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Show IILIIA1Y HOB ! FOB GENERAL Cfill ! . I Impressive Obsequies Befiting J Rank of Deceased Held in Washington. WASHINGTON, Sept. .10. With military mil-itary honor befitting his rank as lieutenant-general of the army, the funeral of Houry C. Corbiu, who died in New York last Wednesday, was held here today. All of t lie available military force in Washington acted as an escort to the body of the distinguished soldier on the' long march from St. John's Hpis-cepal Hpis-cepal church' to Arlington-cemetery. As the caisson bearing the ting-draped ting-draped casket entered the .gates of the cemetery fifleen iiiiuule etuis were fired. After a brief prayer three volleys of musketry and t lie customary soundings of taps, the body was deposited in its temporary resting place in a vault. Interment Delayed. Interment will be made upon the arrival ar-rival of one of the general's daughters. Mrs. Usher M, Parsons, who is now hnnwing home from Europe. The services were conducted by the Rev. 10. S. Dunlap. the assistant rector of St. John's, who was assisted by Chaplain Chap-lain W. W. Brander of the Fifteenth United States cavalry, and by the Rev. Dr. Raleom, t he rector of the church at Ai'dsley-on-the-Hudson. The casket, draped with the flag and covered with wreaths of roses, orchids and lilies of the valley, was placed on a caisson at tin; entrance of the church, while the entire military escort stood at attention and Ihe engineer band, forming the lead of t lie military escort, rendered "Nearer My Clod to Thee." Standing behind the. caisson was the general's favorite horse bearing sable trappings and led by Alexander Ogles-by. Ogles-by. who served with the general during the. civil war, and who was his personal messenger at the war department for many years. |