  We define a generalized Springer correspondence for the group GL(n) over any
field. We also determine the cuspidal pairs, and compute the correspondence
explicitly. Finally we define a stratification of the category of equivariant
perverse sheaves on the nilpotent cone of GL(n) satisfying the `recollement'
properties, and with subquotients equivalent to categories of representations
of a product of symmetric groups.
