The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-10-05

kept up during the entire march, enter
ed first; then came the Forest City
Troops Of Cleveland, who were the
escort of the President to his Inaugural
ton. Behind them came the funeral
carriage with its escort of - United
States artillerymen, followed by a bat
TALON of Knights Templars and the
Clevland Greys.
Tie mOurners' carriages and those
containing the guard of honor com
prised all of the procession that entered
the grounds. The cavalry halted at the
vault and drew up in line facing it, with
sabres pointed. The car drew up in
front, with the mourners' carriages and
those OF the cabinet behind. 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 committee of reception, SecrC-
tary Blaine, Marshal Henry and one or
! two personal friends stood at each side
of the entr-nc.'. None of the Presidents
family except two of the boys left the
carriage, and during the exercises.
which occupied less than q half hour,
DIR. j. P. Robinson, as president of the
day, opened the exercises by intro
ducing Rev J. H. Jones, chaplain of
the Forty-second Regiment Ohio Volun-
teer Infantry. which Gen. Garfield
commanded. Chaplain Jones spoke at
considerable length of his old comrade
in arms.
The Latin ode from Horace was then
sung by the United German Singing
Society. Another hymn was sung by
the German vocal societies of Cleveland
The exercises closed with the benedic-
ton by President Hinsdale, Of Hiram
College. Re-entering their carriages,
the mouTneTs drove hurrIdly back to the
city to avoid another shower, which
was then threatened. The Masonic es-
cOrt left tie cemetery in the same order
in which they entered il and kept in
line until The catafalque was reached,
where they were dismissed. Gen,
Smith, adjutant general of the State
will furnish guard as long as the body
remains the vault. The sexton thinks
it will be hat few days before the
final interment takes place.
Mrs. Garfield, while at the cemetery
yesterday, said she did not think that
there was sufficient time to prepare the
grave for the interment, and the csEket
was therefore placed In q vault. At the
eelpeteIy, at six o'clock this morning
there were 1000 people GU the grounds.
At ten O'clock the Fourteenth Regi.
ment, Ohio National Guards, 500 in
number arrived and cleared the grounds
OF all strangers, and no one was allowed
TO enter until thelfuneral party arrived
at the vault. The members of COmpa-
ny u. Fon!t9eptA II gilneHt, were Gu
sasgpd In cutting cedars, and number
OF ladies' were trimming the dais and
draping the vault with deep black Grape,
THE WORK OF LOVING HANDS.
The dais usedsSo lay the coffin on II
the vault is covered with velvet trim
Ated with black brOadclOth and deer
black fringe. At the head of the vault
in the background, right over the head
of the coffin, hangs large floral wreath
given to Mrs, Garfield. The pathway
from the Oarriage-way where the cOrt.
age stopped into the vault was covered
/ win COuaIj On Ihe Top Ol THIS were
scattered white immOrtelles, tuberoses,
etc. Right in front of the gate at the
entrance to the vault was spread large
/ piefes Of eaEpet covered with tubsroses
and other white flowers. This was
was cOveaed over with canopy of deep
black brOakcloth. Just outside the
vault at the gate there was a cross OF
elegant weite flowers, with the motto,
Dead but not Forgotten" 1t was
from the Bolivian delegation.