Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1881-09-09


sylvania avenue was reached, the Presl-
dent lay quietly, with his face exposed to
the view of those who were upon the SIDE
walks He was seemingly asleep. There
were but few spectators, and they invaria-
bly, lifted their hats, and one said some |
what loudly, "God bring him back to us!''
Maj. Brock, Chief OF Police. who was
close by, heard the remark and said, 1T
woald be better if you said nothing and
several persons replied: Whatever you
think best''
The face of the President as 1t appeared
to those who saw it. was not so greatly
changed as there had been reason to antlc-
ipate. The beard on the side exposed had
not been removed. There was no evidence
of the great swelling of the parotid gland.
But the face was yellow and something
like that of a man who had been suf-
fering from jaundice. AS he was carried
along the avenue he tossed his head from
one side to the other of the pillow. Once,
as the wagon reached Tenth street, there
was slight Jolt, and he opened his eyes
in an unconscious. dreamy way and then
closed them again. The mOustache was
cut away so that the lines of the mouth
seemed tightly drawn. Tue eyes were
somewhat sunken. Upon the forehead
was a cloth saturated With soothing To-
| ton. 1t is said that once on the trip he
| overcame the effect of the opiate so far as
| to recognize those about him, and to rec
| ollecu the preparations which had been
planned the day before. He is said to have
expressed by single ejaculation feeling
OF satisfaction, and then to have dropped
back asleep upon his pillow.
The journey to the train occupied just
twenty minutes. Drs. Agnew, Woodward,
and Barnes had been busy ON car No. 49,
making last inspection of the couch up
| on which the sick man was to be laid
Mrs. Garfield, Miss Mollie Garfield, Mrs
and Miss Rockwell, and Mrs. Edison were
sitting on the right side of the car, and
! from the windows watched the arrival OF
the wagon. At 10 minutes past O'Clock the
President was alongside car No. 33. The
horses were detached from the express
wagon. and in the twinkling OF an eye
twelve REGULAR soldiers from the arsenal,
unaeG~rommand of Lieut.. Weaver, and
under the direction of DR.. Bliss, began to
move the vehicle around and to adjust it
so that the President could be taken from
| the rear of the wagon into the car. There
was little trouble here. Two or three
times the tongue of the wagon was turned
to the right instead of properly to the left,
or vice versa, and it was fully five minutes
before the rear of tire wagon was brought
squarely up to the side entrance OF the
car. The President lay perfectly motion
less, as if asleep and unconscious. When
all was finally ready the men who had at
tended him from the White House lifted
the bed, framework and all, and moved it
easily and cautiously part way into the
car, Then there Was another halt. Peo-
pie feared there had been some wrong
measurement. Drs. Agnew, Woodward
and Barnes, who were in the car and had
been anxiously looking out, came to the
! assistance of those in the wagon, and the
bed Was finally brought to such an angle
| that the turn was successfully made in the
car, and the President was placed so as to
ride feet forward. A moment later and
he was lying safe and comfortable on his
mattress in the rear compartment.
| 1t was scarcely more than minute later
that Col. Rockwell quietly gave the order:
go ahead!h Engineer Page scarcely
moved the lever. In moment the train
was moving without the slightest sound.
1t moved about 300 feet, and was stopped
in front of the main entrance of the depot
with equal skill, and so slowly that it was
difficult to distinguish the instant when
the notion ceased. The stop was made to
enable regular passenger train to enter
the depot YARD. and it lasted about five
minutes. The crowd quietly gathered
again alongside the train, most Of them
near the Presidents car. Through the
wire covering of the windows the couch of
the President could be seen. On his left
sat Mrs. Garfield, tanning him, and near
her sat DR.. Boynton. Col Rockwell once
more gave Engineer Page the signal to
start, saying:
"The President has borne the removal
splendidly, much better than we expected.
and went to sleep Immediately upon being
placed in the car. He awoke just mo-
ment, just as we were taking him in"
Then Engineer Page started the engine
again with the utmost skill and delicacy,
| and without jolt or any noise the train
moved away at exactly 81.
Pages engine was furnished with a new
nuffieG,to prevent the noisy. escape of
steam, and was nolselass both when NOV
ing and when standing. Engineer Un-
glaub, who is particularly well Informed
on all the grades of the track between
| Washington and Baltimore, accompanied
Engineer Page on the Presidents train as
a sort of pilot. A pilot engine, which pre-
coded the train about half mile, was
equipped with engineers who knew every
inch of the road. They carried signal,
the character of which was known to all
the station agents, telegraph operators,
and railroad men along the line. to lndi-
cate that that engine was the pilot of the
Presidents train.
| THE STORY OF THE JOURNEY.
LONG BRANCH, Sept. 6.-The first car
gage and smoking car. In 1t were con-
timed the baggage and hampers Of the
Ia ty, and the smoking compartment was
used By the railway officials.
Mrs. Garfield passed the day much as
usual. in the patients room at times, and
at other times in the family car. The ar
rangnments in this respect were precisely
similar to those which have been obtained
in the White House during the Presidents
illness.
At the time of his removal from the
White House the President seemed anx-
| iOus.
He was very glad to get away from the
I White House, and his spirits seemed to
Else as he left it further and further be-
hind, said Col. Rockwell this afternoon
| Yesterday Col. Rockwell had taken
trial run upon the Presidents car, and had
| found that the Car had greater steadiness
| at forty miles an hour than fifteen. The
railway officials had therefore been told
that they could run the train just as fast
as they saw fit. The speed between Wash
ington and Baltimore was an average rate
| of about thirty miles an hour. Tne Presi-
dent S pulse, which had gone as high as
ia from the excitement of moving, went
DE- wn, and the doctors sent word forward
| that they would like the train to run still
faster. AG Z o'clock the President took
| SOME Dtcl ltd duu SUI Ill W TGlISu III. Az
7:48 the train reached Baltimore. The line
! Of the Pennsylvania road passes through
| that city by means of two miles and half
| of tunnelling. The business of four differ
emit railroads IS concentrated at this point,
| but the manage cement of the Pennsylvania
road h,sd cleared the tracks of all engines
| and cars, and the tunnels had not been
used for so long time that they were per-
| fectly free from smoke and coal vapors,
| There had been some solicituds about the
! subterranean passage, but the doctors
| found that after it had been accomplished
| the Presidents pulse had still further de-
clined, and his condition was improved.
No stop was made at Baltimore, but dis
natchas ,uora thrarun off aud the train