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Show HIRAM CRONK'S MEMORY REVEREDJN NEW YORK Remains of Last SurviTor of the War of 1812 Reach the Great CItj; Funeral Tomorrow. ' NEW TORK, May 17.-The body of Hit am Cronk, who lived to be the last survivor of the War. of 1812, was brought here today f rom- Boonevllle, N. Y.. and will be laid away In Cyprus Hills cemetery ceme-tery with full military honors. The funeral fu-neral will be held tomorrow and in the meantime the body will lie in state in the citv hall. Accompanying the body were Mr. Cronk's three surviving; sons and one daughter. They were Philander Cronk. 81 years old; William. 72; John. (6, and the . daughter, Mrs. Sarah Hawley. 71 years old. As the funeral cortege moved from the : Grand Central station to the city hall it afforded an imposing and unusual spectacle. spec-tacle. Led by a police -escort of mounted and foot officers, a detachment from the United States regular army, the Society of 1812 and the old guard in uniform came the hearse bearing the old warrior's body. Around it, in hollow square formation, marched the members of U. S. Grant post G. A. R. Then followed the Washington Continental guard from Washington, D. C. then tbe army and navy union and carriages with members of the Cronk family. Carriages with Mayor McClel- ' lan and members of the city government brought up the rear. |