The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1881-09-23

mounted, was the admiration of outsiders,
and their uniforms added to the interest of
the spectacle. In the Templars' line there
was about 500 men, including De Molay
Commandery, mounted. As soon rs Chief
Boyd appeared the line moved to Seventh
street, and thence to the Capitol. The
Pennsylvania Club and the Roscoe Conk-
ling Club, In each numbering about twenty
men, formed at the City Hall and followed
In the wake Of the Knights Templar as
they marched upon their way to the Capt.
toll.
The vicinity of the depot, where ropes
were stretched to keep out the crowd, was
packed mass of humanity Of every degree
of social status. The black and the white
were about equally mingled, and the sand
wiching, so to speak, was very entertaining,
in picturesque point Of view. The police
officers were put to their trumps, although
Lieut.. Austin had out all his reserve force
and Lieut.. Gessford had twcnty-one men,
to keep back the crowd so rs to keep o free
passage for the funeral procession when It
should arrive.
At half.past 3 o'clock Gen. Sherman
drove up to the depot with friend and
entered the building. The streets wero
blocked in tho neighborhood Of the depot,
and the police strictly prohibited the pas
sage of vehicles. It was the greatest
wonder in the world that some of the people
were not severely injured, as small children
were mixed up with the crowd and pressed
against the guard-ropes until they seemed
to be almost cut in two. There was
especially efficient police supervision to-day,
tho regular patrol men being supplemented
by portion of the mounted force.
Two or three ladies In the dense crowd
about the depot tainted and were borne out
with difficulty to the outside. Mr.. J. N.
4 Whclplcy, commanding the train which
conveyed the President to Cleveland, Ohio,
was early in his arrangements, and had
everything ready before $3.50 o'clock, and the
train consisted of the very best cars belong
ing to the Pennsylvania Company.
At 4:10 Mrs. Garfield, her daughter, Mrs.
Rockwell and other companions were driven
to the Pullman car which was on the track
some 600 yards from the depot, and they
thus escaped the gaze of the multitude as
sembled. At twenty.tbree minutes past
four Gen. Ayres and staff, followed by Col.
Webster, rode up to the depot. The Fort
MoHenry band preceded the Washington
Light Infantry.
Next came the National Rifles, with Pts
torio's band; Capital Light Guards, col
ored; Butler Zouaves, colored, and the Capt.
tai City Guards, and then the Marine Band,
heading the marines and the Second Artil-
lery, all with arms reversed. When the
centre of the column of infantry was oppo-
site the depot it was halted and the artil-
lcry passed on in front to the end Of the
line. In the meantime the troops stood
with shOuldered arms at attention.
Gems. Sherman, and Hancock, and Sheris
dan, with other officers of tie army and
navy, stood at this time just within the en-
trance to the depot into which the remains
were to be carried engaged in conversation.
The soldiers of the Second Artillery, eleven
men and sergeant, detailed to bear the
coffin from the hearse to the car, were also
drawn up in line before the entrance to the
depot.
At quarter to 5 the hearse containing
the remains, escorted by the army and navy
officers, and drawn by six white horses, APP
peared around the corner of Sixth street,
and an audible sigh went up from the
crowd assembled. The coffin had on it q
beautiful wreath of white and yellow flow
ers in addition to palm leaf. When the
hearse had arrived opposite the entrance of
the depot the Marine Band played a dirge,
and the5soldiors of the Second Artillery,
who had been detailed rs pall-beare-s, took
the coffin from the hearse and bore it past
the officials Of the army and navy, who
were standing in line on either side of the
entrance to the depot, and into the car that
last rcsting-placc.
The Procession Proper.
At about 2:30 o'clock the District militia
began to take their places ut the rast front
of the Capitol, and the Grand Army Of the
Republic and the Knights Templar assem-
bled in other portions Of the city, and SUBJ
sequently Joined the militia at little after
3. The assembling oftroops was conducted
swiftly and poisclcssly, and all was in readi-
ness when, at quarter to 3, the shrill notes
of the bugle call summoned the companies
into position.
The long line was soon in motion and
moved down Capitol Hill and along Penn
sylvania avenue without difficulty or mo-
ment's delay. Just previous to the start
every band in the entire line played "Swcet
Bye-and- Bye simultaneously and with an
effect both touching and beautiful. Then
came Gen. Ayres, Col. Webster and the fol-
ing, chief of staff; II. L. Crawford,
Major Hanneman, Captain Willett, Lieut..
Duvall and Lieut.. Wheeler.
The District Militia.
| The Light Infantry, with lao men in line,
the Union Veteran Corps with 4S men,
Pistorio's band The National Rifles with
52 men, the Washington Light Guard, "a
men, Washington Cadets, 45 men, Capital
City Guards, 80 men, Butler Zouaves, 40
men, IlncOln lJlSnp lulunpry, ~ men. Inc
Marine Band, followed, separating the local
militia from the regular United States,
which were the Marine Corps in full force,
the Second Artillery, represented by full
companies B, II and d and detachments of
l and M, and the rear of the regulars was
brought up by Light Battery A wi tn "a men
and four cannOns.
The Civic Procession.
The civic societies participating were the
Knights Templar and the G. A. II. Posts
The Templars were led by Col. Robert Boyd,
with the following staff: Frank Hume,
Thomas l.. Hume, William Dickson, Thomas
Kalbfus, G. G. Duncanson and Colonel
N. w. Fitzgerald. The societies were
the De Molay Mounted Commandery,
IS men, Haverly's band; Washington Com :
mandery, Number One, 60 men Fifth Reg
iment band of Baltimore, Beauseant Com
mandery Number Eight, from Baltimore, 100
men; band Columbia Commandery Number
Two, $50 men. The Grand Army Of the
Republic was represented by the following
posts, marching in the following order:
Post No. l. John A. Rawlins, so men: No.
, q Kit Carson, 80 men; No. 3, Abroham
Lincoln, so men; No. A, o. p. Morton, 20
men, and Posts 5, George G.. Meade, end g.
General Reynolds with 20 med each.
Two carriages, containing ministers and
fiyc of tho prasident's physicianS Then