The Princeton union., 1881-09-29

The PROCESSION
entered carriages in the order they came out
OF the rotunda Meanwhile the band PLAYED
IN the Sweet By and BY. The officers Of
the army and navy and the pall bearers
chosen from the congregation Of
the presidents church by Mrs
Garfield walked after the hearse, which did not
move until the military was we'll on the way to
the depot The people rushed from the hill
and swelled the crowd that before had lined
the avenue when the procession started, and
literally followed the remains on its journey to
the grave as far as they could force their way,
to the ropes thar cut of the approach to the
depot At the station the escort was drawn up
and stood for ten minutes awaiting the arrival
OF the cortege, the marine corps and the ar
tillery in the center, the militia on the right
and the mounted commentaries Of Knights
Templar on the left, stretched in
semi-circle across Pennsylvania avenue
facing the east, from which
direction the hearse with its train OF carriages
were moving. The depot was closed. Mrs.
Garfield, accompanied by Col Rockwell, Gen
Swain, Miss Mollie and Harry Garfield, Mrs
DR.. Power and one or two other ladies, had
come down an hour before and were waiting
in their Car. Within the station, at the gate
through which the remains were to pass, were
ranged the guard of honor 10 two files, on the
one side the officers of the army, and on the
other the navy On the part Of
THE ARMY,
there were Gen. Sherman, Lieut.. Gen. Sheri-
den. Maj. Gen. Hancock, ;Adjt. Gen. Drum
and Quartermaster General Meigs For the
navy oppo site. stood Admiral Rogers,
Admiral Stanley, Commodore English,
Surgeon General Wales, Pay Director Luca,
and Vice Admiral Rowan Finally the pro-
cession appeared at the corner of Sixth street,
on which the depot stands, and the avenue.
The troops were brought tc present arms,
and the Marine band played solem dirge.
The sliding gate was showed back, and the ten
artillerymen who we're to bear the casket
marched out with the precision of automatons
and stood waiting at the curbstone for their
burden The white: horses, typical of death,
were slowly led up to their places, and the
hearse stopped. The pail bearers opened the
door, drawing out the black casket, which they
delivered to the stalwart soldiers who were to
bear it to the car for the last journey on earth
The thousands gathered IN the streets
silence that was oppressive The slightest
sound was audible, and when the cannon
roared out the parting salute it sounded as
though q thunderbolt had crashed through
the dome of the heavens so startling was it,
coming out of the breathless stiffness. Then
the drums gave muttied roll and the soldiers
with their burden disappeared forever from
the gazing multitude without The guard Of
honor closed in after the pall-bearers, and the
other officers Of the army and navy followed
they had marched from the capitol.
THE FIRST CARRIAGE
that came up brought DR.. Boynton. G. O.
Rockwell, Col. Corbin and Private Secretary
Brown. From the next alighted Secretaries
Preden and Hendley. The ex-Presidents
Grant and Hayes stepped from the next,
and the rest of the secretaries from
"a the White House followed them in the next
two vehicles. The president aud Secretary
Blaine came next, and as they alighted and
went slowly in after their predecessors, the
pale faces of these two grand looking men
/ caused a murmur of comment to run through
the crowd. The cabinet officers and their
wives came next and passed through the gate
in solemn order, Gen. Beale accompanying
Secretary Kirkwood, and Assistant Secretary of
the State Hit escorting Mrs. Blaine. The
tives slowly passed on by the entrance to the
depot, none of them alighting, and the
vehicles, countermarching, returned the
way they came. The spectators watched
with great interest this assembled medley
Of nationalities, from the blonde Scandinavian
to the brown Turks, and the yellow-skinned
Chinese to the dark, olive-tinted race of the
Southern republics. All wore full dress, char
acteristic Of their native countries. The
Chinese minister, Chin Ian Pin. and his suite
with the great yellow and red conical hats, aud
the Turks with the red fez were conspicuous.
The Chinese, out of respect for the dead, had
white emblems of mourning around the edges
of their flowing sleeves. All the carriages con-
tinued to move slowly by until those contain
ing tho carriages Of the supreme court were
reached. From those alighted Chief Justice
Waite and Associate Justices Harlan and Mat
thews, and ex-Associate Justice Strong They
WENT THROUGH THE GATE
also to the train. The senators and mem bers
of congress now began to arrive. The two
trains were drawn up side by side, the one
on which the remains with the family of the
dead president, the cabinet, pail bearers and
guard of honor with their aides were to be
carried being on the right 1t was composed of
six cars trimmed in black within and without
ALONG the upper panels was passed broad
belt of Grape and on the sides were placed tri-
angled pieces Of ehirred stuff with the bases
of the triangles turned toward either end and
the pieces brought together in the center.
Very little was to be seen of the original ex-
terror. go literally had the drapery been put
on. Within was the same profusion
Of draping. The car which bore
the remains was almost lined with
black The pail rested on catafalque placed
near the center, and the soldiers rode in the
coach. The catafalque, on which the casket
rested. was placed on q base five by fourteen
feet, and eight inches IN height The dais
vas covered with black cloth, with the national
colors looped up in bows and rosettes It was
three feet by eight In dimension, with
height OF fourteen inches. The large fcral
cross and two mounds OF flowers placed there
at Elberon still remained on the base when
the dead was returned to the journey from the
death bed to the grave President Arthur and
Gen. Grant took leave Of Mrs. Garfield and her
two children, who were with her. It was
AN AFFECTING SCENE,
and the memories Of the hopes and anticipa-