Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-09-23
A MESSAGE PROV GEN. Rosncn.xs.

A MESSAGE FROM GEN. RosEcRaNs.
The following telegram was received yes
terday.
To George NJ Adams, Clerk, and John a.
Thompson, S-geoaf-dt- Aygas: Although dis
tance forbds my participation in the funeral
| soleninities of our deceased President in WASH
\ ington and Cleveland. which your telegram of
this date announces, and requesting my a;ten-
dance. unite In the profound national sorrow
which they will earnestly but most inadrQuatcly
express. adding thereto that personal grief
which arises from having had him member %
| my military family and sharer OF my quarters
Tor many months of the closest official anG fra
ternai personal intimacy earnest coincidence for
| his bereaved and sorrowing family.
W. 5. RoSECRASs.
The Funeral Train.
THE CARS OF WHICH 1T Is COMPOSED -THp
MOURNING DECORATIONS.
The train to bear the funeral party to Cleve-
land, which, as THE STAR goes 10 press, is
waiting at the Baltimore & Ohio depot. is made
up as follows: Coach COS. an Easilake combina-
ton which wnl lee cut of in Baltimore. car
! l2o, president Roberts special intended
| for Mrs. Garfield and the Immediate
| family; Pullman hotel car Marlborough
! (3Sl) and Pullman slcepers Paris flS,l and
Galitzen CID, car 49,. in which the corpse will
he borne. and car No PAS "a combination car
intended for the baggage OF the passcngcrs. in
ciuding that of the dead President some OF
Long Branch. Hotel car 3Sl is arranged
for the Cabinet aud eN-presidents Grant and
Hayes. Pullman 27g for the supreme Court
Judges and foreign ministers. Pullman ls7.
General Sherman and officers Of the army and
navy and guard of honor. Car i97,
the remains with guard of sol
diers. and 4S (combinationr the baggage.
Along the top of the cars is black border
OF cloth. while at the ends and between the
windows the cloth is arranged IN panels with
4 faS nd fh.aS 81. q a.nl..f
nearly covers the woodwork. the name and
number being about all which slows.
THE HEARsE CAR
/ is decorated on the exterior in keeping with
the rest of the train. and inside there is one
mass Of black. The paneled ceiling is
| covered with black cloth ornament-
ed with rosettes and bows and relieved
! by line of red. white and blne. In the center
! is the cataialque-the base being > hN II feet
s inches i'm height and the dais 3 by feet and
/ IA inches i'm height. The das is covered with
black cloth. with the national>olorS loopcd with
rosettes and bows. On the base rest the large
| floral cross aud the two mounds of flowers
| placed there at Elberon. Capt. J. VI Ncipley,
who was the conductor in charge of the Duke of
| Sutherlands train last spring. aud who was
| the through conductor who took the prcsidcn-
/ tial train to Long Branch. aud brought back
/ the body on the funeral train. uoes with this
| train to Cleveland as through conductor Mr.
Geo. {. wilkins. superintendent of the Balti-
| more and Potomac and Northern Central rail-
ways, and Mr.. II. X. Linthicum, road fOrepan
of engines of Northern Central railroad will
accompany the train 10 Marysyil!e
The train Will be drawn 10y engine No. !.
| lEnglneer Unglaub. Fireman q. A. Reynolds)
The tram ls in charge OF Capt L. I. LGCkett,
with G.. r. Schuman baggage master and l.. c.
Wilhelm brakesman. The train viii leave here
| in reverse order. TO take the regular order in
/ Baltimore. The second section of the train for
Senators and Representatives. Will be made up
of the following Pullman cars all heavily draped:
prin D,.tlin
vile. Milford and hotel car Lndet. W. r.
| Barker. superintendent of Pullman division viii
| accompany the train through. ON this section
will be Train Master {. :. Bell and Road Fore
man of Engines L. NJ. Wallis Capt Jere Flick
ling is the conductor. c. Z. Foster baggage
master aud Z. A. kalkman brakeman.
| THE SCHEDULE
Of the train is as follows: Leaving here at 5
O'Clock the train is due in Baltimore at Clio.
Marysville at $50. Altoona at 2:27 am. to-
morrow, Pttsburg al am, Crestline at .:3s
am, and Alliance at 1:30 pm.
MEMBERS WHO WILL. NOT COME.
The following members of the House have
| telegraphed their regrets that they cannot
attend the funeral: y. Wadrich J. d. {. Atkins,
j. 5. Barbour. 5. +. Barr. y. {. Blanchard. II. r.
Bland J. w. Caldwell, J. 6. Carlisle J. Chase,
T. X. Cobb, J. l.. Converse. Phil. Cock 5. :.
! Cox, W. r. Cox. Richard Crowley. A. G.. Curtin,
z. V. Deuster, t. H. Dugro. J. J. Finley. II. q.
! Fisher. q. e. Geddes. r. l.. Gibson. j. e. Hall.
n. J. Hammond. q. W. Hewitt. q. Hubbs.
w. ID. Kelley. J. ketclam. DIS. Lacey. GeoW.
Ladd H. Lewis, II. Il. Money. W.R Moore. w. II.
Morrison, 7. H. Murch. Jas. Mosgroye. NJ N
Nolan, g. S. Orth, Jno. Paul. T. W. Robertson,
A. NJ. Scales q. II. Singleton. W. s. Shallen-
berger, ID. c. Smith. Vim. NJ. Springer p B.
Thompson, ir, Jno. T. Waite, A. 3. Willis and
W. A. Wood.
| To MEET THE FUNERAL AT CLEVELAND.
The following members of the House have tel
egraphed that they will meet the funeral at
Cleveland: T. NJ. Browne. A. III. Buckner. j. r.
Chalmers, Vim. Cullen. N C. Dearng NJ l.. DE
Mott, r. NJ. A. Hawk, Wm. Heilman. H. A. Her.
| bert. j. +. House, III. ". Lord c. c. Watson :.
III. Miller S. w. Moulton, E. c. Phister, j. c.
Sherwin, G. W. Steele. w. G. Thompson.
The Knights Templar.
VISITING FRATERS FROM BALTIaoGE-wAsIING.
TON KNIGHTS To co TO CLEVELAND.
Beauseant Commandery No. s, Knights Tenn
| plar, of Baltimore. Thomas J. Shryock COM
mander. with members of other communicates
of that city. numbering about l30 Knights with
the Filth regiment band. arrived in this city
| little after noon for the purpose of paying last
| tribute of respect to their late brother the de-
ceased President. They brought with them o
beautiful floral Maltese cross ) It. high, with cross
and crown in the center. They marched 70 the
| Capitol and Joined in the line. After deposit
/ ing the floral tribute near the casket the
Commandery united in the funeral pro-
cession from the Capitol to the depot.
At the invitation of Oriental Commandery.
Knights Templar. of Cleveland Ohio Columbia
COmmandery. No. 2, of this city, will visit Cleve-
land to take part in the ianeTal services there.
1lte commandery under the generalissino will
| take special train at O'Clock at the Bait more
| & Ohio depot and will arrive at Cleveland two
hours before the funeral cortece and will 6e the
| guests of Oriental Commandery during their
| stay there. returning TO this city Wednesday
next. About fifty members will go. Eminent
| Commander Browne went with the funeral cor
tege, representing Columbia Commandery.
President Garield's Religious Faith.
The doctrines of the Disciples OF Christ"
have been preached in Washington for over
thirty years. The first services were held in
private houses and afterwards i'm various halls
until the little band had grown to such proper
tions that more room was absolutely needed,
and a site was urchased and a comfortable but
unpretendng church edifce was erected
on Vermont avenue. Mr.. Garfield during
his busy congressional career always found time
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