Daily Kennebec journal., 1881-09-22

I vh,ch vas aravn Up direcsly q the main
| eate on 9Th street side. The hearse used 70.
dav vas furnished By undertaken Spear OF
this city, and is known - the centennial
hesrse, n it was awarded prize at the Cen
tennisi Exhibition. Il was draped in black
of rich and heavy material wholly nnfe-
leaved by any oshsr color, and vas drawn oy
six iron nav horses whose trsppings vere
also draped in sombre black. 81.
/ Just before the train entered the depot the
platform was cleared by the police ana
the officers of the army and navy, 70 the
numper cf 100, formed in single fle upon
the left facing the train. As the train slowly
rolled into the depot every head upon the
platform vas uncovered. and stiffness as
of the grave pervaded the vast thrOng, which
for more than hour had been waiting pa
tiently by the roadside.
Soon Mrs. Garfield, assisted by Secretary
Blaine, descended from the car snd taking
hi. arm upon her right and that of her son
Harry upon her left she walked direct
Ily to the carriage in waiting. Her face was
Completely concealed by q heavy black veil.
which hung nearly to the ground, and what
ever emotions she may have experienced
were sacred from the sight of those who
pazed upon her as the central figure in the
pageant She entered the state carriage ana
was followed bv Mollie Garfield and her son
Harry, Mrs Rockwell and Miss Rockwell.
The other members of the Presidential party
were President Arthur leaning upon the arm
of Senator Jones of Nevada, Gen. Grant and
Gen. Beale, Gen. Swain and Mrs. Swain.
ICol. Corbin and Col. Rockwell, DR.. Bliss
and daughter, Drs. Boynton. Agnew and
Hamilton, Attorney General MacVeagh, wife
reiary and Mrs. Lincoln and son, Postmaster
Gen, raj James and Mrs. James and Secre-
tary kirkwood. sl
The first three carriages received the .ad-
les of the party who did not accompany the
procession to the capitol. After they had
moved on short distance from the entrance
the casket appeared, born on the shoulders
of eight soldiers of the second artillery,
detailed from the arsenal barracks. On the
right IN single file and headed by Adjutant
General Drum were the officers of the army.
and on the left the officers of the navy,
under the lead of Rear Admiral Nichols. As
the casket was borne to the hearse the Ma
rine Band, stationed across the street, played
Nearer Nv God to Thee" while every head
was bowed and many dimmed by the sad
strains of the sweetly familiar hymn. hush that
had fallen upon the scene and grief mirrored
on the thousands of faces marked picture
with shadings that years cannot efface from
the memory of those who stood about the
bier OF the dead President.
After the casket had been placed in the
hearse. the remainder of the party entered
their carriages and took place in the process
sion. President Arthur's followed immedi-
ately after the hearse, and in it were President
Arthur, Secretary Blaine, Chief Justice
Waite and Secretary Window. The car
I Ill nrI ,r,ta
was drawn down Pennsylvania Avenue to a
street, and thence to the residence Of Attor-
ney General McVeagh, whose guest she is
while in the city. As soon as the rest of the
Presidential party had entered their carriages
a signal was given by the bugler, and mill
tarv escort formed in line and the mournful
procession started on its way to the capital in
the following order:
A platoon of mounted police; Gen. Ayers
and mounted staff; Washington Light
Infantry and band; Union Veteran Corps
National Rifles; Washington Light Guard Z;
Capital City Guard United States Marine
Band and a Drum Corps of fifty men; a
detachment of U. S. Marines; Second L.
S. Artillery Band with four companies of
Heavy Artillery and one Light Battery; Col
umbia and Washington Communicates OF
Knights Templars then followed the hearse.
flanked on either side by single line OF
Army and Navy officers; among them being
Gems. Sherman, Drum, Meigs, Sackett, Poe,
Dodge, Mckeene. Ruggles, Breck, Col. Barr
and fifty others of the Army, and Rear Ad-
miral Nichols, Commodores English and
Sicard, Captains DeKraft and Wells, Com
manders Howell. Manley, Harrison, Law
and others.
After the hearse came the carriage of Pres
ident Arthur, with a mounted policeman on
either side, and following it a half dozen
other carriages with members of the Cabinet
and others who had accompanied the remains
from Elberon. platoon of mounted police
brought up the rear. With muffled drums
and solemn funeral dirge the procession
moved slowly up the avenue. A dense mass
lined the sidewalks all the way from G street
to the east point of Capitol, and aleng this
portion of the route the crowd was apparently
rs great as upon the occasion of the late
Presidents inaugural procession. Compare
son between the two occasions was doubtless
in many minds, and numerous expressions of
sorrow were heard at the sad contrast. As
the procession moved up the avenue scarcely
a sound was heard save that of the feet of
moving men and horses.
Hats were removed and heads bowed
by common impulse of deep and unfeigned
grief, as they moved toward the Capitol
Here at the east front of the building q
vast assemblage had congregated to view the
funeral cortege. At the foot of the steps
there was double file of senators and rep.
resentatives headed by their respective
officers, waiting in respectful silence to escort
the remains into the rotunda. At precisely
5. 10 the head of the sad procession moving
around the north side of the Capitol arrived
at the east front of the Capitol, the arms of
the militia being reversed and the band play
ing dead march. The order was then given
to carry arms, and the troops came to a front
face, while. to a muffled heat of the drums,
the hearse and its attendant train of carriages
drew slowl ly up in front of their escort A
hush came over the multitude and heads
were reverently uncovered as the casket was
carefully lifted from the hearse. The officers
of the army and navy drew up in parallel
lines on either side of the hearse, and the
Marine band played again with much senti.
ment, Nearer my God to Thee" as with
solemn tread the remains of President Gar
field were borne into tue rotunda and placed
upon the catafalqua. The senators and rep
resentatives proceeding and arranging them
selves on each side of the dais. Close behind
the casket walked President Arthur and Sec
retary Blaine. who were followed BY Chief
Justice Waite and Secetary Window. Gen.
Grant and Sec'y Hunt, Secretary Lincoln and