St. Landry democrat., 1881-09-17
The Presidents Removal from Wash
ingtOn to Long Branch.


The Presidents Removal from Wash
ingt0n to Long Branch.
WAsnlSGToN, D. c.. Sept.
Preparations for the Presidents removal
have been going on all day. They began at
O'Clock this morning by gang of men
acaking ground at the Sixth Street depot
and beginning the work of laying a track,
which is a continuation of the Sixth Street
lire, to the asf haltum on the Avenue. The
plan is SO arranged that the President can
10 placed upon van and rolled smoothly
over The asphaltum pavement down penn
>YiVanla Avenue to the car. which stands
upon the extended track. The extension of
the railroad was made to prevent the neces
sity of driving over the cohble stones
which intervene between PENNSYLVANIA
Avenue and the depot. At about
two O'Clock this morning special
train arrived ut the Baltimore e Potomac
depot, consisting of the engine and cars,
which is to convey the President and party
TO Long Branch. The President will not be
taken from his bed, but will be carried from
the White House TO The Avenue and Sixth
Street depot in Il covered vehicle. In order
constructed out from the porch of the W hte
House, so that the bed can be taken without
any trouble. The wagon is very low one,
anti the bed will be taken out on a level with
the car. Arriving at the train the President
will be placed ON Il waier-bed. A water bed
is of India rubber, inflated by water. 1t is
ceoi. and will prevent any possibility of
1oting.
LONG BRANCH, y. j., Sept s.
Attorney General MacVeash is here ar
ranging for the reception Of the President.
lie says If he survives the journey twenty
four hours, it i, the confident feeling that
he will recover. A detachment OF thirty
United States troops from Governors Island
Will reach here in the morning to keep the
people away from the grounds Of the Elbe-
ron when the President arrives and to serve
thereafter as a guard for the cottage and for
Secretary Browns cottage.
1Ae frsnchlyn cottage, just southeast of
the Elberon Hotel, is being prepared for
the President occupancy. Another cottage
few hundred feet away has been put in
order for Mrs. Garfield and her children.
Across Ocean Avenue a small cottage WILDE
given up to Private Secretary Brown and his
assistants. The main track at the Elberon
station Of the New Jersey Central Road is
half mile from the cottage to which the
President will be taken. 4 large force of
men are engaged in putting down a branch
track which will run direct to the Francklyn
cottage.
WASHINGTOS, Sept. 6.
The arrangements for President Gartied'>
removal from the Executive Mansion to Long
Branch being all completed. at $40 this
morning an eaSy-running eXprcssWagon
was backed up to the steps of the back por-
tieo, and the President, still lying in his bed
was borne from his room and placed in the
wagon. The Presidents physicians and
Gen. Swain, Coils. Rockwell and Corbin and
one or two other intimate friends assisted
at the removal. The President law with his
right hand upon his breast. while his left
hand was stretched at full length upon the
cofcrlet. His forehead was covered by
linen cloth, and his features, though ema-
catcd, wore patient and resigned express
sion. There was no mishap whatever i'll
the transit, and when the horses were
hitched to the vehicle and started.
at $50, for the depot, feeling
of relief took possession of the bystander>,
for in the opinion of many the most perilous
portion of the journey had been accom-
plished. The conveyance was preceded to
the depot by carriages containing the re-
maindcr of the party which was to accompany
the President to Long Branch. AS the ex-
press wagon moved away from the EXecu
tive Mansion the President feebly but cheer
lily lifted his left hand and waved farewell to
the inmates of the house who had assembled
on the porch to wish him Ged-speed on his
Journey. The wagon was driven slowly
through the grounds of the mansion and
down Pennsylvania Avenue to the Baltimore
& Potomac Depot, the horses at no time be-
ing driven faster than a walk. At the head
OF each horse stood a man ready to assume
control of the horses in case of need. For
tunately no such precaution was necessary,
the ride to the depot being accomplished
without any incident occurring worthy of
note. The crowd which followed was or
derby, and anxious not only for The safe
of the patient, but al
so to catch glimpse of his face.
This it was not difficult to do, as the
curtains of the wagon were rolled up to en-
able the President to breathe the pure,
morning air, which at that hour had not be-
come sultry. The depot being reached. the
horses were detached from the wagon, which
was backed up to the car selected for the re-
moval of the President, and the same gen
tlemen who had before performed the duty
of transferring the patient from the White
House to the wagon removed him from the
wagon to the railroad car When inside the
car he was transferred from the
he'd on which he had been carried
thus far and placed upon spring
bed prepared for his reception. The
remainder OF the party having already
taken their seats, the signal for departure
Il II fIof k.oD