Huntsville gazette., 1881-10-01
Washington Light Guard.
CapltaI Guy TuaruS.
United States marine band and drum corp

Capital GuaTuS-
United States marine band and drum corps,
Fifty men.
Detachment United States marines.
Four companies heavy artillery and one light
battery.
Washington and Columbia COMMANDMENTS
Knights Templar.
Then followed the hearse, fianked on either
side by single line of Army and Navy otfi- :
GERS, among them being Gen. Sherman and
Generals Drum, Mcigs, Sackett, Poe, Dodge,
Mckeever, Ruggles, Breck, Col. Barr and
about fifty others, and Rear Admiral Nichols,
Commodores English and Sickard, Pay Dl7
rector Tcoker, Can't. Dekraft and Capt. c. IL.
Wells, Commanders Howell, Manly, Howison,
Law, Lieutenants Schraeder, Bclden, Vain
wright, Bartlett, Stockton and Sebree, and
about fifty others of the Navy. After the
hearse and the carriage of President Arthur,
with mounted policemen on either side,
followed half dozen other carriages, with
members Of the Cabinet and others who had
accompanied the remains from Elberon. a
platoon of mounted police brought up the
rear. With muffed drums and solemn funeral
dlrge the procession moved slowly up the
avenue. A dense mass lined the sidewalks all
the way from Sixth Street to the east front of
the Capitol, and along this portion of the route
the crowd was apparently as great as upon
the occasion of the Presidents inaugural pro-
cession. AS the procession moved up the
avenue scarcely sound was heard, save that
from the feet of moving men and horses.
Hats were removed and heads bowed as by a
common impulse of deep and unfeigned grief
as the procession moved toward the Capitol.
Here at the east front a vast assembage
had cOngregated to view the funeral cOrtege.
At the foot of the steps there was double file
of Senators and Representatives, headed by
their respective officers, waiting in respectful
silence to escort the remains into the rotunda.
At precisely 5: 10 the head of the procession
moving around the south side, arrived at the
east front of the Capitol, the arms of the mill
tary being reversed and bands playing the
dead march. An order was then given to carry
arms, and the troops came tofrOnt face, while
to the muf1led beat of drums the hearse and
its attendant train of carriages drew slowly
up in front of the escort.
AT THE CAPITOL.
A hush came over the multitude, ana heads
were reverently uncovered. AS the coffin was
carefully lifted from the hearse, officers of the
army and navy deplOyed in parallel lines on
either side of the heal'Se and the Marine Band
My God, to Thee" as with solemn tread the
remains of President Garfield were borne into
the rotunda and placed upon the catafalque.
Senators and Representatives preceding and
ranging themselves on each side OF the daiS.
Close behind the coffin walked President Ar
thur and Secretary Blaine, who were followed
by Chief Justice Waite and Secretary Window,
Gen. Grant and Secretary Hunt, Secretary
Lincoln and Attorney General MacNeagh,
Secretary Kirkwood and Postmaster General
James, Col. Rockwell and Gen. Swain, and
Col. Corbett and Private Secretary Brown.
At :25 the lid of the coffin was opened and
the face of the late President was exposed.
Noisclessy President Arthur and Secretary
Blaine approached and gazed upon the face
of the dead and then slowly and sadly passed
out of the hail. A line was formed by Ser
geant- at Arms Bright and one by one those
present advanced and glanced at the enact
ated and diScolOred face. The public at large
was then admitted and hundreds of persons
testified by their reverential conduct and
mournful countenances the sorrow which
they experienced in looking upon the features
of their murdered President