Show THE deaia HI OF SERVICES THE REMAINS OF GE SHERIDAN UNIFORMED A beautiful floral pillar sent to hie funeral mass aug 7 colonel blount of general Sheri dans staff and colonel kellogg arrived here this morning 0 o assist in tho arrangements of the removal of general Sheri dans body to washington general scofield will probably not come it has been decided to close the reservation which Is private property against all outsiders aring the removal of the body mrs sheridan will leave here by the 5 p m boat wednesday with the re j mains accompanied by colonel sher sheri i idan colonel kellogg and colonels Colon elj blount the two sisters of charity and the servants and a guard ofa honor of six men each from posts li and the special train will leave at 6 p m for washington on board the train there will be a anard of teg alara from fort adams on the art ar t rival at washington the body will be taken to st matthews church or mhd church of st aloysius A ra mass will probably be celebrated by tho cardinal in case he is ent the parish priest will officiate tle president and cabinet and both houses of congress will attend at the conclusion the remains will be taken to arlington national cemetery where the burial services will bo read only the immediate members of the family will see the remains it is said the face appears natural no cast of the face will be taken this being the wish of the family washington aug 7 general mcfeely general D H rucker retired and major lydecker of the army visited arlington cemetery today to day to select a site for the grave of general sheridan the site chosen for the grave is an open plateau or hill upon which stands an old manor house and the grave is to the right of it the secretary of war this after awa a general to the army reciting the facts of the military career of sheddan Shen dan ordering the flags at all military stations to be placed at half mast seventeen minute guns to be fired on the day following the receipt of this order and the usual badges of mourning display eJ for thirty days for the funeral of general sheridan next saturday tho following order of services at the church and grave has been arranged at 10 a m a solemn requiem mass at sac matthews church celebrated bylle vj J HM ackin with rev T Kerric kas deacon and bev faryan as sub dea con absolution will be pronounced by cardinal gibbons the services at the grave will be conducted by eight kev john foley bishop elect of detroit col appeals to all comrades 0 genera sheridan in england to unite in calling a meeting to condolence with tho generals family mass aug 7 on a cot in the pleasant of the cottage where for the past four weeks general sheddan has lain in hifa illness the body of tho dead commander lies tonight to night clothed in the full uniform of his rank by his side rests the saber which pointed the wa to many a victory the expression of his face Is that of huiet and repose though the traces of long illness are not noticeable the general espres tion is said to be more natural than during the last few weeks of his life tonight to night the body is guarded by CoL Kellogg and CoL Blount of gen Sheri dans staff wilson of new bedford and his son came down tonight to night to make final preparations for the body into the casket mrs sheridan will accompany the remains to washington and return to on monday next the two cars which will be used for the special train arrived in this city tonight one is a combination baggage and passenger car in the front compartment part ment the body will be placed the other will be occupied by newspaper correspondents the other car is a common baggage car the barq are draped in black and white an american flag is over the door the floor is covered with black the two cars containing the funeral party will be pullmans and are appropriately draped BOSTON aug 7 general sheri dans was shipped mg to new bedford the casket is elliptic in shape and the body part is made of red cedar the outside is covered with the finest english broadcloth heavily draped on the side with material made for this purpose it baa 4 handsome although a quaint effect of ful floral pillars which will be senac to the funeral of general sheridan was on exhibition this evening tremont street the is nearly six feet high six feet long and four feet in width and represents the carteg jar ine canter are avro pillars ram which hang two gates tha billarin pil larin adf arch jhb center crown suspended from the arch isa anre white dovo and on the top of each pillar its a large star behin d tho open gate is the representation of the garden of edeny in which flowers roses and ferns abound in artistic profusion across the front is the eghi lieth theearta 11 ag 8 the thet era have work with ex over the basket oa the casket hasteon center of the room in which the general died the expression of the faco is very natural and peaceful he has been dressed in a generals uniform with the coat buttoned closely up in the neck with a little space open showing a white collar and a black necktie his right arm lies easy across his breast and his left arm is placed abc his side upon tho casket is placed Generals the chapeau sash belt and sword there areitio flowers on the casket and no floral display will be made from this time on no one will be allowed to see the remains except mrs sheridan members of the family and the generals staff it is not expected that any one at washington except a limited number will be allowed to view the remains it being the special desire of the family to avoid all display and conduct everything quietly the casket will be borne from the sheridan cottage to the wharf on the shoulders of six men and will be escorted by a detail of grand army veterans and a special guard of honor from the loyal legion following the casket will come the funeral corteg the numerous army corps badges which it was customary for sheridan when alive to wear were not seen on sheridan dead nothing relieved the breast of the coat save the bright buttons and on the shoulders were gold epaulettes epaul ettes the hours heavily until the Mona hanset 1 bearing the guards of honor from the new bedford grand army post and coyal legion appeared around darks point and stood in for non noni i quitt wharf it was 4 09 p m when the boat was made fast when the grand army veterans reached the house they met by col kellogg and the undertakers and col rand arent inside to see that everything was the grand army men then brought from the wharf the bier on which the casket was borne A little wait then occurred A sad sight was the little faces of the sheridan children as they peeped out of one of the upper windows and watched the grand army men come and go presently the bier was lifted in position and the coffin laid upon it it was lifted to the shoulders of the soldiers and the solemn procession passed down over the lawn to the boat the coffin was followed by col M V sheridan supporting mrs general sheridan upon his arm little phil walked by his mothers bide next followed imars colonel sheridan with little mary sister urbane followed next leading irene one of the girls while sister justinian followed leading little louise the other twin then came the golem ness and women servants and colonels kellogg and bioust dr matthews ana cleric lie down the long wharey through two lines of members of the loyal legion m open order passed the procession the body was next taken aboard followed by members of the loyal legion the grand army men carrying the casket the national colors were draped about the coffin aind the sword belts and chapeau were on top the bier was placed upon the floor of the after cabin where a grand army veteran held a draped banner of the coyal legion if the procession bad been sad the parting was sadder colonel and mrs kellogg with the children and the servants were in a little group on the wharf together hardly an eye which saw ae spectacle was dry little phils lips quivered and he broke out crying but the rest bore up nobly the abeels of the Mona hanset turned and the remains of the great hero left forever mrs colonel sheridan remains at nonquitt Non quitt with the sheridan children clerk Bo erbeck has been detailed to remain at the cottage to look out for the interests of the part of the household left behind colonel and mrs kellogg who were intending to go to washington were detained by the sickness of julia kellogg |