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The Washington Times, August 5, 1897

Page 4.

Major Gregory Buried.

Interred in Arlington Cemetery
 With Full Military Honors.

The funeral of Major James F. Gregory, who died suddenly of heart disease in Cincinnati last Monday, took place yesterday forenoon at Arlington with full military honors. The funeral procession, consisting of the relatives, friends and fellow-officers of Major Gregory, was met at the end of the Aqueduct bridge by a troop of cavalry and the mounted band from Fort Myer, and escorted from there to the cemetery.

Funereal music was played by the band along the line of march, and the casket containing the body was wound with the Stars and Stripes.

Mrs. Gregory, Mr. Charles Mann and Lieut. Hart, of the Engineer Corps, were among those who accompanied the body. The honorary pallbearers were the following officers of the Engineer Corps: Col. Alexander McKenzie, Col. Charles V. Allen, Col. Theodore A. Bingham, Capt. George W. Gotthals, Capt. John Willis and Capt. Edward Burr.

The remains of Major Gregory arrived in the city at 7 o'clock yesterday morning at Baltimore and Ohio station.

Major Gregory Buried, The Washington Times, Thursday Morning, August 5, 1897, Page 4. (PDF)

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