The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-10-07

Tue SuTeOS Oh DdDnerS tney carried receive
old battle flags of the fierce conflicts into
which they had plunged many times again.
until their silken folds were torn and slotted
by mimic ball and SHE'LL
In the Fourth Division corps Of students
represented Williams College, from which
institution the late President had honorably
graduated.
The Fifth Division was made up of Cath.
olic societies. Rt Rev. Bishop Gilmore,
. warm personal friend of President Gar.
field in his life, rode at the head of the d.
vision, his kindly eyes full of sympathy and
deep concern.
The Sixth Division was made up of citi-
zens of Detroit and Canton, citizens of the
Nineteenth Congressional District, and Or
ganized bodies Of visiting citizens, includ-
ing the Aldermen of Chicago and the Com
missioners of Cook County.
The Seventh Division was that for which
all eyes were eagerly expectant, and upon
which the tender regard of all hearts low
ingly conferred. 1t was the funeral escort
surrounding the car. In advance came the
Marine Band, their scarlet coats brightly re-
fiecting the rays of the sun, finely playing a
soft pleasing hymn, that charmingly, sooth-
ingly contrasted with the blare of unmean-
ing tunes blown out by most of the bands.
Colonel j. NJ. Wilson, U. s. A., mounted on
the most beautiful horse seen in the process.
sion, commanded this division. Around the
funeral car, as the guard of honor, were an
other detachment of Columbia Command
cry, composed of the Presidents special
friends; the Cleveland Cavalry, yellow.
plumed, who formed the body guard
OF General Garfield on the day OF
his inauguration; detachment of the
Second United States Artillery, under
command Of Lieutenant Weaver; and
the Cleveland Grays. It made most in.
spring spectacle. In the center was the
great funeral car, built on the same plan as
that in which the remains of Napoleon were
borne to their final rest in the Hotel des In
valides, rising high above the heads of those
who rode beside it. The handsome casket,
sustained midway between base and the
canopy by the rich catafalque, the square
top rising to massive crest, crown-shaped,
was supported by six columns, three
upon each side, wound round with
top and over the corner-pillars, were
heavy plumes of black body and white
top. 30 heavy that the winds scarcely
seemed to stir them. The car bed was
square and flat, the sides and ends being
concealed by heavy drapery that hung
down low enough to form curtain for the
iron wheels. The platform was Sxl6, fiat,
long, and the height Of the car was twenty
feet. The lantern of the canopy was sur
rounded by wreaths Of white immortelles.
The whole height was crowned by an urn.
At each corner Of the platform were stands
of colors, battle memorials. This car was
drawn by twelve fine black horses, four
abreast, arrayed in covers of black broad
cloth, with silver fringe. At the heads Of
the outer horses were the six colored
grooms, who oficiated in similar capacity
on the occasion of Lincoln's funeral. The
car was curiously watched as it passed
along its way.
Following behind the soldiers came the
carriages containing Mrs. Garfield and her
bereaved family. 1t was rich barouche,
with silk Grape blinds closely drawn, to
which were attached two white horses with
black trappings. A similar carriage con-
tanned the mother of the President. There
were carriages closely following containing
the members of the Cabinet, Senators,
members Of the Diplomatic Corps, Judges
Of the Supreme Court, Governors Of the
several States, members Of Congress, and .
carriage containing ex-President Hayes.
The remaining division was the military,
under the command of General s. B. Smith,
being the Ohio National Guards.
A succession Of heavy showers so delayed
the funeral procession that the line had to
be broken before it reached the cemetery,
and, forming in files ON either side of the
avenue for nearly three miles, the military
and the civic societies made way for the
funeral car.
terry, the band played ''Nearer, My God, to
Thee" as the military escort lifted the
coffin from the car and carried It into
the vault, the local COMMITTEES of
Secretary Blaine, Marshal Henry,
and one or two personal friends standing at
either side Of the entrance. Rev. J. Fl.
Jones, the Chaplain Of the Forty-second
Regiment, who went out with General Gar.
field, then offered some feeling remarks,
after which the Latin Ode of Horace@"I In
teger Vita Twas sung by the United Ger.
man Society. The Presidents favorite
Ho, Reapers of Life Harvest
was again sung, and the exercises closed
with the benediction by President Hinsdale,
Of Hiram College.
FINAL. NTERMENr.
General Smith, the Adjutant. General Of
the State, will furnish guard as long as
the body remains in the vault. The sexton
thinks it will be but . few days until the
final interment takes place.
At Mrs. Garfeld's suggestion, the casket
the late President will be inclosed
In an iron cage. Then . cement wall will
be built around this Of sufficient strength to
resist all attempts to remove the body, and
Of dimensions large enough to form the
for the proposed monument. The
Mayor Of the city has detailed police force
to be on duty continually until the fnal'in.
ferment.