W.A. NICHOLS,

_Assistant Adjutant-General_.

The funeral ceremonies took place in the East Room of the Executive

Mansion at noon on the 19th of April, and the remains were then escorted

to the Capitol, where they lay in state in the Rotunda.

On the morning of April 21 the remains were taken from the Capitol and

placed in a funeral car, in which they were taken to Springfield, Ill.

Halting at the principal cities along the route, that appropriate honors

might be paid to the deceased, the funeral cortege arrived on the 3d of

May at Springfield, Ill., and the next day the remains were deposited in

Oak Ridge Cemetery, near that city.

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