corps, has been transferred from this