Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-09-06
THE PRESIDENTS JOURNEY.
HISDEPARTUREFROMTHECITY
DISPATCHES FROM THE TRAIN.
THE PATIENT DOING WELL.
he SEEMS TO ENJOY THE CHANGE.
ARRIVAL At PHILADELPHIA.


The President was removed from the city this
morning. All night long the work of prepara-
! tiOn went on in the White House. The doctors
spoke not much of the Presidents condition,
| but of the Presidents removal. Most of the
| baggage from the White House was at the depot
and in the car by eleven o'clock last night, but
| until one o'clock this morning there were trips
to the train, with this or that thing that
had been forgotten, or was not ready when the
bulk of the baggage went down. The principal
points under discussion by the doctors and
nurses, were as to the exact method of the re-
mOval These discussions resulted in a slight
change from the plan of yesterday.
The bed upon which the President
has lain was not taken into the ex-
press wagon, as was the intention. At half past
five o'clock the actual removal commenced.
The President was removed from his bed and
placed upon a stretcher, which had been
prepared during the night. The doctors and
| nurses took the stretcher up and carried it feet
| foremost down the stairs. It was taken down
the private stairway, which is to the right of the
| building as you enter. A brief stop was made
| inside the glass doors which shut of the lower
corridor of the house from the public vestbule.
| There the President was transferred to bed
which had been specially prepared for him.
Along the sides of this bed had been
run an outer framework of white pine.
From the framework there branched out three
handles on either side, braced with iron band
ages. Upon it was hair mattress, with sheet,
blanket and pillow. The head of the mattress
was elevated about ten degrees more than was
| afforded by the pillow. The President was
changed from the stretcher to this bed in a few
minutes. The blanket and sheet were placed
over him. Then was commenced
| THE PROGRESS TO THE EXPRESS WAGON.
The same people who had brought the Pres-
dent down stairs on the stretcher took hold Of
the bed. They were General Swain, Colonel
Rockwell, Colonel Corbn, DR.. Boynton, Dr..
Bliss, DIR. Reyburn, and Mr.. o. E. Rockwell.
When the President was out of the door and
being moved toward the wagon some of those
who had hold of the stretcher were
relieved by Sergeant Dinsmore and Dubois,
Atchison Louis and Smith. of the White House.
| The express wagon. which had been in waiting
for some hours. had been backed close up to the
| eastern end of the porch. A movable plat
form of boards nailed together was eX-
tended from the porch to the tailboard of
the wagon. Inside the wagon was a set
OF double bed springs. Lying thereupOn
and covering the springs wasa section of plank
in almost on a level. and rested upon the plank
ing. There were cleats in the planking to pre-
| vent shifting of the bed. although such thing
could not have occurred, so gently but firmly
was the bed managed by those
| ON THE WAGON
DIR. BOynton sat at the head of the bed. on
the right side. Next him in the wagon
was Gen. Swain, and at the foot of the
bed on the same side was Mr.. o. E. Rockwell
IN no loft cid of no Vol Dool
DR.. Bliss and DR.. Reyburn, in the order named,
from the head of the wagon.
Mr. Warren s. Young. of the
White House executive force, stood at the foot
of the bed. Dan Spriggins, one of the Presi-
dents body servants, was also there. All hav-
ing been comfortably arranged the horses,
which were to haul the wagon to the depot
by in ready harness for two hours. The small
congregation Of carriages, which, since half
past four had been knotted around the White
House porticO began to break
| THE PASSAGE TO THE DEPOT.
First there went a carriage containing Drs.
Agnew, Barnes and Woodward. Next came a
carriage with Mrs. Edison, Miss Mollie Garfield
and Miss Rockwell. Mr.. Brown in his buggy
followed. These left by the front gate and
drove at good speed to the train. Mrs. Garfield
and Mrs. Rockwell left about the same time, but
by the back way. Then came the starting of the
wagon containing the President. Sergeant
DinsmOre was on the box with the driver A
slight word to the two horses and they
pulled over the sand which had been laid on the
six feet Of concrete between the porch of the
White House and the roadway. AS the wagon
moved away the President waved his left hand
to those on the porch, and commenced his jour-
ney to Long Branch.
THE PRESIDENTS APPEARANCE BETTER THAN
| EXPECTED.
His head was elevated considerably and
the bed being pretty high up a good
view Of him was to be had. He Law on
his back squarely. sheet and blanket
covered his body up to the arms Around
the head was bandage of white, saturated
with water, to keep his temples cool. The
morning, even at that early hour, was very
warns. His face was pale, but did not look as
wan or wasted as it was thought by MANY il
would look. There was surprise on the part OF
those who had not seen him since he was shot
to note how much better he looked than they
, Thought possible His face. by no means bore
ont the reports that he was attenuated even
unto living skeleton. 1t was noticeable
where the whiskers had been cut off ON the
right side in dealing with that troublesome
! gland The President looked one hundred pel
/ cent better than any one who had formed ar
; opinion as to his appearance could have ex
2 pected.
OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE GATES
: Slowly the wagon moved down the carriage
d way. 1t was followed by Steward Crump in ,
market wagon, and by Mrs. Garfeld's maids
in q carriage. The bed on its springs ros,
and fell easily with the heavy but plant mo
ton of the springs of the express wagon
There was no conversation among tRos1
steadying the President Col. Rockwell, with
= large palm-leaf fan, kept the air around tn,
Presidents head constantly in motion tn,
White House gates were passed in few min
utes, and the turn was made down the Avenuc
There was no jolting; there was no noise, saw,
the heavy, dull sound peculiar to the mo
ton Of compact and heavily-built wagons
!. There were not over an hundred and lift
people around the gate. Many Of them ha;
been there all night. They roasted and doze,
on the stone Of the fencing around the grounds
DOWN THE AVENUE.
There was not vehicle OF car on the ayenn